Billy Bob Thornton directed the film Daddy and Them.
 In 1998, Thornton portrayed the James Carville-like Richard Jemmons in Primary Colors
In the 2000s, Thornton achieved further success starring in dramas Monster's Ball (2001), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), and Friday Night Lights (2004); and comedy films, Intolerable Cruelty (2003), and Bad Santa (2003)

