Billy Bob Thornton knew that starring as oil company crisis-management specialist in "Landman" was never going to be a glam job. Thornton, 69, inhabits the role of foul-mouthed Big Oil fixer Tommy Norris in the Paramount+ series from executive producers Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace,

Hot Springs native and multi-hyphenate Billy Bob Thornton got a longform showcase in The New York Times Friday. The impetus for the profile is “Landman,” a new Paramount+ series starring Thornton that debuted with two episodes Sunday.

Billy Bob Thornton has been a force in Hollywood for over three decades. The 69-year-old Arkansas native got his start in movies such as as “One False Move,” “Tombstone” and “On Deadly Ground.” But it wasn’t until 1996’s “Sling Blade” that Thornton found critical and commercial success.

The ‘Landman’ actor reflects on his childhood in Arkansas the movie that elevated his career.

Have you ever noticed when you come here to the Stockyards, you see all the guys with their starch shirt?” says Billy Bob Thornton, seated outside his room at the Hotel Drover in Fort Worth. “Their wife’s got the skirt and cowboy boots.

Country music helps inspire Academy Award-winner Billy Bob Thornton's performance in the new Taylor Sheridan series "Landman."

Ali Larter talks exclusively about filming Paramount Plus’s rich and gritty new series Landman with Billy Bob Thornton.

And this time, the cast is about as star-studded as it can get, with Billy Bob Thornton at the helm alongside other A-Listers like Jon Hamm, Demi Moore, and Ali Larter. All this to say, if you’re looking for a series to make the end of Yellowstone sting a little less,