Billy Bob Thornton as Karl Childers Dwight Yoakam as Doyle Hargraves J.T. Walsh as Charles Bushman John Ritter as Vaughan Cunningham Lucas Black as Frank Wheatley Natalie Canerday as Linda Wheatley James Hampton as Jerry Woolridge Robert Duvall as Karl 's father Jim Jarmusch as Deke, the Frostee Cream employee Vic Chesnutt as Terence Brent Briscoe as Scooter Hodges Mickey Jones as Johnson
who's the main actor in sling blade
Billy Bob Thornton