Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor. Armstrong serves as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter, and lead guitarist of the punk rock band Green Day, co-founded with Mike Dirnt. He is also a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder, and provides lead vocals for Green Day's side projects Foxboro Hot Tubs, The Network, The Longshot and The Coverups. Raised in Rodeo, California, Armstrong developed an interest in music at a young age, and recorded his first song at the age of five. He met Mike Dirnt while attending elementary school, and the two instantly bonded over their mutual interest in music, forming the band Sweet Children when the two were 14 years old. The band changed its name to Green Day, and would later achieve commercial success. Armstrong has also pursued musical projects outside of Green Day's work, including numerous collaborations with other musicians. In 1997, to coincide with the release of Nimrod, Armstrong founded Adeline Records in Oakland to help support other bands releasing music, and signed bands such as The Frustrators, AFI and Dillinger Four. The record company later came under the management of Pat Magnarella and finally shut down in August 2017. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billie Joe Armstrong, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- February 17, 1972 (54)
- Oakland, California, USA
- Actor and producer
- 12 on MovieCove · 22 credits in all
What are Billie Joe Armstrong's films like?
Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 13
Light 12 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 11 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 7 · Charged 6 · Intense 1
Steady 13 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1
Slow burn 13 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 11 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 12 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 14 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Shadowas Charlie in Live Freaky Die Freaky (2006)
- Heroas Perry in Ordinary World (2016)
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet5
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous2
- Cyclical2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Billie Joe Armstrong's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
- discovery+
Subscription and free streaming for Billie Joe Armstrong's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
22 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 58 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Nimrods(2025)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Green Day Lollapalooza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Ordinary World(2016)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Like Sunday, Like Rain(2014)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Green Day - Rock am Ring Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
This Is 40(2012)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows
Nurse Jackie(2009)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
The Simpsons Movie(2007)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Green Day - Ultimate Critical Review (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Live Freaky Die Freaky(2006)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Green Day: American Idiot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Green Day Live Rock AM Ring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Green Day - VH1 Storytellers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
The Network - Disease is Punishment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
King of the Hill(1997)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
TFI Friday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Green Day: Jaded in Chicago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Green Day: Live from Woodstock '94 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Career shape
Star power in the 86th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 21 titles from 1994 to 2026; peak year 2015.
Biggest box office
Nimrods (2025)
Highest rated
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk (2017)
Most popular right now
Nimrods (2025)
Film career
Peak 2015 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2007Screen debut· The Simpsons Movie
- 2016First top-billed film· Ordinary World
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Billie Joe Armstrong's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 74th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 14 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 78th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th4
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 12 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the acting 55/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 68, detractors 36. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Billie Joe Armstrong work with?
People who share at least 2 of Billie Joe Armstrong's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mike Dirnt shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Lee KirkShared titles: Nimrods (2025), Ordinary World (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Lee Kirk
- John RoeckerShared titles: Heart Like a Hand Grenade (2015), Live Freaky Die Freaky (2006)See all 2 shared titles with John Roecker
Actors
- Mike DirntShared titles: Nimrods (2025), Green Day: 20 Years of American Idiot (2024), Heart Like a Hand Grenade (2015), ¡Cuatro! (2012), Live Freaky Die Freaky (2006)See all 5 shared titles with Mike Dirnt
- Tré CoolShared titles: Nimrods (2025), Green Day: 20 Years of American Idiot (2024), Heart Like a Hand Grenade (2015), ¡Cuatro! (2012), Live Freaky Die Freaky (2006)See all 5 shared titles with Tré Cool
- Tim ArmstrongShared titles: Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk (2017), Punk's Not Dead (2007), Live Freaky Die Freaky (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Tim Armstrong
- Elton JohnShared titles: Fox Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America (2020), One World: Together at Home (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Elton John
Composers and editors
- Dean GonzalezShared titles: Heart Like a Hand Grenade (2015), Live Freaky Die Freaky (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Dean Gonzalez
- Green DayShared titles: Heart Like a Hand Grenade (2015), ¡Cuatro! (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Green Day
Producers
- Tim PerellShared titles: Nimrods (2025), Ordinary World (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Tim Perell
- Tim LynchShared titles: Green Day: 20 Years of American Idiot (2024), ¡Cuatro! (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Tim Lynch
- Pat MagnarellaShared titles: Heart Like a Hand Grenade (2015), ¡Cuatro! (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Pat Magnarella