Billie Joe Armstrong

Biography

Billie Joe Armstrong is an American musician, songwriter and actor best known as the singer, guitarist and chief songwriter of Green Day, the punk band he started with Mike Dirnt in 1987. Born in Oakland, California, and raised in Rodeo, he formed Sweet Children with Dirnt as a teenager; the group later became Green Day. Its mainstream breakthrough came with Dookie in 1994, and the band's rock opera American Idiot was turned into a Broadway musical that won two Tony Awards, with Armstrong playing St. Jimmy during its run. He has also performed with Pinhead Gunpowder and various side projects, and he set up Adeline Records in 1997. On screen he appeared in Like Sunday, Like Rain (2014), earning a Breakout Performance Award at the Williamsburg Independent Film Festival, and took his first leading film role in Ordinary World (2016).

54years old

Turns 55 on February 17in 128 days

Born February 17, 1972Oakland
Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
Also credited as Billie Joe, Reverend Strychnine Twitch and William Joseph Armstrong

Movie Career

Films: 5
Career span: 15 years2007 to 2022

Every film, newest first

2022Post Malone: RunawayIMDb rating 6.2
2018Bad ReputationIMDb rating 7.3
2016Ordinary WorldIMDb rating 5.5
2014Like Sunday, Like RainIMDb rating 6.9
2007The Simpsons MovieIMDb rating 7.3

Genres

Did you know?!

A role that slipped away
In 1993, Tim Armstrong, lead singer of the California punk band Rancid, invited Billie Joe Armstrong to join, but he declined because of his progress with Green Day. He did receive a co-writer credit on Rancid's 1993 song "Radio."
Behind the camera
In 1997 Armstrong started Adeline Records to help support other bands, and the label signed the Frustrators, AFI and Dillinger Four.