Willie T. Sokes is the main character in the 2003 film Bad Santa and its 2016 sequel. He is portrayed by Billy Bob Thornton in both movies. Willie is a criminal who works as a mall Santa every holiday season with his midget friend Marcus Skidmore, who poses as an elf. Every year on Christmas Eve, the two of them rob the mall, living off of the stolen loot for the next year. Willie is an alcoholic and a whoremonger, and makes no effort to mask his contempt for children and pretty much everyone else he comes into contact with.