diff --git a/homeassistant/helpers/template.py b/homeassistant/helpers/template.py
index 53e2eb122f6..36f5dc9b22c 100644
--- a/homeassistant/helpers/template.py
+++ b/homeassistant/helpers/template.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import re
 import statistics
 from struct import error as StructError, pack, unpack_from
 import sys
-from typing import Any, cast
+from typing import Any, NoReturn, TypeVar, cast, overload
 from urllib.parse import urlencode as urllib_urlencode
 import weakref
 
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ _COLLECTABLE_STATE_ATTRIBUTES = {
     "name",
 }
 
+_T = TypeVar("_T")
+
 ALL_STATES_RATE_LIMIT = timedelta(minutes=1)
 DOMAIN_STATES_RATE_LIMIT = timedelta(seconds=1)
 
@@ -946,6 +948,31 @@ def _resolve_state(
     return None
 
 
+@overload
+def forgiving_boolean(value: Any) -> bool | object:
+    ...
+
+
+@overload
+def forgiving_boolean(value: Any, default: _T) -> bool | _T:
+    ...
+
+
+def forgiving_boolean(
+    value: Any, default: _T | object = _SENTINEL
+) -> bool | _T | object:
+    """Try to convert value to a boolean."""
+    try:
+        # Import here, not at top-level to avoid circular import
+        from . import config_validation as cv  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
+
+        return cv.boolean(value)
+    except vol.Invalid:
+        if default is _SENTINEL:
+            raise_no_default("bool", value)
+        return default
+
+
 def result_as_boolean(template_result: Any | None) -> bool:
     """Convert the template result to a boolean.
 
@@ -956,13 +983,7 @@ def result_as_boolean(template_result: Any | None) -> bool:
     if template_result is None:
         return False
 
-    try:
-        # Import here, not at top-level to avoid circular import
-        from . import config_validation as cv  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
-
-        return cv.boolean(template_result)
-    except vol.Invalid:
-        return False
+    return forgiving_boolean(template_result, default=False)
 
 
 def expand(hass: HomeAssistant, *args: Any) -> Iterable[State]:
@@ -1368,7 +1389,7 @@ def utcnow(hass: HomeAssistant) -> datetime:
     return dt_util.utcnow()
 
 
-def raise_no_default(function, value):
+def raise_no_default(function: str, value: Any) -> NoReturn:
     """Log warning if no default is specified."""
     template, action = template_cv.get() or ("", "rendering or compiling")
     raise ValueError(
@@ -1981,6 +2002,7 @@ class TemplateEnvironment(ImmutableSandboxedEnvironment):
         self.filters["relative_time"] = relative_time
         self.filters["slugify"] = slugify
         self.filters["iif"] = iif
+        self.filters["bool"] = forgiving_boolean
         self.globals["log"] = logarithm
         self.globals["sin"] = sine
         self.globals["cos"] = cosine
@@ -2012,6 +2034,7 @@ class TemplateEnvironment(ImmutableSandboxedEnvironment):
         self.globals["unpack"] = struct_unpack
         self.globals["slugify"] = slugify
         self.globals["iif"] = iif
+        self.globals["bool"] = forgiving_boolean
         self.tests["is_number"] = is_number
         self.tests["match"] = regex_match
         self.tests["search"] = regex_search
diff --git a/tests/helpers/test_template.py b/tests/helpers/test_template.py
index 59b653bc23e..fb57eff7685 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/test_template.py
+++ b/tests/helpers/test_template.py
@@ -296,6 +296,34 @@ def test_int_function(hass):
     assert render(hass, "{{ int('bad', default=1) }}") == 1
 
 
+def test_bool_function(hass):
+    """Test bool function."""
+    assert render(hass, "{{ bool(true) }}") is True
+    assert render(hass, "{{ bool(false) }}") is False
+    assert render(hass, "{{ bool('on') }}") is True
+    assert render(hass, "{{ bool('off') }}") is False
+    with pytest.raises(TemplateError):
+        render(hass, "{{ bool('unknown') }}")
+    with pytest.raises(TemplateError):
+        render(hass, "{{ bool(none) }}")
+    assert render(hass, "{{ bool('unavailable', none) }}") is None
+    assert render(hass, "{{ bool('unavailable', default=none) }}") is None
+
+
+def test_bool_filter(hass):
+    """Test bool filter."""
+    assert render(hass, "{{ true | bool }}") is True
+    assert render(hass, "{{ false | bool }}") is False
+    assert render(hass, "{{ 'on' | bool }}") is True
+    assert render(hass, "{{ 'off' | bool }}") is False
+    with pytest.raises(TemplateError):
+        render(hass, "{{ 'unknown' | bool }}")
+    with pytest.raises(TemplateError):
+        render(hass, "{{ none | bool }}")
+    assert render(hass, "{{ 'unavailable' | bool(none) }}") is None
+    assert render(hass, "{{ 'unavailable' | bool(default=none) }}") is None
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "value, expected",
     [