Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton

Age
57
Birthday
Aug. 4th, 1955
Born in
Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
Height
6'

Billy Bob Thornton's Main TV Roles

Show Character(s)
Hearts Afire TV Show
Hearts Afire
The Outsiders TV Show
The Outsiders
 

Main Movie Roles

2010 - Faster
2008 - Eagle Eye
2007 - Mr. Woodcock
2006 - School for Scoundrels
2006 - The Astronaut Farmer
2005 - Bad News Bears
2005 - The Ice Harvest
2004 - Friday Night Lights
2004 - Chrystal
2004 - Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004 - The Alamo
2003 - Levity
2003 - Love Actually
2003 - Bad Santa
2003 - Intolerable Cruelty
2002 - The Badge
2002 - Waking Up in Reno
2001 - Bandits
2001 - Daddy and Them
2001 - The Man Who Wasn't There
2001 - Monster's Ball
2000 - South of Heaven, West of Hell
1999 - Pushing Tin
1998 - Homegrown
1998 - Armageddon
1998 - Primary Colors
1998 - A Simple Plan
1997 - The Apostle
1996 - Sling Blade
1995 - Dead Man
1994 - Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade
1994 - Floundering
1994 - On Deadly Ground
1993 - Tombstone
1993 - Grey Knight
1993 - Bound by Honor
1993 - Indecent Proposal
1992 - One False Move
1989 - Going Overboard
1986 - Hunter's Blood

Guest TV Roles

Show Name
Characters Played
Ep Count
CatDog's Father (Voiced)
2
Pawnshop Clerk
1
Himself - Host
1
Timberman
1
Himself
1
Boyce Hubert (Voiced)
1
Florist
1
The Grocer
1
[Complete List]



BIOGRAPHY:

William Robert (Billy Bob) Thornton was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas on August 4, 1955 to William Raymond (Billy Ray) Thornton (educator, high school history teacher, basketball coach; deceased) and Virginia R. Faulkner (psychic). He has three younger brothers, James Donald (Jimmy Don), born in 1958 and now deceased, James (Jim) Bean and John David, born in 1969. He has been married 5 times and has 5 children: daughter Amanda (with Gatlin); sons William and Harry (both with Cherniak); son Maddox, adopted with Angelina Jolie; and daughter Bella with Connie Angland.

Billy Bob began his artistic career as a musician, playing drums and singing in a band called Tres Hombres, which once opened for 'Hank Williams Jr' . In 1981, he moved to Los Angeles with childhood friend Tom Epperson (I) to pursue an acting and writing career. On the side, Billy Bob also sought work as a singer and drummer. He and Epperson tried for years to sell their scripts but no one was buying.

During those rough times, Billy Bob neglected his health and subsequently landed in the hospital with heart problems due to malnutrition. In 1992, Billy Bob starred in One False Move (1992), a movie he co-wrote with Epperson. The team finally received attention because of this work, which was very well received in Hollywood. His popularity increased steadily, especially after Sling Blade (1996) which he wrote, directed and in which he starred.

Billy received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 7, 2004.


TRIVIA:
  • Was contacted about inducting his cousins the Funk brothers into the WWE Hall of fame but declined the offer.
  • In _Armageddon (1998/I)_ (qv) he was the NASA flight director. In _The Astronaut Farmer (2006)_ (qv) he was a former astronaut who went up against NASA.
  • Owns a penthouse in Paris.
  • December 2007 - According to Forbes, for each dollar he got paid, Thornton's movies averaged $10 of gross income.
  • Agreed to 'Ethan Coen' (qv) and 'Joel Coen' (qv)'s _The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)_ (qv) without reading the script, out of respect for the Coen brothers' talent.
  • Claimed in a "USA Today" interview that he has an intense phobia of antique furniture. This fear has been seen on screen in both _Bandits (2001)_ (qv) and _Sling Blade (1996)_ (qv).
  • 10/7/04: Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
  • 4/15/97: Ex-wife Pietra granted a restraining order against Thornton to keep him away from her and their children.


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