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Billy Bob Thornton

Birth name: William Robert Thornton

Birth date: 04.08.1955

Billy Bob Thornton was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas on August 4, 1955 to Billy Ray (educator, coach; deceased) and Virginia (psychic). He has two younger brothers, Jimmy Don, born in 1958 and now deceased, 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 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.

Filmography

# Peace Like a River (2007) (pre-production) # The Astronaut Farmer (2007) (post-production) # Mr. Woodcock (2006) (post-production) .... Mr. Woodcock # School for Scoundrels (2006) (post-production) # The Ice Harvest: Alternate Endings (2006) (V) # The Ice Harvest (2005) .... Vic # Bad News Bears (2005) .... Morris Buttermaker # Friday Night Lights (2004) .... Coach Gary Gaines # The Alamo (2004) .... Davy Crockett # Chrystal (2004) .... Joe # Bad Santa (2003) .... Willie ... aka Badder Santa (USA: longer version) # Love Actually (2003) .... The US President # Intolerable Cruelty (2003) .... Howard D. Doyle # Levity (2003) .... Manuel Jordan # Waking Up in Reno (2002) .... Lonnie Earl Dodd # The Badge (2002) .... Sheriff Darl Hardwick # "Saturday Night Live" ... aka SNL ... aka SNL 25 (USA: new title) - Episode #27.6 (2001) TV Episode .... Host # Monster's Ball (2001) .... Hank Grotowski ... aka Bal du monstre, Le (Canada: French title) # Bandits (2001) .... Terry Lee Collins # Daddy and Them (2001) .... Claude Montgomery # The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) .... Ed Crane # CatDog: The Great Parent Mystery (2001) (TV) (voice) .... Hound Dog McDog/CatDog's Step-father # "CatDog" - CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery (2000) TV Episode (voice) .... CatDog's Father and Hound Dog McDog # The Last Real Cowboys (2000) .... Tar # South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000) .... Brig. Smalls # Pushing Tin (1999) .... Russell Bell ... aka Turbulenzen - und andere Katastrophen (Germany) # "King of the Hill" - Nine Pretty Darn Angry Men (1998) TV Episode (voice) .... Boyce Hubert # A Simple Plan (1998) .... Jacob Mitchell ... aka Einfacher Plan, Ein (Germany) ... aka Un plan simple (France) # Armageddon (1998) .... Dan Truman, NASA Administrator # Homegrown (1998) .... Jack Marsden # Primary Colors (1998) .... Richard Jemmons ... aka Mit aller Macht (Germany) ... aka Primary Colors (France) # The Apostle (1997) .... Troublemaker # U Turn (1997) .... Darrell ... aka U Turn - Ici commence l'enfer (France) # Mononoke-hime (1997) (voice: English version) .... Jigo ... aka Princess Mononoke (USA) # A Gun, a Car, a Blonde (1997) .... Syd/Monk # "Ellen" - The Puppy Episode: Part 1 (1997) TV Episode (uncredited) .... The Grocer - The Puppy Episode: Part 2 (1997) TV Episode (uncredited) .... The Grocer # The Winner (1996) .... Jack # Sling Blade (1996) .... Karl Childers # Don't Look Back (1996) (TV) .... Marshall # "AMC: Film Preservation Classics" ... aka AMC's Film Preservation Shorts (USA: complete title) - Film Preservation Classics with Billy Bob Thornton (1996) TV Episode .... Host # Out There (1995) (TV) .... Jailbird # The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995) .... Roy # Dead Man (1995) .... Big George Drakoulious ... aka Dead Man (Germany) ... aka Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man (USA) # On Deadly Ground (1994) .... Homer Carlton # Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1994) .... Karl Childers # Floundering (1994) .... Gun Clerk # Tombstone (1993) .... Johnny Tyler (faro dealer at Oriental Saloon) # Bound by Honor (1993) .... Lightning ... aka Blood In, Blood Out (Australia) ... aka Blood In, Blood Out... Bound by Honor # Indecent Proposal (1993) .... Day Tripper # Trouble Bound (1993) .... Coldface # The Killing Box (1993) .... Langston ... aka Ghost Brigade ... aka Ghost Brigade: The Killing Box ... aka Grey Knight ... aka Grey Night (director's cut) # Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun (1993) (V) .... Rowdy Udall # "Hearts Afire" .... Billy Bob Davis - The Big Date (1992) TV Episode .... Billy Bob Davis # One False Move (1992) .... Ray Malcolm # "Knots Landing" - Letting Go (1992) TV Episode .... Timberman # For the Boys (1991) .... Marine Sergeant, Korea # "Evening Shade" - There Once Was a Boy Named Wood (1990) TV Episode # "The Outsiders" (1990) TV Series .... Buck Merrill # Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (1989) .... Tommy ... aka Cycle Sluts (USA) # Going Overboard (1989) .... Dave ... aka Babes Ahoy # Circus (1988) (TV) # South of Reno (1988) .... Counterman # The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987) (TV) # "Matlock" - The Photographer (1987) TV Episode .... Pawnshop Clerk # Hunter's Blood (1987) .... Billy Bob