Billy Bob Thornton Biography, Age, Angelina Jolie, Young, Wife and Movies

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Billy Bob Thornton Biography

Billy Bob Thornton is an American actor, filmmaker, singer, songwriter, and musician. He had his first break when he co-wrote and starred in the 1992 thriller One False Move.

Billy received international attention after writing, directing, and starring in the independent drama film Sling Blade (1996). For the same film he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.

In 1990 billy appeared in several major film roles following Sling Blade, including Oliver Stone’s neo-noir U Turn (1997), political drama Primary Colors (1998), science fiction disaster film Armageddon (1998), the highest-grossing film of that year, and the crime drama A Simple Plan (1998), which earned him his third Oscar nomination.

Billy achieved further success in starring dramas in the 2000s, they include; Monster’s Ball (2001), The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001), and Friday Night Lights (2004); comedies Bandits (2001), Intolerable Cruelty (2003), and Bad Santa (2003); and action films Eagle Eye (2008) and Faster (2010).

In the first season of the anthology series Fargo Billy starred as Lorne Malvo, earning a nomination for the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie at the Emmy Awards and won Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Film at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards. He starred in an Amazon original series, Goliath in 2016, which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama.

He has been vocal about his distaste for celebrity culture, choosing to keep his life out of the public eye. However, the attention of the media has proven unavoidable in certain cases, his marriage to Angelina Jolie being a notable example.

Thornton has written a variety of films, usually set in the Southern United States and mainly co-written with Tom Epperson, including A Family Thing (1996) and The Gift (2000). After Sling Blade, he directed several other films, including Daddy and Them (2001), All the Pretty Horses (2000), and Jayne Mansfield’s Car (2012).

Thornton has received the President’s Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, a Special Achievement Award from the National Board of Review, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has also been nominated for an Emmy Award, four Golden Globes, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.

In addition to film work, Billy started a career as a singer-songwriter. So far he has released four solo albums. Billy is also the vocalist of the blues rock band The Boxmasters.

Billy Bob Thornton Age | How Old Is Billy Bob Thornton

Billy was born on October 15, 1954 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He is 68 years old as of Sept 2023.

Billy Bob Thornton Height | How Tall Is Billy Bob Thornton

Billy stands at a height of 1.78 m.

Billy Bob Thornton Family

Billy was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He is the son of Virginia Roberta (née Faulkner; died July 29, 2017), a self-proclaimed psychic, and William Raymond “Billy Ray” Thornton (November 1929 – August 1974), a high school history teacher and basketball coach. He has two brothers. One of his brother, Jimmy Don (April 1958 – October 1988), wrote a number of songs, two of which (“Island Avenue” and “Emily”) Billy has recorded on his solo albums. He is of part Irish descent. His other brother is John David Thornton.

Billy Bob Thornton Young

During his childhood Billy lived in numerous places in Arkansas during , including Alpine, Malvern, and Mount Holly. He was brought up Methodist in an extended family in a shack that had no electricity or plumbing.

In 1973 he graduated from Malvern High School. Billy was a good high school baseball player, he tried out for the Kansas City Royals, but was released after an injury. After a short period laying asphalt for the Arkansas State Transportation Department, he went to Henderson State University to pursue studies in psychology, but dropped out after two semesters.

He settled in Los Angeles, California in the mid-1980s, to pursue his career as an actor, with future writing partner Tom Epperson. Billy had a difficult time succeeding as an actor and worked in telemarketing, offshore wind farming, and fast food management between auditioning for acting jobs. Billy also played the drums and sang with South African rock band Jack Hammer. While working as a waiter for an industry event, he served Billy Wilder film director and screenwriter. He had a conversation with Wilder, who advised Thornton to consider a career as a screenwriter.

Billy Bob Thornton Wife

Thornton has been married six times, with the first five marriages ending in divorce. His fourth marriage which is current. He began a relationship with makeup effects crew member Connie Angland in 2003. The couple has a daughter named Bella. The family reside in Los Angeles, California. Although Billy once said that he likely would not marry again, saying that he believes marriage “doesn’t work” for him, his representatives confirmed that he and Angland were married on October 22, 2014, in Los Angeles.

He was married to Melissa Lee Gatlin from 1978 to 1980, with whom he had a daughter, Amanda. In 1986 he married actress Toni Lawrencethey separated the following year and divorced in 1988. He was married to actress Cynda Williams from 1990 to 1992, whom he cast in his writing debut, One False Move (1992). Billy married Playboy model Pietra Dawn Cherniak in 1993, with whom he had two sons, Harry James and William; the marriage ended in 1997, with Cherniak accusing Thornton of spousal abuse.

Billy was engaged to be married to actress Laura Dern. He had dated her from 1997 to 1999, but in 2000 he married actress Angelina Jolie, with whom he starred in Pushing Tin (1999) and who was 20 years his junior. The marriage became known for the couple’s eccentric displays of affection, which reportedly included wearing vials of each other’s blood around their necks; Thornton later clarified that the “vials” were actually two small lockets, each containing only a single drop of blood. Thornton and Jolie announced the adoption of a child from Cambodia in March 2002, but it was later revealed that Jolie had adopted the child as a single parent. They separated in June 2002 and divorced the following year.

Billy began a relationship with makeup effects crew member Connie Angland in 2003, with whom he has a daughter named Bella. They reside in Los Angeles, California. Though he once said that he likely would not marry again, saying that he believes marriage “doesn’t work” for him, his representatives confirmed that he and Angland were married on October 22, 2014, in Los Angeles.

Billy Bob Thornton Children

Billy has four children by three womenWith Melissa Lee he had one child a daughter named Amanda. With model Pietra Dawn Cherniak he had two sons, Harry James and William. With Connie Angland he has a daughter named Bella.

Angelina Jolie Billy Bob Thornton

Billy married actress Angelina Jolie, with whom he starred in Pushing Tin (1999) and who is 20 years his junior. Their marriage became known for the couple’s eccentric displays of affection, which reportedly included wearing vials of each other’s blood around their necks; Billy later clarified that the “vials” were actually two small lockets, each containing only a single drop of blood.

The couple announced the adoption of a child from Cambodia in March 2002, but it was later revealed that Jolie had adopted the child as a single parent. In 2002 the couple separated and divorced the following year.

Billy Bob Thornton Movies

Movies From Year 2011 to 2018

2018 – London Fields as Samson Young
2018 – A Million Little Pieces as Leonard
2016 – Whiskey Tango Foxtrot as Gen Hollanek
2016 – Bad Santa 2 as Willie Soke
2015 – Into the Grizzly Maze as Douglas
2015 – Entourage as Larsen McCredle
2015 – Our Brand Is Crisis as Pat Candy
2014 – Cut Bank as Stan Steeley
2014 – The Judge as Dwight Dickham
2013 – Jayne Mansfield’s Car as Skip Caldwell
2013 – The Baytown Outlaws as Carlos
2013 – Parkland as Forrest Sorrels
2011 – The King of Luck
2011 – Nashville Rises as Narrator
2011 – Puss in Boots as Jack

Movies From Year 2000 to 2010

2010 – Faster as Cop
2009 – My Run as Narrator
2009 – The Smell of Success as Patrick
2008 – Eagle Eye as Thomas Morgan
2008 – The Informers as William
2007 – The Astronaut Farmer as Charles Farmer
2007 – Mr. Woodcock as Jasper Woodcock
2006 – School for Scoundrels as Dr. P / Dennis Sherman
2005 – The Ice Harvest as Vic Cavanaugh
2005 – Bad News Bears as Morris Buttermaker
2004 – Friday Night Lights as Gary Gaines
2004 – The Alamo as Davy Crockett
2004 – Chrystal as Joe
2003 – Bad Santa as Willie Soke
2003 – Love Actually as President of the U.S.
2003 – Intolerable Cruelty as Howard D. Doyle
2003 – Levity as Manuel Jordan
2002 – Waking Up in Reno as Lonnie Earl Dodd
2002 – The Badge as Sheriff Darl Hardwick
2001 – South of Heaven, West of Hell as Brigadier Smalls
2001 – Daddy and Them as Claude Montgomery
2001 – Monster’s Ball as Hank Grotowski
2001 – Bandits as Terry Lee Collins
2001 – The Man Who Wasn’t There as Ed Crane
2001 – Camouflage
2000 – The Gift
2000 – The Last Real Cowboys as Tar
2000 – All the Pretty Horses

Movies From Year 1986 to 1999

1999 – Pushing Tin as Russell Bell
1998 – A Simple Plan as Jacob Mitchell
1998 – Armageddon as Dan Truman
1998 – Homegrown as Jack Marsden
1998 – Primary Colors as Richard Jemmons
1997 – The Apostle as Troublemaker
1997 – U Turn as Darrell
1997 – Princess Mononoke as Jigo
1997 – Burn Hollywood Burn – Himself
1996 – Sling Blade as Karl Childers
1996 – The Winner as Jack
1996 – A Family Thing
1995 – Dead Man as Big George Drakoulious
1995 – The Stars Fell on Henrietta as Roy
1994 – On Deadly Ground as Homer Carlton
1994 – Floundering as Gun Clerk
1994 – Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade as Karl Childers
1993 – Tombstone as Johnny Tyler
1993 – Blood In Blood Out as Lightning
1993 – Indecent Proposal as Day Tripper
1993 – Ghost Brigade as Langston
1993 – Trouble Bound as Coldface
1992 – One False Move as Ray Malcolm
1991 – The Dark Backward as Patron at Sloppy’s
1991 – For the Boys as Marine Sergeant in Korea
1991 – Widespread Panic: Live from the Georgia Theatre
1989 – Going Overboard as Dave
1989 – Chopper Chicks in Zombietown as Tommy
1988 – South of Reno as Counterman
1986 – Hunter’s Blood as Billy Bob

Billy Bob Thornton Tv Series | Billy Bob Thornton Tv Show

2001, 2005 – CatDog as CatDog’s father (voice)
2017 – Fargo as Narrator
2016 – American Dad! – Himself (voice)
2016–present – Goliath as Billy McBride
2014 – Fargo as Lorne Malvo
2014 – Robot Chicken as Grandpa Shlorp (voice)
2014 – The Big Bang Theory as Doctor Oliver Lorvis
1998 – King of the Hill as Boyce Hubert (voice)
1997 – Ellen as The Grocer
1996 – Don’t Look Back as Marshall
1995 – Out There as Jailbird
1992 – Knots Landing as Timberman
1992–1995 – Hearts Afire as Billy Bob Davis
1990 – The Outsiders as Buck Merill
1990 – Evening Shade as Florist
1988 – Circus as Billy Bob
1987 – Matlock as Pawnshop clerk

Billy Bob Thornton Goliath

“Goliath”, a television series by Amazon Studios, features Thornton as a formerly brilliant and personable lawyer – now washed out and alcoholic. It premiered on October 13, 2016, on Amazon Video. On February 15, 2017, Amazon announced the series had been renewed for a second season.

Billy Bob Thornton Band

From the time he was 10 years old, Billy has been in bands. Billy’s first performance was on drums at a school PTA meeting where his band played “The Ballad of The Green Berets” instrumentally. Several bands followed, with Thornton’s first recording experience coming at Widget Sound in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1974.

Later in the 1970s, Thornton was the drummer of a blues rock band named Tres Hombres. Guitarist Billy Gibbons referred to the band as “The best little cover band in Texas”, and Thornton bears a tattoo with the band’s name on it.