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    Billy Bob Thornton

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  1. Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American film actor, filmmaker, singer and songwriter. He received international attention after writing, directing, and starring in the independent drama film Sling Blade (1996), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor .

  2. Billy Bob Thornton. Actor: Sling Blade. Billy Bob Thornton was born on August 4, 1955 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, to Virginia Roberta (Faulkner), a psychic, and William Raymond (Billy Ray) Thornton, an educator, high school history teacher, and basketball coach (now deceased).

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    • Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
  3. Billy Bob Thornton. Actor: Sling Blade. Billy Bob Thornton was born on August 4, 1955 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, to Virginia Roberta (Faulkner), a psychic, and William Raymond (Billy Ray) Thornton, an educator, high school history teacher, and basketball coach (now deceased). He is the older brother of James Donald (Jimmy Don) (born in 1958 and now deceased) and John David (born in 1969). He ...

    • Actor, Writer, Director
    • August 4, 1955
  4. Apr 29, 2024 · Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955, Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.) is an American actor, writer, director, and musician known for his versatility and eccentric personality. He won an Academy Award for his screenplay of Sling Blade (1996). Thornton grew up in rural Arkansas. He played in various bands in high school and worked a number of ...

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  5. List of awards and nominations received by Billy Bob Thornton; Billy Bob Thornton discography; References "Billy Bob Thornton – Filmography". AllMovie. AMN. allmovie.com "Billy Bob Thornton – Filmography". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. rottentomatoes.com "Billy Bob Thornton – Filmography". Film Reference.

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  7. Nov 23, 2016 · 8. The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) 81%. The Coen brothers went neo-noir for 2001’s The Man Who Wasn’t There, drafting a stellar batch of character actors (including Thornton, Richard Jenkins, Tony Shalhoub, and Frances McDormand) to tell the story of a barber (Thornton) whose placid-seeming suburban post-WWII existence unravels into a crazy ...

  8. Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, screenwriter, director and musician. Thornton gained early recognition as a cast member on the CBS sitcom Hearts Afire and in several early 1990s films including On Deadly Ground and Tombstone. In the mid-1990s, after writing, directing, and starring in the independent film Sling Blade, he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted ...

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