Billy Bob Thornton: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	Billy Thornton • William Robert Thornton
Born	August 4, 1955 (age 69) • Hot Springs • Arkansas
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (1997) • Academy Award (1997): Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) • Golden Globe Award (2017): Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama • Golden Globe Award (2015): Best Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Notable Works	“All the Pretty Horses” • “Sling Blade”
Notable Family Members	spouse Angelina Jolie
Married To	Melissa Lee Gatlin (1978–1980) • Angelina Jolie (2000–2003) • Cynda Williams (1990–1992) • Connie Angland (2014–present) • Pietra Thornton (1993–1997) • Toni Lawrence (1986–1988)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Friday Night Lights" (2004) • "The Judge" (2014) • "South of Reno" (1988) • "Knots Landing" (1992) • "Hearts Afire" (1992–1995) • "The Astronaut Farmer" (2006) • "A Simple Plan" (1998) • "Dead Man" (1995) • "Armageddon" (1998) • "American Dad!" (2016) • "Pushing Tin" (1999) • "Bad Santa 2" (2016) • "Monster's Ball" (2001) • "Chrystal" (2004) • "King of the Hill" (1998) • "Faster" (2010) • "A Gun, a Car, a Blonde" (1997) • "The Man Who Wasn't There" (2001) • "Into the Grizzly Maze" (2015) • "Eagle Eye" (2008) • "Mr. Woodcock" (2007) • "The Alamo" (2004) • "Tombstone" (1993) • "Jayne Mansfield's Car" (2012) • "Evening Shade" (1990–1991) • "Floundering" (1994) • "Waking Up in Reno" (2002) • "The Smell of Success" (2009) • "The Ice Harvest" (2005) • "Goliath" (2016–2019) • "Primary Colors" (1998) • "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" (2016) • "The Apostle" (1997) • "Daddy and Them" (2001) • "Matlock" (1987) • "Parkland" (2013) • "Bandits" (2001) • "Cut Bank" (2014) • "Intolerable Cruelty" (2003) • "The Stars Fell on Henrietta" (1995) • "Our Brand Is Crisis" (2015) • "The Informers" (2008) • "U Turn" (1997) • "Love Actually" (2003) • "Bad Santa" (2003) • "Hunter's Blood" (1986) • "The Badge" (2002) • "CatDog" (2000–2005) • "An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn" (1997) • "For the Boys" (1991) • "Sling Blade" (1996) • "Bad News Bears" (2005) • "Princess Mononoke" (1997) • "A Million Little Pieces" (2018) • "Chrome Hearts" (1989) • "The Baytown Outlaws" (2012) • "On Deadly Ground" (1994) • "The Big Bang Theory" (2014) • "Homegrown" (1998) • "Levity" (2003) • "The Outsiders" (1990) • "Grey Knight" (1993) • "One False Move" (1992) • "South of Heaven, West of Hell" (2000) • "Bound by Honor" (1993) • "Trouble Bound" (1993) • "The Winner" (1996) • "Fargo" (2014–2017) • "Entourage" (2015) • "Make It Up As We Go" (2020) • "Going Overboard" (1989) • "London Fields" (2018) • "Robot Chicken" (2014) • "School for Scoundrels" (2006) • "Indecent Proposal" (1993) • "Puss in Boots" (2011)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)	"The King of Luck" (2011) • "Daddy and Them" (2001) • "Jayne Mansfield's Car" (2012) • "All the Pretty Horses" (2000) • "Sling Blade" (1996)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator)	"The Gift" (2000) • "Jayne Mansfield's Car" (2012) • "Camouflage" (2001) • "Daddy and Them" (2001) • "One False Move" (1992) • "Sling Blade" (1996) • "A Family Thing" (1996)