- Billy Bob Thornton was born on August 4, 1955, in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
- Billy Bob Thornton is an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter, actor, as well as occasional director, playwright and singer.
- Father: Billy Ray (basketball coach; died of lung cancer in 1973)
- Mother: Virginia (psychic)
- Thornton spend his childhood in Alpine. His family was poor, living in a home without electricity.
- After graduating high school, Billy Bob Thornton got a job and got married. He got divorced after two years, returning to college in order to keep on studying psychology.
- His debut as an actor was in "Hunter's Blood" (1987).
- Billy Bob Thornton became known as an important script-writer and actor in Hollywood after the success of "Sling Blade" in 1996.
- In 1998 Billy Bob Thornton got an Oscar with "A Simple Plan".
- Billy Bob Thornton wrote directed and starred in "Daddy and Them" and then he got nominated to Golden Globe for "The Man Who Wasn't There" .
- His private life was very mediated by media, especially for his marriage to Angelina Jolie, marriage that ended in May, 2003.
- Billy Bob Thornton got his star on Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004.
- Height: 6'
- Billy Bob Thornton admits he's unlikely to get married again, because he's afraid of being wed more times than Mickey Rooney.
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