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Billy Bob Thornton
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Biography
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 Screenplay. He appeared in several major film roles following Sling Blade 's success, including 1998's Armageddon and A Simple Plan. During the late 1990s, Thornton began a career as a singer-songwriter. He has released three albums and was the singer of a blues rock band.
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The Gray Man
2022 · Fitzroy
Into the Grizzly Maze
2015 · Douglass
The Judge
2014 · Dwight Dickham
Cut Bank
2014 · Stan Steeley
The Informers
2008 · William Sloan
Eagle Eye
2008 · Thomas Morgan
The Ice Harvest
2005 · Vic
Bad Santa
2003 · Willie
Intolerable Cruelty
2003 · Howard D. Doyle
Love Actually
2003 · The US President
Monster's Ball
2001 · Hank Grotowski
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001 · Ed Crane
Bandits
2001 · Terry Lee Collins
A Simple Plan
1998 · Jacob Mitchell
Armageddon
1998 · Dan Truman
Primary Colors
1998 · Richard Jemmons
U Turn
1997 · Darrell
Sling Blade
1996 · Karl Childers
Dead Man
1995 · Big George Drakoulious
Out There
1995 · Jailbird
Tombstone
1993 · Johnny Tyler
Indecent Proposal
1993 · Day Tripper
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988 · Self - Audience Member