Billy Bob Thornton - Biography

Last Editor: mariaguero82				Billy Bob Thornton Biography -   Name : Billy Bob Thornton Birth Date : 4th August, 1955 Birth Place : Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA Height : 6' (1.83 m) Nationality : American Profession : Actor, director, producer, writer Best Known As : The writer, director and star of Sling Blade

Billy Bob Thornton Trivia -

When he got his new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, his BAD SANTA co-star Bernie Mac writes in an own full page ad, You deserve it! There is no Badder Santa than you! (2004) Got his star on Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004 Will star in a remake of Walter Matthau classic THE BAD NEWS BEARS. (May 1, 2004) Thornton and girlfriend Connie Angland are expecting a child in October. (April 10, 2004) Denies ever cheating on Angelina Jolie, placing blame for their divorce on different approaches to their lives. (March 17, 2004) Is in negotiations to head the cast of football drama FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, a Universal Pictures project based on the book by H.G. Bissinger. (December 6, 2003) His new Christmas movie, BAD SANTA, has infuriated Disney bosses because it portrays Santa Claus as a sex-crazed, foul-mouthed alcoholic. (November 18, 2003) Thornton said he poured his aching heart into his new album, The Edge Of The World, after splitting from ex-wife Angelina Jolie. (September 8, 2003) Thornton has erased the left forearm tattoo of Angelina Jolie's name from his body - He had it covered up with an angel that says Peace, his way of saying No hard feelings. (September 5, 2003) Thornton celebrated his divorce from screen beauty Angelina Jolie, by burning the vials of blood they exchanged when they married. The vials were placed in a small box he called, the marital coffin. (June 4, 2003) Thornton flew into a tantrum on the set of his new movie BAD SANTA because he couldn't find his silverware – he has admitted to having a phobia of plastic cutlery. (October 28, 2002) Cheated on estranged wife Angelina Jolie with his sex therapist. Angelina ordered Thornton to attend sessions at a clinic in a bid to save their two year marriage - after discovering he had cheated on her with a string of groupies and members of their household staff. Was treated for an unspecified viral infection at a Los Angeles hospital. (22 September 2000) Agreed to THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE without reading the script out of respect for Coen's talent. Claimed in a USA Today interview that he has an intense phobia of antique furniture. This fear has been seen on screen in both BANDITS (2001) and SLING BLADE (1996). Gained about 50 pounds for his role as the auto mechanic in U-TURN. Has numerous tattoos, among them at least 6 on his arms (3 right, 3 left) and on his lower back/hip. He and Dwight Yoakam have their own production company and are looking at producing movies and records together. His mother, a psychic, predicted he would work with Burt Reynolds. The prediction came true when he did three episodes of CBS's Evening Shade starting in 1990. Was honored by his hometown, where he's remembered as a milkshake-loving, drum-playing rock 'n' roller. Has a phobia of antique furniture THE GIFT (2000) is rumored to be based on Thornton's own mother's psychic abilities. A scene in A SIMPLE PLAN (1998) with he and Bill Paxton was lost by Northwest Airlines in January 1998, while in transit from Minnesota to Los Angeles. The missing scene had been shot in Minnesota. The film was insured, and the missing scene was re-shot. Billy Wilder advised him to write a screenplay in SLING BLADE where he could exploit his less than perfect features. He recorded a narration for the 3+ hour epic under the supervision of director Terence Malick. But the final print of the THE THIN RED LINE (1998) has voiceovers by 8 of the main characters in the film; none of the narration from Thornton is in the final print. In addition, several other stars who filmed scenes were left on the cutting-room floor, including Bill Pullman, Lukas Haas, Viggo Mortensen, and Mickey Rourke. He was also linked with THE SHIPPING NEWS (2001) later after John Travolta and Kelly Preston. In order to make his walk more awkward and consistent, he placed crushed glass in his shoes in during the production of SLING BLADE (1996). Two of the actors in U-TURN (1997) are Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Voight. Thornton is now Voight's son-in-law.

Billy Bob Thornton Detailed Biography -

Born in Hot Springs, Arkansas on August 4, 1955, Billy Bob was named after his father (Billy) and his mother's grandfather (Bob). Billy Bob Thornton is the oldest son of high school basketball coach Billy Ray Thornton and Virginia Faulkner Thornton, a psychic. He was followed by two brothers: Jimmy Don, born in 1958, and John David, born in 1969. Billy Bob began his artistic career as a musician, playing drums and singing in a band called Tres Hombres, which once opened for Hank Williams Jr'. Throughout high school, he would spend his weekends playing drums and singing in the style of his musical idols wherever he could, from VFW clubs to roadhouses where there was chicken wire across the front of the stage. Coached by Malvern High School's drama teacher, Maudie Treadway, Billy Bob studied acting and eventually played the lead in the school play Egad, What a Cad. Following high school, Billy Bob joined a local soul group named Blue and the Blue Velvets and eventually formed his own soul group Hot ’Lanta. Billy Bob played drums and shared lead vocals with the Brothers Shipp as they began performing for colleges and high schools throughout Arkansas and Texas. He tried out as a baseball player for the Kansas City Royals, but a fateful, wild pitch during his first at-bat caught him in the shoulder and broke his collarbone, putting an end to his athletic career. He also did time as a roadie, setting up mikes for bands like Lighthouse and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Over the next few years, Billy Bob led an eclectic working life. At times he toiled in local businesses as a grocery store clerk, a painter, a drill press operator in a machine shop, assembled screen doors, made chains for bikes and chainsaws, drove a bulldozer, hauled hay, and managed to get through a stint at the local saw mill with all his fingers intact. With help from friends, he landed a few small parts and made his feature debut in 1988's direct-to-video release Hunter's Blood. After a brief turn as a soldier in the Bette Middler vehicle For The Boys, Billy Bob had his first brush with the creative-control side of the movie business, making the critically lauded One False Move with Epperson in 1991. With Billy Bob's stock in Hollywood on the rise, the film's minor success allowed him to sell the idea of Sling Blade, the script which he had handwritten on the sets of various productions. Thornton had appeared in several television shows and low budget movies in the 1980s, and in 1991 earned critical praise for the script of the movie One False Move (co-written with his partner, Tom Epperson). After the success of Sling Blade Thornton moved into bigger budget movies such as Primary Colors (1998, with John Travolta) and Armageddon (1998, with Bruce Willis), and stayed busy on both sides of the camera. He was nominated for an Oscar for his role in A Simple Plan (1998), he co-wrote the screenplay for The Gift (2000, with Cate Blanchett) and he directed Matt Damon and Penelope Cruz in the 2000 feature All The Pretty Horses. In 2001 he teamed again with Willis and Blanchett in the comedy Bandits.When he is not busy with his acting and music careers, Billy Bob enjoys staying home, spending lots of time with his children, shooting pool (he remains an accomplished trick shot artist), rooting for the St. Louis Cardinals, shopping for music and vintage threads, and on occasion adding to his collection of tattoos. He also has his own line of stylish country-western-themed men's shirts, designed by Dave Cadison of CadZoots. He enjoys meeting and talking with his fans as he encounters them and remains a popular public figure.