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My Take
Billy Bob Thornton interests me because he succeeded the hard way, from the inside out. He did not wait for Hollywood to hand him a great part; he wrote one for himself and won an Academy Award for the screenplay. Decades later he proved it was no fluke, collecting Golden Globes for television work that demands sustained, quietly menacing precision. Add a parallel life as a working musician and you get a genuine American original, an Arkansas storyteller who treats acting, writing, and music as one continuous craft. I trust performers like that far more than I trust any polished movie star.
Overview
Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, and singer-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.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Name (Japanese)
- ビリー・ボブ・ソーントン
- Reading
- びりー・ぼぶ・そーんとん
- Born
- August 4, 1955 (age 70)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Goat
- Origin
- Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film director / film actor / screenwriter / musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Malvern High School
- University
- Henderson State University
Awards & achievements
- Writers Guild of America Award
- 1997 Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- Edgar Awards
- 2015 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
- Saturn Awards
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 2017 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.