Composer
Billy Bob Thornton
American actor, filmmaker, and musician
b. 1955
1 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1955
- Birthplace
- Hot Springs
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
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. For his role in A Simple Plan (1998), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Thornton is known for his film roles in One False Move (1992), Tombstone (1993), Dead Man (1995), Sling Blade (1996), U Turn (1997), Primary Colors (1998), Armageddon (1998), Monster's Ball (2001), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), Intolerable Cruelty (2003), Bad Santa (2003), and Friday Night Lights (2004). He has written a variety of films, including A Family Thing (1996) and The Gift (2000) and has directed films such as All the Pretty Horses (2000), Daddy and Them (2001) and Jayne Mansfield's Car (2012).
Thornton is also known for his roles on television acting in the CBS sitcom Hearts Afire from 1992 to 1995. In 2014, he starred as Lorne Malvo in the first season of the FX anthology series Fargo, earning a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie and winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film. From 2016 to 2021, he played Billy McBride in the Amazon legal drama series Goliath, which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama. In 2024, he began playing the lead role of Tommy Norris in the Paramount+ series Landman.
Thornton has released four solo albums and is the vocalist of the rock band the Boxmasters. Thornton has been vocal about his distaste for celebrity culture, choosing to avoid the public eye. He has been married six times, including to Angelina Jolie from 2000 to 2003.
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Life and musical career
- Selected occupations
- actor; film director; film actor; screenwriter; musician; singer; voice actor; television actor; songwriter; film producer; recording artist; director
- Recorded memberships
- Writers Guild of America West
- Instruments played
- voice
- Genres
- country rock; blues rock
- Awards
- Writers Guild of America Award; Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay; Edgar Awards; Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama; Saturn Awards; star on Hollywood Walk of Fame; Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Official website
- http://billybobthornton.net
- Birth name
- William Robert Thornton
- Native languages
- English
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 54344355
- ISNI
- 0000000120961536
- GND ID
- 115796339
- Library of Congress ID
- n96086136
- MusicBrainz ID
- c1d37cef-5a55-4f9d-8399-93679dd111eb
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Guitar, Horn, Piano, Vocal
- Genres represented
- Country, pop
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angelina | See work details |
1 more instruments
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Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 54344355. Portrait: Emmanuelle CHOUSSY, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.