History Creator / BillyBobThornton

* 2001 ''[[Film/TheManWhoWasntThere The Man Who Wasn't There]]'' as Ed Crane

* 2001 ''Film/TheManWhoWasntThere'' as Ed Crane

* 2004 ''Film/TheAlamo'' as Davy Crockett

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-->''"Acting is playing--it's actually going out on a playground with the other kids and being in the game, and I need that. Writing satisfies that part of myself that longs to sit in my room and dream."''

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He can certainly be strange, admitting to having a fear of antique furniture (only French, though) and his marriage to Creator/AngelinaJolie brought this out; the pair would wear vials of each other's blood around their necks (although only a drop).
* RomanceOnTheSet: It happens quite frequently, which has lead to him being a SerialSpouse.
* SerialSpouse: He's been married and divorced five times; his longest marriage lasted for four years. He has been living with Connie Angland since 2003 and they have a child together, but he did not marry her until 2014.
-->''"I've been married five times, and people think that's some bizarre thing, yet I've got buddies who refuse to get married and have sex with 15 people a week. I'm like, "Which is better?" At least I was trying."''
* SouthernFriedGenius: From the ridiculously stereotypical Southern name of 'Billy Bob' to his love of Country music, he's an Arkansas boy through and through. And also one of the most acclaimed and successful actor-directors of all time.

Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, musician and SouthernFriedGenius.

* 2000–2005 ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'' as CatDog's father

* SerialSpouse: He's been married and divorced five times; his longest marriage lasted for four years. He has been living with Connie Angland since 2003 and they have a child together, but he decided not to marry again.

* 2000 ''Film/TheGift''

* 2007-Present ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' as Dr. Oliver Lorvis

His break came with One False Move, which he co-wrote and starred in. But he became an international name after directing, writing and starring in the dark and critically acclaimed ''Film/SlingBlade'', for which he won an AcademyAward for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for Best Actor. Since then his career has been both varied and successful, with Thornton picking up awards left and right as if he found them in his bathroom. Critics considers him an "anti-film star" who approaches his roles like a character actor, and they're not wrong. Thornton is regularly willing to change his appearance for a project.

* 2011 ''Film/PussInBoots'' as Jack

His break came with One False Move, which he co-wrote and starred in. But he became an international name after directing, writing and starring in the dark and critically acclaimed Film/SlingBlade, for which he won an AcademyAward for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for Best Actor. Since then his career has been both varied and successful, with Thornton picking up awards left and right as if he found them in his bathroom. Critics considers him an "anti-film star" who approaches his roles like a character actor, and they're not wrong. Thornton is regularly willing to change his appearance for a project.

* 2007- ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' as Dr. Oliver Lorvis

* 2014 ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' as Lorne Malvo

* SerialSpouse: He's been married five times.

* 1996 Film/SlingBlade (also starring)
* 2000 Film/TheGift

* 1993 Film/{{Tombstone}} as Johnny Tyler
* 1993 Film/IndecentProposal as Day Tripper
* 1994 Film/OnDeadlyGround as Homer Carlton
* 1996 Film/SlingBlade as Karl Childers
* 1997 Anime/PrincessMononoke as Jigo
* 1998 Film/ASimplePlan as Jacob Mitchell
* 1998 Film/{{Armageddon}} as NASA Administrator Dan Truman
* 1998 Film/PrimaryColors as Richard Jemmons
* 2001 Film/{{Bandits}} as Terry Lee Collins
* 2001 Film/TheManWhoWasntThere as Ed Crane
* 2003 Film/BadSanta as Willie T. Stokes
* 2003 Film/LoveActually as President of the United States
* 2003 Film/IntolerableCruelty as Howard D. Doyle
* 2004 Film/FridayNightLights as Gary Gaines
* 2004 Film/TheAlamo as Davy Crockett
* 2007 Film/MrWoodcock as Jasper Woodcock
* 2008 Film/EagleEye as Thomas Morgan
* 2010 Film/{{Faster}} as Cop
* 2011 Film/PussInBoots as Jack
* 2014 Film/TheJudge as Dwight Dickman

* 1990 Series/TheOutsiders as Buck Merill
* 1992–1995 Series/HeartsAfire as Billy Bob Davis
* 2000–2005 WesternAnimation/CatDog as CatDog's father
* 2014 Series/{{Fargo}} as Lorne Malvo

His break came with Film/OneFalseMove, which he co-wrote and starred in. But he became an international name after directing, writing and starring in the dark and critically acclaimed Film/SlingBlade, for which he won an AcademyAward for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for Best Actor. Since then his career has been both varied and successful, with Thornton picking up awards left and right as if he found them in his bathroom. Critics considers him an "anti-film star" who approaches his roles like a character actor, and they're not wrong. Thornton is regularly willing to change his appearance for a project.

* 2000 Film/AllThePrettyHorses

* 1996 Film/DontLookBack as Marshall

* 1996 Film/AFamilyThing

* 2000 Film/AllThePretty Horses

* 1993 Film/BloodInBloodOut as Lightning

* 1996 Film/TheWinner as Jack
* 1997 Film/TheApostle as Troublemaker
* 1997 Film/UTurn as Darrell

* 1998 Film/{{Homegrown}} as Jack Marsden

* 1999 Film/PushingTin as Russell Bell
* 2000 Film/TheLastRealCowboys as Tar
* 2001 Film/SouthOfHeavenWestOfHell as Brigadier Smalls
* 2001 Film/DaddyAndThem as Claude Montgomery
* 2001 Film/MonstersBall as Hank Grotowski

* 2002 Film/WakingUpInReno as Lonnie Earl Dodd
* 2002 Film/TheBadge as Sheriff Darl Hardwick

* 2003 Film/{{Levity}} as Manuel Jordan

* 2004 Film/{{Chrystal}} as Joe
* 2005 Film/TheIceHarvest as Vic Cavanaugh
* 2005 Film/BadNewsBears as Morris Buttermaker
* 2006 Film/SchoolForScoundrels as Dr. P / Dennis Sherman
* 2007 Film/TheAstronautFarmer as Charles Farmer

* 2009 Film/TheInformers as William
* 2009 Film/TheSmellOfSuccess as Patrick

* 2013 Film/{{Parkland}} as Forrest Sorrels

* SouthernFriedGenius: From the ridiculously stereotypical Southern name of 'Billy Bob' to his love of Country music, he's an Arkansas boy through and through. And also one of the most acclaimed and successful actor-directors of all time.

-->''"I've been married five times, and people think that's some bizarre thing, yet I've got buddies who refuse to get married and have sex with 15 people a week. I'm like, "Which is better?" At least I was trying."''

Influential and highly respected, Thornton is known by both critical circles and casual audiences for his diversity, wide range, and prolificacy, appearing in at least one film per year nearly every year since 1991. Thornton has written a variety of films, usually set in the Southern United States and mainly co-written with Tom Epperson.

Influential and highly respected, Thornton is known by both critical circles and casual audiences for his diversity, wide range, and prolificacy, appearing in at least one film per year nearly every year since 1991. HThornton has written a variety of films, usually set in the Southern United States and mainly co-written with Tom Epperson.

Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955)[4] is an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, musician and SouthernFriedGenius.

His break came with Film/OneFalseMove, which he co-wrote and starred in. But he became an international name after directing, writing and starring in the dark and critically acclaimed Film/SlingBlade, for which he won an AcademyAward for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for Best Actor. Since then his career has been both varied and successful; critics considers him an "anti-film star" who approaches his roles like a character actor. Influential and highly respected, Thornton is known by both critical circles and casual audiences for his diversity, wide range, and prolificacy, appearing in at least one film per year nearly every year since 1991. Thornton has written a variety of films, usually set in the Southern United States and mainly co-written with Tom Epperson.