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Billy Bob Thornton
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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As actor
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
If These Walls Could Rock
The Electric State
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
Devil's Peak
Immediate Family
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
The Gray Man
Hollywood.Con
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
Untouchable
A Million Little Pieces
ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas
Temple of Art
London Fields
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
The First Boys of Spring
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Bad Santa 2
IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD
Into the Grizzly Maze
Entourage
Our Brand Is Crisis
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed
Cut Bank
The Judge
21 Years: Richard Linklater