Billy Bob Thornton

**Billy Bob Thornton** Thorton grew up in a large family in a shack. It did not have electricity nor plumbing. Thornton  from high school in 1973. He was good high school baseball player. He tried out for the Kansas City Royals, but was let go after an injury.

In the mid 1980s, Thornton moved to Los Angeles to become an actor. He had many large movie roles after *Sling Blade* 's success. These include 1998's *Armageddon* with Ben Affleck and Bruce Willis, *A Simple Plan*, ''Monster's Ball*, *Bandits* and *The Man Who Wasn't There''. He played a mall Santa Claus in 2003's *Bad Santa*. It was a black comedy that did very good at the box office. The movie made Thornton notable as a leading comic actor. Thornton has said that, after *Bad Santa*'s success, audiences "like to watch [him] play that kind of guy," In 2004 he played Davy Crockett in *The Alamo*.

He was in the comic movie *School for Scoundrels* in 2006. More recent movies include *The Astronaut Farmer* and the comedy, *Mr. Woodcock*. In September 2008, Thornton starred in the action movie *Eagle Eye* with Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan. Thornton has also said he may want to direct another movie. He may direct a period piece about cave explorer Floyd Collins. The movie would be based on the book *Trapped! The Story of Floyd Collins* by Robert K. Murray and Roger Brucker. Thornton got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 7, 2004.

## Personal life 
### Relationships and children
Thornton has been married six times. Each marriage ended in divorce. With the ongoing exception of his most recent and still current marriage. He has four children by three women. From 1978 to 1980, he was married to Melissa Lee Gatlin. They have a daughter, Amanda. Thornton married actress Toni Lawrence in 1986. They divorced in 1988. From 1990 to 1992, he was married to actress Cynda Williams. In 1993, Thornton married *Playboy* model Pietra Dawn Cherniak. They have two sons, Harry James and William. The marriage ended in 1997. Cherniak said Thornton abused her.

Thornton was engaged to be married to actress Laura Dern, whom he dated from 1997 to 1999. Instead of marrying Dern, in 2000, he married actress Angelina Jolie. The marriage became known for the couple's strange shows of affection. These were said to include wearing vials of each other's blood around their necks. Thorton later said that the "vials" were actually two small lockets. Each had only a single drop of blood in it. Thornton and Jolie said they were adopting a child from Cambodia in March 2002. Later it was learned that Jolie had adopted the child as a single parent. They separated in June 2002 and divorced the following year.

Since 2003, Thornton has been in a relationship with Connie Angland. They officially wed in 2014. They have a daughter, Bella. The family lives in Los Angeles, California. Thornton had said that he likely wouldn't marry again. He had said that he thought that marriage "doesn't work" for him. Thus far proven wrong as of 2025 they've celebrated 11 years of marriage together. Billy Bob Thornton has said they've "...been together longer than if you totalled up all his previous marriages combined, its more time...", via Us magazine.

Thornton is the cousin of professional wrestling legends Terry Funk and Dory Funk, Jr.

## Film
## Television
## Video games
## Discography 
### Solo
* *Private Radio* (2001)
* *The Edge of the World* (2003)
* *Hobo* (2005)
* *Beautiful Door* (2007)

### The Boxmasters
* The Boxmasters (Vanguard, 2008)
* Christmas Cheer (Vanguard, 2008)
* Modbilly (Vanguard, 2009)
* Keys To The Kingdom (TBA)
* Bellflower (TBA)

## References 
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## Other websites 
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* Official site of Billy Bob Thornton
* Billy Bob Thornton attacks CBC Radio Host
* Six Degrees of Swampland, Billy Bob Thornton
* Swampland: GRITZ Billy Bob Thornton Interview 2008
* Alamo Sentry  Interview with Thornton regarding his role as David Crockett.
* Billy Bob Thornton interview 
* "Set For Launch: A Video Interview with the Makers of 'The Astronaut Farmer'"  — eFilmCritic.com video interviews with Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen and the Polish Brothers
* Stumped? Interview 
* Billy Bob Thornton: “I Have 5,000 Favorites”