Billy Bob Thornton - Famous Film Director

Billy Bob Thornton Net Worth

$45,000,000

Billy Bob Thornton, the famous American actor, screenwriter, producer, and musician, has a net worth of $45 million. He gained immense popularity after his Oscar win and has worked as an actor, director, and writer in various successful projects, including ‘Sling Blade’ and ‘Goliath.’

Key facts:

Here are 3 key facts about Billy Bob Thornton mentioned in the text:
  • Billy Bob Thornton is an accomplished American actor, screenwriter, producer, and musician.
  • Thornton's rise to fame was marked by his success after expanding his short film, 'Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade', into the feature film, 'Sling Blade' which he won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.
  • In addition to acting, Thornton established himself as a prominent writer and director, having worked on projects like 'One False Move', 'Don't Look Back', 'All the Pretty Horses', and 'The Gift', among others.

Basic Information About Billy Bob Thornton

CategoryCelebrities β€Ί Actors
ProfessionsActor, Musician, Screenwriter, Film director, Voice Actor, Singer-songwriter, Film Producer
Net worth$45,000,000
Date of birth1955-08-04 (69 years old)
Place of birthHot Springs
NationalityUnited States of America
Curiosities and TrademarksHouston Colt 45's hat
Frequently plays sleazy and immoral characters
Southern American accent
GenderMale
Height6 ft (1.83 m)
Social Mediaβ†—οΈŽ Wikipedia β†—οΈŽ IMDb

What Movie Awards did Billy Bob Thornton win?


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Billy Bob Thornton awards

Award Name State Movie / Series Name Year
Oscar - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or PublishedWinnerSling Blade1997
Actor - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading RoleNomineeSling Blade1997
Felix - Best ActorNomineeSling Blade2017
Honorable Mentions (The Next Ten Best Picture Contenders) - Honorable MentionsNomineeSling Blade1996
BSFC Award - Best New FilmmakerNomineeSling Blade1996
CFCA Award - Best ActorWinnerSling Blade1997
Special Jury Prize - Special Jury AwardWinnerSling Blade1996
Edgar - Best Motion PictureWinnerSling Blade1997
Independent Spirit Award - Best First FeatureWinnerSling Blade1997
KCFCC Award - Best ActorWinnerSling Blade1996
Golden Satellite Award - Best Actor in a Motion Picture, DramaNomineeSling Blade1997
WGA Award (Screen) - Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or PublishedWinnerSling Blade1997
LAFCA Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerRushmore1998
LAFCA Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerWild Things1998
Oscar - Best Actor in a Supporting RoleNomineeA Simple Plan1999
Actor - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting RoleNomineeA Simple Plan1999
BSFC Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerA Simple Plan1998
Critics Choice Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerA Simple Plan1999
CFCA Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerA Simple Plan1999
Chlotrudis Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerA Simple Plan1999
DFWFCA Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerA Simple Plan1999
Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion PictureNomineeA Simple Plan1999
LAFCA Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerA Simple Plan1998
NSFC Award - Best Supporting ActorNomineeA Simple Plan1999
OFTA Film Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerA Simple Plan1999
OFCS Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerA Simple Plan1999
SDFCS Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerA Simple Plan1998
Golden Satellite Award - Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, DramaNomineeA Simple Plan1999
SEFCA Award - Best Supporting ActorNomineeA Simple Plan1999
FFCC Award - Best ActorWinnerMonster's Ball2002
NBR Award - Best ActorWinnerMonster's Ball2001
Audience Award - Best ActorWinnerThe Man Who Wasn't There2002
DFWFCA Award - Best ActorNomineeThe Man Who Wasn't There2002
DVD Premiere Award - Best Audio Commentary, New ReleaseNomineeThe Man Who Wasn't There2003
Empire Award - Best ActorNomineeThe Man Who Wasn't There2002
FFCC Award - Best ActorWinnerThe Man Who Wasn't There2002
Sierra Award - Best ActorNomineeThe Man Who Wasn't There2002
ALFS Award - Actor of the YearWinnerThe Man Who Wasn't There2002
NBR Award - Best ActorWinnerThe Man Who Wasn't There2001
OFCS Award - Best ActorWinnerThe Man Who Wasn't There2002
Golden Aries - Best Foreign ActorWinnerThe Man Who Wasn't There2002
SEFCA Award - Best ActorWinnerThe Man Who Wasn't There2001
COFCA Award - Best ActorNomineeBad Santa2004
Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or MusicalNomineeBad Santa2004
Golden Satellite Award - Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or MusicalNomineeBad Santa2004
Teen Choice Award - Choice Movie SleazebagNomineeBad Santa2004
BSFC Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerPsycho1998
FFCC Award - Best ActorWinnerBandits2002
NBR Award - Best ActorWinnerBandits2001
PFCS Award - Best Actor in a Supporting RoleNomineeBandits2002

Billy Bob Thornton roles

Movie / Series Role
London FieldsSamson Young
Mononoke-himeJigo (voice)
Sling BladeDirector
Sling BladeWriter
Sling BladeWriter
Sling BladeKarl Childers
Into the Grizzly MazeDouglass
A Simple PlanJacob
Love ActuallyThe US President
The GiftWriter
Indecent ProposalDay Tripper
The JudgeDwight Dickham
ArmageddonDan Truman
Bound by HonorLightning
Monster's BallHank Grotowski
EntourageLarsen McCredle
Eagle EyeAgent Thomas Morgan
The Man Who Wasn't ThereEd Crane
Dead ManBig George Drakoulious
Friday Night LightsCoach Gary Gaines
FasterCop
U TurnDarrell
A Million Little PiecesLeonard
Puss in BootsJack (voice)
Intolerable CrueltyHoward D. Doyle
Bad SantaWillie
The Baytown OutlawsCarlos
On Deadly GroundHomer Carlton
Whiskey Tango FoxtrotGeneral Hollanek
The InformersWilliam Sloan
Our Brand Is CrisisPat Candy
Bad News BearsMorris Buttermaker
Cut BankBig Stan Steeley
BanditsTerry Collins
The AlamoDavy Crockett
One False MoveWriter
One False MoveRay Malcolm
All the Pretty HorsesDirector
ParklandForrest Sorrels
Going OverboardDave
Bad Santa 2Willie Soke
Primary ColorsRichard Jemmons
The Astronaut FarmerCharles Farmer
Pushing TinRussell Bell
The ApostleTroublemaker
CatDogCatDog's Father / ... 2 episodes, 2000-2005
FargoLorne Malvo / ... 11 episodes, 2014-2017
Everybody Loves RaymondSelf 1 episode, 2002
Made in HollywoodSelf 4 episodes, 2010-2016
Evening ShadeAlvin / ... 2 episodes, 1990-1991

Billy Bob Thornton's Quotes

  • [on his Academy Award nomination for Best Actor (Sling Blade (1996)] Getting the nomination is like gravy. Winning would be like whatever is better than gravy.
  • I was the fattest baby in Clark County, Arkansas. They put me in the newspaper. It was like a prize turnip.
  • 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.
  • I can't sit through plays and musical theatre. I just want to run up onstage and mess up their hair and turn over the furniture.
  • It's not that I don't understand it. But people think if you speak with an English accent it somehow makes you smarter.

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Interesting Facts about Billy Bob Thornton

  1. Has numerous tattoos, among them at least six on his arms (three right, three left) and on his lower back/hip.
  2. His mother, a psychic, predicted he would work with Burt Reynolds. That prediction came true when, beginning in 1990, he did three episodes of Reynolds' CBS series Evening Shade (1990).
  3. Ex-wife Pietra granted a restraining order against Thornton to keep him away from her and their children. [April 1997]
  4. In high school, Thornton played drums in a band called "Stone Cold Fever" and cranked out Creedence Clearwater Revival songs.
  5. He was honored by his hometown, where he's remembered as a milkshake-loving, drum-playing rock 'n' roller. "I had a Tastee-Freez stand before I got into politics," said Mayor Bill Scrimshire, who declared "Billy Bob Thornton Day" Tuesday. "When he was a kid in high school, he used to buy hamburgers and milkshakes from me. He was one of my Tastee-Freez kids.".
  6. Gained about 50 pounds for his role as the auto mechanic in U Turn (1997).
  7. He and Dwight Yoakam have their own production company and are looking at producing movies and records together. Yoakam appeared opposite Thornton in Sling Blade (1996).
  8. Was treated for an unspecified "viral infection" at a hospital in Los Angeles, California. [September 2000]
  9. Claimed in a "USA Today" interview that he has an intense phobia of antique furniture. This fear has been seen on screen in both Bandits (2001) and Sling Blade (1996).
  10. Jolie and Thornton have adopted a Cambodian baby boy. Angelina Jolie took custody of the baby in Africa, where she is shooting Beyond Borders (2003), her father, Jon Voight, told reporters at the 3/11 Academy Awards luncheon. Voight said he didn't know whether the couple had picked a name for the child. [March 2002]
  11. Agreed to Ethan Coen and Joel Coen's The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) without reading the script, out of respect for the Coen brothers' talent.
  12. Gave up smoking after completing The Man Who Wasn't There (2001).
  13. Has stated that, of all the characters he has played, the one he enjoyed playing the most was Davy Crockett in The Alamo (2004).
  14. Father of four children: Amanda (born late 1970s), William (born 1993), Harry James (born 1994) and Bella (born September 2004).
  15. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. [October 2004]
  16. Has English, Irish and Scottish ancestry. Has said that he also has Cherokee Native American ancestry; it is not clear if this ancestry has been documented/verified.
  17. Owns a penthouse in Paris.
  18. Cousin of wrestlers Terry Funk and Dory Funk Jr., who are known to wrestling fans as the Funk Brothers. Thornton was contacted about inducting the Funk Brothers into the WWE Hall of Fame, but declined the offer.
  19. His character Willie from Bad Santa (2003) is reenacted by Eminem in the music video for Eminem's hit song "Just Lose It".
  20. In an interview, Thornton talked about his struggling actor years. At one point, he was so poor all he could afford to eat were potatoes, which he would grill until they stuck to the pan. This consumption led to myocarditis, which led to an intense pain in his chest since he did not have any potassium in his system. He was treated at a hospital, thanks to a kind doctor who was from Arkansas, his home state. At the time, Thornton had no medical insurance and has remained grateful for the doctor's treatment.

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