He is the older brother of james donald jimmy don born in 1958 and now deceased and john david born in 1969. Billy bob thornton completely adlibbed his scene stealing. He won an academy award for his screenplay of sling blade 1996, which he also starred in and directed. The star, who has died suddenly aged 61, shone brightest in his characterful collaborations with billy bob thornton, but he also made a sturdy action hero in the likes of twister. Actor billy bob thornton plays with his band the boxmasters during the second annual all for the hall benefit for the country music hall of fame at the nokia theater oct. There once was a boy named wood 1992 knots landing. Billy bob thornton was born on august 4, 1955 in hot springs, arkansas, to virginia roberta faulkner, a psychic, and william raymond billy ray thornton, an educator, high school history teacher, and basketball coach now deceased. Billy bob thornton to star in fxs fargo adaptation. Billy bob thornton was born on august 4, 1955 in hot springs, arkansas, to virginia roberta. Though he had already been a working actor for 10 years, 1996s sling blade made billy bob thornton a star. Billy bob thornton on goliath and why tv is the new indie filmand what hollywood always gets wrong about the south. Goliath season 3 official trailer hd billy bob thornton. Films include the man who wasnt there, bad santa, and a simple plan. Billy bob thornton is without a doubt enjoying his current hollywood ad campaign.
Billy bob thornton biography affair, married, wife. After a 10episode stint on fxs fargo, billy bob thornton has found himself at the center of another dark crime drama, the upcoming amazon original series goliath, created by david. In addition to film work, thornton began a career as a singersongwriter. He also appeared in several major film roles in the 1990s, including oliver stones neonoir u turn, primary colors, and a simple plan, which earned him his third academy awards. Billy bob thornton 12 greatest films ranked worst to best. Billy bob thornton biography, movie highlights and. Amazon studios has released a new trailer for goliath, their upcoming series featuring billy bob thornton, maria bello, and william hurt. No matter if hes acting in an independent drama or a.
Goliath is very noirish, and youre a film noir fan, right. Billy bob thornton celebrity profile check out the latest billy bob thornton photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. In it, thornton plays charlie farmer, a family man and farmer who, despite financial hardships and the. Mar 11, 2020 billy bob thornton is an american actor, filmmaker, singer, songwriter, and musician.
These movies included on deadly ground and tombstone. With billy bob thornton, greg kinnear, marcia gay harden, sammi kane kraft. As sadistic pe teacher mr woodcock in his new comedy of the same name, he makes life intolerable for his school. Thornton first became known for his acting on the cbs sitcom hearts afire and in a number of early 1990s movies. A prolific actor, writer, director, and songwriter, billy bob thornton is as interesting as his choice in films. Billy bob thornton s highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. Wyatt earp is an iconic reallife lawman best remembered for the gunfight at the o. Sep 29, 2008 eagle eyes with shia labeouf and billy bob thornton deals with the concept of always being watched in public.
He won an academy award for his screenplay of sling blade 1996 thornton grew up in rural arkansas. Smith, based on smiths 1993 novel of the same name. The film stars bill paxton, billy bob thornton, and bridget fonda. Billy bob thornton full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Billy bob thorntons 10 best movies nov 23, 2016 before it was an acclaimed cult favorite on the tv dial, friday night lights was a buzz bissinger nonfiction book about life on the texas high school gridiron and then it was a peter berg drama starring billy bob thornton as a football coach with the weight of a small towns hopes and dreams on his programs shoulders. Eagle eyes with shia labeouf and billy bob thornton deals with the concept of always being watched in public. Billy bob thornton and kathy bates are so much better than. Billy bob thornton movies and filmography allmovie.
Billy bob thornton biography, movie highlights and photos. John farley seann william scott is a successful selfhelp author who returns to his hometown in. Tour our billy bob thornton photo gallery with his 12 greatest films ranked. Feb 16, 2012 representatives for billy bob thornton were yesterday forced to deny that the oscarwinning film maker and actors forthcoming movie, and then we drove, is based on his shortlived but much. Billy bob thornton, cowriter, director and a cast member in the film jayne mansfields car, says the movie would have been a hit in 2001 but probably wont be today. Sling blade is a 1996 american drama film written and directed by billy bob thornton, who also stars in the lead role. Billy bob thornton is heading to fxs fargo the oscar winner has been tapped to play lorne malvo, the rootless, manipulative man who meets a smalltown insurance salesman and sets him on a path. One of hollywoods few celebrators of the southern bad boy image, country musician turned actorscreenwriterdirector billy bob thornton consistently engenders a reputation via chosen onscreen parts and fervent tabloid reports of. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards.
Billy bob thornton was born on august 4, 1955 in hot springs, arkansas, to virginia. Goliath season 3 official trailer hd billy bob thornton youtube. Mar 30, 2020 billy bob thornton, american actor, writer, director, and musician known for his versatility and eccentric personality. Billy bob thornton active 1987 2018 born aug 4, 1955 in hot springs, arkansas, united states genres drama, comedy, comedy drama, thriller, crime. Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of texan and tejano men, led by davy crockett and jim bowie, and mexican dictator santa annas forces at the alamo in san antonio texas. Billy bob thornton denies new movie is based on relationship. In the mid1990s, after writing, directing, and starring in the independent movie sling blade, he won an academy award for. Maggie rodriguez talks to billy bob about making the film. Billy bob thornton himself has teased that bad santa 2 is currently in the early stages of development. Billy bob thornton 1 episode, 2016 trailer park boys. Each season, billy bob thornton s character billy mcbride takes on a big case based on reallife issues plaguing the country, led by a goliath s. Billy bob thornton born august 4, 1955 is an american actor, writer, director, and musician thornton had his first break when he cowrote and starred in the 1992 thriller one false move, and 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.
Film profile for billy bob thornton, actor and director, born 4 august 1955. The oscar winner mulls over his first emmy nomination, and why film actors are flocking to television. Other notable movies included a simple plan 1998 and the man who wasnt there 2001. The alamo is directed by john lee hancock, who cowrites with leslie bohem and stephen gaghan. Upgrade to a letterboxd pro account to add your favorite services to this listincluding any service and country pair listed on justwatchand to enable oneclick filtering by all your favorites. Set in rural minnesota, the film follows brothers hank paxton and jacob mitchell thornton, who, along with jacobs friend. With billy bob thornton, bernie mac, lauren graham, john ritter. A grizzled little league coach tries to turn his team of misfits into champs. Billy bob thornton s debut film as a director, slingblade, was a great movie, with few characters and a very simple storyline. Academy award winner billy bob thornton, 63, discusses his hit tv show goliath. Billy bob thornton born august 4, 1955 is an american actor, writer, director, and musician. Billy bob thornton simple english wikipedia, the free.
Billy bob thornton born august 4, 1955 is an american actor, screenwriter, director, singer and musician. The new york film festival, which ended on october 14, ran a new retrospective of the films of joseph l. Billy bob thorntons debut film as a director, slingblade, was a great movie, with few characters and a very simple storyline. With billy bob thornton, jay hernandez, derek luke, lucas black. Hes been working a lot, making a lot of movies, so hes tired. Billy bob thornton, in full william robert thornton, also called billy thornton, born august 4, 1955, hot springs, arkansas, u. Billy bob thorntons new film was inspired by his unconventional childhood. This film suffers from a year gap that tried to keep the charactesr fresh, but new audiences may not have a history with the original 2003 film. Billy bob thornton talks goliath season 3 and facing. In todays film news roundup, billy bob thornton signs up for a million little pieces, the bricklayer moves forward, and greenwich entertainment finds its first re.
Aug 08, 2016 after a 10episode stint on fxs fargo, billy bob thornton has found himself at the center of another dark crime drama, the upcoming amazon original series goliath, created by david. Karl childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town. Bissingers book, which profiled the economically depressed town of odessa, texas and their heroic high school football team, the permian high panthers. When i started to search for posters for his films i felt a little uninspired myself and wondered whether mankiewiczs smart, wordy cinema didn. Woodcock is a 2007 sports comedy film directed by craig gillespie, and starring seann william scott, billy bob thornton, susan sarandon, amy poehler, and ethan suplee. In preparation, adrian curry at mubi started searching out for cool posters of mankiewiczs films. Hitchcock leading lady tippi hedren has a film credit for the dead mother, but her scene got cut during the editing process. Even though he becomes more and more of a mess, all the time, especially in this new season, he has to confront himself, finally, and. When given the chance to invest in a new process called dry.
People know him through his roles in such films as sling blade, monsters ball and our brand is crisis. With dennis quaid, billy bob thornton, emilio echevarria, jason patric. Thorton had his first break when he cowrote and starred in the 1992 thriller one false move. The following is the filmography of american actor, filmmaker, singer, songwriter and musician billy bob thornton. List of the best billy bob thornton movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Vincent chase adrian grenier kam als grunschnabel aus queens, new york, nach kalifornien. Bad santa 1 will always be a top 10 holiday movie for me, but bs2 may only be something i watch if it is on and i happen across it. Billy bob thorntons 10 best movies rotten tomatoes.
Reporting on movies, television, video games, and pop culture cinemablend is the goto source for todays pluggedin generation. A miserable conman and his partner pose as santa and his little helper to rob department stores on christmas eve. A simple plan is a 1998 neonoir crime thriller film directed by sam raimi and written by scott b. The star of new jfk film parkland, billy bob thornton talks to michael hogan about movies, music, and sharing neuroses with paul giamatti published. Movie news gregory wakeman 20141021 new fargo clip with billy bob thornton only scrapes. Billy bob thornton improvised his role in 1993 western epic tombstone. Penned by jack reher and directed by saw vs david hackl, the film stars james marsden, thomas jane, billy bob thornton, piper perabo, scott glenn, adam beach, michaela mcmanus and kelly curran.
Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. It stars billy bob thornton, jason patric, patrick wilson, dennis quaid, emilio echevarria and jordi molla. Jul 20, 2014 penned by jack reher and directed by saw vs david hackl, the film stars james marsden, thomas jane, billy bob thornton, piper perabo, scott glenn, adam beach, michaela mcmanus and kelly curran. Billy bob thornton list of movies and tv shows tv guide. Early life, childhood, and education thornton was born in. Billy bob thornton shares credits with robert duvall for the stars fell on henrietta, a family thing and the apostle, and duvall also played thorntons father in sling blade. Billy bob thorntons goliath to return for fourth and. Jun 01, 2011 a local troublemaker billy bob thornton cannot bring himself to knock down the church when sonny robert duvall blocks the bulldozer with a bible.
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