• Name: Billy Bob Thornton
  
• Height: 6'
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: August 4, 1955
  
• Birth Place: Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
  
• Profession: actor, director, producer, writer
  
• Education: Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas (majored in Psychology)
  
• Husband/Wife: Angelina Jolie (actress; married on May 5, 2000; divorced on May 27, 2003), Pietra Cherniak (married on February 18, 1993; filed for divorce in April 1997), Cynda William (actress; 1990-1992), Toni Lawrence (actress; 1986-1988), Melissa Gatlin (1978-1980)
  
• Relationship: Connie Angland, Danielle Dotzenrod (dated in 2003), Laura Dern (actress; born on February 10, 1967; 1997-1999)
  
• Father: Billy Ray (basketball coach; died of lung cancer in 1973)
  
• Mother: Virginia (psychic)
  
• Brother: John David (born in 1969), Jimmy Don (musician; born in 1958; died of heart problems in 1988)
  
• Son: Maddox (adopted in 2002), Harry (born in 1994; mother: Pietra Cherniak), William (born in 1993; mother: Pietra Cherniak)
  
• Daughter: Bella (born in September 2004; mother: Connie Angland), Amanda (mother: Melissa Gatlin)
  

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• "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 thought they were hidden, but some guy kept looking at me strange. Finally, I said, 'They're my wife's.' I don't think it's strange at all." [on being spotted at the gym wearing wife Angelina Jolie's underwear]

• Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration: Horton Foote Special Achievement Award for Screenplay Writing (2003)
• Florida Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actor, BANDITS (2002)
• London Critics Circle Film Awards: Actor of the Year, THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (2002)
• Online Film Critics Society Awards: Best Actor, THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (2002)
• Russian Guild of Film Critics: Golden Aries - Best Foreign Actor, THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (2002)
• National Board of Review: Best Actor, MONSTER'S BALL (2001)
• Cinequest San Jose Film Festival: Maverick Tribute Award (2001)
• Paris Film Festival: Grand Prix, ALL THE PRETTY HORSES (2001)
• Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actor, THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (2001)
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actor, A SIMPLE PLAN (1999)
• Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actor, A SIMPLE PLAN (1999)
• Online Film Critics Society Awards: Best Supporting Actor, A SIMPLE PLAN (1999)
• Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Supporting Actor, A SIMPLE PLAN (1998)
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actor, A SIMPLE PLAN (1998)
• San Diego Film Critics Society Awards: Best Supporting Actor, A SIMPLE PLAN (1998)
• Academy Awards: Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, SLING BLADE (1997)
• Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films: President's Award (1997)
• Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actor, SLING BLADE (1997)
• Edgar Allan Poe Awards: Best Motion Picture, SLING BLADE (1997)
• Independent Spirit Awards: Best First Feature, SLING BLADE (1997)
• Writers Guild of America: Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published, SLING BLADE (1997)
• National Board of Review: Special Achievement in Filmmaking, SLING BLADE (1996)
• Fantasporto: International Fantasy Film Award - Best Screenplay, ONE FALSE MOVE (1993)

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