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Billy Bob Thornton
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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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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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The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Golden Globe Awards
The Oscars
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
American Dad!
King of the Hill
Classic Albums
Knots Landing
Real Time with Bill Maher
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Today
Saturday Night Live
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Celebrities Uncensored
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Outsiders
The Early Show
The Daily Show
The Big Bang Theory
CatDog
Harley Quinn
Evening Shade
Love Actually
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Tombstone
Entourage
Untouchable
The Electric State
Bound by Honor
Out There
Going Overboard
Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
1883
Intolerable Cruelty
The Judge
Eagle Eye
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
Indecent Proposal
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
London Fields
Don't Look Back
Puss in Boots
The Gray Man
Parkland
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Primary Colors
Matlock
Hearts Afire
Pushing Tin
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Faster
The Ice Harvest
Armageddon
A Simple Plan
Devil's Peak
Bad News Bears
Bad Santa
Friday Night Lights
Landman
Bad Santa 2
Fargo
Goliath
Production Credits
Don't Look Back
The Gift
Goliath
Landman
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