Billy Bob Thornton

Genres:	Action & Adventure • Comedy • Country & Bluegrass • Documentaries • Drama • Holiday & Seasonal • Horror • Kids & Family • Music Videos & Concerts • Mystery / Thriller • Pop / Rock • Sci-Fi / Fantasy • Television • Westerns
Descriptive "tags":	alternative country • alt-country • roots rock • rock • country • singer songwriter • sarcastic • male vocalist • warren zevon • actors • daves stuff • song noir • billy bob thornton • singin hollywood stars
Decades Active:	2000s
Links online:	IMDb • Wikipedia

Biography

William Robert Thornton, 4 August 1955, Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA. Raised in Alpine, Arkansas, Thornton’s father was a high school basketball coach, his mother a psychic. From early childhood, he played drums in a country music band led by an uncle. As a teenager he was influenced by rock ‘n’ roll, British 60s rock bands and by the Allman Brothers. His own bands included the McCoveys, Stone Cold Fever, Hot ’Lanta and Nothin’ Doin’, the latter with Mike and Nick Shipp. This band evolved into Tres Hombres, a ZZ Top tribute band. Meanwhile, his working life was mainly a succession of manual jobs, chiefly in factories in Arkansas and Texas. He also briefly studied psychology at Henderson State University.

From 1984, Thornton lived in Los Angeles, concentrating on developing an acting career. He worked in television, playing small roles, including appearing in the situation comedy, Evening Shade. He also wrote...

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