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Billy
Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an Academy Award-winning
American screenwriter, actor and occasional director, playwright
and singer. He came to fame in the mid 1990s, after writing,
directing, and starring in the film Sling Blade, and has since
established a career as a Hollywood leading actor, having appeared
in several successful films, including 2003's Bad Santa. Thornton
has been described in media reports as "Hollywood's go-to
alpha male". He appeared in several major film roles
following Sling Blade 's success, including 1998's Armageddon and
A Simple Plan, 2001's Monster's Ball and 2004's The Alamo, in
which he played Davy Crockett. He played a malicious mall Santa
Claus in 2003's Bad Santa, a black comedy that performed well at
the box office and established Thornton as a leading comic actor.
His most recent film roles were The Astronaut Farmer, a drama
released on 2007, and the comedy, Mr.
Woodcock, in which Thornton plays a sadistic gym teacher. He
next stars in the drama Peace Like a River. Thornton has also
expressed an interest in directing another film, possibly a period
piece about cave explorer Floyd Collins, based on the book
Trapped! The Story of Floyd Collins by Robert K. Murray and Roger
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