Billy Bob Thornton is an amazing actor, musician and screenwriter, who is known all over the
world.
However, as a child, he never day-dreamt of becoming a singer and furthermore, never envisioned
being an actor or screenwriter.
Perhaps, that’s why his path to success wasn’t that smooth compared to many other
celebrities.
It all started from singing and playing drums in a group.
Then he moved to LA, looking for more perspectives and opportunities in the world of performing
arts.
The lack of money and bit roles in films made him earn a living, doing odd jobs.
Yet all changed when he turned into a screenwriter.
The movies he was working on brought him several Oscar awards.
Nowadays, the celebrity’s filmography includes over 80 works, the most famous of which are:
Indecent Proposal, The Man Who Wasn’t There, Bad Santa and so many others.
Finally, Thornton is famous not only due to successful career but also numerous marriages.
Billy Bob’s mother, Virginia is a psychic and therefore, Billy is extremely dependent
on her.
For instance, he listens to her advice in absolutely every sphere of life, be it a job,
kids, love, affairs, ex-spouses or anything else.
They even say, he is a big mama’s boy.
The father William had been working all his life as a teacher.
He also had a quite long battle with lungs cancer that he unfortunately lost in 1974,
aged 44.
Billy had a younger brother named Jimmy.
He was a talented musician, who played the guitar as well as wrote songs.
He passed away unexpectedly in 1988 at the age of just 30 from a heart condition no one
even knew he had.
In honor of the late brother, he included several of Jimmy’s tunes in his album.
John is one more brother who is also into the show-business.
The celebrity’s personal life is very intriguing.
He was married 6 times and Melissa deBin-Parish became his first spouse in 1978.
The marriage lasted only two years and resulted in Thornton’s first child.
Ever since the separation, the ex couple are not in touch.
An actress Antoinette Lawrence became his second wife with who he had been together
from 1986 till 1988.
The third wife was a movie performer Cynda Williams.
Billy walked her down the aisle in 1990 and divorced in 1992.
In 1993, he tied the knot with a famous playboy model Pietra Dawn Cherniak.
She filed for a divorce in 1997 on the grounds of Thornton’s spousal abuse.
The fifth wife was a popular actress Angelina Jolie.
There were many rumors about their relationship, as they got married within just two months
of dating, had 20-years age gap and generally the affair was weird for absolutely everyone.
The couple had been married from 2000 and up till 2003.
After the divorce, they remained close friends.
The sixth and we hope the last wife is a costume artist Connie Angland.
The two love birds had been dating since 2003 and finally tied the knot officially in 2014.
The country musician has 4 children.
The first child, Amanda was born in 1979 and is a daughter with Parish.
There is no father-daughter relationship at all, since Billy became an estranged dad after
divorce with Melissa.
In a marriage with Cherniak, there are two more kids.
William was delivered in 1993, just a few months after the marriage.
The second kid is Harry and he was welcomed just a year after William.
Harry is a father of a baby-girl and so Billy is a grandfather already.
In the last marriage, the star has a daughter Bella who became a wonderful addition to the family in 2004.