Billy Bob Thornton is considered one of the most interesting American actors. He became popular thanks to roles in the following films: "Real Love", "Bad Santa". Fans were delighted with this role.
As soon as Billy played Carl Childers in a drama titled “The Honed Blade”, he was finally able to achieve incredible success. They say that the actor even wrote the script for this picture.
Biography
Billy was born in a small town in America. His mother, Virginia, was constantly interested in esoteric knowledge, and also acted as a medium, for which clients sometimes paid her decent money. The ancestors of Virginia were Indians as well as Italians. The actor’s father was an Irish by birth, was engaged in teaching, he liked to lead a story in a small University. He was even the head of the basketball team.
The actor also has two brothers. And if we talk about his family as a whole, then they have never been rich. We lived in a rather old, small house in which, in addition to everything else, even electricity could not be conducted. Interestingly, in early childhood he ended up in a book named after Clark County. He was a champion, as he was considered one of the most difficult newborns in history.
The young actor was trained in a regular school and was an excellent athlete, although he constantly dreamed of a musician career. The young man constantly played drums in one of the school groups. He later became a vocalist. Athletic success allowed him to get into the baseball club, and a professional level.
But after some time he got serious grass, injured his knee. And the parents put an end to it. After his recovery, he had no choice but to go work as an asphalt paver. At a young age, he studied psychology at the University. However, he lasted only a few semesters in training, after which he was simply expelled due to poor performance.
Career
After some time, the young man decided to move to another city and begin to pursue an acting career. Between a large number of auditions and castings, he constantly worked part-time as a waiter, and also began to sell household chemicals. Sometimes he played drums as a hobby.
At the very beginning of his career, Billy constantly starred in episodes of various TV shows, as well as funny sitcoms. But then he was offered the role of a policeman who was supposed to investigate the crime. The dramatic plot of the film itself and the very successful play of the actor allowed him to sharply gain popularity among the audience.
But if we talk about world-wide fame, then Billy got it after a role in a psychological drama called "Honed Blade". The artist had to play a mentally retarded person who spent all his time in a psychiatric hospital for having committed a murder. After that, offers from various directors rained down. And the fame of the jester was reinforced by the interesting role of Bad Santa.
