# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-bob-thornton
# Generated: 2026-09-01T00:27:13.616Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-bob-thornton"
name: "Billy Bob Thornton"
slug: "billy-bob-thornton"
description: "Billy Bob Thornton is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter. He received international attention after writing, directing and starring in the independent drama film Sling Blade (1996), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. For his role in A Simple Plan (1998), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor."
tagline: "American actor, filmmaker, and musician"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1955-08-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump