Billy Bob Thornton, the Oscar-winning actor and filmmaker, has been married six times over the past five decades. Despite his earlier disillusionment with marriage, he has now found lasting love with his sixth wife, makeup artist Connie Angland. The couple quietly tied the knot in 2014 after dating for over a decade.
Thornton's first marriage was to Melissa Lee Gatlin in 1978, with whom he had a daughter, Amanda. The marriage ended in divorce two years later due to incompatibility and adultery. His second marriage to artist Toni Lawrence also lasted two years, with Lawrence later describing him as 'very troubled.'
In 1990, Thornton married actress Cynda Williams, but they divorced by the release of his writing debut, 'One False Move.' His fourth marriage to Playboy model Pietra Dawn Cherniak produced two sons, William and Harry, but ended in 1997 amid domestic abuse allegations, which Thornton denied.
Thornton's most famous marriage was to Angelina Jolie in 2000, when he was 43 and she was 24. The couple made headlines for wearing vials of each other's blood and adopting a child from Cambodia. They split in 2003, and Jolie later adopted their son Maddox as a single parent.
After his divorce from Jolie, Thornton began dating Connie Angland in 2003. They welcomed a daughter, Bella, in 2004. Despite initially vowing never to marry again, the couple wed in a quiet ceremony. Thornton now credits his current marriage's success to not putting pressure on perfection and going into it with the idea of forever.
