Billy Bob Thornton Has Rare Red Carpet Date Night with Wife Connie Angland atLandmanPremiere

Mar. 15, 2025

Billy Bob Thornton and Connie Angland.Photo:UNIQUE NICOLE/AFP via Getty

UNIQUE NICOLE/AFP via Getty

Billy Bob ThorntonandConnie Anglandare stepping out for a rare date night.

TheSling Bladeactor, 69, hit the red carpet premiere of his new showLandmanon Nov. 12. Thornton, dressed in all black and a fedora, posed alongside Angland, 60, as he celebrated the launch of the western drama.

At the event, Thornton told PEOPLE what he hoped audiences took away from the new Taylor Sheridan drama, which follows those who seek to acquire wealth in the world of oil rigs.

Angland is Thornton’s sixth wife and the two have been together for nearly 20 years. They met in 2003, shortly after his divorce fromAngelina Joliethat same year.

Connie Angland and Billy Bob Thornton attend the Los Angeles Premiere of Paramount+’s “Landman” at Paramount Theatre on November 12, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

The following year, in 2004, he and Angland welcomed a daughter named Bella. This was Thornton’sfourth child— he shares daughter Amanda Brumfield (née Thornton) with his first wife Melissa Lee Gatlin and sons William and Harry with Playboy modelPietra Dawn Cherniak.

Thornton and theMen in Blackactress didn’t tie the knot until after more than a decade of dating, finally marrying in October 2014. At the time, he toldHuffPostLivethat he didn’t know if the two would ever get married.

“Maybe there’s something about the official nature of it — maybe it’s once there’s a paper signed or a door seems closed, then I turn into more of a caged lion or something,” he said.

Around the same time, he toldOprah Winfreyon an episode of her Master Class podcastthat after his high-profile relationship with Jolie, he decided to keep his personal life out of the public eye.

“When you’re in a celebrity marriage … I had one of those periods, and during that time I found celebrity to be difficult just because of privacy issues,” Thornton explained.

The Oscar winner added that he didn’t necessarily see a need to marry Angland at the time but he was happy he did. “I’m in a good relationship now, I have been for 10 years,” he said. “We have a beautiful daughter.”

Billy Bob Thornton and Connie Angland.Rich Fury/Getty

Aside from Angland and Jolie, Thornton was married to Gatlin from 1978 to 1980, Toni Lawrence from 1986 to 1988, Cynda Williams from 1990 to 1992 and Cherniak from 1993 to 1997. He was also previously engaged to Oscar winnerLaura Dern, with whom he was in a relationship from 1997 to 1999.

“Go into it with the idea that you want it to last, but don’t put pressure on yourself to try to achieve perfection every day, because I think that’s when you get into trouble,” Thornton advised. He added that brides and grooms should have the right mindset on their big day, explaining, “Like, ‘Yeah, I’m doing this forever,’ but don’t let it freak you out.”

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Landmanpremieres Monday, Nov. 18 on Paramount+.

source: people.com