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Thornton received international attention after writing, directing, and starring in the indie 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.

He has received three Academy Award nominations: Best Actor for The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) and Best Supporting Actor for The Messenger (2009) and for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).

His performance as Count Almásy in The English Patient (1996) garnered him a second Oscar nomination, this time for Best Actor, as well as BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations.