Brad Pitt (full name William Bradley Pitt) was born on December 18, 1963 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. His family moved to Springfield, Missouri, it was there that he spent his highschool years at Kickapoo highschool.
Biography and Career :
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt was born on December 18, 1963 and began his acting career with T.V. guest appearances, including a role on the CBS prime-time soap opera "Dallas" in 1987. He later became known as the cowboy hitchhiker who seduces Geena Davis's character in the 1991 road movie "Thelma & Louise". Brad Pitt's first leading roles in big-budget productions came with "A River Runs Through It" in 1992 and "Interview with the Vampire" in 1994.
He was cast opposite Anthony Hopkins in the 1994 drama "Legends of the Fall", for which he got h
is first Golden Globe nomination. In 1995 he gain critically acclaimed performances in the crime thriller "Seven" and the science fiction film "12 Monkeys", the latter won him a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and an Academy Award nomination. Four years later, in 1999, Brad Pitt starred in the cult hit "Fight Club".
He then starred in the major international hit as Rusty Ryan in "Ocean's Eleven" in 2001 and its sequels," Ocean's Twelve" in 2004 and "Ocean's Thirteen" in 2007. His greatest commercial successes are "Troy" in 2004 and "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" in 2005. Brad Pitt received his second Academy Award nomination for his title role performance in the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" in 2008.
Why is Brad Pitt famous?
Brad Pitt is an American actor and film producer that has received two Academy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one. He is also one of the world's most attractive men, a label for which he has received a lot of media attention.
Why do we like Brad Pitt?
After a high-profile relationship with actress Gwyneth Paltrow, Brad Pitt got married to actress Jennifer Aniston for five years and is currently living with actress Angelina Jolie in a relationship that has generated worldwide publicity. He and Jolie have six children and since the beginning of his relationship with Jolie, he has become more and more involved in social issues both in the United States and internationally. Brad Pitt owns a production company named Plan B Entertainment, whose productions include the 2007 Academy Award winning Best Picture, "The Departed".
Filmography :
- No Man's Land (1987)
- Less Than Zero (1987)
- Happy Together (1989)
- Cutting Class (1989)
- Across the Tracks (1991)
- Thelma & Louise (1991)
- Johnny Suede (1991)
- Contact (1992) (short subject)
- Cool World (1992)
- A River Runs Through It (1992)
- Kalifornia (1993)
- True Romance (1993)
- The Favor (1994)
- Interview with the Vampire (1994)
- Legends of the Fall (1994)
- Se7en (1995)
- Twelve Monkeys (1995)
- Sleepers (1996)
- The Devil's Own (1997)
- Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
- The Dark Side of the Sun (1997; filmed in 1988)
- Meet Joe Black (1998)
- Being John Malkovich (1999) (cameo)
- Fight Club (1999)
- Snatch (2000)
- The Mexican (2001)
- Spy Game (2001)
- Ocean's Eleven (2001)
- Full Frontal (2002) (cameo)
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) (cameo)
- Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) (voice)
- Abby Singer (2003) (cameo)
- Troy (2004)
- Ocean's Twelve (2004)
- Special Thanks to Roy London (2005) (documentary)
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2006)
- Chad Schmidt (2006)
- Babel (2006)
- Benjamin Button (2007)
- The Corrections (2007).
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