Brad Pitt

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Brad Pitt

Pitt at the 81st Academy Awards
Born William Bradley Pitt
December 18, 1963 (1963-12-18) (age 45)
Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States
Occupation Actor, Producer
Years active 1987–present
Spouse(s) Jennifer Aniston (2000–2005)
Domestic partner(s) Angelina Jolie (2005–present)

William Bradley "Brad" Pitt[1] (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. He has been cited as one of the world's most attractive men and his off-screen life is widely reported.[2][3] Pitt has received two Academy Award nominations and has won one Golden Globe Award out of four nominations.

Pitt began his acting career with television guest appearances, including a role on the CBS soap opera Dallas in 1987. He gained recognition as the cowboy hitchhiker who seduces Geena Davis' character in the 1991 road movie Thelma & Louise. Pitt had his first leading roles in major productions in A River Runs Through It (1992) and Interview with the Vampire (1994). He was cast opposite Anthony Hopkins in the 1994 drama Legends of the Fall, which earned him his first Golden Globe nomination. The following year he appeared in two contrasting, critically acclaimed starring roles, in the crime thriller Seven (1995) and the science fiction film Twelve Monkeys (1995), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and earned an Academy Award nomination. Pitt received worldwide attention with the 1999 cult hit Fight Club, as well as the 2001 heist film Ocean's Eleven and its sequels Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). He was nominated for a second Academy Award for playing the title role in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008). Pitt has had his biggest commercial successes with Troy (2004) and Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005).

Following a high profile relationship with actress Gwyneth Paltrow, Pitt was married to actress Jennifer Aniston for five years. As of 2009, he lives with actress Angelina Jolie, in a relationship that has attracted worldwide media attention.[4] He and Jolie have three adopted children, Maddox, Zahara and Pax, as well as three biological children, Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne. Pitt owns a production company named Plan B Entertainment, which produced, among other films, the 2007 Academy Award winner for Best Picture, The Departed. Since his relationship with Jolie, he has become increasingly involved in social issues, both in the United States and internationally.

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Early life

Pitt was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Jane Etta (née Hillhouse), a high school counselor, and William Alvin Pitt, a truck company owner.[5] Along with his siblings Doug (born 1966) and Julie Neal (born 1969),[6] he grew up in Springfield, Missouri, where the family moved soon after his birth. He was raised as a conservative Southern Baptist during childhood.[7]

Pitt attended Kickapoo High School, where he was a member of the golf, tennis and swimming teams, as well as the Key and Forensics clubs. He also participated in school debates and musicals.[8] Following his graduation, Pitt enrolled at the University of Missouri in 1982. He belonged to the Sigma Chi fraternity,[5] where he acted in several fraternity shows.[9] He majored in journalism, with a focus on advertising.[8] In 1985, two weeks prior to earning his degree, Pitt left the university and moved to Los Angeles, California to take acting lessons.[1] When asked why he left the university, Pitt responded: "I had this sinking feeling as graduation approached. I saw my friends getting jobs. I wasn't ready to settle down. I loved films. They were a portal into different worlds for me, and Missouri wasn't where movies were made. Then it hit me: If they didn't come to me, I'd go to them."[7]

Career

Early work

While struggling in Los Angeles, he took a variety of occasional jobs, ranging from chauffeuring,[10] being a delivery man,[6] and dressing up as an El Pollo Loco chicken, to pay for his acting classes, in which he began studying with late renowned acting coach Roy London.[1][8]

In December 1987, Pitt began his acting career with television guest appearances, including a role on the CBS primetime soap opera Dallas, playing Randy, the boyfriend of Shalane McCall's character, Charlie Wade.[1] Pitt described the character as "an idiot boyfriend who gets caught in the hay".[11] He later said about his scenes with McCall: "It was real sweaty-palms time for me. It was kind of wild, because I'd never even met her before."[1] His character was featured in five episodes. In 1988, he appeared in an episode of the police drama 21 Jump Street,[12] followed by appearances on the situation comedies Head of the Class and Growing Pains the next year.[12] He also co-starred in the short-lived 1990 television drama Glory Days, a stint that lasted for six episodes.[1]

Pitt was named Sexiest Man Alive by People in 1995 and 2000

In 1988, Pitt made his feature film debut in the drama The Dark Side of the Sun, in which he played a young American taken by his family to the Adriatic to find a remedy for a skin condition.[13] He was then cast in the television movie Too Young to Die?, a story about an abused teenager given the death penalty for murder. Pitt played the part of Billy Canton, a drug addict who took advantage of a runaway young woman, played by Juliette Lewis.[13][14] Entertainment Weekly, in review of Too Young to Die?, wrote: "Pitt is a magnificent slimeball as her hoody boyfriend; looking and sounding like a malevolent John Cougar Mellencamp, he's really scary."[14]

Pitt's next appeared in Across the Tracks (1991), portraying Joe Maloney, a high school runner dealing with his criminal brother, played by Ricky Schroder.[15] He attracted broader public attention with a supporting role in the 1991 road movie Thelma & Louise. He played J.D., a small-time criminal who befriends Thelma (Geena Davis). His love scene with Davis, which showed Pitt shirtless and wearing a cowboy hat, has been often cited as the moment that defined Pitt as a sex symbol.[1]

After the success of Thelma & Louise, Pitt starred alongside Catherine Keener and Nick Cave in Johnny Suede (1991), a low-budget movie about an aspiring rock star.[13] He appeared in Cool World (1992),[13] before starring as Paul Maclean in Robert Redford's 1992 biographical film A River Runs Through It,[16] delivering what was later described a "career-making" performance.[17] In discussion of the film, Pitt admitted he felt a "bit of pressure" when making the film.[18] He also added that it was one of his "weakest performances",[18] concluding: "It's so weird that it ended up being the one that I got the most attention for."[18] When asked about working with Redford, Pitt said: "It's like tennis: When you play with somebody better than you, your game gets better."[17]

In 1993, he re-united with his Too Young to Die? co-star Juliette Lewis in the road movie Kalifornia. He played Early Grayce, a serial killer and the former boyfriend of Lewis' character.[13] In his review of the film, Peter Travers of Rolling Stone described Pitt's performance as "outstanding, all boyish charm and then a snort that exudes pure menace."[19] In the same year he won a ShoWest Award for Male Star of Tomorrow.[20]

Critical success

Pitt's career prospects began to improve after being cast as vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac in the 1994 movie adaptation of Anne Rice's novel Interview with the Vampire.[13][21] He was part of an ensemble cast that included Tom Cruise, Kirsten Dunst, Christian Slater, and Antonio Banderas.[13][21] Although Pitt won two MTV Movie Awards,[22] his performance was particularly criticized. Variety wrote: "Brad Pitt's Louis is handsome and personable, but there is no depth to his melancholy, no pungency to his sense of loss. He also doesn't seem to connect in a meaningful way with any of the other actors".[23]

Pitt visiting the Incirlik Air Base Hospital in 2001

Following the release of Interview with the Vampire he starred in Legends of the Fall (1994),[24] playing Tristan Ludlow, son of Colonel William Ludlow (Anthony Hopkins). The film is set during the first four decades of the twentieth century, and also featured Aidan Quinn and Henry Thomas co-starring as Pitt's brothers. It was met with a mixed reception by critics:[25] Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote "Pitt's diffident mix of acting and attitude works to such heartthrob perfection it's a shame the film's superficiality gets in his way",[26] while the Deseret News predicted that Legends of the Fall would "further cement [Pitt's] big-screen, romantic leading-man status."[27] Pitt garnered his first Golden Globe Award nomination in the category for Best Actor,[28] but lost to Tom Hanks for Forrest Gump.

In 1995, he starred alongside Morgan Freeman as the police detective David Mills who hunts a serial killer played by Kevin Spacey in the crime film Seven.[29] Variety noted: "This is screen acting at its best. Pitt turns in a determined, energetic, creditable job as the eager young detective."[30] Seven garnered a good reception and earned $327 million at the international box office.[31] Pitt next played the supporting role of Jeffrey Goines in Terry Gilliam's 1995 science fiction film Twelve Monkeys. The movie grossed $168 million worldwide and received positive reviews from critics; Pitt's performance was particularly praised. Janet Maslin of the New York Times wrote: "Giving a startlingly frenzied performance, he electrifies Jeffrey with a weird magnetism that becomes important later in the film."[32] Pitt won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor,[28] and received his first Academy Award nomination.[33]

Pitt was next cast in the 1996 legal drama Sleepers, based on the Lorenzo Carcaterra novel of the same name; the film starred Kevin Bacon and Robert DeNiro.[34][34] The movie received a mixed reception,[35] but grossed over $165 million worldwide.[31] The following year he starred opposite Harrison Ford as the Irish Republican Army terrorist Rory Devany in The Devil's Own (1997),[36] for which Pitt was required to learn an Irish accent.[37] That year he also played the main role of Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer in the Jean Jacques Annaud film Seven Years in Tibet (1997).[38] He trained for months for the role, which demanded a great deal of mountain climbing and trekking, by rock climbing in California and the Alps with his co-star, David Thewlis.[39] Pitt had the leading role in Meet Joe Black (1998), playing a personification of death inhabiting the body of a young man in order to learn what it is like to be human.[13][40] The film received mixed reviews and Pitt's performance was often criticized. Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle concluded: "It's not just that Pitt's performance is bad. It hurts. Watching Pitt struggle, with inert face and glazed eyes, to make an audience believe that he knows all the mysteries of death and eternity is painful."[41]

1999–2003

In the 1999 film Fight Club he played Tyler Durden, a straight-shooting and charismatic mastermind who runs an underground fight club. The film, an adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel of the same name, was directed by Seven director David Fincher.[42] To prepare for the role, Pitt took lessons in boxing, taekwondo, and grappling.[43] For the cosmetics of his role, Pitt voluntarily had pieces of his front teeth removed, which were restored after filming concluded.[44] During promotion, he said about the film: "The fighting is not necessarily 'take your aggressions out on someone else.' The idea is just to get in there, have an experience, take a punch more importantly and see how you come out on the other end."[45] Fight Club premiered at the 1999 Venice International Film Festival.[46] The film failed to meet expectations at the box office,[31] and received polarized reactions from film critics,[47] however, it became a cult classic after its DVD release.[48] Despite the mixed reception, his performance earned him good reviews. Paul Clinton of CNN wrote: "Pitt has proved he's not afraid of experimentation, and this time it pays off."[49] Variety noted that Pitt was "cool, charismatic and more dynamically physical, perhaps than he has been since his breakthrough role in Thelma and Louise."[50]

Pitt, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Julia Roberts, cast of Ocean's Eleven and director Steven Soderbergh in December 2001

After Fight Club, Pitt appeared in the Guy Ritchie-directed gangster movie Snatch (2000), alongside Jason Statham, Vinnie Jones, and Benicio del Toro.[51] Pitt's character, an Irish Gypsy boxer, spoke in a barely intelligible accent, for which Pitt drew both criticism and praise.[52] Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote: "[He] is ideally cast as an Irishman whose accent is so thick even Brits can't understand him. The picture also trades on our past associations with Pitt. For years Pitt was shackled by roles that called for brooding introspection, but recently he has found his calling in black comic outrageousness and flashy extroversion."[53] In this same year, Pitt starred alongside Julia Roberts in the romantic comedy The Mexican (2001).[13] The movie garnered mixed reviews,[54] but proved to be successful at the box office.[31] His next role was in the Cold War thriller Spy Game (2001), in which he starred alongside Robert Redford, who played his mentor.[55] Salon.com enjoyed the film, but felt that neither Pitt nor Redford "provide[d] much of an emotional connection for the audience".[56] The movie grossed $143 million worldwide.[31]

Pitt played Rusty Ryan in the 2001 heist film Ocean's Eleven, a remake of the 1960s Rat Pack film of the same name. He was part of an ensemble cast that included George Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, and Julia Roberts.[57] The film was well received by critics and proved to be a big box office success, earning $450 million worldwide.[31] He also made a guest appearance in the eighth season of the television series Friends, playing a man who has a grudge against Jennifer Aniston's character.[58] In 2002, Pitt had a cameo role in George Clooney's directorial debut Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and he appeared in an episode of MTV's Jackass, in which he and several cast members ran wild through the streets of Los Angeles in gorilla suits.[59] In a later Jackass episode, Pitt took part in a staged abduction of himself.[60] In 2003, he took his first voice-acting roles; he lent his voice to the titular character of the DreamWorks animated movie Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas,[61] and voiced Boomhauer's brother Patch in an episode of the animated television series King of the Hill.[62]

2004–present

In 2004, Pitt starred in two films, Troy and Ocean's Twelve. In Troy, based on the Iliad, he portrayed hero Achilles. Before the filming of Troy, Pitt spent six months sword training.[63] He injured his Achilles tendon on set, which delayed production for several weeks.[64] With revenue of $497 million worldwide, the film marks the biggest commercial success of his career. It earned $364 million overseas, however, with $133 million domestically it did more moderately in North America.[31][65] Stephen Hunter of The Washington Times wrote: "In a role that requires larger-than-life dimensions, he's pretty terrific."[66] The success of Ocean's Eleven led Pitt to return to the role in the 2004 sequel, Ocean's Twelve. Paul Clinton of CNN wrote: "Clooney and Pitt have the best male chemistry since Paul Newman and Robert Redford."[67] The film was a financial success, earning $362 million worldwide.[31]

Pitt then starred in the 2005 action comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith. The film, directed by Doug Liman, tells the story of a bored married couple who find out that they are both secret assassins. Pitt starred as John Smith alongside Angelina Jolie. The film received mixed reviews, but was generally lauded for the chemistry between the two leads. The Star Tribune noted: "While the story feels haphazard, the movie gets by on gregarious charm, galloping energy and the stars' thermonuclear screen chemistry."[68] The movie earned $478 million worldwide, one of the biggest hits of 2005.[69]

Pitt at the premiere of Burn After Reading in 2008

Pitt appeared alongside Cate Blanchett in his next feature film, Alejandro González Iñárritu's multi-narrative drama Babel (2006).[70] His performance in the film was well received by critics, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer believed that he was "credible" and gave the film "visibility".[71] Pitt called the picture "one of the best decisions of my film career".[72] The movie was screened at a special presentation at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival,[73] and was later featured at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival.[74] Babel won the Golden Globe Award for Best Drama and Pitt received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor.[28] In total, the film garnered seven Academy Award, as well as seven Golden Globe Award nominations.

In 2007, Pitt again reprised his role as Rusty Ryan in the third Ocean's film, Ocean's Thirteen.[75] The sequel, while not as lucrative as the first two, earned $311 million at the international box office.[31] Pitt's next film role was that of American outlaw Jesse James in the 2007 Western drama The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, adapted from Ron Hansen's 1983 novel of the same name.[76] Directed by Andrew Dominik and produced by Pitt's company Plan B, the film premiered at the 2007 Venice Film Festival.[77] Lewis Beale of Film Journal International said Pitt is "scary and charismatic".[78] For his performance, he won the Volpi Cup award for Best Actor in Venice.[79] Although Pitt attended the festival to promote the movie, he left early after being attacked by a fan who pushed through his bodyguards.[80] He eventually collected the award one year later at the 2008 festival.[81]

Pitt appeared in the 2008 black comedy Burn After Reading, his first collaboration with the Coen brothers. The film received a positive reception from critics. The Guardian called the film "a tightly wound, slickly plotted spy comedy",[82] and noted that Pitt's performance was one of the funniest.[82] He was cast as Benjamin Button, the lead in David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), loosely adapted from the 1922 short story of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald, about a man who is born an octogenarian and ages in reverse.[83] Michael Sragow of the The Baltimore Sun wrote: "Brad Pitt's sensitive performance helps make 'Benjamin Button' a timeless masterpiece."[84] The role earned him his first Screen Actors Guild Award nomination,[85] as well as a fourth Golden Globe and second Academy Award nomination.[28][86] The film received a total of eleven Academy Award nominations and grossed $328 million worldwide.[31]

Pitt's projects after 2008 include Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, scheduled for release in August 2009. He plays Lieutenant Aldo Raine, an American resistance fighter battling Nazis in German-occupied France.[87] He will also appear in the drama The Tree of Life directed by Terrence Malick, co-starring alongside Sean Penn.[88] Pitt has signed on to appear in the Lost City of Z, in which he will play a British explorer searching for a mysterious Amazonian civilization.[89] The film is based on the book of the same name by David Grann.[89]

Other projects

Pitt, along with Jennifer Aniston and Paramount Pictures CEO Brad Grey, founded the film production company Plan B Entertainment in 2002.[90] Since 2005, Aniston and Grey are no longer partners.[91][92] The films produced by the company include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) starring Johnny Depp,[93][94] The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) and A Mighty Heart (2007), starring Angelina Jolie.[94] Plan B was also involved in the production of the 2007 Best Picture winner The Departed. Pitt was credited onscreen as a producer, however, only Graham King was ruled eligible for the Oscar win.[95] Pitt has been reluctant to discuss the production company in interviews.[92]

Pitt signing autographs for troops during his 2001 visit to Incirlik Air Base

Pitt appeared in a Heineken commercial which aired during the 2005 Super Bowl; it was directed by David Fincher, who also directed Pitt in three feature films, Seven, Fight Club and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.[96] He has appeared in several television commercials designed for the Asian market, advertising such products as SoftBank and Edwin Jeans.[97][98]

Pitt supports the ONE Campaign, aimed to fight AIDS and poverty in Third-World countries.[99][100] He was the narrator of the 2005 PBS public television series Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge, which discusses current global health issues.[101] In November 2005, Pitt and Angelina Jolie visited Pakistan to see the impact of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.[102] The following year, Pitt and Jolie flew to Haiti and visited a school supported by Yéle Haïti, a charity founded by Haitian-born hip hop musician Wyclef Jean.[103] In May 2007, Pitt and Jolie donated $1 million to three relief organizations in Chad and Darfur, affected by the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region.[104] Along with Clooney, Damon, Don Cheadle, and Jerry Weintraub, he also is one of the founders of Not On Our Watch, an organization that tries to focus global attention and resources to stop and prevent genocide such as in Darfur.[105]

In 2006, Pitt created the Make It Right Foundation. He gathered a group of housing professionals in New Orleans, which was heavily affected by Hurricane Katrina, with the goal of financing and constructing 150 new houses in New Orleans' Ninth Ward.[106][107] The houses are being designed with an emphasis on sustainability and affordability. The environmental organization Global Green USA as well as thirteen architectural firms are involved in the project, many of which are donating their services.[108][109] Pitt and philanthropist Steve Bing have each committed $5 million in donations.[110] In October 2008, the first six homes were completed.[111] Pitt had meetings with U.S. President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi in March 2009, promoting his concept of "green housing" as a national model and discussing possibilities of federal funding.[112]

In September 2006, Pitt and Jolie established a charitable organization, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation, to aid humanitarian causes around the world.[113] The foundation made initial donations to Global Action for Children and Doctors Without Borders of $1 million dollars each.[113] The following month, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation donated $100,000 to the Daniel Pearl Foundation, an organization created in memory of late American journalist, Daniel Pearl.[114] According to federal filings, in 2006, Pitt and Jolie put $8.5 million into the foundation; it gave away $2.4 million in 2006,[115] and $3.4 million in 2007.[116]

In the media

In 1995, Pitt was chosen by Empire as one of the 25 sexiest stars in film history.[8] He has also twice been named the Sexiest Man Alive by People in 1995 and 2000.[2][117] Pitt has appeared on the annual Celebrity 100 list by Forbes in 2006 and 2007, at No. 20 and No. 5.[118][119] In 2007, he was listed among the Time 100, a compilation of the 100 most influential people in the world, as selected annually by Time.[120] He was credited with using "his star power to get people to look at places and stories that cameras don't usually catch".[120]

Pitt interviewed by the news media at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in 2007

Pitt visited the University of Missouri campus in October 2004, encouraging students to vote in the 2004 U.S. presidential election,[121] in which he supported John Kerry.[121][122] Also in 2004, he publicly supported funding embryonic stem-cell research,[123] saying, "We have to make sure that we open up these avenues so that our best and our brightest can go find these cures that they believe they will find."[123] In support of this, he endorsed Proposition 71, a California ballot initiative which would provide federal government funding for stem-cell research.[124]

Starting in 2005, his relationship with Angelina Jolie became one of the most reported celebrity stories worldwide. After confirming that Jolie was pregnant in early 2006, the unprecedented media hype surrounding them "reached the point of insanity" as Reuters described it in their story "The Brangelina fever".[4] To avoid the media attention, the couple went to Namibia for the birth of their daughter Shiloh, "the most anticipated baby since Jesus Christ".[125] Two years later, the confirmation of Jolie's second pregnancy again it fueled a media frenzy. For the two weeks Jolie spent in a seaside hospital in Nice, reporters and photographers camped outside on the promenade to report on the birth.[126]

In September 2008, Pitt donated $100,000 to fight California's 2008 ballot proposition Proposition 8, an initiative that would overturn the state Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage.[127] In discussion of this, Pitt said: "Because no one has the right to deny another their life, even though they disagree with it, because everyone has the right to live the life they so desire if it doesn't harm another and because discrimination has no place in America, my vote will be for equality and against Proposition 8.[128]

Personal life

In the late 1980s and the 1990s, Pitt was involved in relationships with several of his co-stars, including Robin Givens (Head of the Class),[129] Jill Schoelen (Cutting Class),[129] and Juliette Lewis (Too Young to Die? and Kalifornia), who at sixteen was ten years his junior when they started dating.[130] Pitt also had a much-publicized romance and engagement to Seven co-star Gwyneth Paltrow whom he dated from 1995 to 1997.[129]

Angelina Jolie and Pitt at the Deauville American Film Festival in September 2007

Pitt met Friends actress Jennifer Aniston in 1998 and married her in a private wedding ceremony in Malibu on July 29, 2000.[1][131] For years their marriage was considered the rare Hollywood success.[1][132] However, in January 2005, Pitt and Aniston announced that they decided to formally separate after seven years together.[131] Two months later, Aniston filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.[133]

As Pitt's marriage to Aniston drew to a close, his involvement with actress Angelina Jolie during the filming of Mr. & Mrs. Smith turned into a well-publicized Hollywood scandal.[134] While Pitt denied any claims of adultery, he admitted that he "fell in love" with Jolie on the set,[135] and said that production was still going on for Mr. & Mrs. Smith after he and Aniston had separated.[136]

In April 2005, one month after Aniston filed for divorce, a set of paparazzi photos emerged that seemed to confirm the rumors of a relationship between Pitt and Jolie. The photos showed Pitt, Jolie and her son Maddox at a beach in Kenya.[137] During the summer, the two were seen together with increasing frequency, and the entertainment media dubbed the couple "Brangelina".[138] Pitt and Aniston's final divorce documents were granted by the Los Angeles Superior Court on October 2, 2005, ending their marriage.[133] On January 11, 2006, Jolie confirmed to People that she was pregnant with Pitt's child and thereby confirmed their relationship for the first time in public.[139] In an October 2006 interview with Esquire, Pitt said that he and Jolie would marry "when everyone else in the country who wants to be married is legally able".[74]

Despite media reports that Pitt and Aniston have an acrimonious relationship, Pitt has said in a February 2009 interview that he and Aniston "check in with each other".[140] Also adding, "She was a big part of my life, and me hers."[140] In October 2007, Pitt revealed in an interview that he is no longer a Christian or believes in an afterlife. Pitt stated: "There's peace in understanding that I have only one life, here and now, and I'm responsible."[7] He is also a knowledgeable fan of architecture.[141]

Children

Brad Pitt's children

In July 2005, Pitt accompanied Jolie to Ethiopia,[142] where she adopted her second child, a six-month-old girl named Zahara;[142] Jolie later stated that she and Pitt made the decision to adopt the child together.[143] In December 2005, it was confirmed that Pitt was seeking to legally adopt Jolie's two children, Maddox and Zahara.[144] On January 19, 2006, a judge in California approved this request, and the children's legal surnames were formally changed to "Jolie-Pitt".[145]

Jolie gave birth to a daughter, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, in Swakopmund, Namibia, on May 27, 2006. Pitt confirmed that their newly born daughter would have a Namibian passport.[146] The couple sold the first pictures of Shiloh through the distributor Getty Images themselves, rather than allowing paparazzi to make these valuable photographs. People paid more than $4.1 million for the North American rights, while British magazine Hello! obtained the international rights for roughly $3.5 million; the total rights sale earned up to $10 million worldwide.[147] The profits were donated to an undisclosed charity by Pitt and Jolie.[148] Madame Tussauds in New York unveiled a wax figure of two-month-old Shiloh, making Shiloh the first infant to have a statue at Madame Tussauds.[149]

On March 15, 2007, Jolie adopted a three-year-old boy from Vietnam, Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt (originally Pax Thien Jolie). Since the orphanage did not allow unmarried couples to adopt, Jolie adopted Pax as a single parent, and Pitt later adopted him as his son in the United States.[150]

Following months of media speculation, Jolie confirmed she was expecting twins at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.[151] On July 12, 2008, Jolie gave birth to the couple's twins, a boy named Knox Léon and a girl named Vivienne Marcheline at the Lenval hospital in Nice, France.[152][153] The rights for the first images of Knox and Vivienne were jointly sold to People and Hello! for $14 million—the most expensive celebrity pictures ever taken.[154][155] The money went to the Jolie-Pitt Foundation.[154][156]

Filmography

Actor

Year Film Role Notes and awards
1987 No Way Out Officer at party
No Man's Land Waiter
Less Than Zero Partygoer
Cutting Class Dwight Ingalls
Dallas Randy
1990 The Image Cameraman
Too Young to Die? Billy Canton
Glory Days
1991 Across the Tracks Joe Maloney
Thelma & Louise J.D.
Johnny Suede Johnny Suede
1992 Contact Cox
Cool World Detective Frank Harris
A River Runs Through It Paul Maclean
1993 Kalifornia Early Grayce
True Romance Floyd
1994 The Favor Elliott Fowler
Interview with the Vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance
MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male
Legends of the Fall Tristan Ludlow Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
1995 Seven David Mills MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male
Twelve Monkeys Jeffrey Goines Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance
1996 Sleepers Michael Sullivan
1997 The Devil's Own Francis "Frankie" Austin McQuire/Rory Devaney
Seven Years in Tibet Heinrich Harrer
The Dark Side of the Sun Rick
1998 Meet Joe Black Joe Black/Man in the Coffee Shop
1999 Fight Club Tyler Durden
Being John Malkovich Himself Cameo
2000 Snatch Mickey O'Neil Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
2001 The Mexican Jerry Welbach
Spy Game Tom Bishop
Ocean's Eleven Rusty Ryan Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Friends Will Colbert Episode: "The One with the Rumor"
Nominated – Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
2002 Full Frontal Himself
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Brad, Bachelor #1
2003 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas Sinbad Voice Actor
Abby Singer Himself Cameo
2004 Troy Achilles Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Actor, Drama/Action Adventure
Nominated – MTV Movie Awards for Best Male Performance
Ocean's Twelve Rusty Ryan Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
2005 Mr. & Mrs. Smith John Smith
2006 Babel Richard Palm Springs International Film Festival for Best Cast
Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2007 Ocean's Thirteen Rusty Ryan
The Assassination of Jesse James
by the Coward Robert Ford		 Jesse James Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup Best Actor
2008 Burn After Reading Chad Feldheimer Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Benjamin Button Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2009 Inglourious Basterds Lt. Aldo Raine post-production
2010 The Tree of Life Mr. O'Brien post-production
The Lost City of Z Col. Percy Fawcett pre-production

Producer

Year Film Notes
2004 Troy
2006 The Departed
Running with Scissors
2007 Year of the Dog Executive producer
A Mighty Heart Co-producer
The Assassination of Jesse James
by the Coward Robert Ford
2009 The Time Traveler's Wife
2010 The Lost City of Z

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Preceded by
Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford
(as Sexiest Couple Alive in 1993)
(no award given in 1994)
 People's Sexiest Man Alive
1995
 Succeeded by
Denzel Washington
Preceded by
Richard Gere		 People's Sexiest Man Alive
2000
 Succeeded by
Pierce Brosnan
Awards and achievements
Saturn Award
Preceded by
Gary Sinise
for Forrest Gump		 Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
1995
for Twelve Monkeys		 Succeeded by
Brent Spiner
for Star Trek: First Contact
Golden Globe Award
Preceded by
Martin Landau
for Ed Wood		 Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
1996
for Twelve Monkeys		 Succeeded by
Edward Norton
for Primal Fear
Venice Film Festival
Preceded by
Ben Affleck
for Hollywoodland		 Best Actor
2007
for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford		 Succeeded by
TBD
Persondata
NAME Pitt, William Bradley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pitt, Brad
SHORT DESCRIPTION American actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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