
Biography
William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. In a film career spanning more than thirty years, Pitt has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards and one Volpi Cup. His films as a leading actor have grossed over $7.5 billion worldwide. Pitt first gained recognition as a cowboy hitchhiker in the Ridley Scott road film Thelma & Louise (1991). Pitt emerged as a star taking on starring roles in films such as the drama A River Runs Through It (1992), the western Legends of the Fall (1994), the horror film Interview with the Vampire (1994), the crime thriller Seven (1995), the cult film Fight Club (1999), and the crime comedy Snatch (2000). He cemented his leading man status by starring in blockbusters such as Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's film trilogy (2001–2007), Troy (2004), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), World War Z (2013), Bullet Train (2022) and F1 (2025). Pitt earned Academy Award nominations for his performances in the science fiction drama 12 Monkeys (1995), the fantasy romance The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and the sports drama Moneyball (2011). For his portrayal of a stuntman in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also starred in acclaimed films such as Babel(2006), The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), Burn After Reading (2008), Inglourious Basterds (2009), The Tree of Life (2011), Fury (2014), The Big Short (2015), Ad Astra (2019) and Babylon (2022). In 2001, Pitt co-founded the production company Plan B Entertainment. As a producer, he won the Academy Award for Best Picture for 12 Years a Slave (2013). He was nominated for Moneyball (2011) and The Big Short (2015). An influential figure in popular culture, Pitt appeared on Forbes' annual Celebrity 100 list from 2006 to 2008, and the Time 100 list in 2007. Regarded as a sex symbol, Pitt was named People's Sexiest Man Alive in 1995 and 2000. Pitt's relationships have also been subject to widespread media attention, particularly his marriages to actresses Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie, the latter of whom he shares six children with. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brad Pitt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2020
- BAFTA Award — Best Actor in a Supporting Role · 2020
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 2020
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2014
- BAFTA Award — Best Film · 2014
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- Boston Society of Film Critics Award — Best Actor · 2011
- National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Actor · 2011
- New York Film Critics Circle Award — Best Actor · 2011
- Actor Awards · 2010
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award — Best Cast · 2010
- Rembrandt Award · 2010
- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture · 2010
- Phoenix Film Critics Society Award — Best Cast · 2009
- San Diego Film Critics Society Award — Best Performance by an Ensemble · 2009
- Time 100 · 2008
- Time 100 · 2007
- Volpi Cup — Best Actor · 2007
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 1996
- Saturn Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1996
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 2023 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2020 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2016 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2014 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 2012 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2012 · nominated
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award — Best European Film · 2010 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 2009 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1996 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · nominated
Filmography50+ titles

Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity

Fight Club

Seven

Friends

Inglourious Basterds

The Departed

The Voice of Hind Rajab

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

Tales from the Crypt

12 Years a Slave

Adolescence

It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley

F1: The Movie

Snatch

Hitting the Apex

The Normal Heart

Feud

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Sleepers

12 Monkeys

Thelma & Louise

3 Body Problem

Apocalypse in the Tropics

Tripping with Nils Frahm

Beautiful Boy

Deadpool 2

The OA

Fury

The House I Live In

Exit Through the Gift Shop

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

Ocean's Eleven

True Romance

Bullet Train

Babylon

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Moonlight

The Big Short

Selma

Being John Malkovich

Meet Joe Black

King of the Hill

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

Legends of the Fall

Minari

Dave

Okja

Big Men

Moneyball

God Grew Tired of Us