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Brad Pitt

Acting

Born December 18, 1963 · Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA

Also known as William Bradley Pitt

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 AwardBest Supporting Actor · 2020
  • BAFTA AwardBest Actor in a Supporting Role · 2020
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 2020
  • Academy AwardBest Picture · 2014
  • BAFTA AwardBest Film · 2014
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  • Boston Society of Film Critics AwardBest Actor · 2011
  • National Society of Film Critics AwardBest Actor · 2011
  • New York Film Critics Circle AwardBest Actor · 2011
  • Actor Awards · 2010
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association AwardBest Cast · 2010
  • Rembrandt Award · 2010
  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture · 2010
  • Phoenix Film Critics Society AwardBest Cast · 2009
  • San Diego Film Critics Society AwardBest Performance by an Ensemble · 2009
  • Time 100 · 2008
  • Time 100 · 2007
  • Volpi CupBest Actor · 2007
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 1996
  • Saturn AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1996
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 2023 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 2020 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Picture · 2016 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Picture · 2014 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 2012 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Picture · 2012 · nominated
  • European Film Award – People's Choice AwardBest European Film · 2010 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 2009 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1996 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Picture · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity

2023Producer

Fight Club

1999as Tyler Durden

Seven

1995as Mills

Friends

1994as Will Colbert (uncredited)

Inglourious Basterds

2009as LT. Aldo Raine

The Departed

2006Producer

The Voice of Hind Rajab

2025Executive Producer

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

2006as Narrator (voice)

Tales from the Crypt

1989as Billy

12 Years a Slave

2013as Samuel Bass

Adolescence

2025Executive Producer

It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley

2025Executive Producer

F1: The Movie

2025as Sonny Hayes

Snatch

2000as Mickey O'Neil

Hitting the Apex

2015as Narrator (voice)

The Normal Heart

2014Executive Producer

Feud

2017Executive Producer

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2008as Benjamin Button

Sleepers

1996as Michael

12 Monkeys

1995as Jeffrey Goines

Thelma & Louise

1991as J.D.

3 Body Problem

2024Executive Producer

Apocalypse in the Tropics

2024Executive Producer

Tripping with Nils Frahm

2020Executive Producer

Beautiful Boy

2018Producer

Deadpool 2

2018as Vanisher

The OA

2016Executive Producer

Fury

2014as Don 'Wardaddy' Collier

The House I Live In

2012Executive Producer

Exit Through the Gift Shop

2010as Self (uncredited)

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

2008as Self

Ocean's Eleven

2001as Rusty Ryan

True Romance

1993as Floyd (Dick's Roommate)

Bullet Train

2022as Ladybug

Babylon

2022as Jack Conrad

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019as Cliff Booth

Moonlight

2016Executive Producer

The Big Short

2015as Ben Rickert

Selma

2014Executive Producer

Being John Malkovich

1999as Brad Pitt (uncredited)

Meet Joe Black

1998as Joe Black / Young Man in Coffee Shop

King of the Hill

1997as Patch Boomhauer (voice)

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

1994as Louis

Legends of the Fall

1994as Tristan Ludlow

Minari

2020Executive Producer

Dave

2020as Brad Pitt

Okja

2017Executive Producer

Big Men

2013Executive Producer

Moneyball

2011as Billy Beane

God Grew Tired of Us

2006Executive Producer