| A leading American motion-picture actor, Pitt, | | | | He also played the IRA Terrorist Rory Devany in |
| Brad, was born to a high school teacher Jane Etta | | | | Irish accent alongside Harrison Ford in the film The |
| and a truck company owner William Alvin Pit in | | | | Devil’s Own in 1997. |
| Shawnee Oklahoma USA on December 18, 1963. | | | | Pitt starred as the main character in the movie |
| Brad’s looks, rather cunning yet smiling and | | | | Meet Joe Black in 1998. A special role Pitt |
| seductive manner have made him one of the | | | | performed in this film, provided him another |
| most popular actors of his time. In addition to his | | | | chance to work with actor Sir Anthony Hopkins, |
| romantic roles, Pitt has also gained success as | | | | with whom he had already worked in Legends of |
| more offbeat characters. He received an | | | | The Fall. |
| Academy Award nomination as best supporting | | | | Brad Pitt went on to star in Fight Club in 1999. |
| actor in the science-fiction film Twelve Monkeys | | | | This movie was based on the novel by Chuck |
| released in 1995. Although the birth place of | | | | Palahniuk. |
| William Bradley Pitt is Shawnee, Oklahoma, yet he | | | | Pitt, Brad then played the role of a gypsy Irish |
| was raised as Baptist in Springfield, Missouri. | | | | boxer in the gangster movie the Snatch in 2000. |
| Brad’s brother Doug, and Sister Julie Neal, all | | | | Wedding and Later Years until 2007 |
| grew up in Springfield where the family had | | | | After his wedding to actress Jennifer Aniston on |
| moved soon after birth. Brad’s early | | | | July 29, 2000, Pitt worked with long-term friend |
| education was completed at Kickapoo High School | | | | and actress Julia Roberts in the comical road |
| where he actively participated in sports, debating, | | | | movie The Mexican in 2001. |
| and acting. He also attended University of Missouri | | | | Ever since his wedding, Brad starred in numerous |
| Columbia, where he studied journalism and was a | | | | films, the most famous of which were |
| member of Sigma Chi fraternity before moving | | | | Ocean’s Twelve and the epic Troy, playing |
| to Los Angeles to study art. But instead of art | | | | the role of legendry hero Achilles. But it was in |
| and humanities, Brad took up acting as his main | | | | 2005 that Brad Pitt starred in Mr. & Mrs. Smith in |
| subject and later appeared in a number of | | | | which he and Angelina Jolie as husband and wife |
| television shows in California during the late 1980's. | | | | jointly played the role of assassins. |
| Pitt made his motion-picture debut in The Dark | | | | Along with Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Pitt made |
| Side of the Sun (1988). | | | | his return to Hollywood in late 2006, critically |
| Chronology of Performance (1994 – 2000) | | | | acclaiming Babel starring alongside Cate Blanchett. |
| Brad played Vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac in the | | | | Some seven Academy Awards nominations were |
| movie based on the novel Interview With The | | | | won by this movie, one of the which was a |
| Vampire by Anne Rice in 1994. | | | | Golden Globe nomination for Pitt as the best |
| Brad Pitt was nominated for an Academy Award | | | | supporting actor. The movie has since become |
| for his best supporting role in the film Twelve | | | | Pitt's highest grossing drama ever displayed |
| Monkeys in 1995. | | | | through the motion picture. |