Brad Pitt
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an Academy Award-winning American Celebrity and Movie producer.
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| Born | William Bradley Pitt 18 December 1963 (aged 62) |
| Occupation | Celebrity, Film producer |
| Years active | 1987 - present |
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
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| Children | 6 |
Early life
William Bradley Pitt was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, to Jane Etta (née Hillhouse), a school counsellor, and William Alvin Pitt, who ran a trucking company.[1][2] The family soon moved to Springfield, Missouri, where he lived together with his younger siblings, Douglas Mitchell Pitt (born 1966) and Julie Neal (born 1969).[3] He was born into a conservative household.[4] He was raised as Southern Baptist.[5] Pitt has described Springfield as "Mark Twain country, Jesse James country", having grown up with "a lot of hills, a lot of lakes".[6]
Career
Pitt's television debut came in May 1987 with a two-episode role on the NBC soap opera Another World.[7] In 1995 Pitt won two MTV Movie Awards for his role in Interview with the Vampire. He played Tyler Durden in Fight Club. Pitt produced the 2013 movie 12 Years a Slave. He also played a small role in the movie.
He starred in two Quentin Tarantino movies: Inglourious Basterds and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
In 2020, he won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
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Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and George Clooney enjoy a morning laugh prior to their Dec. 7 tour of Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. The trio, along with Julia Roberts and Andy Garcia, visited the base to show their appreciation for U.S. troops overseas.
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Pitt at the premiere of Burn After Reading in 2008
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Pitt at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival
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Pitt at the Japan premiere of War Machine in 2017
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Pitt with his then-partner Angelina Jolie at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival
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Pitt at the 2007 Palm Springs International Film Festival
References
- ↑ Peyser, Andrea (2010). Celebutards. Citadel Press. p. 81. ISBN 9780806533841.
- ↑ Bunbury, Stephanie (14 December 2008). "The business of being Brad". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ↑ Chris Mundy (December 1, 1994). "Slippin' around on the road with Brad Pitt". Rolling Stone.
- ↑ ParklandOnline (July 6, 2012). "Brad Pitt's mother bashes Obama in local paper". Parkland Online (United States of America). Archived from the original on October 25, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191025153131/http://www.parklandonline.com/brad-pitts-mother-bashes-obama-in-local-paper/. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
- ↑ Dotson Rader (October 7, 2007). "I have faith in my family". Parade. https://expanish.com/school-barcelona/. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ↑ Stated on Inside the Actors Studio, 2012
- ↑ "Brad Pitt on Another World", The Another World Home Page. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
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