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William Bradley Pitt was born on 18 December 1963, in Shawnee, Oklahoma USA,  and is an actor considered by many to be one of the sexiest and most handsome men in the entertainment world, but also the winner of a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a multiple nominee for Academy Awards, which have also made a great impact on Pitt’s net worth.

So just how rich is Brad Pitt? Authoritative sources have estimated that Brad has a net worth of over $250 million, earned mostly through acting and film producing, during a career in the entertainment industry now spanning nearly 30 years.

Brad Pitt’s mother, Jane Etta Hillhouse, worked as a school counsellor, whereas his father, William Alvin Pitt, was the owner of a trucking company – he was raised a Southern Baptist (but is no longer religious) and attended Kickapoo High School after the family moved to Springfield, Missouri. He almost completed his degree in advertising and journalism at the University of Missouri, but within two weeks od graduating declined to do so, and instead took acting lessons in Los Angeles.

Subsequently, Brad  began his career as well as net worth accumulation in 1987, with small roles in the films ‘No Way Out’ directed by Roger Donaldson, ‘No Man’s Land’ directed by Peter Werner and ‘Less Than Zero’ directed by Marek Kanievska. Moreover, he appeared in the episodes of the television series ‘Another World’ created by Irna Phillips, William J. Bell, ‘Growing Pains’ created by Neal Marlens, ‘Dallas’ by David Jacobs, ’21 Jump Street’ by Patrick Hasburgh, Stephen J. Cannell, which proved the basis for his net worth.

Pitt’s first leading role was landed in the American-Yugoslav drama film ‘Dark Side of the Sun’ directed by Božidar Nikolić. Until 1994, Brad appeared in a number of films, television films and series, but he did not received worldwide attention. However, Pitt’s popularity increased and his net worth have risen significantly since then. ‘Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles’ directed by Neil Jordan was the first step which brought Brad fame, and won him a MTV Movie Awards. ‘Legends of the Fall’ directed by Edward Zwick brought positive critics reviews, and a nomination for a Golden Globe Award. ‘Seven’ directed by David Fincher brought an MTV Movie Award, proving very popular with audiences as the box office grossed $327 million dollars. A Golden Globe Award and the nomination of Academy Award for the Best Supporting Actor Brad received for his role in the science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam ’12 Monkeys’, then David Flincher’s film ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ was worth thirteen Academy Nominations, and personally for Brad it brought three nominations, a Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination for the Best Actor. Appearances in “Ocean’s Eleven”(2001), “Ocean’s Twelve”(2004) and Ocean’s Thirteen”(2007) all proved popular with the public, and  ‘Inglourious Basterds'(2009) directed by Quentin Tarantino was also well received by critics and cinema goers as the box office grossed $321 million, and a further nomination for Brad Pitt. All those honours also helped add considerably to Brad Pitt’s net worth financially and in popularity with directors and audiences, in fact overall Brad has been nominated for almost 150 awards, and has won nearly 50.

Furthermore, Pitt added much to his net worth being a  producer; his works include the films ‘God Grew Tired of Us’, ‘The Tehuacan Project’, ‘Year of the Dog’, ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’, ‘The Private Lives of Pippa Lee’ among other films.

In his personal life, Brad Pitt dated actresses Robin Givens, Jill Schoelen and Juliette Lewis, before  marrying actress Jennifer Aniston in 2000 –  the couple divorced after five years, since when Brad has been in a relationship with Angelina Jolie with whom he now has three children; they married in 2014, but Angelina sued for divorce in late 2016, although along the way they have also adopted three non-American children, whose futures will need to be decided.

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Brad Pitt Quotes

• Terrence’s Voyage of Time is an incredibly beautiful and unique experiential IMAX film for children and families chronicling the birth of time, I’m very grateful to be part of such a fascinating and educational project, but I’m currently focused on my family situation and don’t want to distract attention away from this extraordinary film, which I encourage everyone to see.
• [on The Devil’s Own (1997)] We had no script. Well, we had a great script but it got tossed for various reasons. To have to make something up as you go along – Jesus, what pressure! It was ridiculous. It was the most irresponsible bit of filmmaking – if you can even call it that – that I’ve ever seen. The movie was the complete victim of this drowning studio head (Mark Canton) who said, “I don’t care. We’re making it. I don’t care what you have. Shoot something.”
• [2012, on The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)] Jesse James is absolutely one of my favourites, and I think the more it decants the better it gets. About three other people think that as well, but I think it’s got legs. It’s elegant. Andrew Dominik is a phenomenal director.
• [on World War Z (2013)] We liked this idea of taking a genre and using that as, I guess, a metaphor for pandemics, and if one of those pandemics jumped the tracks. Would we be ready? What countries would be in better shape, what countries would take the biggest hit? A movie is only good if it speaks about our time, if it’s personal in some way, and it plugs into the zeitgeist to irritate a little bit. I think we got that here.
• I think I’m at a point now where I feel like I can jump into anything and lay something down that’s quality. Someone may be better at it – or maybe not – but I know that if I have a feeling for it, then I can make it interesting. But even more as I get older, it’s about the company that I keep. That’s the most important thing to me – that if I’m gonna spend however long it takes to make a movie, give up 14 hours a day for however many weeks or months, then it’s very important for me to know that I’m working with people who I respect and enjoy and that we’re going for something together.
• [2012: on whether he would consider becoming a director] No, not a chance. It makes sense on some level, but I really enjoy being a creative producer and I enjoy my day job as an actor. It’s enough for me. I want to also be a dad, first and foremost. After two days it gets itchy. I miss them. I just know how I’d be. I see how much time it takes to mount the thing and put it together. It wouldn’t be a good match.
• I grew up very religious, and I don’t have a great relationship with religion. I oscillate between agnosticism and atheism.
• [2012: while accepting the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor for Moneyball (2011) and The Tree of Life (2011)] This is a really big honor for me, considering I’m a guy who had never ridden in an airplane until I was 25. That first trip was here in 1989 to New York. I had an audition for a soap opera. But I had to put myself up, and I stayed at a friend’s apartment. That apartment was in the Village on Christopher Street. My first impression of the city was: my god, there’s a lot of guys around here. But they’re so nice. This is a real pleasure for me to see some of the faces behind the formidable names that instill such fear and reverence in the film industry, although I thought you’d be taller. We are complex, we are mysteries to ourselves, we are difficult to each other, we live in continual flux and instability and conflict. Christians and Muslims, Democrats and Republicans, Denby and Rudin.
• [on the Academy Awards nomination process] I’ve been around long enough to know it’s very fickle and it’s a cyclical wheel. But I will say this: it’s surprisingly fun when your number comes up.
• [on playing the leading character in The Tree of Life (2011)] That’s certainly not my father. But I do understand the father-knows-best mentality, the oppression the father figure can have on his kids, the pressure he is under to be the leader and provide, and feeling like he’s falling short and having wants and desires himself. The tragedy is coming home and bringing that on the kids, and then feeling bad about it. It’s just this vicious cycle.
• [on the stress of filming Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)] One day, it broke me… I called David Geffen, who was a producer… I said, “David, I can’t do this anymore. I can’t do it. How much will it take to get me out?”. And he goes, very calmly, “Forty million dollars.”.
• [2011, on his religious upbringing] I had my problems with it. It doesn’t work for me. I had a lot of questions. But to get to that point where I actually questioned something that I’d based my life on – it wasn’t until I was 20 that I really started separating from it, knowing that the ideas didn’t make sense. I remember this scary moment where I didn’t have anything to pin my existence on, to be comforted by. At the same time, it didn’t work for me, man. I had to go up against this thing. I’ve since… My family accepts me for who I am and they worry for me because I’m gonna burn in an eternal pit of fire. But…
• [2011, on learning to be a parent] I was surprised at how automatic it is, how much of it is instinctual. And now I have a great confidence and trust in those instincts. I mean, one sound at night and you’re awake and up because they may need you. Or when they start to have a tantrum, you know to divert them from spinning out by helping them focus on something. It just goes on and on. I tell them, “You can make a mess, but you’ve got to clean it up.”.
• [2011, on Angelina Jolie] One of the greatest, smartest things I ever did was give my kids Angie as their mom. She is such a great mom. Oh, man, I’m so happy to have her.
• [2011] I spent the ’90s trying to hide out, trying to duck the full celebrity cacophony. I started to get sick of myself sitting on a couch, holding a joint, hiding out. It started feeling pathetic. It became very clear to me that I was intent on trying to find a movie about an interesting life, but I wasn’t living an interesting life myself. I think that my marriage [to Jennifer Aniston] had something to do with it. Trying to pretend the marriage was something that it wasn’t.
• There are no secrets in our house. We tell the kids, “Mom and Dad are going off to kiss.”.
• [on comparing his own parenting style with that of his character in The Tree of Life (2011)]: They say actions speak louder than words. It’s even more true with my kids. And so it’s quite important to me not to put my frustrations on them or bring them in the door. I want to keep them to be free and not encumbered with my junk. In the film it’s the exact opposite. I find it very sad, a very sad man who was embittered by his situation, doesn’t feel he can get ahead, always feels like he’s on the losing end, feels quite oppressed by his surroundings and predicament, doesn’t know why it isn’t working out for him and why is it working out for other people. That poisoned view of things.
• We make breakfast like everyone else and it’s chaos and pancake batter splashed all over the place and bath time at night. Ultimately, I’m dad. I have the concerns a dad has. Is everyone safe? Am I spending enough time with them? These are the things that keep me awake.
• [1998, on why he moved to Los Angeles] A lot of the attraction before I came out was the fame, the lifestyle… now my motivation is more, “I want to be good!”.
• [2009] What’s valuable to me has become clearer as I’ve got older. To me, it’s about the value of your time and your day and the value of the people you spend it with. It’s about me being a strong father and guide and a good match for my significant other. Then, if I’m going to go to work, it must be something of value to me. I’m much more experienced now, so I can find films that are interesting quicker and cut out the films that don’t really matter. It means more to me now because my kids are going to see them, and I want them to be proud.
• Fame makes you feel permanently like a girl walking past construction workers.
• [on being dumped by ex-fiancée Jill Schoelen in 1989] She called me up in Los Angeles and was crying on the phone. She was lonely and there was a huge drama. At this point, I had $800 to my name and I spent $600 of it getting a ticket from Los Angeles to Hungary to see her. I got there, went straight to the set where she was filming and that night we went out to dinner. She told me that she had fallen in love with the director of the film. I was so shocked I said, “I’m outta here.” I spent my night in Budapest, sitting on a bench, smoking, with just a local bum to talk to who couldn’t speak English. These are the days and nights you remember when you have success. I returned to America absolutely broke. This is why recognition does not bother me too much.
• [2010 – on New Orleans] Truthfully, my favorite sound in the entire world is opening up the balcony doors in the French Quarter and hearing four different sounds playing at once from the apartments across the way or down the street. It’s a balmy night, twilight, and I’m drinking a beer, and this feeling just falls over me, of contentment. It gives me goosebumps to talk about it.
• [on Quentin Tarantino] The set is heaven and he is God. Heretics are not allowed.
• [on how his earlier, lesser film roles ultimately improved him as an actor]: I believe I’m quite capable and we, as people, can learn to do anything, and that’s proof of it! And my education is on film, on record! Now I can take on anything that comes my way and find truth in it an do a pretty good job.
• [on how his children will influence his future roles] My thoughts these days are, “Oh, my God, what did I do? What are they going to see from the past?”. It definitely colors what I’ll approach in the future. I’ll try to be a little bit more mature about my decisions.
• [on having children] It really changes your perspective on the world. You know, I’ve had my day. I made some films, and I’ve really had a very fortunate life, and it’s time for me to share that a little bit. Having children takes the focus off yourself, which I’m really grateful for. I’m so tired of thinking about myself. I’m sick of myself. You feel you want to be there and not miss out on anything. It’s a true joy and a very profound love. You can write a book, you can make a movie, you can paint a painting, but having kids is the most extraordinary thing I’ve ever taken on.
• [2003] It’s amazing what an impending midlife crisis will do for you, really. It got me motivated, having turned 40 in December.
• [May 2005, on his impending divorce to Jennifer Aniston] The thing I don’t understand is looking at this as a failure. It’s talked about like it failed, I guess because it wasn’t flawless. Me, I embrace the messiness of life. I find it so beautiful, actually.
• [when asked by Conan O’Brien how he got into character as stoner Floyd in True Romance (1993)] I’m a method actor.
• When you see a person, do you just concentrate on their looks? It’s just a first impression. Then there’s someone who doesn’t catch your eye immediately, but you talk to them and they become the most beautiful thing in the world. The greatest actors aren’t what you would call beautiful sex symbols. I’ll tell you who my favorite actress is, Dianne Wiest, and you wouldn’t call her a sex symbol. Dianne Wiest is, to me, the most beautiful woman on the screen.
• [Time magazine, October 13, 1997] You shouldn’t speak until you know what you’re talking about. That’s why I get uncomfortable with interviews. Reporters ask me what I feel China should do about Tibet. Who cares what I think China should do? I’m a f—ing actor! They hand me a script. I act. I’m here for entertainment. Basically, when you whittle everything away, I’m a grown man who puts on makeup.
• Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within.
• I’m one of those people you hate because of genetics. It’s the truth.
• [on what keeps him humble] You know, I telephoned my grandparents the other day, and my grandfather said to me, “We saw your movie.” “Which one?”. I said, and he shouted, “Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn’t like?”. I thought that was just classic. I mean, if that doesn’t keep your feet on the ground, what would?
• [Viasat magazine, May 2001] Fame is a bitch, man.
• I’d like to design something like a city or a museum. I want to do something hands on rather than just play golf which is the sport of the religious right.
• I’m gonna design my own fleet of trailers. No! I’m gonna record an album like Jennifer Lopez. It’ll be an acoustic version of KC & The Sunshine Band. Then maybe I’ll design a line of clothes like [Sean Combs] but all in synthetic fur.

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• He has worked with 7 directors who have won a Best Director Oscar: Robert Redford, Barry Levinson, Steven Soderbergh, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, and Robert Zemeckis.
• As of 2016, he is the only actor to work on two films each with Ridley Scott and his brother Tony Scott.
• Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Brad on September 20, 2016.
• He and Angelina Jolie married in California 14 August 2014 and in southern France 23 August 2014.
• Once visited Simba River Camp in Kenya, a safari lodge.
• Despite an announcement that they would only marry when gay marriage was legal in all American States, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie married in August 2014.
• (May 29, 2014) Was attacked by Vitalii Sediuk and a restraining order was issued, ordering him to stay away from Brad.
• He appeared on the last episode of Jackass (2000), where the crew “kidnapped” him.
• As of 2016, has appeared in seven films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Babel (2006), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Inglourious Basterds (2009), The Tree of Life (2011), Moneyball (2011), 12 Years a Slave (2013) and The Big Short (2015). Of those, 12 Years a Slave (2013), won the Oscar in the category. In addition, Pitt produced the Oscar winning The Departed (2006).
• Mentioned in the song “That Don’t Impress Me Much” by Shania Twain.
• Girlfriend Angelina Jolie gave birth to the couple’s fifth and sixth children, son Knox Leon and daughter Vivienne Marcheline, on July 12, 2008 in Nice, France.
• Girlfriend Angelina Jolie gave birth to the couple’s second daughter, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, on May 27, 2006 in Namibia, Africa.
• Owns multiple houses in ultra trendy Los Angeles neighborhood, Los Feliz. Giovanni Ribisi, Bo Barrett, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Pine, Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are among the other actors who also call Los Feliz home.
• The longest he has gone without an Oscar nomination is 13 years, between Twelve Monkeys (1995) and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008).
• (April 12, 2012) Engaged to Angelina Jolie.
• He has English, with a smaller amount of German, Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Scots-Irish ancestry. Brad stated on Inside the Actors Studio (2012) that he might have Seminole and Cherokee roots. These lineages are unverified.
• When he and Juliette Lewis began their relationship, he was 26 while she was only 16.
• Has appeared in two films that took place in the Northwest during the first decades of the 20th Century, and in which he defends a Native American’s right to be served alcohol in a bar: A River Runs Through It (1992) and Legends of the Fall (1994).
• Ex-son-in-law of John Aniston and Nancy Dow. Ex-stepson-in-law of Sherry Rooney.
• Lives in Los Angeles, Malibu, Goleta, California, Benerville, France and New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Along with Angelina Jolie, he traveled to Syria and Jordan on a United Nations Goodwill visit to displaced Iraqi civilians. [October 2009]
• Auditioned for the role of Mike in Phantasm II (1988) but director Don Coscarelli instead chose James Le Gros.
• Domestic Partner: Angelina Jolie (2005 – 2016).
• Considers One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), Fitzcarraldo (1982) and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) among his personal favorite movies.
• Was officially in the BAFTA long-list for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in Babel (2006). However, he did not get the nomination.
• In November 2005, he visited Pakistan with Angelina Jolie to see the impact of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. In 2006, Jolie and Pitt also went to Haiti where they visited a school supported by Yéle Haïti, a charity founded by Haitian-born hip hop musician Wyclef Jean.
• Ranked #10 in the 2008 Forbes The Celebrity 100 list. His girlfriend, Angelina Jolie, ranked #3.
• He is a Patron of the “Mineseeker Foundation” and the “Sole of Africa”, a campaign dedicated to detecting and removing land mines in Africa. The Foundation’s patrons include Nelson Mandela, Sir Richard Branson, Queen Noor, ‘Graca Machel’ and John Paul DeJoria.
• In 2007, Forbes magazine estimated his earnings for the year to be $35 million.
• In 2005, he earned $4,500,000 for a Heineken commercial that aired during the 2005 Super Bowl.
• Donated 5 million dollars of his own money to rebuild homes in Katrina-ravaged New Orleans.
• Used to act at the Vandevort Theater in Springfield, Missouri. He still visits and donates to the theater.
• He and Russell Crowe were director Ridley Scott’s first two choices for the lead in American Gangster (2007). Crowe was eventually cast.
• Was trained to handle weapons by renowned Hollywood gun coach Thell Reed, who has also trained such actors as Val Kilmer, Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Sam Elliot, Girard Swan, Ben Foster and Kurt Russell.
• Mentioned in the song “High School Never Ends” by Bowling for Soup, as “the quarterback”.
• Voted #6 in Elle (France) magazine’s “15 Sexiest Men” poll. [June 2007]
• Was considered for the lead role in Crimson Tide (1995), which eventually went to Denzel Washington.
• Has been in six movies where the title contains the name of the character he plays: Johnny Suede (1991), Meet Joe Black (1998), Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008).
• Made a cameo appearance with Matt Damon for free in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) as a favor to Ocean’s Eleven (2001) co-star and close friend George Clooney – the film was Clooney’s directorial debut.
• He and girlfriend Angelina Jolie adopted a 3-year-old boy named Pax Thien from Vietnam (born November 29, 2003). [March 2007]
• His first job was dancing in a chicken suit to draw in customers at an El Pollo Loco restaurant on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.
• Originally cast as Colin Sullivan in The Departed (2006), but later dropped out. He continued to produce the film under his (and his then wife Jennifer Aniston’s) production company, Plan B.
• Initially did not want to appear in Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), although he was the one who gave the script to director Doug Liman.
• Occasionally flies a Cessna 208B Caravan belonging to Chivan Productions.
• Has Single Engine Land pilot license.
• The first commercial that Brad Pitt ever booked was through Matrix Talent Agency, Los Angeles. His agent was Linda Olhava, sister of film director Jody Lee Olhava.
• Was considered for two roles which went to Johnny Depp: Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow (1999) and Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). Both were directed by Tim Burton.
• Ranked #15 on Premiere magazine’s 2006 “Power 50” list. Had ranked #31 in 2005.
• Wanted to play Darcy in Bride & Prejudice (2004), but was not able to work out the filming dates.
• Adoptive father of Maddox Jolie-Pitt and Zahara Jolie-Pitt with Angelina Jolie.
• Broke his arm during the filming of Se7en (1995). The injury was written into the movie.
• Raised in Springfield, Missouri, and is an alumni of Kickapoo High School. Other alumni include Adrienne Wilkinson and Jay Kenneth Johnson.
• Is a huge fan of MTV’s reality show Jackass (2000). He even asked the cast if he could join them during one of their stunt jokes. He eventually made an appearance dressed in an ape outfit, in order not to be recognized, which would have ruined the joke.
• As of 2014, has appeared in 10 movies with a number in the title – though only two of them use an actual number rather than spelling the word out: Se7en (1995), which is a combination of the two, and 12 Years a Slave (2013). He has appeared in one movie with zero in the title, one with the number two in the title, three with the number seven in the title, one with the number eleven and three with number twelve.
• On the invitation of Virgin CEO Richard Branson, he visited over 100 orphans affected by HIV at a facility run by The Salvation Army in South Africa as well as personally meeting Nelson Mandela and discussing Mandela’s 46664 campaign (named for his prison ID number) to call attention to South Africa’s devastating AIDS epidemic. After South Africa, he then flew to Ethiopia on behalf of DATA, a third-world lobby group co-founded by U2’s Bono. [November 2004]
• Owns the rights to the Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs (2002). He wanted it to be remade with he and Tom Cruise in the leading roles. The movie was eventually remade as The Departed (2006). Pitt served as a producer on the movie.
• In 2001, renowned architect Frank Gehry renovated the wine cellar in the home in which Pitt and wife Jennifer Aniston lived. Pitt subsequently did an informal apprenticeship in Gehry’s Los Angeles office.
• Owns and plays Taylor Guitars.
• He and his Ocean’s Eleven (2001) / Ocean’s Twelve (2004) co-stars, Julia Roberts, George Clooney and Elliott Gould, all have guest-starred on the sitcom Friends (1994), though not in the same episodes.
• He and his ex-wife Jennifer Aniston met on a blind date, which was arranged by their agent.
• A short while after completing A River Runs Through It (1992), he fled to Amsterdam where he briefly lived for three months by himself in a small basement apartment before returning to the United States to film Kalifornia (1993).
• Premiere magazine ranked him as #50 on a list of the Greatest Movie Stars of All Time in their Stars in Our Constellation feature (2005).
• Dianne Wiest is his favorite actress.
• Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2005 Razzie Award nominating ballot. He was listed as a suggestion in the Worst Actor category for his performance in the film Troy (2004). However, he did not receive a nomination.
• Announced on January 7, 2005 that he and Jennifer Aniston are separating after 4 1/2 years of marriage.
• His favorite movies are Planet of the Apes (1968) and Saturday Night Fever (1977).
• Voted #1 in Company magazine’s annual “100 Sexiest Men” poll (2004).
• He took Greek language lessons in secret to surprise his then-wife Jennifer Aniston who is of Greek ancestry.
• His high school nickname was Brad the “Pitt-bull”.
• He was ranked #6 on VH1’s “100 Hottest Hotties”.
• Has appeared in three movies with the number seven in the title (Se7en (1995), Seven Years in Tibet (1997) and Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)). Has also appeared in three movies with the number twelve in the title (Twelve Monkeys (1995), Ocean’s Twelve (2004) and 12 Years a Slave (2013).
• Got into better shape and eventually gained over 20 pounds of muscle for Troy (2004).
• Showed his parents the “Chemical Burn” scene to convince them not to watch Fight Club (1999).
• He and ex-wife Jennifer Aniston campaigned in the United States to save EastEnders (1985) from being axed there (2003).
• Is the first man ever to be named “Sexiest Man Alive” twice by People magazine (1994 and 2000).
• Tore his Achilles tendon during the production of Troy (2004), in which he plays, coincidentally, Achilles. His injury caused the production of Ocean’s Twelve (2004) to be pushed back to April 2004 (2003).
• With Brad Grey’s departure for Paramount and after the divorce settlement with ex-wife Jennifer Aniston, he now solely owns Plan B Entertainment.
• After watching Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), Pitt asked director Guy Ritchie if he could be in his next film. He could not master the English accent, so Ritchie gave him the role of Mickey the One Punch Pikey, an Irish fighter, in Snatch (2000).
• Is a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. The Xi Xi chapter at the University of Missouri, Columbia.
• Auditioned for the role of J.D. in the cult classic film Heathers (1988) and, though he showed talent, casting directors thought him to be “too sweet” for the role, which later went to Christian Slater. He would later go on to a very similar role in the horror film Cutting Class (1989).
• Has a home at Lake Mohawk in Sparta, New Jersey.
• Did TV commercial for Toyota (Altis model) that aired only in Asia. The car became very popular and its sales resulted in Toyota getting an almost 32% share of the passenger car market.
• Studied acting with the late Roy London.
• For the last couple of years, he has been the spokesman for Edwin Jeans ads in Japan. In 2001, he was also the face of the ads for a current Japanese canned coffee which is named Roots. Was replaced in these TV ads (2002) by Kevin Costner.
• He and ex-wife Jennifer Aniston spent $1 million on their wedding (2000).
• (July 18, 2001) Sued Damiani International, the company which created the wedding ring he gave Jennifer Aniston. According to Pitt, the ring was his design and was to be exclusive. The company has since been selling replicas and indicating Pitt/Aniston’s endorsement of the ring.
• Has his teeth capped.
• Was considered for the lead role in The Matrix (1999), which went to Keanu Reeves.
• Has a brother, Doug Pitt, born in 1966 and a sister, Julie Pitt, born in 1969.
• Listed in “People Weekly”s “Most Intriguing People” list. (December 25, 1995/January 1, 1996 issue)
• Belonged to the Key Club and the Forensics Club in High School.
• In high school, he was a member of the golf, swim and tennis teams.
• Dropped out of the University of Missouri School of Journalism (Columbia, Missouri).
• Attended and graduated from Kickapoo High School in Springfield, Missouri in 1982.
• Listed as one of twelve “Promising New Actors of 1991” in John Willis’ Screen World, Vol. 43 (1991).
• Was a journalism major in college with an advertising focus.
• Voted “Best Actor” by viewers of MTV’s The Big Picture (1988) in 1995.
• Had to learn to fly-cast for his role in A River Runs Through It (1992). He practiced on top of buildings in Hollywood. During these practices, he frequently hooked himself in the back of his head.
• He was the third choice for the role of J.D. in Thelma & Louise (1991). William Baldwin, the first choice, left to star in Backdraft (1991).
• Lived in Southern California with friend Buck Simmonds, who starred with him in A River Runs Through It (1992). [May 1992]
• Purchased a mansion in Southern California from the actress who portrays Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (Cassandra Peterson). He reportedly paid $1.7 million for the house. This mansion is filled with antiques and has a “vampirish” look to it (1996).
• His first starring role in a feature film was in The Dark Side of the Sun (1988), shot in pre-war Yugoslavia during the summer of 1988. As editing neared completion, civil war broke out in the region and much of the footage was lost. In 1996, after a five-year search, all of the lost footage was found and returned to producer Andjelo Arandjelovic, who is working on getting a distribution deal. Pitt was paid $1,523 per week for seven weeks. He played a young American taken by his family to the Adriatic Sea to search for a cure for a rare skin disease.
• Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (1996).
• Donated $100,000 to the Discovery Center – a children’s learning museum in his hometown of Springfield, Missouri. [June 1996]
• (December 20, 1996) Engaged to actress Gwyneth Paltrow.
• Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (1997).
• Banned from entering China because of his role in Seven Years in Tibet (1997) (1997).
• Ranked #32 in Empire (UK) magazine’s “The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time” list. [October 1997]
• A girl went to Pitt’s Hollywood-area home shortly after midnight January 7, 1999 and crawled in through an open window, dressed herself in his clothes and stayed for 10 hours before the alarm went off. Athena Rolando, 19, was ordered not to contact the actor and to stay 100 yards away from him for three years (1999).
• Posed for a campus calendar in college.
• Turned down a role as an astronaut in Apollo 13 (1995) to accept his role in Se7en (1995).
• Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#23) (1995).

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