Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt - Hollywood California - July 2019
Born
William Bradley Pitt

(1963-12-18) December 18, 1963 (age 61)
Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
Occupations
  • Actor
  • movie producer
Years active1987–present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2000; div. 2005)​

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(m. 2014; div. 2019)​
Children6

William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and Movie producer.

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] He was born into a conservative household.[3] 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).[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.

Philanthropy and activism

In September 2006, Pitt and Angelina Jolie established a charitable organization, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation, to aid humanitarian causes around the world. In January 2010, the foundation donated $1 million to Doctors Without Borders for emergency medical assistance to help victims of the Haiti earthquake.[8]

In September 2012, Pitt reaffirmed his support for Obama, saying, "I am an Obama supporter and I'm backing his U.S. election campaign."[9]

References

  1. ↑ Peyser, Andrea (2010). Celebutards. Citadel Press. p. 81. ISBN 9780806533841.
  2. ↑ Bunbury, Stephanie (14 December 2008). "The business of being Brad". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. ↑ 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. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  4. ↑ Chris Mundy (December 1, 1994). "Slippin' around on the road with Brad Pitt". Rolling Stone.
  5. ↑ Dotson Rader (October 7, 2007). "I have faith in my family". Parade. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  6. ↑ Stated on Inside the Actors Studio, 2012
  7. ↑ "Brad Pitt on Another World", The Another World Home Page. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
  8. ↑ Itzkoff, Dave (2010-01-14). "Haitian Earthquake Spurs Stars to Action". ArtsBeat. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
  9. ↑ "Brad Pitt: Why my mother is wrong about Barack Obama and gay marriage". The Telegraph. 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2024-09-10.

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