Brad Pitt is one of the most recognized men in the world. It may largely be in part to his classic good looks and smile, but it is most because of his ability to take a character and make it his own. While he started off in uncredited roles and bit parts on television shows, he was able to parlay that into a career that most people would be jealous of. From his supporting role in Thelma and Louise to the title role in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Brad Pitt is one actor that everyone is looking forward to seeing more of.
Early Life
Brad Pitt was born William Bradley Pitt on December 18, 1963. He was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma where he lived with his parents, Jane, who was a high school counselor, and William, who is a truck company owner. While his beginnings in Oklahoma may seem as far as possible from his movie career, he did start his career at the local high school, where he was in musicals. He attended the University of Missouri to get an advertising degree, but the acting bug had bit. He left school two weeks before graduation to move to Los Angeles and begin his career.
Career Beginnings
Uncredited roles were Brad Pitt’s first castings in 1987, but he moved on from these to guest star in several different television shows, including Another World, Growing Pains, Dallas, and 21 Jump Street. The first credited movie role was in a movie called The Dark Side of the Sun, which was a Yugoslavian-United States production. Other television and movie roles followed, but the one that most aided his career was the supporting role that he had in Thelma and Louise in 1991.
Making Him a Star
In 1994, Interview With a Vampire was released and this movie is said to mark the turning point in Pitt’s career. Even though it was not received well by most critics, it is a role that teenagers especially loved, as he won two MTV Awards that year. He had many more movie roles after this movie, including Legends of the Fall, Seven Years in Tibet, Seven, and 12 Monkeys. The latter movie garnered him his first Golden Globe award and helped to propel his career into new heights. Of his latest movies, most people know him for his role in the Ocean’s Eleven series of movies, as well as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Inglourious Basterds, and Moneyball.
Bettering the World
Brad Pitt is very committed to a number of different causes. From children to diseases to politics, he has been found at the forefront of a number of different campaigns. He encouraged people to vote in the 2004 Presidential Election and has begun a foundation with Angelina Jolie to help to aid different humanitarian causes in the world.
Personal Life
Brad Pitt has had many different women on his arm since he started his career. His marriage to Jennifer Aniston seemed to be that of a fairytale, but it ended in 2005. Some say that the divorce is due to his relationship with his co-star at the time, Angelina Jolie. Whatever the cause, he has been in a committed relationship with Jolie since then and they are parents to six children, both adopted and naturally born. Reports recently say that they are engaged, so time will tell in this situation.
Brad Pitt has come a long way since his uncredited roles and television guest experiences early in his career. Today, he is much sought after for movies and by paparazzi. From Thelma and Louise to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Brad Pitt has been and is in great demand by producers and directors all over the world. It will be exciting to see the roles and movies that he will share with us in the future. Brad Pitt is one star that you want to continue watching to rise.
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