William Bradley Pitt, an American actor and film producer, has received multiple awards and nominations including an Academy Award as a producer under his own company Plan B Entertainment. He has been cited as one of the most influential and powerful people in the American entertainment industry and was cited as the world's most attractive man by various media outlets, and his personal life is the subject of wide publicity for a number of years.
Early Life And Education Of Brad Pitt
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt is an actor who was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States of America. He was born as the second child out of three to mother Jane Etta who was a school counselor and his father William Alvin Pitt had a truck company.
Born into a Christian family, he grew up as a Southern Baptist and is a religious man himself. He is an American by nationality and belongs to white ethnicity.
Growing up around Shawnee, he studied at the Kickapoo High School. He was a very active child both in his cla s s as well as outside. He was a sports person and was good at tennis and swimming. He was also a s sociated with his school’s golf team and thus was very involved in different competitions.
Apart from that, he also competed in debate competitions and is also a music lover, as he plays guitar himself. He didn’t have any knowledge about acting and wanted to be in the advertising field. Upon his graduation, he joined the University of Missouri in 1982.
Later he moved to Los Angeles after wanting to be involved in movies. He quit his university prior to his graduation and began taking acting lessons in California.
Brad Pitt's Career
Having appeared in more than 70 movies, Brad Pitt has proven himself to be a veteran actor. His fan following and the fame he has enjoyed has proven the success he has received. Although he hasn’t won an Oscar award yet, he has had 12 Grammys till date.
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Pitt started his career struggling to establish himself in Los Angeles. He took lessons from acting coach Roy London. He started his acting career in 1987, with uncredited parts in the films, No Way Out (1987), No Man's Land (1987) and Less Than Zero (1987).
Besides movies, he is also a very generous man and a philanthropist and is running two organizations at present: Plan B Entertainment and Make It Right Foundation. In order to stay updated with his latest activities, you can follow him on his twitter account.
Brad Pitt's Net Worth And Salary
Brad Pitt's net worth is $240 million USD at present. He has earned a huge amount of salary from his career. He has worked in the highly successful movies in his career.
Here is the list of some of his movies that made a huge gross at the box office:
| Year | Movies | Cast | Budget | Box Office |
IMDb Rating |
| 1994 | Interview with the Vampire | Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Stephen Rea, Antonio Banderas, Christian Slater, Kirsten Dunst | $167 million | $334 million | 7.6 |
| 1994 | Legends of the Fall | Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond, Henry Thomas | $30 million | $160.6 million | 7.5 |
| 2005 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Adam Brody, Kerry Washington | $110 million | $478.2 million | 6.5 |
| 2007 | Ocean's Thirteen | George Clooney Brad Pitt Matt Damon Andy García Don Cheadle Bernie Mac Ellen Barkin |
$85 million | $311.7 million | 6.9 |
| 2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas | $167 million | $334 million | 7.8 |
| 2009 | Inglourious Basterds | Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fa s sbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl | $70 million | $321.5 million | 8.3 |
| 2010 | Megamind | Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, David Cross, Brad Pitt | $130 million | $321.9 million | 7.3 |
Brad Pitt's Personal Life
A very handsome man, Brad is also a sweet person and is a good company to be with. As a result, he has got many friends and followers. He also has a long list of dating history and is involved with many partners. His first recorded partner was model Robin Givens with whom he was with during 1986.
He also had short affairs with other ladies like Sinitta Renet Malone, Christina Applegate, Elizabeth Daily, Jitka Pohlodek, Juliette Lewis, Thandie Newton, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Aniston, and Angelina Jolie.
He is married to Angelina as the two have been famously called “Brangelina”. Before that, his spouse was Jennifer Aniston but the two got a divorce in 2005, after 5 years of married relation. He has got 6 children and not all of them are his biological.
by sanjeet, 27 Jan, 2015
