Brad Pitt, one of today's most-watched film actors, is also a successful film producer, with his company Plan B Entertainment.
Brad Pitt
was an Academy Award nominee for his performance in Terry Gilliam's "Twelve Monkeys," for which he won a Golden Globe Award.
Brad Pitt
was also a Golden Globe Award nominee for his performances in Edward Zwick's "Legends of the Fall" and Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Babel."
Brad Pitt
most recently starred as Jesse James in "The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford," directed by Andrew Dominik, for which he was named Best Actor at the 2007 Venice International Film Festival.
Brad Pitt
has completed filming David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," an adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald short story of the same name, reteaming him with his "Babel" co-star Cate Blanchett as well as Tilda Swinton.
Brad Pitt
starred opposite George Clooney in Steven Soderbergh's hits "Ocean's Eleven," "Ocean's Twelve," and "Ocean's Thirteen."
Born in Shawnee, Oklahoma,
Brad Pitt
grew up in Springfield, Missouri, and attended the University of Missouri at Columbia where he majored in Journalism. Right before graduation,
Brad Pitt
moved to Los Angeles to study graphic design, but instead began to pursue an acting career, studying with Roy London. Soon after,
Brad Pitt
began securing roles in television, including the series Glory Days and the acclaimed telefilms "The Image" (directed by Peter Werner) and "Too Young to Die?" (directed by Robert Markowitz).
It was
Brad Pitt
's role in Ridley Scott's Academy Award-winning "Thelma and Louise" that first brought him national attention.
Brad Pitt
soon went on to star in Robert Redford's Academy Award-winning "A River Runs Through It;" Dominic Sena's "Kalifornia;" and Neil Jordan's "Interview With the Vampire."
Brad Pitt
has also starred in Tom DiCillo's "Johnny Suede," which won the Golden Leopard Award for Best Picture at the 1991 Locarno International Film Festival; Ralph Bakshi's "Cool World;" Tony Scott's "True Romance;" Barry Levinson's "Sleepers;" Alan J. Pakula's "The Devil's Own;" Jean-Jacques Annaud's "Seven Years in Tibet;" Martin Brest's "Meet Joe Black;" and "Se7en" and "Fight Club," which were
Brad Pitt
's first two films with director David Fincher.
Brad Pitt
's more recent films include Doug Liman's "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," which was one of 2005's biggest successes; Wolfgang Petersen's "Troy;" Patrick Gilmore and Tim Johnson's animated feature "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas;" Tony Scott's "Spy Game;" Gore Verbinski's "The Mexican;" Guy Ritchie's "Snatch;" and, in cameos, Steven Soderbergh's "Full Frontal" and George Clooney's "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind."
Brad Pitt
's Plan B Entertainment develops and produces film and television projects. Plan B has thus far produced such films as Martin Scorsese's "The Departed," which won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director; Michael Winterbottom's "A Mighty Heart," for which
Angelina Jolie received Golden Globe, Independent Spirit, Critics' Choice, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations; Tim Burton's " Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," starring
Johnny Depp; Ryan Murphy's "Running with Scissors," for which Annette Bening received a Golden Globe Award nomination; "Troy;" and "The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford."
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