Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt Basic Information

Stage Name:	Brad Pitt
Real Name:	William Bradley Pitt
Occupation:	Actor and Film Producer
Date Of Birth/Age:	December 18, 1963 (60 Years Old)
Place of Birth:	Shawnee, Oklahoma, U.S.
Gender:	Male
Nationality:	America
Marital Status:	Jennifer Aniston (m.2000 div.2005) Angelina Jolie (m.2014 div.2019)
Education:	University of Missouri
Height:	5 ft. 10
Net Worth:	$400 million

Brad Pitt Biography

William Bradley Pitt, best known as Brad Pitt, is an American actor and film producer who has won various accolades for his work. He has received two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Pitt received Academy Award nominations for his performances in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in 2008 and in 2011 for Moneyball. In 2019, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a stuntman in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Pitt co-founded the production company Plan B Entertainment in 2001. Via the company, he produced The Departed in 2006, 12 Years a Slave in 2013, and Moonlight in 2016. The films won the Academy Award for Best Picture, while others such as The Tree of Life in 2011, Moneyball in 2011, Selma in 2014, and The Big Short in 2015 were nominated for the award.

Pitt was cited as the world’s most attractive man in the world by various media outlets for many years. His personal life has been the subject of wide publicity. His marriages to famous actresses Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie gained major media coverage.

Brad Pitt has been cited as one of the most powerful and influential people in the American entertainment industry.

Family

Brad Pitt’s family lived in Shawnee, Oklahoma, U.S. The family moved to Springfield, Missouri, where Pitt lived together with his younger siblings. He was born into a conservative Christian household and was raised as Southern Baptist. Pitt later “oscillated between agnosticism and atheism.” Later on, he reconciled his belief in spirituality.

Parents

Father

Pitt’s father, William Alvin Pitt, was the proprietor of a trucking company.

Mother

Pitt’s mother, Jane Etta (née Hillhouse), was a school counselor.

Siblings

Pitt has two younger siblings he lived with when his family moved to Springfield, Missouri.

Brother(s)

Brad Pitt’s brother is Douglas Mitchell Pitt (born 1966). He is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist who is a “Goodwill Ambassador for the United Republic of Tanzania.” He has held the appointment since April 2010. He founded Care To Learn, a domestic charity that funds emergent health, hunger, and hygiene needs for children. It is based in the U.S.

Sister(s)

Brad Pitt’s sister is Julie Neal (born 1969).

Children

Brad Pitt has six children. He accompanied Jolie to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in July 2005 to adopt her second child, Zahara Marley. In December of the same year, he was in the process of becoming the adoptive father of Zahara, and Jolie’s first adopted child, Maddox Chivan. Their children’s surnames were later changed to Jolie-Pitt. Jolie gave birth to daughter Shiloh Nouvel in Swakopmund, Namibia, on May 27, 2006.

Pitt and Jolie sold the first pictures of Shiloh through Getty Images. People purchased the North American rights were purchased for over $4.1 million. Hello! obtained the British rights for the pictures for approximately $3.5 million. Jolie adopted three-year-old Pax Thien from an orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on March 15, 2007. Pitt adopted Pax in the United States on February 21, 2008. On February 21, 2008, Pitt adopted Pax in the United States.

Ex-wife

In 1998, Pitt met actress Jennifer Aniston. The couple married on July 29, 2000, in a private wedding ceremony in Malibu. Pitt and Aniston announced they had decided to separate in January 2005. Aniston filed for divorce two months later, citing irreconcilable differences. The Los Angeles Superior Court finalized their divorce on October 2, 2005.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt fell in love on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith. The entertainment media dubbed the couple “Brangelina.” They announced their engagement in April 2012 after seven years together. They legally married in Los Angeles on August 14, 2014. On August 23, 2014, they had their wedding in a private ceremony in Château Miraval, France. Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt, citing irreconcilable differences on September 16, 2016. They were declared legally single by the court on April 12, 2019.

Lifestyle

Pitt has been cited as a sex symbol by many sources. He has appeared on several celebrity and sexiest men lists.

Girlfriend

Pitt began dating Ines de Ramon, a jewelry designer, in 2022.

Net Worth

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Pitt is worth $400 million.

Cars

Pitt owns an impressive car collection, including Audi Q7, Chevrolet Tahoe, and Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG SUVs. He also owns three sedans.

House

Pitt paid $40 million for the historic D.L. James Seaward house.

Movies & TV Shows

Pitt gained prominence playing a cowboy hitchhiker in the Ridley Scott road film Thelma & Louise in 1991. He landed his first leading roles in big-budget productions with the drama films A River Runs Through It in 1992 and Legends of the Fall in 1994, and the horror film Interview with the Vampire in 1994. In 1995, he gave critically acclaimed performances in David Fincher’s crime thriller Seven and the science fiction film 12 Monkeys. For his performance in 12 Monkeys, he earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and his first Academy Award nomination.

In 2001, Pitt gained greater commercial success starring in Steven Soderbergh’s heist film Ocean’s Eleven. He reprised his role in its sequels. He became a reputable leading man starring in more blockbusters, including the historical epic Troy in 2004, the romantic crime film Mr. & Mrs. Smith in 2005 alongside Angelina Jolie, the horror film World War Z in 2013, and the 2022 action film Bullet Train.

In 1999, Pitt starred in the critically acclaimed films Fight Club, Babel in 2006, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford in 2007, Burn After Reading in 2008, Inglourious Basterds in 2009, The Tree of Life in 2011, and The Big Short in 2015.