Родился Уильям Брэдли 18 декабря 1963 года в американском городе Шауни в штате Оклахома. Но детство в биографии Питта было проведено в городе Спрингфилд. Мальчик рос очень активным – занимался музыкой, спортом (гольфом, теннисом, плаванием). В 1982 году Брэд поступил в университет Миссури, где занимался журналистикой и рекламой. За две недели до получения диплома Питт оставил университет. Он переехал в Лос-Анджелес, решив стать актером и взять для начала несколько уроков актерского мастерства.
Но успех и признание не сразу появились в биографии Брэда Питта. Сперва он сменил несколько низкооплачиваемых работ. Актерскую карьеру начал в 1987 году с небольших ролей в фильмах «No Way Out», «No Man’s Land», «Less Than Zero». Затем снялся в сериале «Даллас». Первая серьезная роль актера – в фильме «Темная сторона Солнца». После этого Брэду стали предлагать роли в кино одну за другой.
Следующей ступенькой в карьере Питта считается фильм «Интервью с вампиром», в котором также снялось несколько других известнейших актеров: Том Круз, Антонио Бандерас, Кирстен Данст. Не смотря на наличие двух наград MTV Movie Awards к тому времени, съемки давались Питту нелегко.
Затем последовали фильмы: «Легенды осени» (1994), «Семь» (1995).
За фильм «12 обезьян» (1995) актер получил «Золотой глобус», впервые был номинирован на «Оскар». Вышли фильмы «7 лет в Тибете», «Знакомьтесь, Джо Блэк», а после – легендарный «Бойцовский клуб», мнение критиков о котором разделилось. Дальнейшие знаменитые фильмы Брэда Питта – «Большой куш», «Шпионские игры», «11 друзей Оушена». В 2004 году вышли «12 друзей Оушена» и «Троя». Одним из самых больших хитов 2005 года стал фильм «Мистер и миссис Смит». Во время съемок между Брэдом Питтом и Анджелиной Джоли вспыхнули чувства. До этого Питт был женат на актрисе Дженифер Энистон.
Следующими фильмами с Брэдом Питтом стали «Вавилон» (2006), «13 друзей Оушена» (2007), «Загадочная история Бенджамина Баттона» (2008) и другие. Актер дважды был назван самым привлекательным мужчиной мира по версии журнала «People», а также неоднократно лидировал в других рейтингах. На всех фото Бреда Питта видна не только красота актера, а еще мужественность, стойкость и сильный дух.
Также Питт в своей биографии спродюсировал несколько фильмов, среди которых «Троя», «Отступники», «Бегая с ножницами», «Сильное сердце» и другие.
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Русский словарь Colier - BRAD PITT — Питт, Брэд
- СТЮАРТ, БРЭД — Brad Stuart
Русско-Американский Английский словарь - РИЧАРДСОН, БРЭД — Brad Richardson
Русско-Американский Английский словарь - ПИТТ, УИЛЬЯМ, 1-Й ГРАФ ЧЕТЭМ — William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
Русско-Американский Английский словарь - ПИТТ, УИЛЬЯМ — William Pitt the Younger
Русско-Американский Английский словарь - ПИТТ, МАЙКЛ — Michael Pitt
Русско-Американский Английский словарь - ЛАРСЕН, БРЭД — Brad Larsen
Русско-Американский Английский словарь - ДУРИФ, БРЭД — Brad Dourif
Русско-Американский Английский словарь - БОЙЕС, БРЭД — Brad Boyes
Русско-Американский Английский словарь - BRAD PITT
- BRAD PITT — Брэд Питт (р.1963), известный американский актер
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release - СИВ-КЭБЛ-БРЭД — СИВ-КЭБЛ-БРЭД, в зн. межд. Бред сивой кабылы, черт знает что! Шутл. имитация англ.
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь сленга, жаргона, русских имен - PITT-RIVERS MUSEUM — Музей Питт-Риверза (крупный этнографический музей в г. Оксфорде (Oxford) I]; находится в ведении Оксфордского университета (Oxford University). Основан 1883 археологом …
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь - PITT — Питт
Американский Англо-Русский словарь - WILLIAM PITT, 1ST EARL OF CHATHAM — Питт, Уильям, 1-й граф Четэм
Американский Англо-Русский словарь - WILLIAM PITT THE YOUNGER — Питт, Уильям
Американский Англо-Русский словарь - PITT ISLAND/RANGIAURIA — Питт
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Early life William Bradley Pitt was born on the 18 th of December 1963 in Shony, USA, in a religious family. William Bradley Pitt was born on the 18 th of December 1963 in Shony, USA, in a religious family. As a child, Brad Pitt was a very active boy. He was interested in everything. At school, he was involved in sports, music circle, he participated in student government and was even in the Debate Club. After school the next actor studied journalism and advertising at the University of Missouri-Columbia. However, after high school, Pitt any day did not work in their specialty, and went to conquer Hollywood.At this time, the man changed his name to Brad Bradley. However, the first novice actor did not offer as many roles as we would like. As a child, Brad Pitt was a very active boy. He was interested in everything. At school, he was involved in sports, music circle, he participated in student government and was even in the Debate Club. After school the next actor studied journalism and advertising at the University of Missouri-Columbia. However, after high school, Pitt any day did not work in their specialty, and went to conquer Hollywood.At this time, the man changed his name to Brad Bradley. However, the first novice actor did not offer as many roles as we would like.
What did he want to be? After finishing school Bradley entered the Missouri university to become a journalist. But gave it up and went to Hollywood to start a career of an actor. After finishing school Bradley entered the Missouri university to become a journalist. But gave it up and went to Hollywood to start a career of an actor.
Bradley was a driver? Before it came to cast a success, Pitt worked as a driver, carrier and even furniture greeter in restaurant chain «El Pollo Loco» and had to invite passers-by to visit their restaurant in a suit of a giant chicken. Parallel to this, he attended acting classes. His career began in 1987, he played bit parts in such films as "No Exit", "Neutral Strip" and "Less Than Zero". He made his debut on television playing in several episodes of the TV series "Another World" and "growth problems" (Eng.), Russian., And later appeared in "Dallas" series. The following year starred in the TV series "21 Jump Street".
Career 1987–1993: Early work Acting career began in 1987 with small roles in «No Way Out» movies, «No Man"s Land», «Less Than Zero». Then he starred in "Dallas" series. The first serious role actor - in the film "The Dark Side of the Sun". Then Brad started offering movie roles one after the other.The next step in the career of Pitt considered the film "Interview with the Vampire," which also starred a few other well-known actors: Tom Cruise, Antonio Banderas, Kirsten Dunst. Despite the presence of two awards MTV Movie Awards by the time the survey was given to Pitt difficult. Acting career began in 1987 with small roles in «No Way Out» movies, «No Man"s Land», «Less Than Zero». Then he starred in "Dallas" series. The first serious role actor - in the film "The Dark Side of the Sun". Then Brad started offering movie roles one after the other.The next step in the career of Pitt considered the film "Interview with the Vampire," which also starred a few other well-known actors: Tom Cruise, Antonio Banderas, Kirsten Dunst. Despite the presence of two awards MTV Movie Awards by the time the survey was given to Pitt difficult.
This was followed by the films: "Legends of the Fall" (1994), "Seven" (1995). For the film "12 Monkeys" (1995), the actor received the "Golden Globe", was first nominated for the "Oscar". Came films "7 Years in Tibet," "Meet Joe Black", and after - the legendary "Fight Club", the opinion of critics which was divided. Further well-known movies of Brad Pitt - "Snatch," "Spy Game," "Ocean"s 11". left "Ocean"s 12" and "Troy" in One of the biggest hits of 2005 became the film "Mr. & Mrs. Smith." During the filming between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie broke feelings. Prior to that, Pitt was married to actress Jennifer Aniston. This was followed by the films: "Legends of the Fall" (1994), "Seven" (1995). For the film "12 Monkeys" (1995), the actor received the "Golden Globe", was first nominated for the "Oscar". Came films "7 Years in Tibet," "Meet Joe Black", and after - the legendary "Fight Club", the opinion of critics which was divided. Further well-known movies of Brad Pitt - "Snatch," "Spy Game," "Ocean"s 11". left "Ocean"s 12" and "Troy" in One of the biggest hits of 2005 became the film "Mr. & Mrs. Smith." During the filming between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie broke feelings. Prior to that, Pitt was married to actress Jennifer Aniston.
His best films His best films are Fight Club (1999) Fight Club (1999) Se7en (1995) Se7en (1995) Inglourious Basterds (2009) Inglourious Basterds (2009) Twelve Monkeys (1995) Twelve Monkeys (1995) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Troy (2004) Troy (2004) Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) Ocean"s Eleven (2001) Ocean"s Eleven (2001) Babel (2006) Babel (2006)
Brad Pitt (born 18.12.1963) - American actor.
A critic once wrote that Brad Pitt combined "the matinee idol looks of Gary Cooper with the sex symbol loveliness of Marilyn Monroe". It"s a line that sums up Pitt"s pin-up appeal, but would certainly annoy the pants off Pitt himself. After all, he"s spent years trying to explode a reputation as a Himbo, taking on a series of lead roles and cameos that should really have proven to the world that he is in fact a very fine actor indeed. He"s played a dazed and confused pot-head, a near-incomprehensible streetfighting traveller, an IRA terrorist, a reluctant vampire, a Nazi mountain-climber, a psycho on the run, a mental patient dedicated to the destruction of world order, AND he dared to act wholly unaided, later to be surrounded by cartoons. Dustin Hoffman was certainly correct when he said "Next to that kid, we all look like onions", but surely, SURELY he has earned our respect by now.
He was born William Bradley Pitt on the 18th of December, 1963, in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and remains a mid-Westerner to the core. He was raised, alongside brother Doug and sister Julie, in Springfield, Missouri. His father, Bill, managed a trucking firm, working six days a week for 36 years - something of which Brad is very proud. His mother, Jane, was a High School counselor, but his mind-set was influenced more by his dad. "Where I grew up," he once said "you deal. You get through it, power through it, straight up the middle. And you don"t complain". It"s an attitude that"s served him well as he"s battled the improbable pressures of stardom.
Due to Bill"s success, the Pitts never really wanted for anything, and Brad in particular used this as a springboard to try everything. A decent fellow, he was brought up as a Baptist, singing in the church choir. He loved movies, later recalling a fine day spent at an Ape-athon, watching all five Planet Of The Apes films, back-to-back. At Kickapoo High School he was involved in everything. He was a member of the golf, tennis and swimming teams, as well as the Key and Forensics clubs. He was into debating, school government and school musicals.
Graduating in 1982, he attended the University of Missouri, majoring in journalism, but also concentrating on advertising. Indeed, his ambition was to be an art director. He joined a fraternity, Sigma Chi, but always remained very close to his family. Fellow students recall him writing letters to his mother and grandma while in class.
His choice of career was something of a surprise to those around him. He"d acted in several fraternity shows, but never really revealed a desire to act professionally. Music seemed to be more his thing. But then suddenly, with no real experience behind him, he simply went for it. With two credits still needed before he graduated, in 1986 he climbed into his Datsun (known as Runaround Sue) and, with just $325 in his pocket, took off for California. "In my head," he later said "I was done with college. I was on to the next thing".
The father of a girl he knew had an apartment in California, occupied only by a housekeeper, and here he stayed for a month, rent free. Having made a few friends, he then moved into a flat in North Hollywood, along with eight other guys. They had no furniture, just a TV, a toaster oven and a stereo system. They all slept on the floor in the front room. It was basically Bloke Heaven. For money, they"d go down to the Job Factory, picking up odd jobs here and there. At one point, he had a bet with a buddy as to who could score the most humiliating job. Brad won hands down, dressing up as a giant chicken for El Pollo Loco and hanging out on the corner of Sunset Boulevard in 100 degree heat. Aside from this, he spent time selling cigarettes, delivering fridges, and, bizarrely, assisting a soap opera writer. He even worked driving strippers around in a limousine.
Pitt took the acting lark deadly seriously. He studied under coach Roy London, and would continue to do so for six years, from the off impressing his fellow students with his emotional freedom. And work came quickly. He appeared in the sit-com Head Of The Class, for a while dating the show"s star Robin Givens, much to the disgruntlement of her ex-hubbie Mike Tyson. There was also an episode of Growing Pains. But there were better jobs than this. He appeared as Chris in the long-running soap Another World, which has variously featured Anne Heche, Ray Liotta, Kelsey Grammer and, coincidentally, the co-star of one of Brad"s later hits, Morgan Freeman. After this, while auditioning for the show Our House, he was asked to read for another part, and found himself playing Shalane McCall"s boyfriend Charles in Dallas. He dated her for real too, though she was a mere 16.
There were a few movie roles too. He had uncredited parts in both Less Than Zero and Charlie Sheen"s No Man"s Land. Then came Cutting Class, about a maniac stalking cheerleaders. He began dating co-star Jill Schoelen, who earlier been seeing Keanu Reeves. Then came the first starring role, in Dark Side Of The Sun, where he played a young American taken by his family to the Adriatic to find a remedy for his terrible skin condition. The movie was shot in Yugoslavia, with Brad being paid $1,523 a week for seven weeks. It was looking good. Then, with editing nearly complete, civil war broke out and much of the film was lost in the ensuing chaos. It would be rediscovered years later, and the film released, but Brad"s first shot at success was gone. Not only that, but Schoelen dumped him. Ah, well.
There was a bit of cop trouble around this time too. According to Inside Edition, a sheriff"s report said Brad, while filming in LA, had strolled up to Malibu Canyon Highway and dropped his white shorts for A WHOLE MINUTE. Apparently, he was charged with indecent exposure, but had the charge reduced to disturbing the peace, with a $450 fine.
It got better, fast. Brad won a part in the TV movie Too Young To Die?, about an abused teenager given the death penalty for murder. As white trash drug-hound pimp Billy Canton, Brad was thoroughly unpleasant, taking beastly advantage of runaway Juliette Lewis, who he began dating in real life. "It was quite romantic," he later observed dryly "shooting her full of drugs and stuff". The pair would be together for three years, during which period Brad"s career took off big-time.
It was thought, when he appeared in Glory Days, about a group of High School friends pulled in different directions by their careers, that he"d become the new Johnny Depp. Sadly, the show was pulled after six episodes, so he had to find another way. He did this immediately, with a 15-minute mega-performance, showing off his fine physique, giving Geena Davis her first orgasm and then robbing her blind in Ridley Scott"s Thelma And Louise. Brad had in fact been third choice for the role (George Clooney didn"t even get that far). The first choice, William Baldwin, chose to do Backdraft instead.
Straight away, he fought against the possibility of being typecast as a mere beefcake. He was very, very groovy as a wannabe rock star, alongside Catherine Keener and Nick Cave, in Tom DiCillo"s Johnny Suede. Then he took a big risk by competing with animations in Cool World - a movie that had millions of men questioning their sexuality when they found they fancied the cartoon version of Kim Basinger. He won both roles against the wishes of money-men who wanted bigger name actors to star.
The run of success continued with Robert Redford"s dreamy, moving A River Runs Through It, for which Brad learned to fly-fish by casting off of Hollywood buildings. Many times, he"s said, he caught his hook on the back of his own head. Once they had to pull it out with pliers. After the movie, Brad moved into an apartment with his co-star, Buck Simmonds.
Now Brad really began to prove himself. In True Romance, he was hilarious as Floyd, the bemused dope-head caught in the middle of dealers and mobsters. Then, in Kalifornia, he was tremendous as Early Grayce, crossing the States with girlfriend Juliette Lewis and scaring the bejesus out of everyone in his path. The movie was far superior to Oliver Stone"s similar and far-more-lauded Natural Born Killers.
Now the roles got bigger. He played Lestat"s foil Louis, hating himself for drinking blood in Interview With The Vampire. Then he sent millions of women wild as Tristan Ludlow, falling in love with his brother"s girl, becoming an animal in the trenches of WW1 then finding inner truth back home in Legends Of The Fall. It was said he dated the girl for real too - Julia Ormond. He certainly broke up with Juliette Lewis and this was probably for the best, as Lewis had long complained of the pressure she felt dating such a beautiful man.
Next came a major hit, with David Fincher"s bleak but wonderful Seven. Backed by Morgan Freeman"s stern and studious Detective Somerset, Pitt was great as new-boy Detective David Mills, sent mad by the taunts of Kevin Spacey. Oh, and by the fact that Spacey has beheaded his pregnant wife. Always guaranteed to annoy, that. Seven also saw Brad begin a romance with co-star Gwyneth Paltrow that made them the most sought-after couple on the planet. When later accepting a Golden Globe for his role in 12 Monkeys, he"d call her "my angel, the love of my life", and he"d propose to her while in Argentina filming Seven Years In Tibet. Paltrow in turn would claim she"d give up acting to raise Brad"s children. Sadly, they"d split in 1997, a few months into the engagement, a heartbroken Paltrow saying "I think you have to keep yourself intact in order to have a healthy relationship, and I didn"t". Luckily for Brad, the break-up meant he wouldn"t star with her in the horrible Duets. But he did have to suffer the indignity of having nude pictures of himself and Gwyneth, taken ages previously while they holidayed on St Barthelemy in the French West Indies, being published in Playgirl. He fought to have all copies withdrawn from the shops, but the damage was done.
After Seven came Terry Gilliam"s bizarro sci-fi thriller 12 Monkeys, for which Brad turned down Apollo 13. In it, he went for broke as a freaked-out denizen of an asylum who"s actually the head of an extremely dangerous gang which destroys civilisation with a very nasty virus. For his pains he took that Golden Globe (he was also Oscar nominated). After Sleepers, there was The Devil"s Own, where he mastered a Belfast accent to play a terrorist staying in Harrison Ford"s house. Pitt has said the filming was a nightmare as the original script was binned but the studio head demanded they make a film anyway. Walking out would, he was told, cost him $63 million, so he tried to make the best of it. As you would.
Now he was one the biggest stars in Hollywood, getting paid over $17 million for playing Death in Meet Joe Black. Then he rejoined Fincher for Fight Club, playing Edward Norton"s cool and sexy alter-ego Tyler Durden and, as he has done in so many movies, causing terrible social havoc. He also treated Helena Bonham Carter to pleasures similar to those enjoyed by Geena Davis in Thelma And Louise. Her appreciation was ear-splitting. For servicing her so expertly, Brad received another $17 million. For Davis it had been just $6,000.
After this, Pitt took a brief step down in budget for Snatch. A wild caper involving a diamond heist, Russian and American mafia and all manner of underworld shenanigans, this saw him as a gypsy boxer brought in as a ringer by two failing promoters (he honed his boxing skills at Ricky English"s gym in Watford). The movie saw him dusting off his Devil"s Own accent and, inspired by his co-star Benicio Del Toro"s recent performance in The Usual Suspects, taking it to the Nth degree. Hilariously, no one could understand him, not even the other people in the film.
He followed this with The Mexican which, pairing him with Julia Roberts, could easily have been a blockbusting coupling of Hollywood"s two most glamorous stars. Instead, it was a freaked-out road movie, with the glitzy duo spending very little screen time together. Here Brad was a small time crook who has to pay offf a debt to crime lord Gene Hackman by travelling to Mexico and picking up a priceless handgun, causing girlfriend Roberts to leave him and take off for Vegas. Poor Pitt has a terrible time. Fearful of Hackman, dominated and confused by Roberts and deceived and mocked by the Mexican locals, he keeps digging his hole deeper - a situation not helped by his wretched Spanish, essentially English with an O added at the end of each word.
The critics were disappointed by The Mexican"s failure to play the Pitt-Roberts card. They weren"t too keen on his next outing either, Spy Game. This saw him as the protege of retiring CIA spymaster Robert Redford - thus bringing together two generations of actors who had to battle against the effects of their own looks in order to gain respect. The movie begins with Pitt in a Chinese prison and Redford having 24 hours to save him. During the course of this fraught rescue mission, we flash back to see how an idealistic Pitt was recruited by Redford after Vietnam and how falling for a dodgy Catherine McCormack got him into this mess. It was intriguing stuff, but generally spoiled by director Tony Scott"s insistence on super-snappy editing that did not allow any character to grow.
Now, in an odd subversion of his leading man status, Brad chose to join an ensemble cast for Steven Soderbergh"s Ocean"s 11, an update of the 1960 Rat Pack flick. This saw George Clooney as Danny Ocean, gathering a team of crack crooks to turn over a Vegas casino. Brad would play his trusty sidekick Rusty Ryan who, while casing the joint, notices that casino boss Andy Garcia is going out with Ocean"s former wife (Julia Roberts, again). Could emotional stuff be getting in the way? Of course, it does, adding extra enjoyment to one of the slickest and smartest crime movies of recent times.
After this huge hit, Pitt would not be seen on screen for another three years, other than cameos for his new buddies Soderbergh and Clooney. First, alongside a host of stars including Roberts and his fomer Johnny Suede cohort Catherine Keener, he popped up in Soderbergh"s $2 million budget Full Frontal, a cinematic curio of films within films within films. Deep in there would be Brad, appearing mostly on mag covers and playback video, playing a superstar playing a tough cop in a new movie. Full Frontal would be attacked as a major indulgence on the part of Soderbergh and his cast, with only Pitt escaping criticism. It was noted that he was the least actorly and pretentious of them, and more than willing to send himself up, as was Seven"s director David Fincher, who here fawned over Pitt very amusingly.
The next cameo would see Brad playing it for laughs once more, in Clooney"s Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind, written by Charlie Kaufman and based on the cult memoirs of Chuck Barris, a game show host who claimed to have also been an assassin for the CIA. Working for free, Pitt would pop up in a flashback to an episode of TV show The Dating Game, where hopefuls would choose from three prospective spouses. Brad, and his Ocean"s 11 co-star Matt Damon, would naturally be turned down in favour of Bachelor Number 3. With Julia Roberts also putting in an appearance, it was the fourth time in two years these major stars had graced the same credit listing.
2003 would see Pitt lend his voice to the titular hero of the animated Sinbad: Legend Of The Seven Seas. But this was just a prelude to a far more ambitious mythical epic, Wolfgang Petersen"s $220 million Troy. Having consciously avoided starring roles that played up his looks, now Brad went the whole hog as Achilles, the elite warrior charged by King Agamemnon to lead the seige of Troy and win back the stolen wife of his brother Menelaus. Petersen pulled out the stops in making Pitt look like a Greek god. Pitt, on the other hand, never keen to pose when he could be acting, attempted to deepen his character by playing Achilles as an embittered man with a profound disrespect for authority and an unhealthy death wish. Even so, it was his titanic battle with Eric Bana"s Hector that really stood out in a movie marked by its spectacular SFX.
Such was the scope of Troy that Pitt was forced to pull out of Darren Aronofsky"s sci-fi epic The Fountain. Coincidentally, a severe pulling of his Achilles" tendon also put back the filming of a forthcoming effort, a return to Soderbergh and Clooney with Ocean"s 12, where the old gang regroup to pull off three major European heists. In the meantime there would be Mr And Mrs Smith, where Brad and Angelina Jolie would play a happy husband and wife who, both being secret assassins, discover they"ve been hired to kill each other.
Brad Pitt now chooses his parts carefully, and with the taste you"d expect from a very well-read man with a keen interest in architecture. Now happily married to Friends star Jennifer Aniston (in their marriage vows she swore to always make his favourite banana milkshake, while he vowed to "split the difference on the thermostat"), he"s reached an enviable height. Living in a plush LA home built in the 30s for Frederic March, and wed to a woman named in 2003 as Forbes" Number One Global Celebrity, how bad could it be? But there"s still a down-side. For instance, Seven Years In Tibet got him banned from entering China. And fame can be a pain - in 1999, one Athena Rolando snuck into his house, dressed in his clothes and stuck around for 10 hours, before the alarms went off. He would also, surely, love to replicate his wife"s success in being nominated for an Independent Spirit award.
But mostly it"s good. All he really needs now is for the diehard critics to finally accept that he"s not just a screen stud. As he"s said himself: "One, it"s boring. Two, it"s stupid. And three, it"s death". Good luck to him - he deserves better.
Laktionov Alex 10 “B”
Brad Pitt
In 1963 William Bradley Pitt was born the first child of Jane, a guidance counselor, and Bill, a trucking company manager. Though Brad is born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, the family later moves to Springfield, Missouri, where the Pitt family grows to include brother Doug and sister Julie. In Springfield Brad also worked for Colonel Day"s Levi Emporium as a salesman.
While he was studying in Kickapoo High School (1978-82) a tennis ace and basketball player for the Kickapoo High School Chiefs, Brad also participates in choir, drama, student government and the debate team. He"s named Best Dressed by his classmates.
In 1982 Brad attended the University of Missouri, majored in Journalism and Advertising. He posed for the "Men of Mizzou" pinup calendar and, in 1987 (his senior year), he left college, two credit hours short of graduation. He hopped in his car named "Runaround Sue" and headed for California.
In 1986 he arrived in Los Angeles with $325 in his pocket. His first jobs were handing out free cigarette samples, standing outside El Pollo Loco restaurant in a chicken outfit and also escorting strippers around in a limousine. He also worked as a swimming pool attendant, bus boy and refrigerator boy. The money from these odd-jobs helped to pay for Community Theater and acting lessons. Slowly, he began to find his way into television and later to his breakout role.
In 1991 Brad was cast in the role of "J.D." a lanky cowboy in the movie "Thelma and Louise." In just fourteen minutes of screen time, Brad created a character so memorable that it launched what will most likely be a long, high-profile film career. He followed up that success with a good turn in "A River Runs through It.’
In 2000, he married Jennifer Aniston, but their marriage was not log – they left not so not long ago.
Among the most famous movies where Brad Pitt was starring are rather old No Man"s Land, Less Than Zero, Thelma & Louise, Cool World, A River Runs through It which appeared in the end of 80’s and beginning of 90’s. Among his recently works I can mark The Vampire Chronicles, Twelve Monkeys, Seven (for the last to works Brad Pitt won some MTV Awards and Oscars), The Devil"s Own, Seven Years in Tibet, Fight Club (the role of Tyler Durden brought to the actor world popularity). In 2004 the most influential and popular magazine in movie world Total Film named Fight Club “The Greatest film of our lifetime”. Also Brad Pitt starring in such films as Snatch, Spy Game, Ocean"s Eleven, and Ocean’s Twelve, in the cartoon Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas the main hero was wired by Brad Pitt. And it is necessary to mention that Brad Pitt acted the role of Achilles in the one of the most successful movies of last years – Troy.