William Bradley Pitt is his full name. 1)
William Bradley Pitt is his full name. He was born on December 18, 1963, and is 58 years old.2)
William Pitt (the owner of a trucking company) and Jane Etta Hillhouse are his parents.3)
Douglas and Julie are his two younger siblings.4)
Brad's ancestors are Irish, Scottish, German, Seminole, and Cherokee Indian.5)
He went to Kickapoo High School, where he participated in athletics, debates, and musicals.6)
At the University of Missouri, he majored in journalism.7)
He worked numerous jobs while looking for acting opportunities, including limousine driver.8)
Brad once dressed up like a gigantic chicken to promote 'el Pollo Loco'.9)
No Way Out was Brad's first uncredited role.10)
His first appearance on television was in NBC's Another World.11)
In 1988, he made his cinematic debut in The Dark Side of the Moon.12)
In Interview With The Vampire, he played the famed vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac.13)
Brad turned down a role in Apollo 13 in order to star in Se7en.14)
He was engaged with Gwyneth Paltrow, whom he met while filming Se7en.15)
Brad has been barred from entering China as a result of his involvement in Seven Years in Tibet.16)
For his role in Fight Club, he learned boxing, grappling, and taekwondo.17)
In the Dreamworks film Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, he played the lead character Sinbad.18)
He received $30 million for his performance in Ocean's Eleven.19)
Brad tore his Achilles tendon while portraying Achilles in Troy.20)
His agency arranged for him to meet Jennifer Anniston on a blind date.21)
On the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, he fell in love with Angelina Jolie.22)
Athena Rolando broke into his Hollywood house in 1999, dressing in his clothing and waiting for him. She was given a three-year court order to keep 100 yards away from him.23)
He owns and plays on Taylor guitars.24)
He is a licensed single-engine land pilot.25)
Along with Val Kilmer, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Russell Crowe, gun teacher Thell Reed taught him how to handle guns.26)
In 2006, he gave $1 million to the Doctors Without Borders charity and $2 million to Global Action for Children. He and his wife, Angelina Jolie, also have their own charity foundation, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation.27)
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have risen to third place on Forbes' ranking of the World's Highest-Earning Couples. In one year, they earned a total of $50 million.28)
While on vacation with his family, Brad is known to despise the paparazzi. The first photograph of them and Angelina taken after the birth of their twins sold for $14 million on its own!29)
Pitt created and marketed his own high-concept furniture brand, which included a marble bathtub for two and a glass dining table with a geometric base.30)