Brad Pitt Fortune

Short introduction

Brad Pitt is one of the most successful international actors in the film industry. In his now more than 30-year career, he was the main actor in numerous films of different genres. In addition, he also attracted media attention due to his private life and here above all to the equally successful actress Angelina Jolie. In addition to Angelina Jolie, with whom he has three biological children and two adopted children and from whom he has been separated since 2016, Brad Pitt was also regularly represented in the gossip press because of his relationship with Jennifer Aniston. After all, Brad Pitt is also a voice actor and also a successful film producer – for example, his film ’12 Years a Slave ‘won several Oscars in 2014.

Early life

William Bradly – ‘Brad’ for short – Pitt was born on December 18, 1963 in Shawnee in the US state of Oklahoma and grew up as the oldest brother with his siblings Doug and Julie in Missouri and here in the city of Springfield. His mother worked as a school counselor and his father was the manager of a trucking company. Both were strict Baptists and so Brad Pitt grew up under a strict religious upbringing. In his childhood and youth he sang in the church choir and graduated from Kickapoo High School in 1982. He then began studying advertising and journalism at the University of Missouri. However, he broke off his studies shortly before the end to start his acting career. So he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a chauffeur for strippers. Thanks to this job, he finally came into contact with the successful acting teacher Roy London. This paved the way for Brad Pitt into the film industry, but first he had to keep himself afloat with smaller jobs such as for a Levis brand advert or for advertising potato chips.

Career

Brad Pitt’s film career finally started with the film ‘Hunk’ (1987), in which he made his debut with an insignificant role. There followed further smaller roles before he played four episodes of the television series ‘Dallas’ for the first time in 1987 and 1988 and became known to a larger audience with the role of ‘Randy’. In 1988 he finally got his first leading role in the love film ‘Dark Side of the Sun’; however, it was only released in 1997 as an American-Yugoslav co-production. After gaining a few more supporting roles in the late 1980s, he made a major breakthrough in 1991. Brad Pitt played the role of a young lover in ‘Thelma & Louise’ alongside Geena Davis. After ‘Out of the Middle of a River’ (1992) and other smaller roles, Brad Pitt finally made his international breakthrough in 1994. He owed this to the film ‘Interview with a Vampire’, in which Tom Cruise also played. He then continued his success with ‘Legends of Passion’ (1994), ‘Seven’ and ’12 Monkeys’ (both 1995) and ‘Seven Years in Tibet’ (1997) and strengthened his position in the film industry. Brad Pitt’s winning streak continued unhindered. He regularly made films for various producers and alongside other famous actors such as Anthony Hopkins or Edward Norton. The list of his most successful films is therefore long; ‘Fight Club’ (1999), ‘Troja’ (2004) and ‘Inglourious Basterds’ (2009) can be particularly emphasized.

Career highlights

In addition to the large number of box office hits, in which Brad Pitt often played the leading role, he also won many significant prizes in his long career. So far, he has been nominated for over 100 prizes and won 50 awards. Among them are 7 Oscars, 6 Golden Globes, 3 Emmys and 4 British Academy Film Awards.

Famous quotes

“I’m not a big defender of luck. I find that very overrated. I think misery is underestimated. There is so much value in that. You can’t have one without the other. ”

“Personally, I like to grow old: wisdom grows with age and I have already said it and I repeat it, I will accept wisdom about youth at any time.”

“In Missouri, where I come from, we don’t talk about what we do, we just do it. When we talk about it, it looks boastful. ”

“You have to lose everything to win something.”

“You become what you are. You are in control of your own destiny. ”

Amazing facts

Brad Pitt has been named ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ twice by American People Magazine – in 1995 and 2000. He was also a vegan for a long time and is one of the five most influential Hollywood personalities alongside Steven Spielberg or Leonardo DiCaprio. In addition, Brad Pitt is very interested in architecture and is committed to environmental protection. He owns the ‘Make It Right’ foundation, with which he supported the reconstruction of destroyed residential areas after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, with a particular focus on sustainability and climate neutrality.