What do you call a man who’s a heartthrob, amazingly talented, multi talented, handsome.. and perfect! Well, let me suggest. How about Brad Pitt- a man who’s 57 and still has 17 year olds drooling over him. A man who’s been loved by the 2 most beautiful women in the world. But moreover, a man who conquered pretty much everything he touched, every movie he was a part of. That Midas touch does work wonders!
Personal Details :
Full Name: | William Bradley Pitt |
Stage Name: | Brad Pitt |
Gender: | Male |
Birthday: | 18 December, 1963 |
Place Of Origin: | Shawnee, Oklahoma, US |
Age: | 53 years old |
Height: | 1.80 m |
Weight: | 72 kgs |
Nationality: | American |
Sexual orientation: | Straight |
Status: | Divorced |
Spouse: | Jennifer Aniston (2000-2005)
Anjelina Jolie (2014-2019) |
Profession: | Actor, Producer |
Total Net Worth: | $300 Million |
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Early life
On 18 December, 1963, William Bradley Pitt was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma. His father William Alvin Pitt was proprietor and his mother Jane Etta was a School Counselor. He found company in his siblings Julie Neal and Douglas Mitchell when his family shifted to Missouri. Talking about Springfield in Missouri, he said there were a lot of hills and a lot of lakes and also described it as the land of Mark Twain and Jesse James. He did his schooling from Kickapoo High school after which he went to the University of Missouri.
At school, he was involved in swimming, golf and tennis. He was also good at debates and music. He pursued Journalism from the University of Missouri. After his graduation he went to Los Angeles to fulfil his desire of working in movies. Sean Penn and Gary Oldman were his idols, when it came to acting. Talking about his faith, he was brought up as a Southern Baptist but grew up to be an agnostic. Well, the events that happened later in his life brought him back towards spirituality.
Personal life
In the decade from 1980 to 1990, Brad dated several of his co-actors like Robin Givens, Jill Schoelen and Juliette Lewis. In 1998, he met Jennifer Aniston, our very own Rachel Karen Greene, and the two became good friends. They fell in love and got married in the year 2000. The couple had a great time together but decided to separate in 2005. Jennifer filed for divorce a few months later and the two were legally separated on October 2, 2005.
During this phase of his life, Brad met Anjelina Jolie on the sets of Mr. And Mrs. Smith. The two immediately fell in love and got really close to each other’s families. In 2006, Angelina went on the records to accept her pregnancy with Brad Pitt and their alleged relationship. The couple exchanged rings in 2012 and two years later got hitched in 2014. Their fans were drooling after “Brangelina”. However, differences paved in and the two separated in the year 2016 and were granted divorce in 2019.
Appearance
This extremely talented and handsome actor is 1.8 meters tall and weighs 72 kgs. He has blue eyes and blonde hair.
Career
When Brad came to Los Angeles, he was coached for acting by “Roy London”. He worked on his acting skills and bagged roles in several movies like “No way out”, Less than zero and “No man’s land” that came in 1987. He featured in several other movies like The Dark Side of the Sun, Happy Together, Cutting Class, Across the Tracks, Thelma & Louise, Johnny Suede, Contact, Cool world, A River Runs Through It, Kalifornia, True Romance, The Favor, Interview with the Vampire, Legends of the Fall, seven, 12 Monkeys, sleepers, The Devil’s Own, Seven Years in Tibet, Meet Joe Black, Fight Club, Being John Malkovich, snatch, The Mexican, spy game, Ocean’s Eleven, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, Troy, Ocean’s twelve, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, God Grew Tired of Us, The Departed, Running with Scissors, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Burn After Reading, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Inglourious Basterds, Megamind, The Tree of Life, Moneyball, Happy Feet Two, Killing Them Softly, 12 years a slave, The Counselor, The audition, By the sea, Deadpool 2, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Ad Astra and Bullet train.
He also featured in several television shows like Another World, Growing Pains, Head of the Class, Freddy’s Nightmares, Dallas, A Stoning in Fulham County, 21 Jump Street, The Image, Too Young to Die?, Glory Days, Two-Fisted Tales, Tales from the Crypt, Saturday Night Live, Friends, Jackass, King of the Hill, Pretty/Handsome, Resurrection, The Normal Heart, Nightingale, the OA, Sweetbitter, The Jim Jefferies Show, Lego Masters, The Third Day and Celebrity IOU.
Accolades
Brad Pitt won the Academy Awards twice and was nominated for the same 7 times. The BAFTA awards were presented to him 2 times and he was nominated 7 times for them. He won the Golden globe awards 2 times and was nominated for them 7 times. The Primetime Emmy awards was won by him once and was nominated for the same 4 times.
Brad Pitt’s Net worth
Apart from all the fame and love that Brad has received over the years from his fans, he accounts for a net worth of $300 Million. As much as he is a good actor, he is also one of the most successful producers in the business and is known to offer movies with good content to his audience and fans.
End Note
Brad Pitt has been one of the most successful and also the most celebrated actors of our time. His wisdom comes from his experiences and his thirst for perfection gets him into the zest of doing better each day. He also says, one should never let success get to their heads. In one of his interviews he asserted, “Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within.”