Brad Pitt:
William Bradley Pitt(born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. He is the recipient ofvarious accolades, including twoAcademy Awards, twoBritish Academy Film Awards, twoGolden Globe Awards, and aPrimetime Emmy Award. As apublic figure, Pitt has been cited as one of the most powerful and influential people in the American entertainment industry. Pitt first gained recognition as a cowboy hitchhiker in theRidley Scottroad filmThelma & Louise(1991). His first leading roles in big-budget productions came with the drama filmsA River Runs Through It(1992) andLegends of the Fall(1994), and the horror filmInterview with the Vampire(1994). He gave critically acclaimed performances inDavid Fincher‘s crime thrillerSeven(1995) and the science fiction film12 Monkeys(1995). The latter earned him aGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actorand his first Academy Award nomination.
Pitt found greater commercial success starring in Steven Soderbergh’s heist film Ocean’s Eleven (2001), and reprised his role in its sequels. He cemented his leading man status starring in blockbusters such as the historical epic Troy (2004), the romantic crime film Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), the horror film World War Z (2013), and the action film Bullet Train (2022). Pitt also starred in the critically acclaimed films Fight Club (1999), Babel (2006), The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), Burn After Reading (2008), Inglourious Basterds (2009), The Tree of Life (2011), and The Big Short (2015). Pitt received Academy Award nominations for his performances in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and Moneyball (2011), and he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a stuntman in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).
