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brad pitt was born william bradley pitt
on december 18 1963 he grew up in
springfield missouri in a working-class
family his father owned a trucking
company and his mother worked as a
family therapist his parents were devout
southern baptists and pitt later
described to the telegraph how he grew
up with all the christian guilt about
what you can and cannot should and
shouldn't do but he told parade that he
had a good childhood saying my dad was
determined to make sure that we didn't
want for things he wanted to give us
more opportunity than he had a better
shot at a better life he did that for us
pitt ended up studying journalism at the
university of missouri but two weeks
short of his degree he dropped out
moving to los angeles to seek work as an
actor he told collider all i had to do
was hand in one term paper but in my
head i was done i was going west
within a week of arriving in los angeles
pitt had booked work as an extra he also
spent his first several months in los
angeles doing a wide array of odd jobs
including driving a limousine where he
would often show first strippers to
various bachelor parties and delivering
refrigerators at the same time he was
taking acting classes and met his agent
through a classmate signing with his
agent helped him secure his first
professional on-screen acting roles
appearing in episodes of another world
and growing pains of his early work pit
told entertainment weekly that his team
was trying to get him into sitcoms i had
that kind of wonder bread look and my
hair always went into place i kept
saying i'm not good at sitcoms i don't
know how to do that brad pitt had been
working as an actor for a few years
since arriving in los angeles but it
wasn't until he landed a part in ridley
scott's though man louise in 1990 that
his career in hollywood really took off
acknowledging his sparse resume at the
time pitt told collider i'm really
grateful to ridley scott and gina davis
who gave me that shot because that was
the big league i had nothing to show for
myself except for my extra work and they
took a chance on me regarding the role
of cowboy drifter jd pitt knew instantly
it was a great part and an entry into
the bigger leagues in hollywood he told
entertainment weekly i thought i knew
what i could do with it i'm going to go
in and do my thing and nothing will
shake me i remember being dead set on
that although pit later recognized how
the role allowed more opportunities to
come his way he played down the
significance of what he brought to the
part he told collider it was less about
him and more about the filmmakers
needing a warm body on set i think they
were desperate to tell you the truth
they were already shooting because a
week later i was on set working
after the success of thelma louise brad
pitt's hollywood career started to grow
and so did his hair he first gained
momentum with his starring role in
robert redford's a river runs through it
while pitt was slightly critical of his
own performance in an interview with
entertainment weekly he called the film
a beautiful story and one i understood
because of how i grew up other roles
came with 1993's california and true
romance but his next major part was in
1994's interview with a vampire in which
he starred alongside tom cruise it's
also the first movie where we saw pitt
with long hair while he looked nice for
a vampire pit called the experience
quote miserable and complained about the
contact lenses and makeup his next role
in legends of the fall would require him
to keep his long golden locks but this
time the movie solidified his status as
a hollywood star and brought him further
along on his a-list trajectory
on the heels of his mega movie success
and glorious long hair brad pitt was
soon crowned people's sexiest man alive
in 1995. he received the honor around
the same time he shot the sci-fi
thriller 12 monkeys for which he would
earn his first oscar nomination as best
supporting actor while most men might
love being deemed sexiest man pitt said
the title made for a quote really
uncomfortable experience he told
entertainment weekly the title put me on
guard like it was dangerous what do they
say don't believe your own hype when he
was crowned sexiest man alive a second
time in 2000 he was able to reflect on
the experience with more humor
regardless in a conversation with
entertainment weekly he still noted that
in some ways i'm still a kid from
missouri and oklahoma and i'm trying to
find my way as his professional life
became headline news so did brad pitt's
love life his first high-profile
relationship was with actress gwyneth
paltrow to whom he got engaged the pair
met while shooting the movie seven
together it was apparently love at first
sight for the couple who stayed together
for more than two years before the pair
broke off their engagement they were
photographed numerous times looking
eerily similar in one photo of pitt and
paltrow they were wearing almost
identical haircuts in fact some internet
fans claim that pitt has a penchant for
matching with his partners this includes
jennifer aniston and angelina jolie who
would both later go on to marry pitt
after he and paucho split while most
people claim it's pit who likes to look
like his girlfriends paocho said it
might be the other way around commenting
on an instagram post or we like to look
like him let's face it
brad pitt's 1999 movie fight club has
become a cult classic among its fans
while it initially flopped at the box
office pitt had said he's always had a
feeling that the film would defy
expectations what also defied
expectations was pit's extremely toned
and muscular body in the film which has
become just as famous and beloved as the
movie's most quotable lines the film is
over 20 years old but pitt's physique in
the flick including his washboard abs
continues to be envied and copied at
gyms around the world according to gq
rather than bulk up on muscle pitch had
a lot of fat to appear as muscular as he
does his workout included four
consecutive days of resistance training
hitting only one muscle group per
session followed by cardio of course
it's not just his body but pit's
performance that makes fight club so
memorable but in terms of research for
the character of tyler durden pitt told
collider he did very little we were
having so much damn fun on that movie i
don't remember research being important
it was just pretty good fun
around the same time he filmed fight
club brad pitt began dating jennifer
aniston who starred on friends at the
time in an interview with rolling stone
aniston revealed the two had met through
their managers back in 1994. years went
by and when they both found themselves
single at the same time their managers
set them up on a date when aniston told
her friends whom she was dating she said
they were supportive especially when
they found out what a loving human being
brat is he just disarms you immediately
after two years of dating the couple
married on july 29 2000 in malibu
california and their public profile
skyrocketed as a result the grind proved
too much for their relationship though
and they eventually split in 2020 the
pair unexpectedly reunited for an online
charity performance of fast times at
ridgemont high sparking a new wave of
reconciliation rumors hey never say
never right hi brad
you know how cute i always thought you
were
i think you're so sexy will you come to
me
between 2000 and 2005 brad pitt
graduated to the top tier of blockbuster
movies including the ocean's 11
franchise and troy then in 2005 he
starred opposite angelina jolie in mr
and mrs smith the movie was not only a
global success but it turned out to be a
pivotal experience for both pitt and
jolie shortly after the film wrapped
pitt separated from jennifer aniston and
started dating jolie looking back at
their time working together on the film
he told entertainment weekly we worked
really well together had some good
laughs and ideas that was just a great
collaboration that turned into a greater
collaboration in may 2006 the couple
celebrated the birth of their first
biological child daughter shiloh two
years later jolie would give birth to
twins knox and vivian this was in
addition to parenting their adopted
children maddox pax and zahara when
talking about his big family pit told
the telegraph i never knew how much i
could love something until i looked in
the faces of my children so it's the
greatest thing i've ever taken on
just two years after brad pitt and
angelina jolie's 2014 wedding jolie
filed for divorce in court documents she
requested sole physical custody of all
six children since then their seemingly
intense and complex divorce has
continued to play out in the tabloids
while neither party has confirmed the
reason behind the split reports have
alleged there was a physical and verbal
altercation on a private jet involving
pitt and possibly one of their children
however pitt was ultimately cleared of
any child abuse allegations in 2017 he
spoke to gq for the first time about his
divorce in the magazine spread pitt
appears visibly gaunt and emotional he
admitted he had an issue with alcohol
and that he needed to be more
emotionally available for his children
just one of the lessons about himself he
was learning through hardship i'm much
better at covering up and it's hit me
smack in the face with our divorce i
gotta be more i gotta be more for the
kids and i haven't been great at it is
the hardship worth it
yeah yeah there's no avoiding it so
things started to look up for brad pitt
in 2019 after he landed the role of a
lifetime in quentin tarantino's once
upon a time in hollywood the movie was a
full circle moment for the actor who
said he had to hide his tears on set
while reminiscing about his own early
days in hollywood he told the los
angeles times i'm not ashamed to say it
i got a little misty while he had
previously won an oscar for producing 12
years a slave pitt's role as cliff booth
in once upon a time in hollywood would
ultimately win him his first acting
oscar for best supporting actor in 2020
winning the award was an emotional
moment for pitt he teared up as he
reflected on his early acting days and
thanked his kids as well as ridley scott
and gina davis for giving him his break
on thelma and louise
today brad pitt still brings his charm
and his luscious locks to the big screen
and award shows he brought a tiny
ponytail and his chic style to the 2021
academy awards when he handed out the
best supporting actress award to yo
jong-yoon of minari a film pit produced
and he has a full slate of movies in the
pipeline he's set to appear again on the
big screen in films such as the lost
city and bullet train on top of
producing a slew of upcoming movies to
boot plus pitt is also dipping his toe
in the music industry in the summer of
2022 he will relaunch studio miraval a
legendary recording studio based at his
estate in the south of france as for his
personal life a source told us weekly
that pitt is looking for love but like
many single people he's having a hard
time finding it still if his
transformation journey is any indication
it won't take long for him to turn this
part of his life around just the way he
has in the past
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