William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and
film producer. He has received multiple awards, including two Golden
Globe Awards and an Academy Award for his acting, in addition to
another Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award as producer under his
production company, Plan B Entertainment.Pitt first gained recognition
as a cowboy hitchhiker in the road movie Thelma & Louise (1991). His
first leading roles in big-budget productions came with the drama
films A River Runs Through It (1992) and Legends of the Fall (1994),
and the horror film Interview with the Vampire (1994). He gave
critically acclaimed performances in the crime thriller Seven (1995)
and the science fiction film 12 Monkeys (1995), the latter earning him
a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and an Academy Award
nomination.Pitt starred in Fight Club (1999) and the heist film
Ocean's Eleven (2001), as well as its sequels, Ocean's Twelve (2004)
and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). His greatest commercial successes have
been Ocean's Eleven (2001), Troy (2004), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005),
World War Z (2013), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), for
which he won a second Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for
Best Supporting Actor. Pitt's other Academy Award nominated
performances were in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and
Moneyball (2011). He produced The Departed (2006) and 12 Years a Slave
(2013), both of which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and also
The Tree of Life (2011), Moneyball (2011), and The Big Short (2015),
all of which were nominated for Best Picture.
film producer. He has received multiple awards, including two Golden
Globe Awards and an Academy Award for his acting, in addition to
another Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award as producer under his
production company, Plan B Entertainment.Pitt first gained recognition
as a cowboy hitchhiker in the road movie Thelma & Louise (1991). His
first leading roles in big-budget productions came with the drama
films A River Runs Through It (1992) and Legends of the Fall (1994),
and the horror film Interview with the Vampire (1994). He gave
critically acclaimed performances in the crime thriller Seven (1995)
and the science fiction film 12 Monkeys (1995), the latter earning him
a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and an Academy Award
nomination.Pitt starred in Fight Club (1999) and the heist film
Ocean's Eleven (2001), as well as its sequels, Ocean's Twelve (2004)
and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). His greatest commercial successes have
been Ocean's Eleven (2001), Troy (2004), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005),
World War Z (2013), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), for
which he won a second Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for
Best Supporting Actor. Pitt's other Academy Award nominated
performances were in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and
Moneyball (2011). He produced The Departed (2006) and 12 Years a Slave
(2013), both of which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and also
The Tree of Life (2011), Moneyball (2011), and The Big Short (2015),
all of which were nominated for Best Picture.
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