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Brad Pitt is an award-winning film actor and producer born in 1963 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He attended the University of Missouri, but moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting just two weeks shy of earning his degree. His breakout role as a young thief who seduces Geena Davis’ character in Thelma & Louise made him an overnight celebrity. He has starred in such films as Interview with the Vampire, Seven, Inglourious Basterds, and Moneyball, among many others. He co-founded the Jolie-Pitt Foundation, a charitable organization that aids various global humanitarian causes.

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21 Jun, 2013

World War Z

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Pitt plays Gerry Lane in this sci-fi action drama directed by Marc Forster. When Lane, a retired U.N. investigator, learns that a highly contagious virus is transforming those who contract it into rampaging maniacs, and that legions of the infected are growing on all continents, he agrees to join his former colleagues in discovering the source of the plague so that his family will be guaranteed safety aboard a ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Co-starring Mireille Enos and Daniella Kertesz. Forrester:

It’s pretty amazing. He’s an iconic actor. He was a great collaborator. I really enjoyed how he handles being an actor on the set, working with the director, and listening. On the other hand once the cameras start rolling he puts on his producer’s hat and he’s able to do both. It’s very impressive.

World War Z - Official Trailer (HD)

23 Sep, 2011

Moneyball

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Pitt stars in the  film adaptation of Michael Lewis’ book, playing the role of Billy Beane, a former pro baseball player who becomes the general manager of the struggling Oakland Athletics. Beane uses Yale Economics graduate Peter Brand’s (Jonah Hill) statistical methods to assemble a team of undervalued players that leads the team to a 20-game winning streak. Also starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Chris Pratt.

The main character is a guy who’s been devalued by the sport and is playing what he called an unfair game. And they go up against conventional wisdom and get called heretics in the process. At the end of the day this guy who’s trying to win games is really trying to find his own values. Come on, man, that’s good stuff.

Moneyball Trailer 2011 HD

8 Jun, 2007

Ocean’s Thirteen

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Pitt reprises his role as Rusty Ryan in this final part of Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Trilogy. Reuben Tishkoff, played by Elliot Gould, falls into cardiac arrest and ends up in the emergency room after being double-crossed by his former partner Willy Bank, played by Al Pacino. Danny Ocean and the rest of the gang devise a plan to sabotage the opening of Bank’s casino. Joining the regular cast members are Ellen Barkin and Bob Einstein. On working with his cast members for a third time:

It’s true. We have good fun together. We all know each other pretty well now and know each other’s families.

7 Jun, 2005

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

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Pitt stars in this romance-action film directed by Doug Liman, playing a hired assassin who falls in love and marries another assassin played by Angelina Jolie. Working for two different firms, both of them are not aware of each other’s true profession until a contract has been put on their lives. The cast includes Vince Vaughn, Kerry Washington, and Adam Brody.

The ‘assassins’ thing is secondary to me. The movie to me plays so much more on the level of relationships. That was kind of the backdrop or the metaphor for getting lost in your work. But having said that, [Angelina Jolie’s] a damn good shot.

Mr And Mrs Smith Trailer [HD]

10 Dec, 2004

Ocean’s Twelve

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Pitt returns as Rusty Ryan in this sequel to the 2001 film Ocean’s Eleven. He reunites with Danny Ocean and Linus Caldwell to conduct another heist in Europe. They need to give back the money they stole from Terry Benedict lest they risk going to jail in the US. Joining the original cast members are Catherine Zeta-Jones, Vincent Cassel, and Robbie Coltrane. On working with his co-stars:

I’d like to call it work but it was pretty much automatic for us. First of all, there’s a very low level of maturity amongst all the guys there so that helps. We bonded very quickly, then we got the beautiful women to make us look better but it’s pretty automatic.

Ocean's Twelve Trailer HQ (2004)

14 May, 2004

Troy

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Pitt stars in this epic war film based on Homer’s Illiad. As the demigod Achilles, he leads the Greek army to war against the Trojans because of a bet that involved Prince Paris of Troy and Helen, the wife of the Spartan king Menelaus. He challenges Paris’ brother Hector to single combat, kills him, and drags his corpse back to the Greek camp. The film also stars Brendan Gleeson, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, and Diane Kruger. On his character:

There’s a real telling line when he says, ‘I want what all men want. I just wanted more.’ There’s a real restlessness, and as I say, an isolation in the guy. Whether he’s running from death, or trying to find himself in a personal glory, he’s at a point where he’s had that glory and that… that hasn’t done it for him.

7 Dec, 2001

Ocean’s Eleven

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Pitt stars in this Steven Soderbergh remake of the 1960 film. He plays Rusty Ryan, the loyal sidekick of con-man Danny Ocean, played by George Clooney. Together with several other cohorts, the two men plot a heist at the casinos of Terry Benedict, who also happens to be the boyfriend of Danny’s ex-wife Tess, played by Julia Roberts. Other cast members include Andy Garcia, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, and Carl Reiner. On his character’s constant eating:

It was just something that started, and couldn’t stop. I don’t know what happened. It’s just the idea that you never have time to sit down and have a meal while you’re trying to pull off this heist, so he’s grabbing food all the time.

Ocean's Eleven (2001) Official Trailer

2 Mar, 2001

The Mexican

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Pitt stars in this romantic comedy film directed by Gore Verbinski. He plays Jerry Welbach, a man traveling around Mexico with his girlfriend to find a valuable antique handgun called The Mexican for a local mobster named Arnold Margolese. The film also stars Julia Roberts, James Gandolfini, and Gene Hackman. On his on-screen romance with Roberts:

There was a Hepburn-Tracy quality to it, their relationship – the bickering and the relationship they had was funny. And also, bantering.

23 Aug, 2000

Snatch

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Pitt stars in this comedy crime film directed by Guy Ritchie, playing an Irish gypsy, Mickey O’Neil, who finds himself fighting in boxing matches for a ruthless crime boss named Brick Top, played by Alan Ford. Another plot in the film involves stealing a huge and highly valuable diamond and delivering it to an underground diamond dealer in London. The film also stars Jason Statham, Dennis Farina, Benicio del Toro, and Vinnie Jones. Jones on the accuracy of Pitt’s accent in the film:

One million percent. I couldn’t believe it.

Snatch - Trailer [HD]

15 Oct, 1999

Fight Club

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Pitt stars in this film adaptation of the Chuck Palahniuk novel, playing Tyler Durden, an assertive iconoclast disguised as a soap salesman who influences a depressed and jaded Edward Norton to pour his angst into fighting. Together, they form an underground club of men who find comfort and relief through fighting each other. Directed by David Fincher, also starring Helena Bonham Carter and Meat Loaf.

We had some great choreographers on the fight scene once we got into the club itself. We did a little training in the beginning. But again, these guys aren’t supposed to be skilled fighters.

Fight Club Trailer - HD

13 Nov, 1998

Meet Joe Black

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Pitt stars in this fantasy romance film directed by Martin Brest. He plays Death, who comes back in the form of a young man named Joe Black. He appears in the home of dying billionaire Bill Parrish, played by Sir Anthony Hopkins in order to learn how to live, love, and exist like a human being. He and Parrish’s daughter played by Claire Forlani develop a romantic relationship. The film also stars Marcia Gay Harden and Jeffrey Tambor.

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22 Sep, 1995

Seven

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Pitt portrays a young and newly-married homicide detective in this psychological thriller film directed by David Fincher. He and his older partner played by Morgan Freeman investigate and hunt down a sadistic serial killer who murders his victims according to the seven deadly sins. Kevin Spacey plays the killer and Gwyneth Paltrow plays Pitt’s wife.

I certainly don’t have the answer, but maybe because being as tough as life is, seeing people go to these depths, it’s just fascinating. It’s horrifying but there’s fascination.

SE7EN - Trailer - HQ - (1995)

23 Dec, 1994

Legends of the Fall

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Pitt stars in this Western epic film based on the Jim Harrison novella. He plays Tristan, Col. William Ludlow’s adventurous and wild son, who practices American Indian customs. He and his family go through various trials that are brought about by nature, love, prohibition, and the ongoing war. His co-stars include Sir Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond, and Henry Thomas. On his character:

Sinking below, rising above, going off, giving up, taking charge, taking control. This man’s journey seemed very accurate to me and very true.

Legends of the Fall (1994) TRAILER (HD)

11 Nov, 1994

Interview with the Vampire

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Pitt stars in this Neil Jordan-directed film based on the Anne Rice novel. He plays Louis de Pointe du Lac, a 200-year old vampire who sits down with a journalist and tells him about his transformation and exploits as a vampire. Co-stars include Tom Cruise, Christian Slater, and Kirsten Dunst. On shooting in New Orleans:

The great thing that came out of that movie is that it birthed my love affair with New Orleans. We were shooting nights. So I just rode my bike around all night. I made some great friends there.