| Brad Information; Biography |
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• 2006
Due to eagerly awaiting the birth of his first biological child with girlfriend Angelina Jolie, Brad took a break from filming for the first half of 2006, and instead went on a travelling tour with his family, staying, among others, in Germany, France, and Namibia, where daughter Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt was born on May 27th.
Brad hasn't been idling away, though - he is going to start filming Ocean's Thirteen in Los Angeles on July 21st, with George Clooney, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle and the other usual suspects from the Ocean gang reprising their roles as well. However, Julia Roberts and Catherine Zeta-Jones won't be part of this movie, instead Ellen Barkin and Al Pacino have been added to the cast.
Furthermore, production of Brad's next movie, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, an adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald short-story, is said to begin in October. Brad will be playing the main character, a man who, at 50, begins aging backwards while at the same time being involved in a romance with a woman of 30.
Brad's passion for architecture hasn't been left fallow this year, either. He lent his voice to the PBS architecture documentary Design: e2, narrating the six-part series, which will be released US-nationwide in June. Furthermore, Brad is currently involved in a sustainable design competition held by Global Green USA, which is aiming at reconstructing New Orleans neighborhoods destroyed in Hurrican Katrina.
While Brad was in Namibia, the Cannes film festival took place and Brad's movie Babel, which is to be released in October 2006, was among the winners, the award for Best Director going to Alejandro González Iñárritu.
• 2005
2005 was a pretty busy year for Brad: Mr. and Mrs. Smith, in which Brad starred opposite now-girlfriend Angelina Jolie as married assasins assigned to kill one another, premeired and was hugely successful. Brad also finished filming Babel, a twisted drama from independent film auteur Alejandro González Iñárritu. The film interweaves four stories set in Morocco, Tunisia, Japan and Mexico, starting with a tragedy befalling a holidaying married couple. In addition to this, Brad also filmed The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, shooting finished in November.
Brad continued his support for charity in 2005 by participating in the "Live 8" concert in Hyde Park, London. The "Live 8" concerts were part of the ONE Campaign Countdown to the G8 Summit to urge President Bush and other leaders of the world's 8 wealthiest nations to save millions of lives when they met together in Scotland, July 5th to 8th.
• 2004
After taking a short break from filming movies, 2004 was a big year for Brad. Troy, the adaptation of Homer's great epic, was filmed in Malta and the training for the role of Achilles was demanding. Brad was up to the task and the result was an amazing show of athleticism and powerful fight scenes. In a twist of irony, Brad tore his left achilles tendon while filming the movie. Brad, and the rest of the gang from Ocean's Eleven teamed up a second time to make Ocean's 12 later that year, adding to their cast Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Aside from film acting, this year, Brad's passion for those around the world began to play a big role in his life. He joined The ONE Campaign, with Bono and many others to fight the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty. Brad went to Africa to meet with Nelson Mandela and to offer his support.
• 2001
Brad's love for architecture took him in a new direction in 2001. He took some time off from movie making, only showing up in cameo roles for Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Full Frontal, as well as lending his voice as the title character of the animated movie, Sinbad. Instead he spent most of his time redesigning his Beverly Hills home, and studying up on architecture. Spy Game, Ocean's Eleven and The Mexican all opened up in theatres this year as well.
• 2000
2000 proved to be a busy year for Brad. Snatch came out, with Brad's character of pikey Mickey O'Neal stealing the show. Brad decided to change things up by adding a few comedies to his résumé, his comedic timing very evident as he filmed Ocean's Eleven and The Mexican. The pairing of Julia Roberts, Brad and James Gandolfini in The Mexican proved a great combination, and later that year Brad and Julia teamed up once again in Ocean's Eleven. The all star cast also included George Clooney, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle and Andy Garcia, and it was a box office hit. Also filmed in 2000 was Spy Game, pairing Brad with Robert Redford for the second time.
• 1999
October 15 Fight Club, the mega-macho fest starring Brad and new pal Edward Norton, hit theaters in a whirlwind of pre-release buzz. The film, about a pair of disillusioned GenXers who start a chain of underground clubs where men meet to get out their aggression (i.e. beat each other senseless), sparked controversy for its embrace of violence. But Pitt calls his Fight Club role "the best fucking part of my whole fucking career."
• 1998
Deciding to take on the role of Death, Brad signed on to play the title character in Meet Joe Black and starred opposite Anthony Hopkins. Brad then began work on another David Fincher film, Fight Club, co-starring fellow Golden Globe winner and Oscar-nominee Edward Norton. And in a bit of method acting gone too far, Pitt had his dentist intentionally chip his front teeth to make his movie injuries appear more authentic.
• 1997
1997 found Brad playing opposite Harrison Ford in The Devil's Own, a story of one man trapped by destiny, and another bound by duty. Later that same year, he starred in Seven Years in Tibet, the true story of Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountain climber. The Dark Side of the Sun, which had been filmed in 1988, was also released to video in 1997.
• 1996
In 1996 Brad signed on to join an all-star cast, including Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Jason Patric, Dustin Hoffman and Minnie Driver, in the movie Sleepers. The film, directed by Barry Levinson, is based on the controversial book by Lorenzo Carcaterra.
• 1995
Brad partnered up with director David Fincher and co-starred opposite Morgan Freeman in Se7en, which earned Brad the best notices of his career, including an eventual MTV Movie Award for "Most Desirable Male." Then donning brown, cross-eyed contact lenses and adopting a psychotic grin, Brad tried to ugly himself up for his Golden Globe-winning and Oscar-nominated role in Terry Gilliam's quirky, sci-fi adventure 12 Monkeys.
• 1994
Anne Rice may not have agreed, but fans and studio execs were excited by the prospect of Brad joining Tom Cruise in Interview with the Vampire. Rice initially blasted the adaptation of her novel, saying it was "like casting Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer." She changed her tune after a private screening. Interview with the Vampire opened, and Brad's blood-sucking turn as the reluctant vampire Louis gained him more fans. Add to that Brad's role as the wild and capricious Tristan Ludlow in Legends of the Fall and you have a star quickly on the rise.
• 1992
After a string of movies such as Johnny Suede, Across The Tracks, and Cool World, where Brad played a human detective in the cartoon world, director Robert Redford took Brad fishin' in A River Runs Through It. His sexy turn as Paul Maclean, the rebellious, self-destructive son of a preacher man, added to Brad's career momentum, and in 1993 Brad delivered memorable performances as a spaced-out druggie in True Romance and creepy ex-con Early Grayce in Kalifornia.
• 1990
Brad continued his TV work, playing a journalist in the short-lived Fox drama Glory Days. He also scored a gig as the wacko boyfriend in the NBC movie Too Young to Die as well as a part in the TV movie The Image. Then, in a big break, Brad burned up the screen in his 10 minutes as J.D., the hunky hitchhiker who rings Geena Davis' bell in Thelma & Louise.
With a few acting classes under Brad's belt, the gigs began to mount. After filming his first guest stop on the ABC comedy Head of the Class, Brad did more series work (on Growing Pains and thirtysomething), another TV movie Happy Together, and a Levi's TV commercial that got him noticed. It lead to his feature role in Cutting Class.
• 1988
Soon after arriving in California, Brad landed an appearances on the Growing Pains, Another World, an uncredited appearance in Less Than Zero and No Man's Land. Plus a five-episode stint as Randy, the beau of Priscilla Presley's daughter on Dallas. Brad shot a bit part on the Fox series 21 Jump Street and also the television movie, A Stoning in Fulham County. Brad’s first film, Dark Side of the Sun, was was shot in pre-war Yugoslavia during the summer of 1988. It was not released until 1997 due to lost footage and a civil war that tore apart the region.
• 1987
Brad attended the University of Missouri School of Journalism where he majored in journalism with a focus on advertising. Brad was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity and occasionally acted in fraternity shows. In 1987, two credits shy of graduating with a journalism degree, Brad packed his battered silver Datsun and heads for the Beverly Hills with $375 in his pocket. "Dropping out of college my senior year, I headed for Hollywood with dreams of becoming a rock star. Instead, I wound up in a giant chicken costume, making clucking sounds, trying to lure customers into an El Pollo Loco fast-food restaurant. I got a small step up in the world with my next job as a chauffeur, driving strippers to work in a limo." This says it all.
• 1979
In high school, Brad was involved in tennis, basketball, debating, student government, and school musicals. His sense of style was apparent at an early age, as he was named 'best dressed student' by his peers.
• 1963
William Bradley Pitt was born on December 18, 1963 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Brad's parents, Bill and Jane, later moved the family to Springfield, Missouri where Bill worked in management at a trucking firm and Jane was a school councelor.
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