William Bradley Pitt is an American actor and film producer. He has received multiple awards and nominations including an Academy Award as producer under his own company Plan B Entertainment.
Pitt first gained recognition as a cowboy hitchhiker in the road movie Thelma & Louise . His first leading roles in big-budget productions came with the drama films A River Runs Through It and Legends of the Fall , and horror film Interview with the Vampire . He gave critically acclaimed performances in the crime thriller Seven and the science fiction film 12 Monkeys , the latter earning him a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and an Academy Award nomination.
Pitt starred in the cult film Fight Club and the heist film Ocean's Eleven and its sequels, Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen . His greatest commercial successes have been Troy , Mr. & Mrs. Smith , and World War Z . Pitt received his second and third Academy Award nominations for his leading performances in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Moneyball . He produced The Departed and 12 Years a Slave , both of which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and also The Tree of Life, Moneyball, and The Big Short , all of which garnered Best Picture nominations.
As a public figure, Pitt has been cited as one of the most influential and powerful people in the American entertainment industry. For a number of years, he was cited as the world's most attractive man by various media outlets, and his personal life is the subject of wide publicity. In 2000, he married actress Jennifer Aniston; they divorced in 2005. In 2014, Pitt married actress Angelina Jolie. They have six children together, three of whom were adopted internationally. In 2016, Jolie filed for a divorce from Pitt, which is currently pending.
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18. December 1963
