Biography of Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt (William Bradley Pitt), known, without exaggeration, to the whole world, is an actor, producer, philanthropist, a recognized sex symbol of Hollywood, remembered for his roles in more than 50 films, including such recognized masterpieces as “Fight Club”, “ Big Snatch", "Ocean's 11", "Seven", "12 Monkeys", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Inglourious Basterds". Winner of an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as stuntman Cliff Booth in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Brad Pitt himself
Childhood
The world-famous American actor and producer Brad Pitt (at birth – William Bradley Pitt) was born on December 18, 1963 in Shawnee, Oklahoma (USA).
The boy appeared in a respectable religious family. His father, William Pitt, worked as a manager for a trucking company. Mother, Jane Etta Hillhouse, was engaged in teaching in an ordinary rural school. Brad was not the only child; besides him, the family had two more children - brother Doug and sister Julia.
After the birth of the future star, the family moved to Springfield (Missouri).
Family upbringing of children was strict, which corresponded to the views of members of the Baptist church, which were William and Jane. Every Sunday morning began with prayer, which preceded breakfast. After that, the whole family went to church. The brothers and sister were singers in the church choir.
As a child, Brad did not have any special abilities. His activity and curiosity were evident outside of school, but he was not interested in lessons. As a child, he devoted a small part of his free time to sports and music. He was a member of school government and the debate club.
After graduation, the guy entered the University of Missouri-Columbia. At the university he studied journalism and advertising business. He never worked in his specialty. After leaving his family and hometown, he went to Hollywood, wanting to make his dreams come true.
Childhood
American actor and producer William Bradley Pitt was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA. The future celebrity was raised in an exemplary American family: decent and religious. Brad's dad, William Pitt, worked as a manager in a shipping company, and his mom, Jane Etta Hillhouse, was a simple school teacher. In addition to Brad, the family had two more children: brother Doug and sister Julia.
Brad Pitt's extended family: parents, brother and sister
They all grew up in Springfield, Missouri, where the Pitt family moved almost immediately after Bradley's birth.
Brad Pitt and his younger brother Doug (2014)
Being members of the Baptist church, Brad Pitt's parents raised their children in strictness. Every Sunday the family went to church, dinner was always preceded by prayer, and all the Pitt children sang in the church choir.
Brad Pitt in infancy
As a child, Brad was a very ordinary child: he was phlegmatic in class, active and extremely curious outside of school, did a little sports, music, took part in school government, and even belonged to the debate club. After graduating from school, the young man began studying journalism and advertising at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Without working a day in his specialty, he moved away from the strict eyes of his parents, towards his cherished dreams - to Hollywood.
Childhood photos of Brad Pitt
Appearance
Now the actor’s youthful appearance surprises not only fans, but also cosmetologists: there are traces of Botox injections on his face, but still the secret of a smooth face and toned figure lies mainly in an enviable heredity and a healthy lifestyle (Pitt managed to stop drinking alcohol by resorting to psychological help).
Just know that Brad Pitt and Mikhail Efremov are the same age. Live with it.
Russian journalists are surprised to compare him with actors of his own age, for example, Mikhail Efremov. Despite the fact that the age difference between them is only 1 month and both have been abusing alcohol for years, the difference in their appearance is striking.
At the same time, the actor is indifferent to fashionable clothes. Journalists note that he does not follow the Hollywood tradition of updating his wardrobe at every special appearance: Pitt often wears the same thing, often dresses in the mass market, and keeps and wears the things he likes for years.
Despite his worldwide popularity, Brad Pitt does not maintain a personal blog on Instagram, but official fan club pages operate on his behalf.
First roles
The first thing Bradley did was shorten his name to the short “Brad” and remove the first name that irritated him. But coming up with a memorable nickname was only half the battle. On the way to the door that opened the entrance to the film industry, at least from the back door, he had to try many professions. He was a driver, a furniture loader, and even a barker in the El Pollo Loco restaurant chain. His last job required him to walk around the street dressed as a giant chicken and invite guests to eat fried chicken.
In his youth, Brad Pitt advertised a chicken in a chicken suit
However, all this time, the certified journalist cherished his dream of becoming an actor and spent all the money he earned not only on renting housing, but also on acting courses.
Young Brad Pitt
Soon luck smiled at him - in 1987 he starred in the wildly popular TV series “Dallas” in those years. The aspiring actor briefly appeared on screen as a character named Randy, the boyfriend of the daughter of one of the main characters.
After that, he received several other offers to star in TV series. He appeared in episodes of the series “Another World”, “Growing Pains”, “Head of the Class”, “Tales from the Crypt”, and also appeared in the well-known “21 Jump Street”, where young Johnny Depp began his career.
Still from the TV series “Growing Pains”
Among Brad Pitt's first works, an advertisement for Pringles chips, broadcast on TV in 1989, is also known. Who knew that this tanned, handsome blonde would become a cinema legend in the future?
The main role in the American-Yugoslav drama “The Dark Side of the Sun” was Pitt’s first work in a feature film. He played a young man who suffers from a fatal allergy to the sun and is forced to spend his life within four walls. The film received very good reviews, although it was released only 10 years later - until 1998, part of the footage was considered lost during the civil war in Yugoslavia, where filming took place.
Brad Pitt's first feature film, The Dark Side of the Sun
And for the next film, the comedy school horror film Cutting Out the Class, Brad Pitt received his first serious fee - 12 thousand dollars. The guy got the role of Dwight Ingalls: a wild high school basketball player, the star of the school. Comparing the young Pitt with other actors in the film, viewers involuntarily noted the high realism of his performance.
Brad Pitt has been acting in films since the late 80s
Over the next few years, Brad Pitt acted in a variety of guises: as a pimp and drug addict Billy in the drama Dying Young, a thieving boy J.D. in Thelma and Louise, a carefree musician in the biopic Johnny Suede...
Brad Pitt became famous after Thelma and Louise
In 1992, he appeared in the experimental semi-drawn film Parallel World as detective Frank Harris, meeting Kim Basinger on the set.
Still from the film “Parallel World”
And in the drama “A River Runs Through It,” Pitt and Craig Sheffer played very different brothers. Brad got the role of the younger one, Paul, a gambler and a drinker, who has only one thing in common with his older brother - a passion for fishing. While working on the film, Brad had to learn how to fish, not with a hook, but with a fly, since the director of the film did not want to injure the fish.
Brad Pitt in the movie "A River Runs Through It"
The rise of an acting career
The year 1994 turned out to be fateful for the young actor, when the film adaptation of Anne Rice's novel Interview with the Vampire by Neil Jordan premiered. Pitt's character, a young aristocrat who, to his own misfortune, was turned into a vampire, captivated the hearts of the audience, pushing aside even Tom Cruise, who brilliantly played the “main vampire” Lestat, with his tragic image.
Interview with the Vampire: Brad Pitt as Louis
“The Interview” was followed by David Fincher’s thriller “Seven,” which introduced the world to the brilliant duet of Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman. The scriptwriters of the film distinguished themselves not only by the frightening scenes of murders for the 7 deadly sins, but also by forcing Pitt to say the word “fuck” 74 times during the course of the film.
"Seven": Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman as detectives
In the same year, the actor was included in the top 25 sexiest stars in the history of cinema according to Empire magazine. He was subsequently voted "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine - twice. Brad Pitt became the first (and so far only) person to receive this honor twice.
Twice the sexiest man on Earth - Brad Pitt
In 1995, Brad Pitt received his first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Terry Gilliam's Twelve Monkeys, starring Bruce Willis. He played the role of Jeffrey, the son of a virologist and animal rights activist who came up with an alternative plan to “save” humanity. Pitt managed to convey the neurotic character of his hero very believably - his speech was confused and sometimes slurred, and his twitchy gestures confused Willis' character.
Brad Pitt received an Oscar nomination for his role in 12 Monkeys
In 1997, the film “Seven Years in Tibet” was released. The film tells about the Chinese invasion of Tibet. After this, Pitt, as well as his co-star David Thewlis, had the border to the People's Republic of China closed forever.
At the same time, the mystical drama “Meet Joe Black” was released - this time Brad Pitt got to play Death himself, who appeared in our world in the guise of a charming young man.
Brad Pitt is the most charming Death
Dedication to the profession
We know actors who had to radically change their appearance for a role, sometimes losing weight, sometimes gaining weight, sometimes growing beards, sometimes going bald.
Brad Pitt's asthenic appearance, for example, did not at first suggest a muscular and powerful body. But here is the task of recreating the history of the Greek wars and its heroes. And the actor takes it up, significantly changing the style of his own life.
Do you think this is a sacrifice for the sake of audience sympathy, world fame? The entire course of preparation for filming suggests that this is creativity, the creation of a new self, such as you have never been before. As Vladimir Vysotsky once said: “willpower plus character.” He also knows this firsthand. And Brad Pitt was familiar with self-discipline from childhood.
Best roles: “Fight Club” and other films
In 1999, the actor played in one of the most legendary films in his filmography - David Fincher's film Fight Club, based on the explosive novel by Chuck Palahniuk. Brad Pitt appeared in a completely new role for himself - an uncompromising radical and psychopath. Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter made up a rather crazy company for Pitt's hero, Tyler Durden.
"Fight Club": Brad Pitt as Tyler Durden
Since then, Brad Pitt's participation in the film has become one of the undoubted indicators of its quality. He starred in Guy Ritchie's Snatch, which immediately became one of the highest-grossing films of 2000 - the skinny, tattooed gypsy fighter, performed effervescently by Pitt, became the central figure of the film.
The melodrama "The Mexican" with Julia Roberts, "Spy Games" with Hollywood veteran Robert Redford, and, finally, the cult film "Ocean's Eleven", where Pitt became a member of a team of brilliant robbers, masterfully playing with George Clooney and Matt Damon - this is the list We could continue to see diverse films featuring Pitt for a long time.
Brad Pitt – Rusty Ryan
In 2000, the actor appeared in the series Friends (season 8, episode 9) as a guest celebrity. He played a former classmate of Monica and Rachel, who, like Monica, was fat at school, for which Rachel ridiculed him in every possible way. Having matured, he pulled himself together and lost weight, but hatred for the offender remained in his heart for the rest of his life.
The commercial success of the film "Troy", which grossed a record half a billion dollars at the box office, provided Brad Pitt's career with a new round. The series of masterpieces with his participation continued - the film “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” was also included, on the set of which Pitt began an affair with Angelina Jolie.
Still from the film "Mr. and Mrs. Smith"
Brad Pitt played one of the most high-profile roles in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” which became the actor’s third collaboration with director David Fincher. Taking on the role of a man who is born an old man, lives his life “in reverse” and dies a baby was not easy, and Pitt again received an Oscar nomination.
Brad Pitt in Benjamin Button
Viewers were also impressed by the images of the fool Chad Feldheimer in the comedy “Burn After Reading” by Joel and Ethan Coen, as well as the merciless Nazi hunter Aldo Apache, nicknamed Apache, in “Inglourious Basterds” by Quentin Tarantino.
Lieutenant Aldo Apache
In 2002, Brad Pitt founded his own production company called Plan B Entertainment, a joint venture with Jennifer Aniston and Brad Gray, head of the Hollywood film studio Paramount Pictures. In 2005, it was Pitt’s company that produced the popular film “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” with Johnny Depp in the title role, and a few years later, not without Pitt’s efforts, such films as “Strong Heart” with Angelina Jolie and “Like a Coward” were released. Robert Ford killed Jesse James." Brad Pitt produced Robert Schwentke's The Time Traveler's Wife, as well as Matthew Vaughn's Kick-Ass. Moreover, Plan B Entertainment participated in the creation of the film “The Departed,” which won an Oscar.
Long-haired Brad Pitt with fans
Brad Pitt often appears not only on wide screens. The actor has repeatedly become the protagonist of commercials. In 2005, he took part in filming for the American market for Heineken, and in the Far East the Hollywood celebrity was seen in an advertisement for Honda Acura.
Surprisingly, Brad Pitt received the long-awaited Oscar award only in 2014. He was awarded the statuette as one of the producers of the historical drama “12 Years a Slave,” recognized by the US Film Academy as the best film of the year. He also played a Canadian worker who despises slavery.
Brad Pitt at the 2014 Oscars
Make yourself
REFERENCE. Brad Pitt, originally from Oklahoma (USA), Sagittarius, born December 18, 1963, height 182 cm, weight 74 kg (at the time of filming “Troy”).
For the sake of filming, the result in building my body, I quit smoking, gave up my favorite fast food, and beer. And that was just the beginning. Flowers.
The construction of a beautiful, sculpted body for Pitt began with a high-protein diet, with a decrease in the amount of carbohydrates, strict adherence to a diet, a certain set of foods and endless strength training in the gym, which at that time became the main content of his life.
As the tabloids write, his daily diet included:
In the intervals between four meals a day, Brad indulged in the pleasure of shaping the relief of his back, chest, shoulders, legs, and arms. In addition, I ran for an hour and a half and fencing for two hours a day.
To gain 5 kg of muscle mass and get rid of fat accumulation, the actor did push-ups from the floor, worked with a barbell (incline presses, sitting) and dumbbells (presses, inclines, shrugs, standing raises, pecks, forearm raises) and exercise machines (exercises for legs, hip flexion).
In a word, Brad achieved a physical resemblance to historical heroes, as we are used to seeing them in the paintings of famous artists, with ancient sculptures in museums, when our imagination was struck by chiseled male figures with six-pack abdominals, powerful shoulders, strong arms, behind which one could sense strength spirit.
The main thing was the charm of the physical state of the male image created by the actor. I wouldn’t be surprised if statistics somewhere calculated how many times the number of visits by men and women to gyms in the world increased after the film’s release.
But let’s not forget that before this Pitt had experience preparing his body for filming in “Fight Club”! It was later, in Troy, that all the attention in training was paid mainly to the legs, since the hero’s legs were naked in battle, and the armor hid his chest.
And here, in a few months, it seems like four, it was necessary to bring the chest to a state of “cellularity” in order to adequately meet the skeptical views of some admirers of male beauty, critics of the authenticity of the image, and to understand for oneself how this is done.
To be fair, it should be said that 36-year-old Brad Pitt looked good even then, in 1999. But as a result of training, diet, and protein supplements, he became leaner, his torso became more defined, his abdominals stood out in all their glory. How did he do it?
Each day of the week was dedicated to a different thematic activity. Two days - cardio training, four days - strength training. Day of rest. Maximum loads, drop-set exercises, minute-by-minute and even second-by-second returns and control.
And just as during preparation for filming in the film “Troy”, I built up my chest muscles - push-ups from the floor with a wide grip, barbell bench press, bent-over press, hand curls on a block with increasing weight.
Muscles of the back, shoulder girdle, arms and legs. And so on all days, with a variety of exercises scheduled by day of the week. Many sites have posted videos of workouts in which the actor got into the necessary shape.
There was also increased attention to Brad's nutrition. Six meals a day were introduced. The menu included eggs, meat, dairy products, brown rice, oatmeal, buckwheat and other cereals, very few carbohydrates, raisins, fruits, berries, vegetables, protein shakes and protein bars.
Brad Pitt's portrayal of Tyler Durden, the hero of the film, turned out to be very fit; this was more striking in total than his usual attractiveness. This young man has everything in moderation. He really wants to imitate. Although at first the film was received rather coldly by the public. And only ten years later people matured.
The course towards a healthy lifestyle, which was gradually gaining momentum, brought them to fitness rooms, treadmills, stadiums, exercise equipment appeared on local areas, young people became interested in sports nutrition, protein products, and strength training.
All this is about the fact that a person is his own gardener. To paraphrase Mr. Ford, who once said the famous “Think!”, I would like to write in capital letters: “Do!”
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Personal life of Brad Pitt
The Hollywood handsome man is very picky in his connections. Brad Pitt's personal life is built on "four pillars." The names of these girls are probably known to everyone: Juliet Lewis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie.
Brad Pitt never had problems with girls
However, if we talk about Brad Pitt’s very first love, then, according to the actor himself, it was tragic. While still at school, he fell in love with a classmate and, in the fight for her heart, wrote her name in yellow in the snow (it was winter) under her windows. The girl didn’t like such a romantic gesture: “I thought you were just a bore, but now it turns out that you’re just stupid!”
Brad Pitt and his high school sweetheart
Juliet Lewis was his co-star in Dying Young. Work on one project predictably ended in a whirlwind romance, which, alas, did not stand the test of popularity. Juliet remained a “budding actress,” while Brad moved up a level. The handsome man got tired of the constant scenes of jealousy, and he left Lewis after three years of marriage, having started an affair with Gwyneth Paltrow. Juliet took the breakup too seriously and tried to commit suicide, but failed.
In the photo: Brad Pitt and Juliet Lewis
Brad Pitt met Gwyneth Paltrow on the set of the thriller Seven. At the first meeting, the actor fell madly in love. In 1996, the press was loud about the upcoming wedding, but the couple stunned everyone with the news of their breakup. It turned out that the reason lay in Gwyneth’s mother, who disliked Pitt at first sight. Because of his not very nice manners, coarse vocabulary and constantly wrinkled clothes, she considered him a hillbilly and put pressure on her daughter. She, in turn, began to work closely on changing the image of her lover, but overdid it - Brad thought about it and realized that there was nothing in common between them, and if so, then it was not worth tolerating all attempts to change his nature.
Young Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow
Brad Pitt met his first legal wife, the star of the series “Friends” Jennifer Aniston, on the set of the series. He was captivated by a carefree, funny girl who seemed to be created for him. Unlike his ex, she did not try to change him but accepted him as he was: in pajamas or a business suit, cheerful or gloomy.
Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston were married for five years
The couple got married in the summer of 2000. “Jen is the woman of my life!” Pitt proudly declared in every interview. It was under her wing that he acquired the now familiar “secular gloss” and played his most commercially successful roles. Together they bought and furnished a luxury home in Beverly Hills and planned to have a baby once Friends came to an end.
But the plans were not destined to come true. In 2005, Angelina Jolie unwittingly stood between Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. The feelings between the young people, who were later dubbed the “royal couple of Hollywood,” arose on the set of the film “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.” Jennifer felt that something was wrong in their relationship, but even when asked directly, Pitt stated that he did not have another woman. Therefore, a photo taken by the paparazzi in Africa shocked Aniston: Brad and Angelina were sitting on the beach, playing with Maddock, the actress’s adopted son. The atmosphere was clearly not just friendly, but rather reminiscent of a romantic date.
The photo that destroyed the marriage of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston
Since then, the couple, although they did not publicly admit their feelings, were no longer hiding from the public, and in January 2006, when Jolie was already expecting a child from Pitt, they finally officially admitted their relationship.
Officially, Pitt and Jolie's romance began in 2006
In May 2006, the couple had a daughter, who was named Shiloh Nouvel, and two years later twins were born - a girl, Vivienne Marcheline, and a boy, Knox Leon. By the way, all the couple’s biological children were born by caesarean section. In total, the Jolie-Pitt family raised six children, including three adopted children: Maddox Shivan, Pax Thien and Zahara Marley.
The wedding of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt took place in August 2014
The star couple decided to legalize their relationship only in 2014. Pitt and Jolie's wedding did little to match their status as Hollywood's highest-paid celebrities. The bride wore a dress with a copy of her children’s drawings, including a portrait of Jennifer Aniston with the caption: “Rachel is almost like my mother.” Among the invited guests there were only 22 people. The entire amount received from the sale of photographs from the celebration went to charity, as did the money from the sale of the first photographs of their common children.
Their relationship seemed cloudless
Alas, two years later Jolie filed for divorce from Brad. We are unlikely to ever know what was actually hidden under the standard formulation of “irreconcilable contradictions,” but rumors multiplied at the speed of light. It was assumed that Pitt was simply tired of his wife, who had recently become extremely thin and plunged into deep depression, and hit on the Frenchwoman Marion Cotillard, whom he met on the set of the film “Allied.” Later, information appeared in the press that Pitt beat children (later refuted) and touched a bottle (the actor himself agreed with this).
Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard on the set of Allied
In the fall of 2021, information appeared about Pitt's romance with 21-year-old actress Ella Purnell, star of the fantasy film Mrs. Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. They will work together on a film based on the novel Sweetbitter.
Pictured: Ella Purnell
Brad Pitt now
Although Brad Pitt is already in his sixties, he still remains a recognized sex symbol in Hollywood and one of the most sought-after actors. In 2021, he was busy filming the above-mentioned film “Allies.” The film told the story of the love between a US intelligence agent and a Nazi spy.
2021: Brad Pitt gets into shape for military role
In 2021, a sequel to the fantastic action film “World War Z” was released, and in 2021, Pitt played the Invisible Man in the blockbuster “Deadpool 2” with Ryan Reynolds. The character's face was shown only once during the film - when he was electrocuted.
In August 2021, Quentin Tarantino presented a new film, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” based on real events - the story of the murder of Sharon Thayne, the wife of Roman Polanski, by the “family” of Charlie Manson. Pitt plays a stuntman named Cliff Booth. His partner on the set was Leonardo DiCaprio in the role of losing popularity actor Rick Dalton. For this role, Brad Pitt received his first Oscar - as best supporting actor.
Divorce from Angelina Jolie
Mid-September 2021 shocked the whole world with the news of the divorce of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. The couple cites "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for their divorce. But many rumors have grown on this issue: from the upbringing of children, Jolie’s character, Pitt’s alcoholism and assault, to his husband’s infidelity with actress Marion Cotillard.
Pitt had a hard time parting with his wife and children. He became interested in sculpture. At one time, the actor was credited with an affair with architect and MIT professor Neri Oxman; in 2021, Brad appeared in public with spiritual healer and jeweler Seth Hari Khalsa. He was also noticed in the company of Charlize Theron, but the actress denied rumors of an affair. According to her, she and Pitt are just long-time friends, and she provided him with moral support during a difficult period of his life.
In 2021, when the divorce process was almost over, followers heard from the screen star that he was optimistic about the possibility of his reunion with Jolie.
However, the ex-spouses are still not together, although Angelina continues to control Brad’s life. She forbade Pitt from being friends with rapper Kanye West, the husband of Kim Kardashian. The actress suggests that such an acquaintance will negatively affect the development of the couple’s children.
At the end of 2019, fans started talking about a possible reunion of Pitt with his ex-wife Jennifer Aniston. The rumor that they were back together began after they attended a Christmas party together. Later, the celebrities came together several times to ceremonies, where they held hands and even hugged, but there was no public resumption of relations.
In March 2021, Jolie brought charges against her ex-husband for domestic violence, intending to present evidence in court. The actor was shocked and “heartbroken.”
