Brad Pitt is an American actor and film producer. His acting career began at age 23 in 1987 with roles in the hit Fox television series 21 Jump Street. He subsequently appeared in episodes for television shows during the late 1980s and played his first major role in The Dark Side of the Sun (1988) the slasher film Cutting Class (1989). He gained recognition in Thelma & Louise (1991), A River Runs Through It (1992), Cool World (1992) and Kalifornia (1993).
He later took on the role of vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac in the horror drama Interview with the Vampire (1994) and for his performance in the epic drama Legends of the Fall (1994), he earned his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor nomination.
Pitt starred in the David Fincher-directed, commercially successful thriller Seven (1995), in which he played a detective on the trail of a serial killer who murders people he believes are guilty of the seven deadly sins. His performance as a psychotic mental patient in the science fiction film 12 Monkeys won him the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and an Academy Award nomination in the same category. He followed it with the role of Heinrich Harrer in the biopic Seven Years in Tibet (1997) and as Death in Meet Joe Black (1998). Pitt reteamed with Fincher to star in the apocalyptic film Fight Club (1999) as anti-consumerist cult leader Tyler Durden, a role that required him to learn boxing, taekwondo, and grappling. A critical and commercial disappointment at the time of release, the film has since developed a cult status. Pitt portrayed Rusty Ryan in the commercially successful heist film series Ocean's Trilogy (2001–07). In 2002, he earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his guest appearance in the sitcom Friends alongside his then-wife Jennifer Aniston. Also that year, Pitt started a production company, Plan B Entertainment, whose first release was the epic war film Troy (2004), starring Pitt. He played an assassin opposite Angelina Jolie in the commercially successful action comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005).
In 2006, Pitt produced the crime drama The Departed and starred alongside Cate Blanchett in the multi-narrative drama Babel; the former won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Pitt's portrayal of the eponymous man who ages in reverse in the drama The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination. He starred in the successful war film Inglourious Basterds (2009), and produced the superhero film Kick-Ass (2010) and its sequel in 2013. In 2011, he earned critical acclaim for producing and starring in two films—the experimental drama The Tree of Life and the biopic sports drama Moneyball—both of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. He also garnered a Best Actor nomination for the latter. His biggest commercial success as a leading actor for many years was the apocalyptic film World War Z (2013), which grossed $540 million worldwide. That was only eclipsed by the Apple Studios produced film F1 in 2025. Pitt produced the period drama 12 Years a Slave (2013), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Picture. In 2014, he starred in the war film Fury which received positive reviews from critics and proved to be successful at the box office. For playing a stunt double to Leonardo DiCaprio's character in Quentin Tarantino's film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), he won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
Film Year Title Credited as Role Notes Actor Producer 1987 Hunk Man at beach with drink Uncredited No Man's Land Waiter Less than Zero Partygoer/Preppie guy at fight No Way Out Party guest 1988 A Stoning in Fulham County Teddy Johnson Rick 1989 Happy Together Brian Cutting Class 1991 Across the Tracks Thelma & Louise J.D. Johnny Suede 1992 Cool World Contact Cox Short film 1993 Kalifornia True Romance Floyd 1994 Interview with the Vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac Legends of the Fall 1995 Seven 12 Monkeys 1996 Sleepers 1997 (Francis Austin McQuire) Seven Years in Tibet 1998 Meet Joe Black Young Man in Coffee Shop/Death as "Joe Black" 1999 Being John Malkovich Miffed Star Cameo Fight Club 2000 Snatch 2001 Spy Game Ocean's Eleven 2002 Full Frontal HimselfCameo Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Bachelor Brad 2003 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas Sinbad (voice) Abby Singer Himself Cameo 2004 Troy Achilles Ocean's Twelve 2005 Mr. & Mrs. Smith 2006 God Grew Tired of Us The Departed Running with Scissors Babel Richard Jones 2007 The Tehuacan Project Short film Year of the Dog 2008 Burn After Reading 2009 Inglourious Basterds Beyond All Boundaries Sgt. Bill Mauldin Voice; Documentary 2010 Megamind Metro Man (voice) Kick-Ass Eat Pray Love 2011 O'Brien Moneyball Happy Feet Two Will the Krill (voice) 2012 Killing Them Softly 2013 World War Z Kick-Ass 2 12 Years a Slave The Counselor Westray 2014 Big Men Documentary Fury Selma 2015 True Story The Audition Himself Short film By the Sea Roland Hitting the Apex Narrator Documentary The Big Short 2016 Moonlight Voyage of Time Narrator (voice) Documentary Allied Max Vatan The Lost City of Z 2017 Okja War Machine General Glen McMahon Brad's Status 2018 Deadpool 2 Vanisher Cameo Beautiful Boy If Beale Street Could Talk Vice 2019 The Last Black Man in San Francisco Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Cliff Booth The King Ad Astra Major Roy McBride 2020 Kajillionaire Minari Irresistible 2022 The Lost City Jack Trainer Father of the Bride Bullet Train Ladybug She Said Women Talking Blonde Babylon Jack Conrad 2023 Landscape with Invisible Hand 2024 Bob Marley: One Love IF Keith (voice) Credit only Apocalypse in the Tropics Documentary One to One: John & Yoko Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Wolfs Pam's Man Nickel Boys The Trainer Himself Documentary 2025 It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley Mickey 17 Olmo Bono: Stories of Surrender Documentary F1 Sonny Hayes H Is for Hawk Cover-Up Documentary The Voice of Hind Rajab Hedda Anemone 2026 Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Heart of the Beast James Belmont Cliff Booth Post-production TBA Fred Scully Filming Post-production Filming
Television Year Title Credited as Role Notes Actor Executiveproducer 1987 Another World Chris 2 episodes Growing Pains Jeff & Johnathan Keith Head of the Class Chuck Episode: "Partners" Freddy's Nightmares Episode: "Black Tickets" Dallas Randy 4 episodes 1988 Trial and Error The Bellboy Episode: "Bon Appetit" A Stoning in Fulham County Teddy Television film 21 Jump Street Peter Episode: "Best Years of Your Life" 1990 Cameraman Television film Too Young to Die? Glory Days 6 episodes 1992 Two-Fisted Tales Billy Segment: "King of the Road" Tales from the Crypt Episode: "King of the Road" 1998Saturday Night Live Himself Episode: "David Spade/Eagle-Eye Cherry" 2001 Friends Episode: "The One with the Rumor" 2002 Jackass Himself 2 episodes 2003 King of the Hill (voice) Episode: "Patch Boomhauer" 2008 Pretty/Handsome 2011 His Way Himself Documentary 2014 Resurrection Episode: "The Returned" The Normal Heart Nightingale 2016–2019 The OA 2017–2018 The Jim Jefferies Show Weatherman 7 episodes; cameo 2018–2019 Sweetbitter 2020–present Lego Masters 2020 The Third Day Episode: "Friday — The Father" Celebrity IOU Himself Episode: "Brad Pitt's Gifting a Backyard Pad" Saturday Night Live Dr. Anthony Fauci Episode: "Miley Cyrus" 2021 The Underground Railroad 10 episodes 2022 High School 2022–2024 Outer Range 2023 Dave Luke Bradley "Brad" Pitt Episode: "Looking for Love" 2024–present 3 Body Problem 2025 Adolescence 4 episodes
Theatre Year Title Role Venue Notes 2012 8 Vaughn R. Walker Wilshire Ebell Theatre Single performance
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2025 F1 25 Sonny Hayes Downloadable content; Likeness only
See also List of awards and nominations received by Brad Pitt References
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