Became an actor while studying journalism: Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt was born on December 18, 1963 in Oklahoma. His real name was William Bradley Pitt. The Pitt family moved to Springfield soon after his birth. Spending his childhood in Springfield with his brother Doug Pitt and sister Julie Neal Pitt, Brad attended Kickapoo High. He was very interested in sports and student affairs of the school. During his school years, his friends nicknamed him Pittler. In an organization held in 1982, he was chosen as the best dressed man. Pitt, who is also interested in music, would state in an interview with Q Magazine that the first album he bought was Elton John's “Captain Fantastic”.

He enrolled at the University of Missouri at Columbia to study journalism. During his student years, he was a member of The Sigma Chi association, where students from boys' colleges came together for social activities. With only two credits left to graduate in 1986, he dropped out to try his luck in Hollywood. According to a professor of advertising at the University of Missouri who was one of Brad Pitt's former professors, Pitt was working on an independent calendar project called The Men of Mizzou. The Men of Mizzou prevented Pitt, who was the artistic director of the project and directed all his attention to this work, from graduating from school.

After going to Hollywood, Pitt was coached by Roy London for six years. Pitt, who had his first screen experience with his small role in the sitcom Head Of The Class, was with Robin Givens, the star of the show, for a short time at that time. Pitt also guest-starred in two episodes of the TV series Growing Pains.

After appearing before the audience for a long time as Chris in the soap opera Another World, he made his voice heard in the TV series Our House. Immediately after receiving an offer to star in the other episode of the series, he suddenly found himself in Dallas, one of the most popular TV series in America, where Shalane McCall plays her boyfriend Charles. At that time, he also acted in prime time series such as Thirtysomething, 21 Jump Street and Freddy's Nightmares.

After starring in the films Less Than Zero with famous actors such as Andrew McCarthy, Robert Downey Jr., and James Spader in 1987 and No Man's Land with Charlie Sheen in 1987, he appeared in the role of Dwight Ingalls in Cutting Glass, his first serious screen experience in 1989. met. Pitt was also with movie star Jill Schoelen that same year.

Brad Pitt's first leading role on the big screen was in the movie Dark Side of the Sun, which was shot in Yugoslavia in the summer of 1988. Although the shooting of the film was finished, its release took place years later due to the start of the war. He starred in the TV movie Too Young to Die in 1990. Pitt, who plays the drug addict Billy Canton in the movie, fell in love with Juliette Lewis, who he shared the lead roles with, and their three-year relationship began.

The film that made Brad Pitt widely known was 1991's Thelma & Louise. Directed by Ridley Scott, the film attracted great attention in America. Starring Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel and Michael Madsen, the production was very important to Pitt's filmography.

After the 1992 movie Cool World directed by Ralph Bakshi, he starred in Robert Redford's A River Runs Through It, which he co-starred with Craig Sheffer and won the Oscar for best cinematography. He got along very well with his co-star Buck Simmonds, with whom they worked together in the movie, and the two started living together by renting a house.

In 1993, he appeared in front of the camera for the road movie California, in which he shared the leading roles with his longtime partner Juliette Lewis, as well as famous names such as David Duchovny and Michelle Forbes, who would later appear in the TV series X-Files.

In 1994, he made one of his important performances on the big screen with the role of Louis de Pointe du Lac in the movie Interview With The Vampire, which was adapted from Anne Rice's novel of the same name. Pitt, who portrayed an 8th century vampire in the film, co-starred with Tom Cruise, Christian Slater, Antonio Banderas and Kirsten Dunst, who was only eleven at the time, and the film was nominated for two Oscars.

In the same year, the Legends of the Fall movie came to the camera with the veteran actor Anthony Hopkins and important actors such as Aidan Quinn and Julia Ormond. Film critics made very positive comments about Pitt, who worked with very important names on serious and important projects.

1995 was another very productive year for Brad Pitt's cinematography. Because the famous actor starred in the movie Se7en with a valuable cast consisting of Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin Spacey, with the talented director David Fincher behind the camera.

He also shared the lead roles with Bruce Willis in the movie Twelve Monkeys, directed by Terry Gilliam and was nominated for an Oscar for the best supporting actor in 1995.

In 1996, he appeared in the movie Sleepers with master actors such as Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman. This movie made Minnie Driver the winner of the ALFS Award for best supporting actress. He got engaged to Gwyneth Paltrow in November of the same year.

He donated $100,000 to establish the Discovery Center education center in the city of Spriengfield, where he spent his childhood.

He parted ways with Gwyneth Paltrow in June 1997. It took a long time for Brad Pitt to recover after the relationship, which had occupied the magazine world for a long time and the speculations on it, ended.

In the same year, a charismatic I.R.A. in the movie "The Devil's Own". He took lessons in speaking with an Irish accent for his role as the leader. Again in 1997, The Dark Side of the Sun, which had the distinction of being Pitt's first leading role, and whose release date was delayed for years due to the war in Yugoslavia, was released in 1988.

In 1998, he starred in the movie Meet Joe Black with Anthony Hopkins, who had previously appeared in front of the camera in Legends Of The Fall, and met Jennifer Aniston, one of the lead actors of the Friends series.

1999 was another very successful year for Brad Pitt. The famous actor played the role of Tyler Durden, one of the unforgettable characters on the big screen, in David Fincher's Fight Club, which was adapted from Chuck Palahniuk's novel of the same name and became one of the cult films with its plot, script and fiction. Proving his acting performance in different films such as drama, action, science fiction, and fantasy, the actor continued to add more assertive films to his cinematography.

In 2000, he starred in the movie Snatch, which achieved considerable success and made Guy Ritchie known all over the world. Awarded in the best supporting actor category by the Satellite Awards for his role in Snatch, Pitt has been knocking on the door of the Academy Awards for years, but many festivals around the world have given the actors their due.

On July 29, 2000, he married Jennifer Aniston in a ceremony held in Malibu. Pitt, who was seen in the lead roles in Spy Game and The Mexican movies in 2001, met with the audience as Will Colbert in an episode of the TV series Friends, which started in 1994.

In the same year, he appeared in front of the camera with George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Andy Garcia in the first film of the series, Ocean's Eleven, directed by Steven Soderbergh.

In 2002, he starred in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, adapted by screenwriter Charlie Kaufman from the book of the same name by Chuck Barris.

He played Achilles in the 2004 film Troy, directed by Wolfgang Petersen. He did sports for months and gained weight by conditioning and gaining the appearance of a mythological hero.

Stating that he also wanted to be interested in architecture in the future, Pitt was invited to the artist group of world-renowned architect Frank Gehry for the modernization of the city of Los Angeles and said: “I will learn there in the first place, but I will also affect the future of the city. Los Angeles is a soulless concrete desert. I want to make it more livable. Maybe this will be my new career."

After appearing before the camera in Ocean-s Twelve the same year, in 2005, Mr. & Mrs. Smith starred in the movie.

On January 8, 2005, Brad Pitt's spokesperson announced to the world that the Pitt-Aniston couple had decided to separate. The couple, who ended their marriage of 4.5 years, stated in their statement that no gossip in the press was effective in the decision to end their 7-year relationship, and they also separated as two friends who love and value each other.

The news that the duo, one of the most popular couples in Hollywood, broke up because of Pitt's desire for a child or because of his rapprochement with Angelina Jolie, occupied the tabloid world for a long time in 2005.

Brad Pitt, who has been with Angelina Jolie since 2005, has three adopted children Maddox, Zahara Marley and Pax Thien, as well as three biological children Shiloh-Nouve, Vivienne Marcheline, Knox Léon. Brad Pitt also adopted his adopted children and their surnames were changed to Jolie Pitt. On May 27, 2007, the couple had a daughter named Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt. Shiloh means peaceful in the Bible. They got married on 14 August 2014 in France. On September 15, 2016, Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt and ended her relationship with Brad Pitt in 2016.

Angelina Jolie, the Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, was in Cambodia during the filming of Tomb Raider in 2000 and adopted a boy named Maddox in 2002. After their union with Pitt, the couple adopted a daughter named Zahara from Ethiopia, and on May 27, 2006, the couple's daughter, Shiloh Nouvel, was born in Namibia, the Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie family had 3 children.

In 2006, he starred in Babel, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, which won the best picture award at the 2007 Golden Globe awards and was nominated for the Oscar for best film.

He played Jesse James in the movie The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, which was adapted from Ron Hansen's novel and finished in 2007. He also met with the audience in the role of Rusty Ryan in the third movie of the series, Ocean-s Thirteen, which was finished in 2007.

The famous actor starred in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was released in 2008 and is the third David Fincher film he starred in. Other movies released in 2008 starring Brad Pitt are Dirty Tricks, State of Play, Dallas Buyer's Club, and Chad Schmidt.

Growing up in a religious family, Brad Pitt has declared that he is an atheist.

BECOME A SCULPTURE (2022)

In addition to his acting career, Pitt has recently come to the fore when he showcased his works of art for the first time as a sculptor.

Unveiling his first works at the Sara Hildén Art Museum in Finland, Pitt added sculpture to his actor identity.