brad pitt bio

Born William Bradley Pitt, in Shawnee, Oklahoma on December 18, 1963 to William and Jane Pitt, shortly thereafter, the family moved to Springfield, MO where Brad was raised. Attending local schools and graduating from Kickapoo High in 1982, and later that year he attended the University of Missouri, where he joined the Sigma Chi fraternity.

Even though he went to the university with the intention to procure an education in in Journalism and advertising, he choose a new path that ultimately changed the Brad Pitt bio forever. He decided to pack up his belongings and make a trip in his Datsun to California to explore a career in acting. That decision undoubtedly made the Brad Pitt Bio a much more interesting story to read then if he had remained on course for a career in journalism.

Arriving in Los Angeles in 1985, Brad worked various jobs and took acting lessons from well-known thespian and teacher Roy London. Within 24 months, he got a job in television as a regular on Dallas. In 1988 he received his first film role in The Dark Side of The Sun, for which he was paid ,500 per week for 7 weeks work. The movie was released 10 years later.

His big break came in 1991 with a role in Thelma and Louise. Shortly thereafter, his career catapulted in the early 1990’s and culminates with his first Oscar nomination for his ‘96 role as Jeffrey Goines in ‘12 monkeys’. He subsequently has won more than 20 awards and received 41 nominations for his exceptional performances.

An authorized Brad Pitt bio was featured on A&E network’s ‘Biography’ in 2004. This historical account chronicles Brad’s early life growing up to his rise to super stardom. The Brad Pitt bio touts him as an ‘international megastar’, following his acclaimed career from his meager beginnings on series TV to his climb to fame in the ‘Ocean’s’ trilogy mega hits.

A Brad Pitt Bio would not be complete without including his current nomination for the 81st Academy Awards Best Lead Actor for the lead role in ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ (2008). Brad, and girlfriend Angelina Jolie, both were nominated by the Academy Awards for their respective lead roles in late 2008’s hit movies, Brad in ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ and Angelina for ‘The Changeling’.

Future Brad Pitt bio’s will without a doubt hail his excellence as a producer. In his recent career, Brad Pitt has only had a minor role in producing films. Yet, he is either rumored to be working on or producing more than 9 films to be released in 2009, 2010 and 2011.