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Brad Pitt
Age: 45
Height: 5' 11"
Birth Place: Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
Born: Dec. 18th, 1963
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Brad Pitt's Main TV Roles
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at
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BIOGRAPHY: Brad Pitt was born in 1963 in Oklahoma and raised in Springfield, Missouri. His mother's name is Jane Etta Hillhouse. His father, William (Bill) Pitt, worked in management at a trucking firm in Springfield. He has a younger brother, Douglas (Doug) Pitt and a younger sister Julie Neal Pitt. At Kickapoo High School, Pitt was involved in sports, debating, student government and school musicals. Pitt attended the University of Missouri, where he majored in journalism with a focus on advertising. He occasionally acted in fraternity shows. He left college two credits short of graduating to move to California. Before he became successful at acting, Pitt supported himself by driving strippers in limos, moving refrigerators and dressing as a giant chicken while working for "el Pollo Loco."
TRIVIA:
- For the last couple of years he has been the spokesman for Edwin Jeans ads in Japan. In 2001 he was also the face of the ads for a new Japanese canned coffee which is named Roots. Was replaced in these tv ads (2002) by 'Kevin Costner' (qv).
- Mentioned in the song High School Never Ends by 'Bowling for Soup' (qv), as "the quarterback".
- He is a Patron of the Mineseeker Foundation and the Sole of Africa, a campaign dedicated to detecting and removing land mines in Africa. The Foundation's patrons include Nelson Mandela, Sir Richard Branson, Queen Noor, Graca Machel and John Paul de Joria.
- Wanted to play Darcy in _Bride & Prejudice (2004)_ (qv), but wasn't able to work out the filming dates.
- 'Dianne Wiest' (qv) is his favorite actress.
- Turned down a role as an astronaut in _Apollo 13 (1995)_ (qv) to accept his role in _Se7en (1995)_ (qv).
- Originally cast as Colin Sullivan in _The Departed (2006)_ (qv), but later dropped out. He continued to produce the film under his (and his then wife 'Jennifer Aniston' (qv)'s) production company, Plan B.
- (1991) Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1991" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 43.
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