Brad Pitt, one of today's most-watched film actors, is also a
successful film producer, with his company Plan B Entertainment.
He was an Academy Award® nominee for his performance in Terry
Gilliam's cult classic blockbuster ‘Twelve Monkeys,’
for which he won a Golden Globe Award. He was also a Golden Globe
Award nominee for his performances in Edward Zwick's "Legends of
the Fall" and Alejandro González Iñárritu's
‘Babel.’
Pitt most recently starred in Joel and Ethan Coen's comedy
thriller ‘Burn After Reading,’ which had its world
premiere as the opening night attraction at the 2008 Venice
International Film Festival, showing yet another side to his
talent in the outstanding film. The previous year, he was named
Best Actor at Venice for his portrayal of Jesse James in
‘The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert
Ford’ directed by Andrew Dominik. Opposite George Clooney,
his ‘Burn After Reading’ co-star, he also appeared in
Steven Soderbergh's classic modern films noir hits ‘Ocean's
Eleven,’ ‘Ocean's Twelve’ and ‘Ocean's
Thirteen.’
Born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, he grew up in Springfield, Missouri,
and attended the University of Missouri at Columbia where he
majored in Journalism. Just before graduation, he moved to Los
Angeles to study graphic design, but instead began to pursue an
acting career, studying with Roy London. Soon after, he began
securing roles in television, including the series ‘Glory
Days’ and the acclaimed telefilms ‘The Image’
directed by Peter Werner and ‘Too Young to Die?’
directed by Robert Markowitz.
It was Mr. Pitt's role in Ridley Scott's Academy
Award®-winning feminist fueled road movie ‘Thelma and
Louise’ that first brought him national attention. He soon
went on to star in Robert Redford's Academy Award®-winning
‘A River Runs Through It,’ Dominic Sena's outstanding
cult hit ‘Kalifornia’ and Neil Jordan's classic Anne
Rice adaptation, ‘Interview With the Vampire.’ He has
also starred in Tom DiCillo's ‘Johnny Suede,’ which
won the Golden Leopard Award for Best Picture at the 1991 Locarno
International Film Festival; Ralph Bakshi's ‘Cool
World,’ Tony Scott's ‘True Romance,’ Barry
Levinson's ‘Sleepers,’ Alan J. Pakula's ‘The
Devil's Own,’ Jean- Jacques Annaud's ‘Seven Years in
Tibet,’ Martin Brest's ‘Meet Joe Black,’ and
two previous David Fincher films the gritty and shocking thriller
‘Se7en’ and the ultraviolence cult hit ‘Fight
Club.’
More recent films of Mr. Pitt include Doug Liman's ‘Mr. and
Mrs. Smith,’ which was one of 2005's biggest hits, produced
by Hollywood legend Arnon Milchan, Wolfgang Petersen's well
received ‘Troy’ Patrick Gilmore and Tim Johnson's
animated feature ‘Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas,’
Tony Scott's ‘Spy Game,’ Gore Verbinski's ‘The
Mexican,’ Guy Ritchie's ‘Snatch,’ as well as
cameo roles in Soderbergh's ‘Full Frontal’ and
Clooney's ‘Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.’
Pitt's expertly run Plan B Entertainment develops and produces
film and television projects. Plan B has thus far produced such
landmark films as Martin Scorsese's ‘The Departed,’
which won four Academy Awards®, including Best Picture and
Best Director, Michael Winterbottom's ‘A Mighty
Heart,’ for which Angelina Jolie received Golden Globe,
Independent Spirit, Critics' Choice, and Screen Actors Guild
Award nominations, auteur legend Tim Burton's timeless
‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ starring Johnny
Depp, and Ryan Murphy's ‘Running with Scissors,’ for
which Annette Bening received a Golden Globe Award. The Curious
Case of Benjamin Button, directed by David Fincher, brings Mr.
Pitt full force in to 2009 with yet another mark of excellence,
proving to all, he’s not just a pretty boy, he is a talent
to be reckoned with.
The Hollywood Sentinel, ® © 2009.