is an American actor and film producer whose acting career began 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 slasher film Cutting Class. He gained recognition in Thelma & Louise and A River Runs Through It. He later took on the role of vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac in the horror drama Interview with the Vampire and for his performance in the epic drama Legends of the Fall, he earned his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor nomination. Pitt featured in the David Fincher-directed, commercially successful thriller Seven, in which he played a detective on the trail of a psychopathic serial killer. The role of a mental patient in the science fiction film12 Monkeys earned 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. Pitt reteamed with Fincher to star in the apocalyptic film Fight Club in a role that required him to learn boxing, taekwondo, and grappling. A critical and commercial disappointment, the film has since developed a cult status. Pitt portrayed Rusty Ryan in the commercially successful heist film series Ocean's Trilogy. In 2002, he earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his guest appearance in the sitcom Friends. Also that year, Pitt started a production company, Plan B Entertainment, whose first release was the epic war film Troy, starring Pitt. He played an assassin opposite Angelina Jolie in the commercially successful action comedyMr. & Mrs. Smith. Pitt produced the 2006 crime dramaThe Departed, and acted 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 earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination. He starred in the successful war film Inglourious Basterds, and produced the superhero film Kick-Ass 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 came with the apocalyptic film World War Z, which has grossed a total of $540 million worldwide. Pitt produced the period drama12 Years a Slave, 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. In 2019 he starred with Leonardo DiCaprio in the Quentin Tarantino film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and in James Gray's science fiction epic Ad Astra. For playing a stunt double in the former, he won an Academy Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
