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[*][b][font:e127='Times New Roman']Born:[/font][/b][font:e127='Times New Roman'] 18 December 1963 [/font]
[*][b][font:e127='Times New Roman']Birthplace:[/font][/b][font:e127='Times New Roman'] Shawnee, Oklahoma [/font]
[*][b][font:e127='Times New Roman']Best Known As:[/font][/b][font:e127='Times New Roman'] The hunky actor and partner of Angelina Jolie [/font]
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[font:e127='Times New Roman']Name at birth: William Bradley Pitt[/font]
[font:e127='Times New Roman']Sporting the golden-boy glow of [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-robertredford][color:e127=blue][font:e127='Times New Roman']Robert Redford[/font][/color][/url][font:e127='Times New Roman'] and the jawline of [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-kirkdouglas][color:e127=blue][font:e127='Times New Roman']Kirk Douglas[/font][/color][/url][font:e127='Times New Roman'], Brad Pitt is one of the leading movie heartthrobs of the 1990s and 2000s. Pitt grew up in Missouri and studied journalism in college before dropping out to become an actor.
He scored as the sexy scoundrel hitchhiker in the 1991 movie [i]Thelma and Louise[/i] (with [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-geenadavis][color:e127=blue][font:e127='Times New Roman']Geena Davis[/font][/color][/url][font:e127='Times New Roman'] and [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-susansarandon][color:e127=blue][font:e127='Times New Roman']Susan Sarandon[/font][/color][/url][font:e127='Times New Roman']), a small role that nonetheless catapulted him to leading man status. Soon known as a movie star who didn't always have to take the starring role,
Pitt co-starred with [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-tomcruise][color:e127=blue][font:e127='Times New Roman']Tom Cruise[/font][/color][/url][font:e127='Times New Roman'] in [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-annerice][color:e127=blue][font:e127='Times New Roman']Anne Rice[/font][/color][/url][font:e127='Times New Roman']'s [i]Interview With A Vampire[/i] (1994), with [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-brucewillis][color:e127=blue][font:e127='Times New Roman']Bruce Willis[/font][/color][/url][font:e127='Times New Roman'] in [i]Twelve Monkeys[/i] (1995) and with [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-harrisonford][color:e127=blue][font:e127='Times New Roman']Harrison Ford[/font][/color][/url][font:e127='Times New Roman'] in [i]The Devil's Own[/i] (1997). His other films have included: [i]Se7en[/i] (1995, with [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-morganfreeman][color:e127=blue][font:e127='Times New Roman']Morgan Freeman[/font][/color][/url][font:e127='Times New Roman']), the brutal urban psychodrama [i]Fight Club[/i] (1999, with [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-edwardnorton][color:e127=blue][font:e127='Times New Roman']Edward Norton[/font][/color][/url][font:e127='Times New Roman']),
and [i]Spy Game[/i] (2001, with [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-robertredford][color:e127=blue][font:e127='Times New Roman']Robert Redford[/font][/color][/url][font:e127='Times New Roman']); the spoofy ensemble film [i]Ocean's Eleven[/i] (2001, with [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-georgeclooney][color:e127=blue][font:e127='Times New Roman']George Clooney[/font][/color][/url][font:e127='Times New Roman']) and its sequels [i]Ocean's Twelve[/i] (2004) and [i]Ocean's Thirteen[/i] (2007); the big-budget star vehicles [i]Troy[/i] (2004, with Pitt as the weak-heeled [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-achilles][color:e127=blue][font:e127='Times New Roman']Achilles[/font][/color][/url][font:e127='Times New Roman']) and [i]Mr. and Mrs. Smith[/i] (2005, opposite [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-angelinajolie][color:e127=blue][font:e127='Times New Roman']Angelina Jolie[/font][/color][/url][font:e127='Times New Roman']);
and [i]The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford[/i] (2007, with Pitt as [/font][url=http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-dsid-1648-dekey-jessejames][color:e127=blue][font:e127='Times New Roman']Jesse James[/font][/color][/url][font:e127='Times New Roman']).
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