Brad Pitt filmography

Brad Pitt filmography

Pitt at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007.
Filmography
Feature films 61
Television 18
Theatre 1

Brad Pitt is an American actor and producer. His acting career began at age 23 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 (1989).[1] He gained recognition in Thelma & Louise (1991) A River Runs Through It (1992) and Cool World (1992).[2][3] He later took on the role of vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac in the horror drama Interview with the Vampire (1994) and for his performance in the epic drama Legends of the Fall (1994), he earned his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor nomination.[4]

Pitt starred in the David Fincher-directed, commercially successful thriller Seven (1995), in which he played a detective on the trail of a serial killer who murders people he believes are guilty of the Seven Deadly Sins.[5] His performance as a psychotic mental patient in the science fiction film 12 Monkeys won him the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and an Academy Award nomination in the same category.[6][7] He followed it with the role of Heinrich Harrer in the biopic Seven Years in Tibet (1997) and as Death in Meet Joe Black (1998).[8] Pitt reteamed with Fincher to star in the apocalyptic film Fight Club (1999) as anti-consumerist cult leader Tyler Durden, a role that required him to learn boxing, taekwondo, and grappling.[9] A critical and commercial disappointment at the time of release, the film has since developed a cult status.[10][11] Pitt portrayed Rusty Ryan in the commercially successful heist film series Ocean's Trilogy (2001–07).[12] In 2002, he earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his guest appearance in the sitcom Friends alongside his then-wife Jennifer Aniston.[13] Also that year, Pitt started a production company, Plan B Entertainment,[14] whose first release was the epic war film Troy (2004), starring Pitt. He played an assassin opposite Angelina Jolie in the commercially successful action comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005).[15]

In 2006, Pitt produced the crime drama The Departed and starred 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 (2008) earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination.[16] He starred in the successful war film Inglourious Basterds (2009),[17] and produced the superhero film Kick-Ass (2010) 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.[18] He also garnered a Best Actor nomination for the latter. His biggest commercial success as a leading actor came with the apocalyptic film World War Z (2013), which grossed $540 million worldwide.[19] Pitt produced the period drama 12 Years a Slave (2013), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Picture.[20] In 2014, he starred in the war film Fury which received positive reviews from critics and proved to be successful at the box office.[21] For playing a stunt double to Leonardo DiCaprio's character in Quentin Tarantino's film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), he won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.[22]

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  3. ^ Brennan, Jude (April 7, 2014). "More Than Blockbuster Opening Results Define Captain America's Legacy". Forbes. Archived from the original on July 24, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  4. ^ Achath, Sati (June 2011). Hollywood Celebrities: Basic Things You've Always Wanted to Know. AuthorHouse. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-4634-1157-2.
  5. ^ Winter, Jessica; Hughes, Lloyd; Armstrong, Richard; Charity, Tom (September 27, 2007). The Rough Guide to Film. Rough Guides. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-84836-125-6.
  6. ^ Hamblin, Cory (November 2009). Serket's Movies: Commentary and Trivia on 444 Movies. Dorrance Publishing. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-4349-9605-3.
  7. ^ Barcella, Laura (July 24, 2012). The End: 50 Apocalyptic Visions From Pop Culture That You Should Know About...Before It's Too Late. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-544-05309-0.
  8. ^ Brennan, Judy (October 21, 1996). "No Snoozer at Box Office, 'Sleepers' Tops the Weekend". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  9. ^ Randolph, Dave (December 17, 2012). Action Movie Hero Workouts: Get Super Crime-Fighter Ripped. Ulysses Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-61243-074-4.
  10. ^ Nunziata, Nick (March 23, 2004). "The personality of cult". CNN. Archived from the original on April 16, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2007.
  11. ^ Ansen, David (July 11, 2005). "Is Anybody Making Movies We'll Actually Watch In 50 Years?". Newsweek.
  12. ^ DeWaard, Andrew; Tait, R. Colin (August 20, 2013). The Cinema of Steven Soderbergh: Indie Sex, Corporate Lies, and Digital Videotape. New York City: Columbia University Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-231-85039-1.
  13. ^ "54th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". Emmy Award. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  14. ^ Miller, Daniel (December 10, 2013). "Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment exiting Paramount Pictures". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 26, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  15. ^ Tewari, Nidhi (June 24, 2015). "Angelina Jolie-Brad Pitt's 2005 Blockbuster 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' To Be Turned Into Reality Series". International Business Times. Archived from the original on July 28, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  16. ^ Corliss, Richard (February 16, 2009). "Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". Time. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  17. ^ Child, Ben (February 17, 2010). "How Inglourious Basterds freed Quentin Tarantino". The Guardian. Archived from the original on October 10, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  18. ^ Levin, Robert (September 26, 2011). "'Moneyball' vs. 'Tree of Life': Which Role Will Get Brad Pitt an Oscar?". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on August 21, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  19. ^ "Brad Pitt Movie Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 28, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  20. ^ Pulver, Andrew (March 3, 2014). "12 Years a Slave wins best picture Oscar". The Guardian. Archived from the original on August 9, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  21. ^ Mendelson, Scott (October 9, 2014). "Weekend Box Office: Brad Pitt's 'Fury' Tops With $23.5M, 'Birdman' Nabs $415K". Forbes. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  22. ^ Obenson, Tambay (February 10, 2020). "Brad Pitt Wins Best Supporting Actor Oscar". IndieWire. Archived from the original on April 25, 2020. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
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    "The full list of winners at the 2020 Bafta film awards". The Guardian. February 2, 2020. Archived from the original on November 3, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2020.