Brad Pitt (born December 18, 1963) 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). He gained recognition in Thelma & Louise (1991) and A River Runs Through It (1992). 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.

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. 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. 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). 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. A critical and commercial disappointment at the time of release, the film has since developed a cult status. Pitt portrayed Rusty Ryan in the commercially successful heist film series Ocean's Trilogy (2001–07). In 2002, he earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his guest appearance in the sitcom Friends alongside his then-wife Jennifer Aniston. Also that year, Pitt started a production company, Plan B Entertainment, 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).

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. He starred in the successful war film Inglourious Basterds (2009), 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. 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. Pitt produced the period drama 12 Years a Slave (2013), 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. 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.

Film

Year	Title	Credited as		Role	Notes	Ref.
		Actor	Producer
1987	Hunk	Yes	No	Man at beach with drink	Uncredited
	No Man's Land	Yes	No	Waiter	Uncredited
	Less than Zero	Yes	No	Partygoer/Preppie guy at fight	Uncredited
1988	The Dark Side of the Sun	Yes	No	Rick
1989	Happy Together	Yes	No	Brian
	Cutting Class	Yes	No	Dwight Ingalls
1991	Across the Tracks	Yes	No	Joe Maloney
	Thelma & Louise	Yes	No	J.D.
	Johnny Suede	Yes	No	Johnny Suede
1992	Cool World	Yes	No	Frank Harris
	Contact	Yes	No	Cox	Short film
	A River Runs Through It	Yes	No	Paul Maclean
1993	Kalifornia	Yes	No	Early Grayce
	True Romance	Yes	No	Floyd
1994	The Favor	Yes	No	Elliott Fowler
	Interview with the Vampire	Yes	No	Louis de Pointe du Lac
	Legends of the Fall	Yes	No	Tristan Ludlow
1995	Seven	Yes	No	David Mills
	12 Monkeys	Yes	No	Jeffrey Goines
1996	Sleepers	Yes	No	Michael Sullivan
1997	The Devil's Own	Yes	No	Rory Devaney (Francis Austin McQuire)
	Seven Years in Tibet	Yes	No	Heinrich Harrer
1998	Meet Joe Black	Yes	No	Young Man in Coffee Shop/Death as "Joe Black"
1999	Fight Club	Yes	No	Tyler Durden
2000	Snatch	Yes	No	Mickey O'Neil
2001	The Mexican	Yes	No	Jerry Welbach
	Spy Game	Yes	No	Tom Bishop
	Ocean's Eleven	Yes	No	Rusty Ryan
2003	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	Yes	No	Sinbad (voice)
2004	Troy	Yes	No	Achilles
	Ocean's Twelve	Yes	No	Rusty Ryan
2005	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Yes	No	John Smith
2006	God Grew Tired of Us	No	Executive	—
	The Departed	No	Yes	—
	Running with Scissors	No	Yes	—
	Babel	Yes	No	Richard Jones
2007	The Tehuacan Project	No	Executive	—	Short film
	Year of the Dog	No	Executive	—
	A Mighty Heart	No	Yes	—
	Ocean's Thirteen	Yes	No	Rusty Ryan
	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Yes	Yes	Jesse James
2008	Burn After Reading	Yes	No	Chad Feldheimer
	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Yes	No	Benjamin Button
2009	Inglourious Basterds	Yes	No	Lt. Aldo Raine
	The Time Traveler's Wife	No	Executive	—
	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	No	Executive	—
2010	Megamind	Yes	No	Metro Man (voice)
	Kick-Ass	No	Yes	—
	Eat Pray Love	No	Yes	—
2011	The Tree of Life	Yes	Yes	O'Brien
	Moneyball	Yes	Yes	Billy Beane
	Happy Feet Two	Yes	No	Will the Krill (voice)
2012	Killing Them Softly	Yes	Yes	Jackie Cogan
2013	World War Z	Yes	Yes	Gerry Lane
	Kick-Ass 2	No	Yes	—
	Big Men	No	Executive	—	Documentary
	12 Years a Slave	Yes	Yes	Samuel Bass
	The Counselor	Yes	No	Westray
2014	Fury	Yes	Executive	Sergeant Don 'Wardaddy' Collier
	Selma	No	Executive	—
2015	True Story	No	Executive	—
	The Audition	Yes	No	Himself	Short film
	By the Sea	Yes	Yes	Roland
	Hitting the Apex	No	Yes	Narrator	Documentary
	The Big Short	Yes	Yes	Ben Rickert
2016	Moonlight	No	Executive	—
	Voyage of Time	Yes	Yes	Narrator (voice)	Documentary
	Allied	Yes	No	Max Vatan
	The Lost City of Z	No	Executive	—
2017	Okja	No	Executive	—
	War Machine	Yes	Yes	General Glen McMahon
	Brad's Status	No	Executive	—
2018	Deadpool 2	Yes	No	Vanisher	Cameo
	Beautiful Boy	No	Yes	—
	If Beale Street Could Talk	No	Executive	—
	Vice	No	Yes	—
2019	The Last Black Man in San Francisco	No	Executive	—
	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Yes	No	Cliff Booth
	The King	No	Yes	—
	Ad Astra	Yes	Yes	Major Roy McBride
2020	Kajillionaire	No	Executive	—
	Minari	No	Executive	—
	Irresistible	No	Executive	—
2022	The Lost City	Yes	No	Jack Trainer
	Father of the Bride	No	Executive	–
	Bullet Train	Yes	No	Ladybug
	She Said	No	Yes	—
	Women Talking	No	Executive	—
	Blonde	No	Yes	—
	Babylon	Yes	No	Jack Conrad
2023	Landscape with Invisible Hand	No	Executive	—
2024	Bob Marley: One Love	No	Executive	—
	IF	Yes	No	Keith (voice)
	Beetlejuice Beetlejuice	No	Yes	—	Post-production
	Wolfs	Yes	Yes	Nick	Post-production
2025	F1	Yes	Yes	Sonny Hayes	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Credited as		Role	Notes	Ref.
		Actor	Executive Producer
1987	Another World	Yes	No	Chris	2 episodes
	Growing Pains	Yes	No	Jeff & Johnathan Keith	2 episodes
	Head of the Class	Yes	No	Chuck	Episode: "Partners"
	Freddy's Nightmares	Yes	No	Rick Austin	Episode: "Black Tickets"
	Dallas	Yes	No	Randy	4 episodes
1988	Trial and Error	Yes	No	The Bellboy	Episode: "Bon Appetit"
	A Stoning in Fulham County	Yes	No	Teddy	Television film
	21 Jump Street	Yes	No	Peter	Episode: "Best Years of Your Life"
1990	The Image	Yes	No	Cameraman	Television film
	Too Young to Die?	Yes	No	Billy Canton	Television film
	Glory Days	Yes	No	Walker Lovejoy	6 episodes
1992	Two-Fisted Tales	Yes	No	Billy	Segment: "King of the Road"
	Tales from the Crypt	Yes	No	Billy	Episode: "King of the Road"
1998	Saturday Night Live	Yes	No	Himself	Episode: "David Spade/Eagle-Eye Cherry"
2001	Friends	Yes	No	Will Colbert	Episode: "The One with the Rumor"
2002	Jackass	Yes	No	Himself	2 episodes
2003	King of the Hill	Yes	No	Patch Boomhauer (voice)	Episode: "Patch Boomhauer"
2008	Pretty/Handsome	No	Yes	—
2014	Resurrection	No	Yes	—	Episode: "The Returned"
	The Normal Heart	No	Yes	—
	Nightingale	No	Yes	—
2016–2019	The OA	No	Yes	—
2017–2018	The Jim Jefferies Show	Yes	No	Weatherman	7 episodes, cameo
2018–2019	Sweetbitter	No	Yes	—
2020–present	Lego Masters	No	Yes	—
2020	The Third Day	No	Yes	—	Episode: "Friday — The Father"
	Celebrity IOU	No	No	Himself	Episode: "Brad Pitt's Gifting a Backyard Pad"
	Saturday Night Live	Yes	No	Dr. Anthony Fauci	Episode: "Miley Cyrus"
2021	The Underground Railroad	No	Yes	—	10 episodes
2022–present	Outer Range	No	Yes	—
2023	Dave	Yes	No	Luke Bradley "Brad" Pitt	Episode: "Looking for Love"
2024–present	3 Body Problem	No	Yes	—

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes	Ref.
2012	8	Vaughn R. Walker	Wilshire Ebell Theatre	Single performance

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Brad Pitt