- Bought wife Jennifer Aniston a yacht, which was originally purchased by Richard Burton in 1967, when he wanted to congratulate Elizabeth Taylor on her Oscar for 'WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?. (July 23, 2004)
- Has been branded a wimp by Val Kilmer who claims Pitt's muscle-bound physique on TROY posters have been air-brushed. (June 23, 2004)
- Wildfires are threatening the Los Angeles oceanfront home of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston while they away in Europe. (June 10, 2004)
- Caused outrage at the Cannes Film Festival by walking out of the official screening of his film TROY before it had started. (May 29, 2004)
- Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Matt Damon have found the perfect way to promote their OCEAN'S 12 - they home video their weekends off.
- Led a chorus of celebrities congratulating his former fiancee Gwyneth Paltrow on the birth of her daughter. (May 25, 2004)
- Has reportedly canceled a series of interviews for his movie TROY, because he's sick of answering questions about his marriage to Jennifer Aniston. (May 17, 2004)
- During downtime on the set of TROY, Eric Bana and Brad Pitt make their trailers, which were right next to each other, a bar, where all cast and crew could do was sit around and drink.
- Has insisted his marriage to Jennifer Aniston is fine despite hinting recently that it may not last forever. (May 12, 2004)
- Is set to star in a big screen adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. (May 6, 2004)
- Is among People's most beautiful people. (2004)
- Quit smoking for months of intense physical training to prepare for his role as Greek hero Achilles in the film TROY. (April 21, 2004)
- Is to narrate a British Broadcasting Corp. radio series about one of his musical idols, British songwriter Nick Drake. (April 7, 2004)
- Is set to play legendary outlaw Jesse James in a film based on the book, 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'. (March 23, 2004)
- A doorman refused to let Brad Pitt and George Clooney, who were caught in a rain storm while out jogging, into a top Italian hotel after mistaking the actors for vagrants. (March 17, 2004)A doorman refused to let Brad Pitt and George Clooney, who were caught in a rain storm while out jogging, into a top Italian hotel after mistaking the actors for vagrants. (March 17, 2004)
- Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie constantly needed medical treatment especially after filming a series of sexy clinches in MR. AND MRS. SMITH -- The doctors blamed a flu-like bug that was sweeping the set and it looked as if the stars kept re-infecting each other. (March 13, 2004)
- Pitt and Angelina Jolie have taken to firing guns in preparation for their roles as assassins in the upcoming movie MR AND MRS SMITH. (February 12, 2004)
- Will give viewers of his new film MR AND MRS SMITH the sight of his naked posterior. (February 7, 2004)
- Is teaming up with Angelina Jolie to star in the action movie MR. AND MRS. SMITH. (January 15, 2004)
- Police arrested six security guards hired to protect the set of the Brad Pitt's movie TROY and charged them with stealing an all-terrain motorcycle and tools belonging to the production crew. (September 30, 2003)
- Abandoned his TROY film set on the island of Malta to have his hair dyed, 2,600 miles away in Britain - He was reportedly concerned the strong Mediterranean sun had damaged his hair, so he contacted his favorite stylist Daniel Galvin and begged him to open up his shop even though it was closed. (September 17, 2003)
- Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston have finally moved into the Hollywood dream home they bought two years ago, prompting speculation they are ready to start a family. (August 19, 2003)
- Pitt is planning to remake 1955 James Dean movie EAST OF EDEN and play the lead role -- The actor has approached the estate of classic author John Steinbeck in a bid to secure movie rights to the novel, which inspired the Oscar-winning flick about two Californian brothers who compete for the love of their father. (August 14, 2003)
- Pitt looks to be teaming up with supermodel Cindy Crawford's husband Rande Gerber to put into action his plan for a 'Rat Pack'-style hotel venture - Pitt has already been reported as working with actor George Clooney to plan a chain of hotels across the world and he's now already scouting for land in Las Vegas that will be suitable for the star-studded venture. (July 9, 2003)
- Pitt is devastated after his friend's death on the set of new film TROY - Pitt became a regular visitor and enjoyed playing poker with George Camilleri, who suffered an horrific leg wound after jumping off a galleon as it approached the beach in the Trojan War epic, before the extra died of heart attack. (July 8, 2003)
- Pitt was furious when a British tabloid accused him of bulking up with the assistance of steroids, because it took such a lot of dedication to get in shape -- His spokesperson Cindy Guagenti says Brad has worked extremely hard for months to obtain his look for the film TROY and he does not use steroids under any circumstances. (June 23, 2003)
- Pitt has proved it's not just in movies where he's an action hero - He was having a cigarette on the pavement outside Dan Tana's Italian restaurant in Los Angeles on Sunday, when he saw a sports car jump the curb and hurtle towards a female pedestrian; Brad then pushed the woman out of the way before the wayward driver plowed into her. (February 26, 2003)
- Filming of Pitt's new blockbuster movie TROY was delayed, amid fears of a terrorist attack. (February 19, 2003)
- Has the best eyes and lips among male celebrities, according to an annual survey conducted by the Beverly Hills Institute For Aesthetic And Reconstructive Surgery in Los Angeles. (February 6, 2003)
- Admits the sex scenes with Geena Davis in his big film debut THELMA & LOUISE remind him of one of his most embarrassing and uplifting moments. (February 4, 2003)
- The news all men wanted to hear: Voted one of the sexiest guys alive, Brad Pitt has dandruff -- according to a Britain tabloid, since letting his hair grow long and straggly Pitt's suffered from a flaking scalp. (January 31, 2003)
- Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston have been rowing over when to start a family -- Pitt is so desperate to become a daddy that he was sorely disappointed to hear that his wife had signed on to do a tenth series of FRIENDS. (January 16, 2003)
- A sequel to hit film SEVEN is to be made with original star Morgan Freeman but minus hunk Brad Pitt -- the grisly serial killer movie wowed audiences in the 1995 who watched as Pitt's character Detective David Mills was left bereft after his wife and unborn baby became the last victims of Kevin Spacey's eerie psycho; instead the action will center on Freeman's character William Somerset as he comes up against another serial killer. (January 3, 2003)
- Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston turned Christmas into a season of sexual frolics, by buying each other naughty gifts -- the couple didn't leave their Beverly Hills mansion over the festive season where it is rumored they haven't even left the bedroom. (December 28, 2002)
- Pitt is sought after for magazine covers and posters worldwide, but the Malaysian government believes the Hollywood star's appearance in a recent series of car advertisements in this region was an insult to Asians -- Deputy Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin said Monday that ads featuring models and personalities who don't look Asian would plant a sense of inferiority among Asians. (December 17, 2002)
- Pitt has been keeping himself up all night looking at videos of his house because he fears the threat of intruders. (October 25, 2002)
- Pitt missed his wife Jennifer Aniston's big night at the Hollywood Film Awards on Monday night because he was back home celebrating his parents' wedding anniversary. (October 10, 2002)
- Pitt walked off the Australian set of THE FOUNTAIN because he couldn't bear to be away from his wife Jennifer Aniston a minute longer; he was desperately unhappy on the set after a series of supposed creative disputes with director Darren Aronofsky. (September 25, 2002)
- Hundreds of crew members on filmmaker Darren Aronofsky's sci-fi flick THE FOUNTAIN are taking Pitt to task for bailing on the production just two months before its scheduled start date in Australia, apparently scuttling the project. (September 2002)
- He got into a real life car chase after a crash in LA on Wednesday, August 7th as he chased after a woman driver who sped off from the scene. (2002)
- He has upset residents of an Australian tourist resort - by refusing to shoot his new movie there. The movie star is moving DOWN UNDER for six months while he makes new film THE FOUNTAIN, with Cate Blanchett and Johnny Depp, there.
- Brad has been urging movie (THE FOUNTAIN) bosses to move the shoot to nearby Cairns, because he thinks the Gold Coast is a shlocky tourist area.
- With looks that have inspired countless People magazine covers, Internet shrines, and estrogen surges, Brad Pitt is an actor whose very name inspires drooling platitudes, more about male beauty than about acting.
- He was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#23). (1995)
- He turned down a role as an astronaut in APOLLO 13 (1995) to accept his Oscar-nominated role in TWELVE MONKEYS (1995).
- He posed for a campus calendar in college.
- He dated Jill Schoelen whom he met on the set of their film CUTTING CLASS (1989).
- A girl went to Pitt's Hollywood-area home shortly after midnight Jan. 7, 1999 and crawled in through an open window, dressed herself in his clothes and stayed for 10 hours before the alarm went off. Athena Rolando, 19, was ordered Feb. 10 to not contact the actor and to stay 100 yards away from him for three years. (1999)
- He mutally agrees to split with Gwyneth Paltrow. (June 1997)
- He was banned from entering China because of his role in SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET (1997). (1997)
- Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. (1997)
- He donated $100,000 to the Discovery Center - a children's learning museum in his hometown of Springfield, MO. (June 1996)
- Was chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. (1996)
- He purchased a mansion is Southern California from the actress who portrays Elvira (Cassandra Peterson). He reportedly paid $1.7 million for the house. This mansion is filled with antiques and has a vampirish look to it. (1996)
- He was given title Sexiest Man Alive from People Magazine after making LEGENDS OF THE FALL (1994). (1994)
- Pitt had to learn how to fly-cast for his role in A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT(1992). He practiced on top of buildings in Hollywood. During these practices, Pitt would frequently hook himself in the back of his head.
- He was listed in People Weeklys Most Intriguing People list. (December 25, 1995/January 1, 1996 issue)
- Given title Sexiest Man Alive from People Magazine, Mr. Pitt was also People's choice in 1995. (2000)
- He sued Dalmani International, the company which created the wedding ring he gave Jennifer Aniston. According to Pitt, the ring was his design and was to be exclusive. The company has since been selling replicas and indicating Pitt/Aniston's endorsement of the ring. (18 July 2001)
- He and wife Jennifer Aniston spent $1 million on their wedding. (2000)
- For the last couple of years Brad has been the spokesman for Edwin Jeans ads in Japan. In 2001 he was also the face of the ads for a new Japanese canned coffee which is named ROOTS. He was replaced in these tv ads (2002) by Kevin Costner.
- Splashed out on a $21,000 birthday party for his beloved wife Jennifer Aniston.
- Wanted to leave the production of THE DEVIL'S OWN (1997), but was threatened by a lawsuit. In the February 2, 1997, issue of Newsweek, Pitt called the film a disaster, and said that it was the most irresponsible bit of filmmaking - if you can even call it that - that I've ever seen. I couldn't believe it. Rumors of fighting on the set (especially over which star would be the focus of the film) plagued the production. The original script was discarded and there were at least seven subsequent rewrites. Pitt said the final version was a mess. The script that I had loved was gone, he said. I guess people just had different visions and you can't argue with that. But then I wanted out and the studio head said, 'All right, we'll let you out, but it'll be $63 million for starters.'
- He chipped his tooth during the making of FIGHT CLUB (1999) and decided not to get it fixed so as to add to the character.
- In one episode of JACKASS (2000), Johnny Knoxville and a few other guys drive a van to a film set where Pitt is shooting a movie and grab him, throw him into the back of the van and drive off with him guerrilla-style. Pitt was not aware that this stunt would take place, nor was anyone else on the set. He eventually dons a monkey suit and joins the guys in their wild antics for the remainder of the episode.
- During rehearsals for FIGHT CLUB (1999) Pitt and Edward Norton found out that they both hated the new Volkswagen Beetle with a passion. In the film they are seen banging a Volkswagen Beetle with baseball bats.
- A big fan of LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS (1998), he approached director Guy Ritchie and asked to for a role in SNATCH. When Ritchie found Pitt couldn't master a London accent, he gave him the role of Mickey the Gypsy.
- At the end of LEGENDS OF THE FALL (1994), the narrator says Tristan (Brad Pitt) died in 1963, the year Brad Pitt was born.
- His character in SPY GAME (2001) is named Tom Bishop. In SNEAKERS (1992), Robert Redford plays a character named Martin Bishop.
- His character, Rusty Ryan, eats or drinks in all but four scenes in OCEAN'S ELEVEN. This came about when director Steven Soderbergh was looking for a funny trait for Pitt's character. He asked Brad for an idea when Brad happened to be eating dinner. Pitt, who had not eaten anything that day and was starving, said, with a mouthful of food, How about he eats all the time?
- In SPY GAME when asked by Nathan where he learned to shoot like he could, Tom (Brad Pitt) says he learned it in Boy Scouts. In FIGHT CLUB, when asked where he learned about how to build a bomb, he also said in Boy Scouts.
- New Line executives originally balked at the ending of SE7EN, but Pitt, refused to make the film if the ending were changed.
- The role of Tommy Williams in THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994) was intended for him.
- The scene where Brad Pitt teaches Joshua Jackson and Topher Grace to play poker is spoofed in the Taco Bell commercials Rules of The Table and King of Clubs. The commercials were meant to be so accurate that the very same card table used in the film was tracked down and rented for them (OCEAN'S ELEVEN).
- When Guy Ritchie told him that he would be playing a boxer in SNATCH. (2000), Pitt became concerned because he had just finished shooting FIGHT CLUB and did not want to play the same type of role again. But because Pitt wanted to work with Ritchie so badly he took the role anyway.
- While filming the scene where Mills chases John Doe in the rain, he fell and his arm went through a car windscreen, requiring surgery. This accident was worked into the script of SE7EN (1995).
- Brad would prefer being a rockstar than an actor.
- He is interested in music.
- Brad has been smoking since the 6th grade.
- His favorite food is pizza.
- He said that he was glad to be an American and it made him proud to live here.
- Was nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Action Team in 2000 for FIGHT CLUB. (shared with Edward Norton)
- There're a gossip in music world that Pitt is the father of the rock star Melissa Etheridge's daughters, Bailey and Beckett, along with the other names: Bruce Springsteen and Tom Hanks.
- Pitt has given his shaggy beard a rather strange name - the Bin Laden. The Hollywood actor says his straggly whiskers make him look just like the al-Qa'ida terror leader. Brad grew the beard for a part in sci-fi thriller THE FOUNTAIN, but because filming has been repeatedly cancelled the beard has grown and grown.
- Nominated for Best On-Screen Team at MTV Movie Awards for OCEAN'S ELEVEN (2002)
- Nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series at Emmy Awards for Friends (2002)
- Nominated for Best On-Screen Duo at MTV Movie Awards for SE7EN (1996) - shared with Morgan Freeman
- Nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at Academy Awards for TWELVE MONKEYS (1996)
- Nominated for Best Male Performance at MTV Movie Awards for TWELVE MONKEYS (1996)
- Nominated for Best On-Screen Duo at MTV Movie Awards for INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE: THE VAMPIRE CHRONICLES (1995) - shared with Tom Cruise
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama at Golden Globe Awards for LEGENDS OF THE FALL (1995)
Quotes- On fame: "It's all going down. It all fades. Enjoy it while you can."
- "I'm not a big proponent of happiness. I think it's highly overrated."
- "I think misery is underrated."
- "Being married means I can break wind and eat ice cream in bed."
- "I'm gonna design my own fleet of trailers. No! I'm gonna record an album like Jennifer Lopez. It'll be an acoustic version of K.C. and the Sunshine Band. Then maybe I'll design a line of clothes like Puff Daddy, but all in synthetic fur."
- "I'd like to design something like a city or a museum. I want to do something hands on rather than just play golf which is the sport of the religious right."
- "You know, I telephoned my grandparents the other day, and my grandfather said to me, 'We saw your movie.' 'Which one?' I said, and he shouted, 'Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn't like?' I thought that was just classic. I mean, if that doesn't keep your feet on the ground, what would?" - on what keeps him humble
- "Reporters ask me what I feel China should do about Tibet. Who cares what I think China should do? I'm a f***ing actor. I'm here for entertainment, basically, when you whittle everything away. I'm a grown man who puts on makeup."
Awards- Rembrandt Awards: Audience Award - Best Actor, SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET (1998)
- Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Supporting Actor - Science Fiction, TWELVE MONKEYS (1997)
- Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, TWELVE MONKEYS (1996)
- MTV Movie Awards: Most Desirable Male, SE7EN (1996)
- Saturn Award: Best Supporting Actor, TWELVE MONKEYS (1996)
- Universe Reader's Choice Award: Best Supporting Actor in a Genre Motion Picture, TWELVE MONKEYS (1996)
- Razzie Awards: Worst Screen Couple, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE: THE VAMPIRE CHRONICLES (1995) - shared with Tom Cruise
- MTV Movie Awards: Best Male Performance, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE: THE VAMPIRE CHRONICLES (1995)
- MTV Movie Awards: Most Desirable Male, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE: THE VAMPIRE CHRONICLES (1995)
- Western Heritage Awards: Bronze Wrangler - Theatrical Motion Picture, LEGENDS OF THE FALL (1995)
- ShoWest Award: Male Star of Tomorrow (1993)
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