How Brad Pitt Made Millions By Acting His Way to the Top

Brad Pitt is among the finest and highest paid actors that Hollywood has ever seen. This handsome faced man is also a movie producer. He has the honour of being crowned the sexiest man alive twice by People’s Magazine.

What is Brad Pitt’s life history?

William Bradley Pitt was born on December 18, 1963, in Shawnee, Oklahoma in the United States. And has two younger siblings, Julie Neal and Douglas. He was raised in a conservative household in Springfield, Missouri. During his schooling days, he was involved in the golf team, swim team, tennis team, debates, student councils and musicals. He majored in Journalism from the University of Missouri but did not wait to complete his graduation. He came to California soon after in order to try his luck in acting.

He was married to well-known American actress Jennifer Aniston, who is widely known for her role as Rachel Green in the popular Television sitcom “Friends”. They got married on July 29, 2000, in a hugely publicised wedding ceremony. However, they split up after a 5-year long relationship after she accused him on the grounds of infidelity. His first movie starring opposite Angelina Jolie was in the hit 2005 comedy action film “Mr. & Mrs Smith. Brad Smith has also dated Juliette Lewis and Gwyneth Paltrow in the past. The high profile couple were lovingly termed Brangelina by their fans worldwide and they finally tied the knot in 2014 following 9 long years of dating. They have 6 children together of which 3 are adopted. Jolie gave birth to their first daughter Shiloh in 2006 and then went on to have twins in 2008. She too filed for a divorce in 2016 leaving the entire Brangelina fan base in utter shock.

What is Brad Pitt known for?

His first appearance on television was as a credited role in the 1964 soap opera “Another World”. He also played cameo roles in 21 Jump Street, Cutting Class and Happy Together. His first major breakthrough came with his seductive role as a hitchhiker in the 1991 hit movie “Thelma and Louise” featuring Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis in the lead roles. His other great hits include Legends of the fall, se7en, Troy, A river runs through it, Floyd in True Romance, Ocean’s Eleven, The Departed, Babel, World War Z, The curious case of Benjamin Button. He has acted alongside famous stars such as Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Sir Anthony Hopkins,

What is Brad Pitt’s net worth?

As of 21st September 2016, Brad Pitt’s net worth is 400 million dollars. Brad Pitt also has his own production house “Plan B Entertainment”. He is also a voice-over artist and has lent his voice to characters such as ‘Sinbad’ and ‘Metro Man’.

Conclusion

Brad Pitt has proved to the world that he is not just a pretty face by the tremendous amount of support he has shown to various humanitarian causes through funding and recognition. In the September of 2006, he set up the Jolie – Pitt foundation along with his then-wife Angelina in order to support the impoverished communities.