Michael Pitt

Michael Pitt is an American actor and musician. He first debuted in an episode of the popular series Law & Order in 1998. The next year, he appeared in 15 episodes of Dawson's Creek as Henry Parker. In 2001 he had a supporting role in the film Bully, which starred the late Brad Renfro. He rose to fame in 2002 for his role in Murder by Numbers, a film that starred Sandra Bullock and Ben Chaplin.

Fast Facts

1. Birth Name: Michael Carmen Pitt
2. Birth Date: April 10, 1981
3. Birth Place: West Orange, New Jersey
4. Attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts
5. Had several full-frontal nude scenes in the Bernardo Bertulloci film The Dreamers
6. Involved in the non-profit Imagine Project, devoted to helping learn through the arts
7. In the band Pagoda

Quotes

1. "here are two kinds of directors: There's the kind where two plus two equals four, and you have to help them figure it out. And then there's the kind that throws you in a room, locks the door, sets the house on fire and films it."
2. "I just do movies I like. I mean, I do movies I would want to go see."
3. "I think in some ways you learn more from the things you don't like than the things you do. What you want, and what you don't want."
4. "Movie stars get paid these ridiculous amounts of money, I don't know if they deserve it. But I think what they're really getting paid for is not the work but all the other stuff."

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