Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt is an Academy Award-nominated actor and film producer. He has starred in several well known films including Thelma and Louise, A River Runs Through It and Interview with the Vampire.

According to reports in June of 2009, Pitt and partner Angelina Jolie donated $1 million to a U.N. refugee agency. The donation was said to be in support of helping "Pakistanis displaced by fighting between troops and Taliban militants."Washington Post: Jolie, Pitt give $1 million for Pakistan refugees (June 18, 2009)

After appearing in Thelma and Louise, Pitt starred in Robert Redford's A River Runs Through It.The Austin Chronicle: Interview with the Vampire Reviews (November 11, 2008) In 1994, he achieved mainstream success after starring alongside Tom Cruise in Interview with the Vampire and Anthony Hopkins and Aidan Quinn in Legends of the Fall. In 1995, he appeared in Se7en and Twelve Monkeys, the latter of which earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.

In 1999, Pitt portrayed Tyler Durdan in David Fincher's film, Fight Club. Then, in the 2000s, Pitt teamed with George Clooney to make the Ocean's Eleven Films. He also appeared as "Achilles" in Wolfgang Peterson's Troy, and co-starred with Angelina Jolie in the action film, Mr. and Mrs. Smith. In 2008, Pitt starred in the film Burn After Reading, Benjamin Button, and began shooting the Quentin Tarantino movie Inglorious Bastards.

Pitt, along with his brother and sister-in-law Doug and Lisa Pitt, as well as his sister and brother-in-law Julie and Rob Neal, donated $1 million to a new pediatric cancer center in Springfield, Missouri. Named after Pitt's mother, the Jane Pitt Pediatric Cancer Center at St. John's Children's Hospital will open during the summer of 2009.ET: Brad Pitt & Family Donate $1 Million to Hometown Hospital (June 15, 2009)

In 2009, Pitt was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Actor for his role as a man who ages in reverse in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.EXTRA: 2009 Golden Globe Nominees

Pitt met with Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi in Washington D.C. on March 5, 2009 to discuss environmentally-sustainable, low income housing for those who lost their homes in Hurricane Katrina.People: Brad Pitt to Meet... (March 4, 2009)

Pitt's mother was a high school counselor and his father owned a truck company. After graduating from the University of Missouri, Pitt went to Hollywood to pursue a career in acting. He landed a number of supporting and starring roles in minor and independent film productions, but his big break came for his supporting role in Thelma & Louise, in which he had a sex scene with Geena Davis. Many look at that scene as a pivotal moment in Pitt's career.Entertainment Weekly: Role Call: Brad Pitt

"I'll trade wisdom for youth any day. It's a tragedy in the sense that any love involves loss, and that's the risk you take. And the greater the love, the greater the loss. I certainly feel that now with the woman I'm with, and the children that I have. But whatever the course may be, this time together is extraordinary."PerezHilton.com: Quote of the Day (December 26, 2008)

• 1991: J.D. in Thelma & Louise
• 1992: Paul Maclean in A River Runs Through It
• 1994: Louis de Pointe du Lac in Interview with the Vampire
• 1994: Tristan Ludlow in Legends of the Fall
• 1995: David Mills in Se7en
• 1995: Jeffrey Goines in Twelve Monkeys
• 1999: Tyler Durden in Fight Club
• 2001: Rusty Ryan in Ocean's Eleven
• 2007: Jesse James in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• 2008: Chad Feldheimer in Burn After Reading
• 2008: Benjamin Button in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• 2009: Inglorious Basterds

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• 1963: Born on December 18

• 1991: Thelma and Louise

• 1994: Legends of the Fall

• 1996: Academy Award Nomination for Twelve Monkeys

• 1999: Fight Club

• 2001: Ocean's Eleven

• 2004: Troy

• 2004: Ocean's Twelve

• 2005: Mr & Mrs. Smith

• 2006: Babel

• 2007: Ocean's Thirteen

• 2007: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

• 2008: Burn After Reading - IMDb Listing

• 2008: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - IMDb Listing

• 2009: Inglorious Bastards - IMDb Listing

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