Brad Pitt Filmography

Brad Pitt is an American actor and film producer, whose acting career began in 1987 with uncredited roles in the films No Way Out and Less Than Zero. 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).[1] He gained recognition in Thelma & Louise (1991) and A River Runs Through It (1992).[2][3] 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.[4]

Pitt featured in the David Fincher-directed, commercially successful thriller Seven (1995), in which he played a detective on the trail of a psychopathic serial killer.[5] The role of a mental patient in the science fiction film 12 Monkeysearned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and an Academy Award nomination in the same category.[6][7] He followed it with the role of Heinrich Harrer in the biopic Seven Years in Tibet (1997).[8] Pitt reteamed with Fincher to star in the apocalyptic film Fight Club (1999) in a role that required him learn boxing, taekwondo, and grappling.[9] A critical and commercial success, the film has since developed a cult status.[10][11] Pitt portrayed Rusty Ryan in the commercially successful heist film series Ocean's Trilogy (2001–07).[12] In 2002, he earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his guest appearance in the sitcom Friends.[13] Also that year, Pitt started a production company, Plan B Entertainment,[14] 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).[15]

Pitt produced the 2006 crime drama The Departed, and acted alongside Cate Blanchett in the multi-narrative drama Babel (2006); 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.[16] He starred in the successful war film Inglourious Basterds (2009),[17] 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 Lifeand the biopic sports drama Moneyball—both of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.[18] He also garnered a Best Actor nomination for the latter. His biggest commercial success came with the apocalyptic film World War Z (2013), which has grossed a total of $540 million worldwide.[19] Pitt produced the period drama 12 Years a Slave (2013), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Picture.[20] In 2014, he starred in the war film Furywhich received positive reviews from critics and proved to be successful at the box office.[21]