Biographic - Sunday January 31, 2010 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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He has portrayed everything from a Vampire to a Mountaineer and a CIA spy to a mythical greek warrior in a glittering career that has so far won him a Golden Globe and earned him a Oscar and Emmy nominations. He regularly tops the list of the most handsome men in Hollywood, and he shares his life with one of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood History. No wonder Dustin Hoffman once said of Brad Pitt: "Next to that kid, we all look like onions." William Bradley Pitt was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma on December 18, 1963. Raised in Springfield issouri, he attended Kickapoo High, where he was a member of the golf, tennis and swim teams. He dropped outo f the University of Missouri to try his luck at an acting career, arriving in Hollywood with just $325 in his pocket, he took a succession of odd jobs to support himself, including a stint in a giant chicken outfit, standing on sunset boulevard in 100-degree temperatures, promoting a fast-food chain. Fortunately, he soon began to get acting roles, appearing in sitcoms on the long-running soap "Another World" and landing a part on the hit drama "Dallas" His breakthrough came with a supporting role in the movie "Thelma and Louise" suddenly, Brad was a hot property, and a succession of movies-such as "A River Runs Through It" "Interview With The Vampire" "Legends of the Fall" and "Se7en" made him a star. He won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Oscar for his role in "Twelve Monkeys" by the late 1990's he was earning $17.5 million a movie to star in "Meet Joe Black" and "Fight Club" his presence at the head of a Stellar ensemble cast helped make "Ocean's Eleven" and it's sequels major hits. Other Blockbusters range from the epic "Troy" to "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" the movie that spelled the end of his four-year marriage to "Friends" star Jennifer Aniston and began his relationship with Angelina Jolie, with whom he now has a family of six children. The couple work tirelessly for humanitarian causes and have donated millions of dollars to charity. Pitt earned a best actor Oscar nomination for 2008's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."

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