- Banned from entering China because of his role in Seven Years in Tibet (1997).
- Broke his arm during the filming of Se7en (1995). The injury was written into the movie.
- Showed his parents the "Chemical Burn" scene to convince them not to watch Fight Club (1999).
- Donated five million dollars of his own money to rebuild homes in Katrina-ravaged New Orleans.
- After watching Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), Pitt asked director Guy Ritchie if he could be in his next film. He could not master the English accent, so Ritchie gave him the role of Mickey the One Punch Pikey, an Irish fighter, in Snatch (2000).
- Turned down a role as an astronaut in Apollo 13 (1995) to accept his role in Se7en (1995).
- Owns the rights to the Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs (2002). He wanted it to be remade with he and Tom Cruise in the leading roles. The movie was eventually remade as The Departed (2006). Pitt served as a producer on the movie.
- Tore his Achilles tendon during the production of Troy (2004), in which he plays, coincidentally, Achilles. His injury caused the production of Ocean's Twelve (2004) to be pushed back to April 2004 (2003).
- His first job was dancing in a chicken suit to draw in customers at an El Pollo Loco restaurant on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.
- Speaks French fluently.
- He and his ex-wife Jennifer Aniston met on a blind date, which was arranged by their agent.
- He took Greek language lessons in secret to surprise his then-wife Jennifer Aniston who is of Greek ancestry.
- Is a huge fan of MTV's reality show Jackass (2000). He even asked the cast if he could join them during one of their stunt jokes. He eventually made an appearance dressed in an ape outfit, in order not to be recognized, which would have ruined the joke.
- Considers One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Fitzcarraldo (1982) and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) among his personal favorite movies.
- Initially did not want to appear in Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), although he was the one who gave the screenplay to director Doug Liman.
- Says his children are home schooled so they can have more freedom with their education.
- Got into better shape and eventually gained over 20 pounds of muscle for Troy (2004).
- (July 18, 2001) Sued Damiani International, the company which created the wedding ring he gave Jennifer Aniston. According to Pitt, the ring was his design and was to be exclusive. The company has since been selling replicas and indicating Pitt/Aniston's endorsement of the ring.
- A girl went to Pitt's Hollywood-area home shortly after midnight January 7, 1999 and crawled in through an open window, dressed herself in his clothes and stayed for 10 hours before the alarm went off. Athena Rolando, 19, was ordered not to contact the actor and to stay 100 yards away from him for three years (1999).
- Had to learn to fly-cast for his role in A River Runs Through It (1992). He practiced on top of buildings in Hollywood. During these practices, he frequently hooked himself in the back of his head.
- Donated $100,000 to the Discovery Center - a children's learning museum in his hometown of Springfield, Missouri. (June 1996)
- He was trained to handle weapons by renowned Hollywood gun coach Thell Reed, who has also trained such actors as Val Kilmer, Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Sam Elliot, Girard Swan, Ben Foster and Kurt Russell.
- Has Single Engine Land pilot license.
- Paid $29 million in a divorce settlement to Jennifer Aniston.
- As of 2019, has appeared in eight films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Babel (2006), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Inglourious Basterds (2009), The Tree of Life (2011), Moneyball (2011), 12 Years a Slave (2013), The Big Short (2015) and Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019). Of those, 12 Years a Slave (2013), won the Oscar in the category. In addition, Pitt produced the Oscar winning The Departed (2006).
- In 2005, he earned $4,500,000 for a Heineken commercial that aired during the 2005 Super Bowl.
- With Brad Grey's departure for Paramount Pictures and after the divorce settlement with ex-wife Jennifer Aniston, he now solely owns Plan B Entertainment.
- Brad Pitt met with the director to discuss the role of Cable in Deadpool 2 (2018), but could not commit due to scheduling conflicts, so the role was given to Josh Brolin. Although he was cast as Vanisher instead.
- His first starring role in a feature film was in The Dark Side of the Sun (1988), shot in pre-war Yugoslavia during the summer of 1988. As editing neared completion, civil war broke out in the region and much of the footage was lost. In 1996, after a five-year search, all of the lost footage was found and returned to producer Andjelo Arandjelovic, who is working on getting a distribution deal. Pitt was paid $1,523 per week for seven weeks. He played a young American taken by his family to the Adriatic Sea to search for a cure for a rare skin disease.
- He was considered for the lead role in The Matrix (1999), which went to Keanu Reeves.
- He was the third choice for the role of J.D. in Thelma & Louise (1991). William Baldwin, the first choice, left to star in Backdraft (1991).
- Made a cameo appearance with Matt Damon for free in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) as a favor to Ocean's Eleven (2001) co-star and close friend George Clooney - the film was Clooney's directorial debut.
- Was a journalism major in college with an advertising focus.
- Originally cast as Colin Sullivan in The Departed (2006), but later dropped out. He continued to produce the film under his (and his then wife Jennifer Aniston's) production company, Plan B.
- When he and Juliette Lewis began their relationship in 1989, she was 16 years old while Pitt was 26. They met on the set of the TV movie Too Young to Die? (1990), in which they played a couple, and worked together again in Kalifornia (1993). They resided together and the relationship ended after four years, in 1993.
- Is the first man ever to be named "Sexiest Man Alive" twice by People magazine (1994 and 2000).
- A short while after completing A River Runs Through It (1992), he fled to Amsterdam where he briefly resided for three months by himself in a small basement apartment before returning to the United States to film Kalifornia (1993).
- Purchased a mansion in Southern California from the actress who portrays Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (Cassandra Peterson). He reportedly paid $1.7 million for the house. This mansion is filled with antiques and has a "vampirish" look to it (1996).
- Has appeared in three movies with the number seven in the title (Se7en (1995), Seven Years in Tibet (1997) and Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)). Has also appeared in three movies with the number twelve in the title (12 Monkeys (1995), Ocean's Twelve (2004) and 12 Years a Slave (2013)).
- Owns and plays Taylor Guitars.
- Was considered for two roles which went to Johnny Depp: Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow (1999) and Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). Both were directed by Tim Burton.
- He appeared on the last episode of Jackass (2000), where the crew "kidnapped" him.
- He has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Thelma & Louise (1991) and 12 Years a Slave (2013). He has also produced one film that is in the registry: 12 Years a Slave.
- Owns multiple houses in ultra trendy Los Angeles neighborhood, Los Feliz. Giovanni Ribisi, Bo Barrett, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Pine, Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are among the other actors who also call Los Feliz home.
- Auditioned for the role of J.D. in the black comedy Heathers (1988) and, though he showed talent, casting directors thought him to be "too sweet" for the role, which later went to Christian Slater. He would later go on to a very similar role in the horror film Cutting Class (1989).
- He was considered for the lead role in Crimson Tide (1995), which eventually went to Denzel Washington.
- (May 29, 2014) Was attacked by Vitalii Sediuk and a restraining order was issued, ordering him to stay away from Brad.
- Resides in Los Angeles, Malibu, Goleta, California, Benerville, France and New Orleans, Louisiana.
- Attended and graduated from Kickapoo High School in Springfield, Missouri (1982).
- In November 2005, he visited Pakistan with Angelina Jolie to see the impact of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. In 2006, Jolie and Pitt also went to Haiti where they visited a school supported by Yéle Haïti, a charity founded by Haitian-born hip hop musician Wyclef Jean.
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