| Brad Pitt quit smoking while filming "Troy". |
| Brad Pitt drinks alcohol. |
| In his childhood, he aspired to be a rockstar rather than an actor. |
| He started smoking in 6th grade. |
| Born in Oklahoma, Brad Pitt was raised in Springfield, Missouri, known as "Mark Twain Country". |
| In 1982, he was voted as the best-dressed student in his school. |
| After high school, he left the University of Missouri two weeks before graduation to pursue a career in films in Los Angeles. |
| In Los Angeles, he took acting lessons and worked odd jobs. |
| His first acting coach in Los Angeles was Roy London. |
| Brad Pitt's first job was at "el Pollo Loco", wearing a chicken suit. |
| China banned Brad Pitt for his role in the 1997 movie "Seven Years in Tibet". |
| His broken arm while filming "Se7en" was incorporated into the script. |
| Brad Pitt received his first Oscar nomination in 1995 for "12 Monkeys". |
| He supported John Kerry in the 2004 US Presidential Election. |
| Brad Pitt contributes to the "One Campaign", fighting poverty and AIDS globally. |
| In 2005, he narrated the TV series "Rx for Survival" about global health issues. |
| Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie founded the charitable "Jolie-Pitt Foundation" in 2006. |
| He stated in a 2006 interview that he would marry when same-sex marriage was legalized. |
| Angelina Jolie successfully requested in 2006 to change their children's surnames to Jolie-Pitt. |
| People magazine named Brad Pitt "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1995 and 2000. |
| The media coined the term "Brangelina fever" for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's relationship. |
| Their daughter Shiloh's birth in Namibia was highly anticipated in the media. |
| Brad Pitt appeared in a Heineken commercial in 2005. |
| As a producer, he won an Oscar for the 2013 film "12 Years a Slave". |
