Brad Pitt

Starred as a Nazi hunter in Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds"

Joined an ensemble cast for the Coen's brothers' "Burn After Reading"

Re-teamed with director David Fincher and actress Cate Blanchett to play the title role in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"; earned Golden Globe, SAG and Oscar nominations for Best Actor

Portrayed outlaw Jesse James in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (also produced)

Produced "A Mighty Heart," the film based on the book by Mariane Pearl, wife of murdered journalist Daniel Pearl; film featured his partner Angelina Jolie in the lead role

Reprised role along with the original cast for "Ocean's 13"

Co-starred with Cate Blanchett as a tragedy-stricken American couple in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's critically acclaimed "Babel"; received a Golden Globe nomination for Supporting Actor

Co-starred with Angelina Jolie, as husband and wife assassins, in Doug Liman's "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"

Collaborated with the original cast for "Ocean's Twelve"

Portrayed fated warrior Achilles in director Wolfgang Petersen's epic "Troy"

Made a guest appearance on the NBC sitcom "Friends," as a man who has a grudge against Aniston's character Rachel Green; received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor

Had featured role in the ensemble of "Ocean's Eleven," which included Julia Roberts, George Clooney and Matt Damon

Teamed with Robert Redford in "The Spy Game," playing the protege of a retiring CIA agent

Portrayed an itinerant Irish gypsy bare knuckles boxer in Guy Ritchie's gangster film "Snatch"

Again collaborated with David Fincher for "Fight Club," playing the character of Tyler Durden, opposite Edward Norton

Re-teamed with Anthony Hopkins for "Meet Joe Black"

Played an Irish revolutionary opposite Harrison Ford in "The Devil's Own"

Played the main role of Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer in the Jean Jacques Annaud film "Seven Years in Tibet"; film was subject of controversy when it was disclosed that the main character had ties to the Nazis

Co-starred with Morgan Freeman as detectives tracking a serial killer (Kevin Spacey) in David Fincher's "Seven"

Portrayed mental patient, Jeffrey Goines in Terry Gilliam's "Twelve Monkeys"; received a Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination

Co-starred with Tom Cruise in the film adaptation of Anne Rice's novel, "Interview With the Vampire"

First worked with Anthony Hopkins playing one of his sons in "Legends of the Fall"; received a Best Actor Golden Globe nomination

Played featured role in Tony Scott's "True Romance"

Took a dramatic turn as a scruffy serial killer alongside Juliette Lewis and David Duchovny in "Kalifornia"

Had major film role in the Robert Redford directed "A River Runs Through It"

Achieved instant sex-symbol status as J.D., a charming hitchhiker who seduces Geena Davis in "Thelma & Louise"

First leading role in a feature, alongside Catherine Keener and Nick Cave in the low budget, Tom DiCillo-directed, "Johnny Suede"

Co-starred with Juliette Lewis in the fact-based NBC TV-movie, "Too Young to Die?"

Feature acting debut, "Cutting Class"

Made TV-movie debut in "A Stoning in Fulham County" (NBC)

First TV appearance on the NBC soap opera "Another World"

Played the boyfriend of Jenna Wade Ewing's daughter in three episodes of the CBS primetime soap "Dallas"

Primetime TV debut in a guest role in the ABC sitcom "Growing Pains"

Worked as an extra on the film "Less Than Zero" (also had uncredited role)

Moved to Los Angeles claiming to his parents that he was attending the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena

Grew up in Springfield, Missouri