Brad Pitt Trivia

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his first movie was Another World 1987 and he naild it (imdb.com)

Engaged to actress Gwyneth Paltrow. [20 December 1996] (imdb.com)

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). (imdb.com)

He and his Ocean's Eleven (2001) / Ocean's Twelve (2004) co- stars, Julia Roberts, George Clooney and Elliott Gould, all have guest-starred on the TV show "Friends" (1994), though not in the same episodes (imdb.com)

Broke his arm during the filming of Se7en (1995). The injury was written into the movie. (imdb.com)

Owns the rights to the Hong Kong thriller Mou gaan dou (2002). He wanted it to be remade with he and Tom Cruise in the leading roles. (imdb.com)

In 2005, he earned $4,500,000 for a Heineken commercial that aired during the 2005 Super Bowl. (imdb.com)

Banned from entering China because of his role in Seven Years in Tibet (1997). [1997] (imdb.com)

Briefly considered by Albert Pyun for the lead in Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon, but was ultimately turned down. (imdb.com)

His first job was dancing in a chicken suit to draw in customers at an El Pollo Loco restaurant on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood. (imdb.com)

May 1992: Lived in Southern California with friend Buck Simmonds, who starred with him in A River Runs Through It (1992). (imdb.com)

Listed in "People Weekly"s "Most Intriguing People" list. (December 25, 1995/January 1, 1996 issue) (imdb.com)

His first starring role in a feature film was in The Dark Side of the Sun (1997), 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. (imdb.com)

He and ex-wife Jennifer Aniston are campaigning in the United States to save "EastEnders" (1985) from being axed there [2003]. (imdb.com)

Visited over 100 orphans affected by HIV at a facility run by The Salvation Army in South Africa. (imdb.com)

Posed for a campus calendar in college. (imdb.com)

Is the first man ever to be named "Sexiest Man Alive" twice by "People Magazine." (1994 and 2000). (imdb.com)

Was considered for the lead in The Matrix (1999). (imdb.com)

1994: Given title "Sexiest Man Alive" from People Magazine, after making Legends of the Fall (1994). (imdb.com)

In 2001 renowned architect Frank O. Gehry renovated the wine cellar in the home in which Pitt and wife Jennifer Aniston lived. Pitt subsequently did an informal apprenticeship in Gehry's Los Angeles office. (imdb.com)

Voted "Best Actor" by viewers of MTV's "The Big Picture" (1988) in 1995. (imdb.com)

Adoptive father of Angelina Jolie's children Maddox and Zahara. (imdb.com)

He was ranked #6 on VH1's "100 Hottest Hotties." (imdb.com)

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. [18 July 2001] (imdb.com)

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. (imdb.com)

He has a brother Doug, born in 1966 and a sister Julie, born in 1969. (imdb.com)

Wanted to play Darcy in Bride & Prejudice (2004), but wasn't able to work out the filming dates. (imdb.com)

Mutally agrees to split with Gwyneth Paltrow. [June 1997] (imdb.com)

In high school was a member of the golf, tennis, and swim teams. (imdb.com)

His high school nickname was Brad the "Pitt-bull." (imdb.com)

Has a home at Lake Mohawk in Sparta, New Jersey. (imdb.com)

Turned down a role as an astronaut in Apollo 13 (1995) to accept his role in Se7en (1995). (imdb.com)

Showed his parents the "Chemical Burn" scene to convince them not to watch Fight Club (1999). (imdb.com)

Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1991" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 43. [1991] (imdb.com)

March 2007 - he and girlfriend Angelina Jolie adopted a 3-year-old boy named Pax Thien from Vietnam. (imdb.com)

Has appeared in eight movies with a number in the title - and only one of them uses an actual number rather than spelling the word out. That is Se7en (1995), which is a combination of the two, He has appeared in 1 movie with the number Zero in the title, 1 with the number Two in the title, 3 with the number Seven in the title, 1 with the number Eleven and 2 with the Twelve. (imdb.com)

Owns and plays Taylor Guitars (imdb.com)

He is a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. The Xi Xi chapter at The University of Missouri - Columbia. (imdb.com)

With Brad Grey's departure for Paramount and after the divorce settlement with ex-wife Jennifer Aniston, he now solely owns Plan B Entertainment. (imdb.com)

Initially didn't want to appear in Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), although it was he who gave the script to director Doug Liman. (imdb.com)

Ranked #32 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997] (imdb.com)

He and ex-wife Jennifer Aniston reached a settlement with Damiani International. The pair claimed the company agreed to never reproduce their wedding rings, but it manufactured and sold "Brad and Jennifer" rings in 18 karat white or yellow gold, featuring either 12 or 13 diamonds and costing about $1,000 apiece. Under the settlement, Pitt will now design jewelry for Damiani that Aniston will model in ads, and Damiani will stop selling the Pitt and Aniston copies. [11 January 2002] (imdb.com)

Was a journalism major in college with an advertising focus. (imdb.com)

Has Single Engine Land pilot license. (imdb.com)

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. (imdb.com)

His favorite movies are Planet of the Apes (1968) and Saturday Night Fever (1977). (imdb.com)

Studied acting with the late Roy London. (imdb.com)

Mentioned in the song High School Never Ends by Bowling for Soup, as "the quarterback". (imdb.com)

Belonged to the Key Club and the Forensics Club in High School. (imdb.com)

After watching Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), Pitt asked director Guy Ritchie if he could be in his next film. He couldn't master the English accent, so Ritchie gave him the role of Mickey the One Punch Pikey, an Irish fighter, in Snatch. (2000). (imdb.com)