Once he left high school, he went to University of Missouri for journalism, to go into the advertisement, in 1982. Shockingly two weeks before he graduated, he dropped out to move to Los Angeles, to start his dream, becoming an actor. So once he moved out there he took acting classes and took odd jobs here and there to support himself.
Pitt was not recognized until 1987, when he appeared in the movies No Way Out, No Man's Land and Less Than Zero. Shortly after he started getting interested in television, appearing in a couple episodes of soap operas and sitcoms. In the late 80's and early 90's, Brad Pitt went back in forth in between television shows and movies, still not scoring main roles until, the film The Dark Side Of The Sun (1988).
As the years went by all was well with him, until the movie Interview With The Vampire, where critics say, Brad Pitts performance as a vampire was not well done, and could have been a lot better.
Brad's first recognition in a famous action film was Fight Club which was made in 1999. For this film, he actually took up boxing, grappling and taekwondo. Brad also removed parts of his teeth for the film, which were later fixed after the film ended. ''Go Big Or Go Home!??!!'' People adored Brad's performance in this film, and as the years went on he appeared in many other action films such as Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Inglorious Bastards, Ocean's Eleven/Ocean's Twelve.
One of his newest ones in 2013, World War Z, an intense action thriller zombie film. Post apocalyptic; he tries to stop the zombies from taking over the world, and tries to find the cure. It's a great film and recommended for anyone interested in thrillers. Trailer below.
Overall, Brad Pitt is a great actor. He stars in many great films and I hope he continues to do so, for years to come.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Pitt
