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| Brad Pitt with Joaquin Phoenix (5 ft 8 in) and tall Ben Affleck (6 ft 2½ in) |
Born
William Bradley Pitt
December 18, 1963
Height
5 ft 11 in or 180 cm [verified]
Weight
155 lb or 70 kg [reported]
Body Type
Extremely fit
Hair Color
Light brown
Brad Pitt's naturally brown hair has started greying.
Eye Color
Blue
Shoe Size
US 9
In the movie "Burn After Reading", there is a shot in the film that focuses on the bottom of Brad's shoes. The shoes are labeled size 9.
Spirit Animal
Kingfisher
Ethnicity
English, German, Welsh, Dutch, French
Brad Pitt’s family has lived in the US for at least 6 generations. His documented ancestry is mostly English with a touch of Scots-Irish, and a small amount of German, Welsh, Dutch, French, and Cornish.
During an interview on Inside the Actors Studio in 2012, Brad Pitt commented on his ancestry:
Probably Irish Scots, Germans who settled in the area, and Native American Indians. I know we have some Seminole and some Cherokee Indians in us.
Trivia
Brad Pitt was banned from entering China for 20 years 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.
Donated five million dollars of his own money to rebuild homes in Katrina-ravaged New Orleans.
Showed his parents the "Chemical Burn" scene to convince them not to watch Fight Club (1999).
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).
Quotes
Brad Pitt on being perfect.
Stop being perfect, because obsessing over being perfect stops you from growing.
On losing.
You must lose everything in order to gain anything.
On happiness.
I think happiness is overrated. Satisfied, at those would be more realistic goals.
On missteps.
Each misstep leads to the next correct step.
On fame.
Fame makes you feel permanently like a girl walking past construction workers.
On love.
You don't really get to choose who you fall in love with. Love chooses you.
On right and wrong.
There's no right. There's no wrong. There's only popular opinion.
On aging.
Personally, I like aging. With age comes wisdom and I have said it before and I say it again, I will take wisdom over youth any day.
What would you do?
In Missouri, where I come from, we don't talk about what we do - we just do it. If we talk about it, it's seen as bragging.