Brad Pitt filmography | ||
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![]() Pitt at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007. | ||
Filmography | ||
Feature films | 61 | |
Television | 18 | |
Theatre | 1 | |
Brad Pitt is an American actor and producer. His acting career began at age 23 in 1987 with roles in the hit Fox television series 21 Jump Street . He subsequently appeared in episodes for television shows during the late 1980s and played his first major role in the slasher film Cutting Class (1989). [1] He gained recognition in Thelma & Louise (1991), A River Runs Through It (1992), Cool World and Kalifornia (1992). [2] [3] He later took on the role of vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac in the horror drama Interview with the Vampire (1994) and for his performance in the epic drama Legends of the Fall (1994), he earned his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor nomination. [4]
Pitt starred in the David Fincher-directed, commercially successful thriller Seven (1995), in which he played a detective on the trail of a serial killer who murders people he believes are guilty of the Seven Deadly Sins. [5] His performance as a psychotic mental patient in the science fiction film 12 Monkeys won him the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and an Academy Award nomination in the same category. [6] [7] He followed it with the role of Heinrich Harrer in the biopic Seven Years in Tibet (1997) and as Death in Meet Joe Black (1998). [8] Pitt reteamed with Fincher to star in the apocalyptic film Fight Club (1999) as anti-consumerist cult leader Tyler Durden, a role that required him to learn boxing, taekwondo, and grappling. [9] A critical and commercial disappointment at the time of release, the film has since developed a cult status. [10] [11] Pitt portrayed Rusty Ryan in the commercially successful heist film series Ocean's Trilogy (2001–07). [12] In 2002, he earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his guest appearance in the sitcom Friends alongside his then-wife Jennifer Aniston. [13] Also that year, Pitt started a production company, Plan B Entertainment, [14] whose first release was the epic war film Troy (2004), starring Pitt. He played an assassin opposite Angelina Jolie in the commercially successful action comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005). [15]
In 2006, Pitt produced the crime drama The Departed and starred alongside Cate Blanchett in the multi-narrative drama Babel ; the former won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Pitt's portrayal of the eponymous man who ages in reverse in the drama The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination. [16] He starred in the successful war film Inglourious Basterds (2009), [17] and produced the superhero film Kick-Ass (2010) and its sequel in 2013. In 2011, he earned critical acclaim for producing and starring in two films—the experimental drama The Tree of Life and the biopic sports drama Moneyball —both of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. [18] He also garnered a Best Actor nomination for the latter. His biggest commercial success as a leading actor came with the apocalyptic film World War Z (2013), which grossed $540 million worldwide. [19] Pitt produced the period drama 12 Years a Slave (2013), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Picture. [20] In 2014, he starred in the war film Fury which received positive reviews from critics and proved to be successful at the box office. [21] For playing a stunt double to Leonardo DiCaprio's character in Quentin Tarantino's film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), he won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. [22]
Year | Title | Credited as | Role | Notes | Ref. | |
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Actor | Producer | |||||
1987 | Hunk | Yes | No | Man at beach with drink | Uncredited | [23] |
No Man's Land | Yes | No | Waiter | [24] | ||
Less than Zero | Yes | No | Partygoer/Preppie guy at fight | [24] | ||
No Way Out | Yes | No | Party guest | [25] | ||
1988 | The Dark Side of the Sun | Yes | No | Rick | [24] | |
1989 | Happy Together | Yes | No | Brian | [26] | |
Cutting Class | Yes | No | Dwight Ingalls | [27] | ||
1991 | Across the Tracks | Yes | No | Joe Maloney | [28] | |
Thelma & Louise | Yes | No | J.D. | [29] | ||
Johnny Suede | Yes | No | Johnny Suede | [30] | ||
1992 | Cool World | Yes | No | Frank Harris | [31] | |
Contact | Yes | No | Cox | Short film | [32] | |
A River Runs Through It | Yes | No | Paul Maclean | [33] | ||
1993 | Kalifornia | Yes | No | Early Grayce | [34] | |
True Romance | Yes | No | Floyd | [35] | ||
1994 | The Favor | Yes | No | Elliott Fowler | [36] | |
Interview with the Vampire | Yes | No | Louis de Pointe du Lac | [37] | ||
Legends of the Fall | Yes | No | Tristan Ludlow | [38] | ||
1995 | Seven | Yes | No | David Mills | [39] | |
12 Monkeys | Yes | No | Jeffrey Goines | [40] | ||
1996 | Sleepers | Yes | No | Michael Sullivan | [41] | |
1997 | The Devil's Own | Yes | No | Rory Devaney (Francis Austin McQuire) | [42] | |
Seven Years in Tibet | Yes | No | Heinrich Harrer | [43] | ||
1998 | Meet Joe Black | Yes | No | Young Man in Coffee Shop/Death as "Joe Black" | [44] | |
1999 | Fight Club | Yes | No | Tyler Durden | [45] | |
2000 | Snatch | Yes | No | Mickey O'Neil | [46] | |
2001 | The Mexican | Yes | No | Jerry Welbach | [47] | |
Spy Game | Yes | No | Tom Bishop | [48] | ||
Ocean's Eleven | Yes | No | Rusty Ryan | [49] | ||
2003 | Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | Yes | No | Sinbad (voice) | [50] | |
2004 | Troy | Yes | No | Achilles | [51] | |
Ocean's Twelve | Yes | No | Rusty Ryan | [52] | ||
2005 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Yes | No | John Smith | [53] | |
2006 | God Grew Tired of Us | No | Executive | — | [54] | |
The Departed | No | Yes | — | [55] | ||
Running with Scissors | No | Yes | — | [56] | ||
Babel | Yes | No | Richard Jones | [57] | ||
2007 | The Tehuacan Project | No | Executive | — | Short film | [58] |
Year of the Dog | No | Executive | — | [59] | ||
A Mighty Heart | No | Yes | — | [60] | ||
Ocean's Thirteen | Yes | No | Rusty Ryan | [61] | ||
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Yes | Yes | Jesse James | [62] | ||
2008 | Burn After Reading | Yes | No | Chad Feldheimer | [63] | |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Yes | No | Benjamin Button | [64] | ||
2009 | Inglourious Basterds | Yes | No | Lt. Aldo Raine | [65] | |
The Time Traveler's Wife | No | Executive | — | [66] | ||
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | No | Executive | — | [67] | ||
2010 | Megamind | Yes | No | Metro Man (voice) | [68] | |
Kick-Ass | No | Yes | — | [69] | ||
Eat Pray Love | No | Yes | — | [70] | ||
2011 | The Tree of Life | Yes | Yes | O'Brien | [71] | |
Moneyball | Yes | Yes | Billy Beane | [72] | ||
Happy Feet Two | Yes | No | Will the Krill (voice) | [73] | ||
2012 | Killing Them Softly | Yes | Yes | Jackie Cogan | [74] | |
2013 | World War Z | Yes | Yes | Gerry Lane | [75] | |
Big Men | No | Executive | — | Documentary | [76] | |
12 Years a Slave | Yes | Yes | Samuel Bass | [77] [78] | ||
The Counselor | Yes | No | Westray | [79] | ||
2014 | Fury | Yes | Executive | Sergeant Don 'Wardaddy' Collier | [80] | |
Selma | No | Executive | — | [81] | ||
2015 | True Story | No | Executive | — | [82] | |
The Audition | Yes | No | Himself | Short film | [83] | |
By the Sea | Yes | Yes | Roland | [84] | ||
Hitting the Apex | Yes | Yes | Narrator | Documentary | [85] | |
The Big Short | Yes | Yes | Ben Rickert | [86] | ||
2016 | Moonlight | No | Executive | — | [87] | |
Voyage of Time | Yes | Yes | Narrator (voice) | Documentary | [88] | |
Allied | Yes | No | Max Vatan | [89] | ||
The Lost City of Z | No | Executive | — | [90] [91] | ||
2017 | Okja | No | Executive | — | [92] | |
War Machine | Yes | Yes | General Glen McMahon | [93] | ||
Brad's Status | No | Executive | — | [94] | ||
2018 | Deadpool 2 | Yes | No | Vanisher | Cameo | [95] |
Beautiful Boy | No | Yes | — | [96] | ||
If Beale Street Could Talk | No | Executive | — | [97] | ||
Vice | No | Yes | — | [98] | ||
2019 | The Last Black Man in San Francisco | No | Executive | — | [99] | |
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Yes | No | Cliff Booth | [100] | ||
The King | No | Yes | — | [101] | ||
Ad Astra | Yes | Yes | Major Roy McBride | [102] | ||
2020 | Kajillionaire | No | Executive | — | [103] | |
Minari | No | Executive | — | [104] | ||
Irresistible | No | Executive | — | [105] | ||
2022 | The Lost City | Yes | No | Jack Trainer | [106] | |
Father of the Bride | No | Executive | – | |||
Bullet Train | Yes | No | Ladybug | [107] | ||
She Said | No | Executive | — | |||
Women Talking | No | Executive | — | [108] | ||
Blonde | No | Yes | — | [109] | ||
Babylon | Yes | No | Jack Conrad | [110] | ||
2023 | Landscape with Invisible Hand | No | Executive | — | [111] | |
2024 | Bob Marley: One Love | No | Executive | — | [112] | |
IF | Yes | No | Keith (voice) | Credit only | ||
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | No | Executive | — | [113] | ||
Wolfs | Yes | Yes | Pam's Man | [114] | ||
2025 | Mickey 17 | No | Executive | — | [115] | |
F1 | Yes | Yes | Sonny Hayes | Post-production | [116] |
Year | Title | Credited as | Role | Notes | Ref. | |
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Actor | Executive Producer | |||||
1987 | Another World | Yes | No | Chris | 2 episodes | [117] |
Growing Pains | Yes | No | Jeff & Johnathan Keith | 2 episodes | [118] | |
Head of the Class | Yes | No | Chuck | Episode: "Partners" | [117] | |
Freddy's Nightmares | Yes | No | Rick Austin | Episode: "Black Tickets" | [118] | |
Dallas | Yes | No | Randy | 4 episodes | [119] | |
1988 | Trial and Error | Yes | No | The Bellboy | Episode: "Bon Appetit" | [120] [121] |
A Stoning in Fulham County | Yes | No | Teddy | Television film | [117] | |
21 Jump Street | Yes | No | Peter | Episode: "Best Years of Your Life" | [117] | |
1990 | The Image | Yes | No | Cameraman | Television film | [122] |
Too Young to Die? | Yes | No | Billy Canton | [122] | ||
Glory Days | Yes | No | Walker Lovejoy | 6 episodes | [123] | |
1992 | Two-Fisted Tales | Yes | No | Billy | Segment: "King of the Road" | [124] |
Tales from the Crypt | Yes | No | Billy | Episode: "King of the Road" | [125] | |
1998 | Saturday Night Live | Yes | No | Himself | Episode: "David Spade/Eagle-Eye Cherry" | [126] |
2001 | Friends | Yes | No | Will Colbert | Episode: "The One with the Rumor" | [127] |
2002 | Jackass | Yes | No | Himself | 2 episodes | [128] |
2003 | King of the Hill | Yes | No | Patch Boomhauer (voice) | Episode: "Patch Boomhauer" | [129] |
2008 | Pretty/Handsome | No | Yes | — | [130] | |
2014 | Resurrection | No | Yes | — | Episode: "The Returned" | |
The Normal Heart | No | Yes | — | [131] | ||
Nightingale | No | Yes | — | [132] | ||
2016–2019 | The OA | No | Yes | — | [133] | |
2017–2018 | The Jim Jefferies Show | Yes | No | Weatherman | 7 episodes, cameo | [134] |
2018–2019 | Sweetbitter | No | Yes | — | [135] | |
2020–present | Lego Masters | No | Yes | — | [136] | |
2020 | The Third Day | No | Yes | — | Episode: "Friday — The Father" | |
Celebrity IOU | No | No | Himself | Episode: "Brad Pitt's Gifting a Backyard Pad" | [137] | |
Saturday Night Live | Yes | No | Dr. Anthony Fauci | Episode: "Miley Cyrus" | [138] | |
2021 | The Underground Railroad | No | Yes | — | 10 episodes | |
2022–2024 | Outer Range | No | Yes | — | [139] | |
2023 | Dave | Yes | No | Luke Bradley "Brad" Pitt | Episode: "Looking for Love" | [140] |
2024–present | 3 Body Problem | No | Yes | — | [141] | |
2025 | Adolescence | No | Yes | — |
Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes | Ref. |
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2012 | 8 | Vaughn R. Walker | Wilshire Ebell Theatre | Single performance | [142] |