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Brad Pitt Timeline

William Bradley Pitt is born in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Bill and Jane Pitt. His younger siblings are Julie and Doug. Attends the University of Missouri. Majors in journalism and advertising. Loves to date and pull fraternity pranks. Before graduation, moves to Los Angeles. Shares apartment with six other guys. Works various jobs, most notably as a chicken outside the local El Pollo Loco. Guest stars in Dallas, Growing Pains, and 21 Jump Street. Also appears in Head of the Class, where he meets and starts a relationship with co-star Robin Givens. Lands his first movie role in the slasher flick, Cutting Class. His first feature role opposite Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis as a hitchiker in Thelma and Louise makes him an overnight success. Also appears in Across the Tracks. Appears in Tales from the Crypt: King of the Road, Johnny Suede, and A River Runs Through It. Plays a drug addict in True Romance, a psychopathic killer in Kalifornia, and dates co-star Juliette Lewis. Plays a vampire with a soul in Anne Rice's Interview With a Vampire opposite Tom Cruise. Also stars in The Favor and Legends of the Fall. Plays a detective in the twisted Seven and becomes engaged to co-star Gwyneth Paltrow. Plays a schizophrenic in Twelve Monkeys. Is named "Sexiest Man Alive" by People. Wins Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for Twelve Monkeys. Gets Oscar nod also. Stars in Seven Years in Tibet and The Devil's Own. Ends relationship with Gwyneth Paltrow. Files suit against Playgirl for publishing nude photos of him while vacationing with Gwyneth Paltrow in the West Indies in 1995. Playgirl publishes nude photos of Brad Pitt. A Los Angeles judge orders Playgirl to recall all of its August 1997 issues. Playgirl immediately files an appeal. Begins dating Jennifer Aniston. Stars in Meet Joe Black. Stars alongside Edward Norton in Fight Club. First to be named "Sexiest Man Alive" by People twice. Marries Jennifer Aniston in Malibu, California. Plays a gypsy boxer in the Guy Ritchie film, Snatch. Also stars in the remake of the 1960 Ocean's Eleven, Spy Game, and The Mexican. Plays Achilles in Troy. Stars in Ocean's Twelve. He and Aniston split. Aniston files for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. Stars with Angelina Jolie in Mr. & Mrs. Smith. It is rumored he is deeply involved with Jolie. He is diagnosed with a mild case of viral meningitis. In a Vanity Fair interview, Aniston says Pitt lacks a "sensitivity chip." It's rumored that both Pitt and Aniston have abandoned their giant wedding picture at their marital home because neither one can stand looking at it. The divorce is finalized. It is discovered that Pitt has begun the process of legally adopting Jolie's two adopted children, changing their names to Maddox Jolie-Pitt and Zahara Jolie-Pitt. The official statement reads: "We are confirming that Brad Pitt is in the process of becoming the adoptive father of both children. No further comment is being made."