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While in college, Brad Pitt [decided tomade a decision to] pursue his dream of becoming an actor, this dream led him to leave behind his studies at the college and make his dreams come true. Shortly after settling in Los Angeles, he took up acting lessons, and eventually landed a minor part in ‘Another World’, a television sereis. As a result of this modest part, the Brad Pitt films career would explode over the next two decades.

As well as his appearance in numerous TV dramas and sitcoms, there have been more than 35 Brad Pitt films on the big screen to complement his acting career. Many of the Brad Pitt films in his earlier days were not as well received as his current hit movies. For example, ‘Johnny Suede’, ‘A River Runs Through It’ and ‘Kalifornia’ from the early 1990s. It was not until his portrayal of Louis de Pointe du Lac in ‘Interview with the Vampire’ that he started to receive recognition. Consequently, that movie and the next three Brad Pitt films gave him a landslide of awards and nominations, not the least of which was a best supportin actor from the Golden Globes in ‘12 Monkeys’.

Brad Pitt films in the five year period leading up to ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ largely were mostly overlooked by the movie industry and general public in regards to awards, nominations and box office receipts. It was the ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ role, as Rusty Ryan that, restored Brad’s career. Then in 2004, Brad took the lead role in Troy, portraying Achilles, of which he was given the Teen Choice Award and a nomination for MTV’s Best Male Performance award, ‘Troy’ topped the box office at nearly half a billion dollars. An amazing sum for Brad Pitt and so far the highest grossing film for which he was the lead actor.

Two Brad Pitt Films that failed to garner any awards or nominations since 2004 were, ‘Ocean’s Thirteen’ and ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’. Yet, the total gross recipts at the box office for each of these movies was in excess of 0 million. The latest Brad Pitt film to receive a nomination is ‘The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button’, where Brad received a total of 5 nominations for Best Actor and Outstanding Performance by a Male actor from the Screen Actors Guild, the Academy Awards, BAFTA and the Golden Globes.

Upcoming Brad Pitt films are ‘The Tree of Life’ and ‘Inglourious Basterds’ both scheduled for 2009 release. ‘Inglourious Basterds’, a Quentin Tarantino film, where Brad plays an illiterate hillbilly from the mountains of Tennessee. The film has wrapped up after shooting on location in Germany and France and the producers expect to premier it at the Cannes Film Festival.