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BRAD PITT (Louis) made a strong impression on filmgoers as the amoral heartbreaker J.D. in Ridley Scott's "Thelma and Louise" and as the charismatic-but-doomed Paul Maclean in Robert Redford's "A River Runs Through It." He next starred as a serial killer in "Kalifomia, " which won the Film Critics' Jury Prize at the Montreal Film Festival. He also had a cameo role in Tony Scott's "True Romance," and stars opposite Anthony Hopkins and Aidan Quinn in "Legends of the Fall," based on Jim Harrison's acclaimed novella and directed by Ed Zwick.
Born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, Pitt grew up in Springfield, Missouri, and attended the University of Missouri at Columbia, where he majored in journalism with a focus on advertising. After graduation, he moved to Los Angeles to study advertising and graphic design, but instead began to pursue an acting career, studying with Roy London. Roles in various television projects followed, including the Fox series "Glory Days," HBO's "The Image" and the movie of the week "Too Young to Die?"
On film, Pitt has
also starred as a rockabilly musician in "Johnny Suede," which won the
1992 Golden Leopard Award for Best Picture at the Locarno Film Festival;
Ralph Bakshi's "Cool World"; "Across the Tracks"; and "Dark Side of the
Sun." His next project is "Seven," in which he stars opposite Morgan Freeman
under the direction of David Fincher.
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