He has the recognition of film academies, the love of millions of fans around the world, and he has twice won the status of the sexiest man on the planet according to People magazine. Perhaps the only thing Brad Pitt doesn't have is an acting education, but it never bothered him.

On December 18, the Hollywood actor blew out his 60 candles, as did his character in the film "The Mysterious Story of Benjamin Button" about a man who "ages backwards."

And it all started once with the fact that in 1982 he entered the Faculty of Journalism and Advertising at the University of Missouri. But Pitt did not defend his diploma, but went to Hollywood to pursue an acting career.

Before that, he managed to try himself in different directions. For example, he worked in Los Angeles as a barker in a chicken costume at a chain that specializes in Mexican-style grilled chicken. "A man needs to eat," is how he commented on this experience many years later, already being a star, adding that he was "not ashamed of this job."

As for his profession, Pitt prefers not to call himself an actor, but uses the term "self-employed" to describe his activities. In this regard, he says that he is grateful to his girlfriend's father, Gwyneth Paltrow - director Bruce Paltrow, for the "lessons of modesty" taught.

"It's a humble way to describe what we do. And if a stranger on a plane had asked me what I do for a living, I would have replied, "Well, I'm from the Midwest, I'm a dad just like you."

The next big chapter in Pitt's personal life is his relationship with Jennifer Aniston. Between 1998 and 2005, when they were together, people who had never even met them considered their relationship to be the most ideal relationship of all time.

Viewers were "shocked" when Pitt appeared in a fashion tabloid in a photo shoot titled "Domestic happiness" with his partner in the film "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" (2005) Angelina Jolie. The couple had three children, and the actors also have three adopted children. In 2016, Angelina Jolie filed for divorce with the standard wording "irreconcilable differences". Then the lawsuits dragged on for several years.

Now the actor is credited with an affair with jewelry designer Ines de Ramon. Two-time Oscar winner (for the films "12 Years a Slave" and "Once upon a Time in Hollywood") "he's finally in a good phase of life," a source close to the actor told the tabloids.

Brad is preparing to open a new chapter: "He organizes great celebrations because age doesn't scare him. It's been a long way, but he's finally happy again," the source said. After the party in honor of his 60th birthday, on December 19th there will be a party in honor of the 31st anniversary of his new companion. "They're preparing a big Christmas or New Year's Eve party together."

"They have common interests and friends," said a source, who said "Brad didn't realize how lonely he was until he met Ines." After seven years of fighting through lawyers with Angelina for custody of children and management of French vineyards bought with her ex-wife in 2008 for $ 26 million, the actor of "Fight Club" and "Babylon" believes that he deserves this new happiness.

Pitt's filmography includes about a hundred diverse roles: "Legends of Autumn" (1994), where Anthony Hopkins played one of the key roles, "Interview with a Vampire" (1994), where he had a chance to play with Tom Cruise and Antonio Banderas. Then there was the film "Seven Years in Tibet", based on the life of a Wehrmacht officer and mountaineer Heinrich Harrer, the psychological thriller "Fight Club" (1999), the comedy "Ocean's Eleven Friends" (2001), the historical drama "Troy" (2004), the crime comedy "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" (2005), "The Mysterious Story of Benjamin Button" (2008), "12 Years a Slave" (2013), "Once upon a Time in Hollywood" (2019), for which in February 2020 he received the BAFTA Award ("Best Supporting Actor") and the Oscar ("Best Supporting Actor").

In 2023, Babylon was released about old Hollywood and the transition from silent films to the era of sound. In the film, Pitt played a silent movie star. His character finds it hard to rebuild, which is not true of Pitt himself. He says he hasn't implemented all his ideas yet. "Of course, life is not endless, and my end is not far off either. But I have not yet realized my idea of playing a grumpy old man who made a very peculiar vow to himself."

Well, it's not surprising that he became a successful producer, and it also turns out that he has a pilot's license and is fluent in Japanese.

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