brad pitt, man of lucky
BIOGRAPHY
William Bradley Pitt is the eldest of three children. He was born on 18 December 1963, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. His mother was a school counselor and his father worked as an executive at his own trucking company. The family moved to Springfield, Missouri, where Brad attended Kickapoo High School. In Springfield Brad also worked for Colonel Day’s Levi Emporium as a salesman.
1978-82 - Kickapoo High School
In high school Brad was involved in tennis, basketball, debating, student government and school musicals. He was also named ‘best dressed student’ by his peers.
1982-86 - University of Missouri
Pitt originally aspired to be an advertising art director and studied journalism at the University of Missouri. At the university he also joined the fraternity Sigma Chi, and ‘got in enough trouble to keep things interesting.’ He posed for the “Men of Mizzou” pinup calender.
1987 - Arriving in Hollywood
In 1987 (his senior year), he left the university, two credits shy of graduation, and packed his battered silver Datsun named ‘Runaround Sue’ and headed for California (with $375 in his pocket). Pitt told his parents he intended to enroll in the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. His first jobs was handing out free cigarette samples, standing outside El Pollo Loco restaurant in a chicken outfit and also escorting strippers around in a limousine. He also worked as a swimming pool attendant, bus boy and refrigerator boy. The money from these odd-jobs helped to pay for community theater and acting lessons. After only seven months in Los Angeles, Pitt had secured an agent and regular acting work. Slowly, he began to find his way into television and later to his breakout role.
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