Brad Pitt is an actor who went from a Midwestern teen athlete to one of Hollywood's most recognizable stars.
At the start of his career, he landed roles on shows like "Dallas," before breaking into film with parts in "Thelma & Louise," "A River Runs Through It," and "Interview With the Vampire."
Over the years, he's been praised for his work in the "Ocean's" movies, "Se7en," "Moneyball," and "Twelve Monkeys." He's also a successful producer with an Oscar for "12 Years a Slave."
Despite being in the entertainment industry for decades, there are some things that fans might not know about the "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" star.
Here are 10 facts even the biggest Brad Pitt fan may not know.
He's "not much of a crier" while watching movies, but "How to Train Your Dragon" got to him.
"In the end, he lost his leg and they're living in harmony with the dragons … it got me," Pitt told W magazine in 2012.
He also told the magazine that he got sick following a trip to Cabo and "wept" while watching the Kevin Kline movie "Life as a House."
"I don't know if it would still hit me the same way, but on my 27th hour of just pure wretchedness, this movie crushed me," he said.
Pitt volunteered to get his teeth chipped prior to filming "Fight Club."
Pitt portrayed Tyler Durden in the 1999 movie.
"Brad's willing to go to great lengths for a character," Pitt's publicist, Cindy Guagenti, told Entertainment Weekly in 1998. "Most people hate to go to the dentist."
After completing the film, he got his teeth fixed.
He enjoys producing more than acting.
"I'd rather be behind the camera," Pitt told director Guy Ritchie during 2012 conversation for Interview magazine. "As a producer, obviously, you're part of a team that brings the story to the screen. It wouldn't be there if you didn't champion it or if you and a group of people weren't championing it. I like that."
Pitt also has his own production company called Plan B Entertainment (which was founded in November in 2001 by both Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston). The company has produced several of the actor's movies, including "The Departed," "Moneyball," "World War Z," and "12 Years a Slave," which got an Oscar in 2014.
He dropped out of college to pursue acting, just two credits shy of achieving a journalism degree.
Pitt attended the University of Missouri and left at 22 years old.
"It just came to the time of graduation and everyone — all my friends were committing to jobs — and I just realized I was not ready for that yet," he told NPR in 2011.
"I always liked film as a teaching tool — a way of getting exposed to ideas that had never been presented to me," he told Esquire in 2013. "It just wasn't on the list of career options where I grew up. Then it occurred to me, literally two weeks before graduation: If the opportunity isn't here, I'll go to it. So simple. But it had never occurred to me."
Pitt says he often eats onscreen because he likes to stay busy.
"I like to busy myself, I'm a grazer by nature," Pitt said during a 2019 interview with JOE.
There's no shortage of proof that Pitt eats during movies, as seen in compilation videos and lists that keep track of everything he ingests on-screen. In regards to the "Ocean's" movies, Pitt said that eating made sense for his character, Rusty Ryan.