Brad Pitt
Privacy Level: Private with Public Biography and Family Tree (Yellow)

Brad Pitt

Brad B. Pitt
Born 1960s.
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
[sibling(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Problems/Questions Profile managers: Scott Fulkerson private message [send private message] and Notables Project WikiTree private message [send private message]
Profile last modified | Created 11 Feb 2010
This page has been accessed 7,733 times.
Notables
Brad Pitt is notable.
Join: Notables Project
Discuss: notables

Biography

William Bradley Pitt was born 18 December 1963 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, to William Alvin Pitt and Jane Etta Hillhouse. William ran a trucking business at the time and the family soon moved to Springfield, Missouri, a place Brad has described as "Mark Twain country" and "Jesse Jame country". In high school, Brad was active in various groups and clubs including Keys and Forensics, the school debate team and the golf, swimming and tennis teams. He also performed in musicals. In 1982 he enrolled in the University of Missouri to study journalism and advertising. As graduation loomed, Brad decided he wasn't ready to settle down. He loved films and since films were not made in Missouri he decided to go where they were made and two weeks before earning his degree, Brad packed it up and headed off to Los Angeles where he worked odd jobs and took acting classes.

Brad landed many roles and had some good success but a major turning point for him came in 1994 when he starred as Louis de Pointe du Lac in Interview with a Vampire. His performance in this role was not well received by critics. Later that year he also starred in Legends of the Fall and received mixed reviews. In 1995, Pitt starred in Seven where his performance was finally well received, even called screen acting at its best.

Brad has gone on to receive a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, five Academy Award nominations and one Academy Award win for a production by his film company Plan B Entertainment.

Brad has had a few high profile relationships including Gwyneth Paltrow and a five year marriage to Jennifer Aniston. He has been in a relationship now, with Angeline Jolie, for several years and the couple have six children, some naturally and some through adoption Brad and Angelina are both very involved in social issues in the United States as well as internationally.


Sources


Only the Trusted List can access the following:
  • Brad's formal name
  • full middle name (B.)
  • exact birthdate
  • birth location
  • images (1)
  • spouse's name and marriage information
For access to Brad Pitt's full information you must be on the Trusted List. Please login.


DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Brad: Have you taken a test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Comments: 13

Leave a message for others who see this profile. If you prefer to keep it private, send a message to a profile manager: private message private message
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Stratton-2372 JJ Stratton
Brad Pitt's father was William Alvin Pitt b. 1941, d. 2008 - see FS profile https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G8BC-N3Q. I think he is a private profile "[private father] 1940s - unknown", but I don't know who the profile manager is. William Alvin Pitt's father, and Alvin Monroe Pitt's wife was Betty Jeanne Brown b. 1922, d. 2017. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L25Z-NRZ I think she is a private profile "(1920s - unknown)]". Again the profile manager is unknown. It's possible that the profile manager for both is William Alvin Pitt's sister. As these were her family members, she may not want to open the profiles. But, if Betty Jeanne Brown can be connected to her parents, we could see Brad Pitt's full family tree. They are Lester Benny Brown (1902-1942) and Una Valerie (Coker) Cerba (1903-1997).
posted by JJ Stratton
Fulkerson-232 Scott Fulkerson
This is a bit of an interesting question, as I would agree that William Alvin Pitt was his father and his profile is currently connected to Brad's. Due to privacy reasons, the profile only shows as "private father". However, most sites reporting his mother state that her name was Jane Etta Hillhouse. There are a good number that do report Betty Jeanne Brown as well, so there appears to be some confusion there that will require a bit of research. I'll have to look into it further. If it turns out to be Brown instead of Hillhouse, more than WikiTree should be informed and good documentation will be required as the confusion will remain until a large number of the sites out there make corrections. For the paternal grandfather, you can go here ( https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pitt-678 ) to see Alvin Monroe Pitt, where the paternal line runs through. For the current maternal grandfather, you can go here ( https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hillhouse-99 ) to see Hal Knox Hillhouse, where the maternal line runs through. I'll take a look at the research and see if we can figure out which mother is the correct one.
posted by Scott Fulkerson
Fulkerson-232 Scott Fulkerson
Ah - I see. Betty Brown is Brad Pitt's paternal grandmother. Mystery solved. So the parents you mention are connected properly. I am looking at that reference to his father's death and it also appears his mother is deceased too, so I'll see what I can do about getting those profiles opened. Thanks!!
posted by Scott Fulkerson
Stratton-2372 JJ Stratton
I can definitely see that Jane Etta Hillhouse is Brad Pitt's mother, and therefore his family tree reflects his maternal grandparents Hal Knox Hillhouse (1911-1976) and Clara Maurine (Bell) Hillhouse (1910-2003). I was referring to his paternal grandparents Alvin Monroe Pitt (1913-1959) and Betty Jeanne Brown as the parents of William Alvin Pitt (1941-abt.2008) (thank you for opening William's profile). I think Betty Jeanne Brown is now the private profile. If it's preferred that Betty's profile remains private, perhaps she can just be connected to her parents Lester Benny Brown (1902-1942) and Una Valerie (Coker) Cerba (1903-1997)? Thank you!
posted by JJ Stratton
Fulkerson-232 Scott Fulkerson
I see Betty's profile is private, but unfortunately, I don't have any visibility into it. Let me dig into it a bit deeper and maybe we can get that resolved. It is odd that the profile is connected to Alvin Monroe, but not to William Alvin nor to her parents. Thanks for putting me on this mystery - I'm sure we can get at least those connections set up, and hopefully open the profile as well, but one step at a time...
posted by Scott Fulkerson
Fulkerson-232 Scott Fulkerson
I've put in a request for her data to be updated. Interestingly enough, it's in Orange privacy status, which means it can be seen, but very little data can be viewed other than the profile itself. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brown-43261 - Hopefully the note gets to Patti and she can update the information. Thanks!
posted by Scott Fulkerson
LaLone-73 James LaLone (1946-2023)
Some other lines listed here - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Ecelebrities/pitt.html
posted by James LaLone (1946-2023)
Langholf-2 Eowyn (Langholf) Walker
Template:WikiPick
posted by Eowyn (Langholf) Walker

Rejected matches › William Pitt › William Alexander Pitt › William James Pitt (1887-1950) › William Todd Pitt (1781-)

Featured Asian and Pacific Islander connections: Brad is 24 degrees from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 26 degrees from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 25 degrees from Lucas Cranach, 23 degrees from Stefanie Graf, 25 degrees from Wilhelm Grimm, 24 degrees from Fanny Hensel, 26 degrees from Theodor Heuss, 17 degrees from Alexander Mack, 35 degrees from Carl Miele, 20 degrees from Nathan Rothschild, 24 degrees from Hermann Friedrich Albert von Ihering and 22 degrees from Ferdinand von Zeppelin on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.

P  >  Pitt  >  Brad Pitt

Categories: Actors | Academy Award Nominees of the 20th Century | Academy Award Winners of the 21st Century | This Day In History December 18 | WikiTree Oscars Pool 2017 Connected Profiles | Friends (tv show) | Notables