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Brad Pitt's acting career began in 1987 with uncredited roles in the films No Way Out and Less Than Zero. Pitt first gained recognition in Thelma & Louise (1991), and received his first Academy Award nomination for the role of a mental patient in 12 Monkeys (1995). To star in the apocalyptic film Fight Club (1999), he had to learn boxing, taekwondo, and grappling. He portrayed Rusty Ryan in the commercially successful heist film Ocean's Eleven (2001), and reprised the role in its sequels Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). For his roles in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and Moneyball (2011), he received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Pitt owns the production company Plan B Entertainment, which has produced films such as Troy (2004), The Departed (2006), Moneyball, and 12 Years a Slave (2013). Among these is the apocalyptic film World War Z (2013), his biggest commercial success to date. (Full list...)