The life and career of A-list actor and Hollywood heartthrob Brad Pitt.

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Ryan Gosling, left, and Brad Pitt introduce their nominated film, "The Big Short," at the 73rd annual Golden Globes at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 10, 2016.

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Brad Pitt arrives at the AFI Awards at The Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles on Jan. 9, 2015.

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive at the AFI Awards at The Four Seasons Hotel on Jan. 9, 2015 in Los Angeles.

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Brad Pitt presents the breakthrough performance award -- actor at the 26th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala on Jan. 3, 2015, in Palm Springs, Calif.

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Actor Brad Pitt poses for a fan on the red carpet at the the closing night European premiere gala for "Fury" during the 58th BFI London Film Festival at Odeon Leicester Square in London on Oct 19, 2014.

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Executive producer/actor Brad Pitt poses at the after-party for a special screening of the documentary "Big Men" on March 26, 2014 at the Sundance Cinema 5 in Los Angeles.

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Brad Pitt as Sgt. Don "Wardaddy" Collier in the 2014 World War II tank drama "Fury."

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Brad Pitt attends the world premiere of Disney's "Maleficent" at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Calif., on May 28, 2014.

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Brad Pitt attends the world premiere of Disney's "Maleficent" at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Calif., on May 28, 2014.

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Brad Pitt poses in New York for a portrait to promote his film "Killing Them Softly" on Nov. 26, 2012.

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Brad Pitt attends a news conference for "Killing Them Softly" at the 65th Cannes film festival in France on May 22, 2012.

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Brad Pitt, a best actor nominee for "Moneyball," at the 31st Academy Awards nominees luncheon in Beverly Hills, on Feb. 6, 2012.

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Brad Pitt at the premiere of "The Tourist," on Nov. 14, 2011.

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Brad Pitt accepts the "Fight Club Award" at the Spike TV Guys Choice awards in Culver City, California, on May 30, 2009.

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Brad Pitt as Lt. Aldo Raine in 2009's "Inglourious Basterds."

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Brad Pitt arrives on the red carpet for the film "Inglourious Basterds" during the 62nd International Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, in May 2009.

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Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in 2008's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."

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Brad Pitt as Chad Feldheimer in 2008's "Burn After Reading."

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Brad Pitt and George Clooney arrive for the screening of "Ocean's Thirteen" at the 60th Cannes Film Festival in southern France in May 2007.

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Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt in their 2006 film "Babel."

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Brad Pitt stars as Achilles in 2004's "Troy."

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Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston at the screening of his film "Troy" at the Cannes International Film Festival in southern France in May 2004.

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Brad Pitt arrives at the premiere of "Panic Room" in Los Angeles in May 2002.

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"Ocean's Eleven" cast members Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts at the film's Los Angeles premiere in December 2001.

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Brad Pitt as Austrian mountaineer and former Nazi party member Heinrich Harrer during the filming of 1997's "Seven Years in Tibet."

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Brad Pitt as Louis de Pointe du Lac in 1994's "Interview With the Vampire."

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Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis arrive at the 64th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 30, 1992.

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