Dismaland was a temporary art project organised by street artist Banksy in the seaside resort of Weston-super-Mare in Somerset , England. Prepared in secret, the pop-up exhibition at the Tropicana , a disused lido , was "a sinister twist on Disneyland " that opened during the weekend of 21 August 2015 and closed on 27 September 2015, 36 days later. Banksy described it as a "family theme park unsuitable for children." The aesthetic of the "bemusement park" was potentially inspired by the "Dismayland" series of paintings created by American artist Jeff Gillette , who also participated in the exhibition.
151-398: Banksy created ten new works and funded the construction of the exhibition himself. The show featured 58 artists of the 60 Banksy originally invited to participate. 4,000 tickets were available for purchase per day, priced at £3 each. It received 150,000 visitors in the five-week period it was open. After it closed, the building material for the project was repurposed as shelters for refugees in
302-469: A Facebook post which was shared 60,000 times in a few days. They set up a group called CalAid and collected clothing donations in London . They received hundreds of tents from Reading and Leeds Festivals and took the donations to Calais in a fleet of 40 vans. TV presenter Dawn O'Porter and Radio X presenter Lliana Bird , along with mutual friend Josie Naughton, used their social media capital to organise
453-505: A Help Refugees census gave a figure of 8,143 people just before the camp's demolition in October 2016. As well as residences, the Jungle contained shops, restaurants, hairdressers, schools, places of worship and a boxing club. The Government of France initially tolerated the camp, later opting to rehouse 1,500 migrants in shipping containers to be used as shelters on the north-eastern side of
604-479: A personification of death inhabiting the body of a young man to learn what it is like to be human. The film received mixed reviews, and many were critical of Pitt's performance. According to Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle , Pitt was unable to "make an audience believe that he knows all the mysteries of death and eternity." Roger Ebert remarked, "Pitt is a fine actor, but this performance
755-422: A February 2009 interview that he and Aniston "check in with each other", adding that they were both big parts of each other's lives. During Pitt's divorce proceedings, his involvement with his Mr. & Mrs. Smith co-star Angelina Jolie attracted media attention. Jolie and Pitt stated that they fell in love on the set and that there was no infidelity. In April 2005, one month after Aniston filed for divorce,
906-572: A Namibian passport. The couple sold the first pictures of their daughter through the distributor Getty Images ; the North American rights were purchased by People for over $ 4.1 million, while Hello! obtained the British rights for approximately $ 3.5 million. The proceeds from the sale were donated to charities serving African children. Madame Tussauds in New York unveiled a wax figure of
1057-655: A PBS television series focused on worldwide efforts to build environmentally friendly structures through sustainable architecture and design. In 2000, he co-authored an architectural book on the Blacker House with the architects Thomas A. Heinz and Randell Makinson. In 2006, he founded the Make It Right Foundation , organizing housing professionals in New Orleans to finance and construct 150 sustainable, affordable new houses in New Orleans's Ninth Ward following
1208-673: A Time in Hollywood , reuniting with DiCaprio after The Departed , which Pitt produced and DiCaprio starred in. For his performance in the film, he received awards for Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, BAFTA Awards , Screen Actors Guild Awards , and Critics' Choice Movie Awards . This is the second Academy Award for Brad Pitt, his first that he received for acting. In 2019, he also starred in James Gray 's deep space epic Ad Astra , in which he played Roy McBride,
1359-622: A Time in Hollywood co-star Margot Robbie in Babylon , directed by Damien Chazelle . On January 5, 2022, he signed on to star in and produce a racing film on Formula One , directed by Joseph Kosinski , for which he will earn $ 30 million. He reteamed with George Clooney in Wolfs , a comedy-thriller written and directed by Jon Watts , which was released in September 2024. Over his career Pitt has received numerous awards including two Academy Awards (as
1510-589: A barrier, dubbed "The Great Wall Of Calais", to block refugees from accessing a highway where they could stow away on vehicles bound for Britain. Migrants have gathered around Calais since at least the 1990s. A refugee centre opened in 1999 and had been administered by the French Red Cross at Sangatte , but rapidly became overcrowded. After the Sangatte facility was closed in November 2002 by Nicolas Sarkozy (then
1661-635: A brief appearance in the cult hit True Romance as a stoner named Floyd, providing comic relief to the action film. He capped the year by winning a ShoWest Award for Male Star of Tomorrow. In 1994, Pitt portrayed the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac in the horror film Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles , based on Anne Rice 's 1976 novel of the same name . He was part of an ensemble cast that included Tom Cruise , Kirsten Dunst , Christian Slater , and Antonio Banderas . Despite his winning two MTV Movie Awards at
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#17328556712011812-435: A career-making performance, proving that Pitt could be more than a "cowboy-hatted hunk." He has admitted to feeling under pressure when making the film and thought it was one of his "weakest performances ... It's so weird that it ended up being the one that I got the most attention for." Pitt believed that he benefited from working with such a talented cast and crew. He compared working with Redford to playing tennis with
1963-463: A census they had conducted, suggesting there were "at least 3,450 people in the southern part alone, including 300 unaccompanied children". During the night of 29 February, workers under heavy police guard began to demolish shacks in the encampment. There was some resistance during the eviction and police clashed with migrants and No Border activists who threw stones. About 12 structures were set on fire, some by heat from tear gas canisters fired by
2114-596: A charitable organization, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation, to aid humanitarian causes around the world. The foundation made initial donations of $ 1 million each to Global Action for Children and Doctors Without Borders , followed by an October 2006 donation of $ 100,000 to the Daniel Pearl Foundation, an organization created in memory of the late American journalist Daniel Pearl . According to federal filings, Pitt and Jolie invested $ 8.5 million into
2265-415: A countersuit against Pitt during a legal battle over their formerly co-owned vineyard. Jolie's lawyers stated that during negotiations, Pitt had asked Jolie to sign "a nondisclosure agreement prohibiting her from speaking outside of court about his abuse of her and their children." Her complaint stated that he grabbed and shook her during the plane ride, strangled one of their children, and struck another in
2416-450: A court in Lille to demolish the southern part of the camp. The section to be demolished was an area of 7.5 hectares . There had been a delay in the verdict because charities had petitioned the court to stop the demolition. Local authorities estimated the population of the whole camp to be 3,700, with between 800 and 1,000 affected by the eviction. Aid groups put the number higher according to
2567-441: A decree banning the distribution of meals to refugees who had returned to the Jungle in order to prevent the reformation of "fixing points" ( points de fixation ) for refugees to regather. Although she claimed the ban to be a "humanly difficult" decision, Bouchart justified this administrative action by citing the harm that had been inflicted upon Calais and its residents as a result of the informal settlements that had long existed on
2718-436: A demanding role. Troy was the first film produced by Plan B Entertainment , a film production company he had founded two years earlier with Jennifer Aniston and Brad Grey , CEO of Paramount Pictures . Ocean's Twelve earned $ 362 million worldwide, and Pitt and Clooney's dynamic was described by CNN's Paul Clinton as "the best male chemistry since Paul Newman and Robert Redford." In 2005, Pitt starred as John Smith in
2869-479: A derelict and unheated makeshift school building in the camp. Liberal Democrat peer Sheehan had travelled to the camp to witness the eviction. The final stages of the eviction took place on Wednesday, 2 November. An estimated 1,500 people including children had been sleeping for a week in the shipping containers. Buses took the migrants to asylum centres at undisclosed locations across the country. Aid groups later reported that many former jungle residents had moved to
3020-432: A dilemma of addressing humanitarian needs without attracting additional migrants. The notion of humanitarian aid provision being a pull factor to the area has been contested by academics. Smaller camps continued to be set up and evicted over the following years, and local volunteers provided aid to migrants. After a visit to the city by French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve in September 2014, Cazeneuve and
3171-460: A donation and fund-raising Twitter campaign in August 2015, using the hashtag #HelpCalais. For the first five weeks, about 7,000 items were purchased a day from the group's Amazon wish list and within weeks they had raised £50,000. The scale of the response drew the women into further logistical and distribution organisation, out of which the charity Help Refugees was formed. Banksy created
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#17328556712013322-526: A fake cardboard, handpainted security check point created by artist Bill Barminski. On Fridays there were scheduled performances by musicians including Run the Jewels , De La Soul , Damon Albarn , and Pussy Riot . Banksy's coin-operated Dream Boat , created for Dismaland, was donated by the artist to the NGO Help Refugees (now known as Choose Love ) in the run-up to Christmas 2018 to help raise money for
3473-658: A fight between migrants, drowning , suspected heart attack , and suspected murder by right-wing extremists . In 2015, a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) doctor who had worked in the camp for ten days claimed that the conditions were worse than anything she had seen in African slums . Access to water taps and showers was inadequate. Médecins du Monde stated in July 2015 that there was "insufficient drinking water (30 taps), practically no toilets (20 for 3,000 people), insufficient food , inadequate health care ." Roads could be mapped in
3624-704: A guest appearance on the Fox police drama 21 Jump Street . In the same year, the Yugoslavian–U.S. co-production The Dark Side of the Sun (1988) was his first leading film role, starring as a young American taken by his family to the Adriatic to find a remedy for a skin condition. The film was shelved at the outbreak of the Croatian War of Independence , and was not released until 1997. Pitt made two motion picture appearances in 1989:
3775-463: A half years after proceedings began. However, in July, Los Angeles superior court judge John W. Ouderkirk was removed from the case due to concerns over his impartiality as he did not sufficiently disclose business relationships with Pitt's lawyers. This resulted in the custody arrangement reverting to a previous November 2018 agreement where Jolie has primary physical custody while Pitt has "custodial time" with their minor children. In September 2016,
3926-493: A historical drama based on the autobiography of Solomon Northup . The film received critical acclaim and was nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning three, including Best Picture . Also in 2013, Pitt had a supporting role in Ridley Scott 's The Counselor . Plan B Entertainment landed its first television series on the 2013–2014 schedule, as their joint venture with ABC Studios , the sci-fi/fantasy drama Resurrection ,
4077-640: A jewelry designer. In July 2005, Pitt accompanied Jolie to Addis Ababa , Ethiopia , where she adopted her second child, a girl. On December 3, 2005, Pitt was in the process of becoming the adoptive father of Jolie's daughter, and Jolie's first adopted child, a boy. On January 19, 2006, a California judge granted Jolie's request to change the children's surnames from "Jolie" to "Jolie-Pitt". The adoptions were finalized soon after. Jolie gave birth to their daughter in Swakopmund , Namibia , on May 27, 2006. Pitt confirmed that their newborn daughter would qualify for
4228-501: A loosely adapted version of a 1921 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald . The story follows a man who is born an octogenarian and ages in reverse, with Pitt's "sensitive" performance making Benjamin Button a "timeless masterpiece", according to Michael Sragow of The Baltimore Sun . The performance earned Pitt his first Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, as well as a fourth Golden Globe and second Academy Award nomination, all in
4379-487: A lot of bad art by the seaside." Dan Brooks in The New York Times was critical of the easy sarcasm. The exhibition proved to be popular with visitors, with many prepared to queue for hours each day for one of the 500 daily walk-in tickets. It brought in 150,000 visitors from around the world, boosting the local economy of Weston-super-Mare by £20m. In May 2016, it was announced that Dismaland had been shortlisted for
4530-712: A lot of lakes." Pitt attended Kickapoo High School , where he was a member of the golf, swimming, and tennis teams. He participated in the school's Key and Forensics clubs, in school debates, and in musicals. Following his graduation from high school, Pitt enrolled in the University of Missouri in 1982, majoring in journalism with a focus on advertising. As graduation approached, Pitt did not feel ready to settle down. He loved films—"a portal into different worlds for me"—and, since films were not made in Missouri, he decided to go to where they were made. Two weeks short of completing
4681-519: A mural called The Son of a Migrant from Syria in the camp in December 2015, featuring Steve Jobs as a migrant. Prior to the eviction of the southern section of the camp , playwright Tom Stoppard and actors Jude Law , Tom Odell and Toby Jones performed in the camp at the end of February 2016 to draw attention to the eviction. The performance was organised by Letters Live in the Good Change theatre,
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4832-997: A political stance. Senior Church of England figures such as the Bishop of Leeds , the Dean of Durham and the Archbishop of Canterbury said they fully supported the program. In 2016, a different church and a mosque were demolished by the authorities. A number of NGOs worked to provide refugee relief, including the French associations L'Aubergue des Migrants, Salam, Secours Catholique , and Utopia 56. A number of foreign NGOs were also present, including Help Refugees (working in partnership with L'Auberge des Migrants), Refugee Community Kitchen, Calais Kitchens, Belgium Kitchen, Calais Action , Care4Calais, and Refugee Info Bus. Between them they provided food, material aid, legal information, sanitation and shelter. Educational services were provided by Jungle Books,
4983-602: A politics graduate, told The Guardian that he had "paid $ 3,000 (£2,000) to leave Egypt, risked my life on a boat to Italy spending days at sea" and that in one month he had tried 20 times to reach England; another, an Eritrean woman with a one-year-old child, had paid €2,500 (£1,825) – and her husband the same – to sail to Italy , but her husband had drowned during the journey . Migrants risk their lives when they try to climb aboard or travel on lorries, occasionally falling off and breaking bones; some fatalities en route are also recorded. In September 2016, workers began building
5134-516: A private wedding ceremony in Malibu on July 29, 2000. In January 2005, Pitt and Aniston announced they had decided to separate. Two months later, Aniston filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. Pitt and Aniston's divorce was finalized by the Los Angeles Superior Court on October 2, 2005. Despite media reports that Pitt and Aniston had an acrimonious relationship, Pitt said in
5285-526: A producer and actor), two BAFTA Awards , two Golden Globe Awards , a Primetime Emmy Award , and two Screen Actors Guild Awards . Over his career he has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the following performances: Pitt visited the University of Missouri campus in October 2004 to encourage students to vote in the 2004 U.S. presidential election , in which he supported John Kerry . Later in October, he publicly supported
5436-483: A recurring role as a weatherman on the late-night talk show The Jim Jefferies Show throughout 2017. A 2017 sequel to World War Z was in announced in 2016, before the film was briefly delayed, then confirmed to be directed by David Fincher, and then ultimately shelved due to budget issues. Pitt starred as Cliff Booth, a stunt double, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio , in Quentin Tarantino 's 2019 film Once Upon
5587-633: A reluctance from migrants to speak to border police . Refugee Rights Data Project (RRDP, later known as Refugee Rights Europe) released a report in April 2016 called The Long Wait: Filling the data gaps relating to refugees and displaced people in the Calais camp . It stated that 75.9% of the 870 refugees surveyed said they had experienced police violence , a category including physical and sexual violence , verbal abuse and misuse of tear gas . A similar figure (76.7%) reported health issues resulting from living in
5738-433: A role for which he was required to learn an Irish accent. Critical opinion was divided on his accent; "Pitt finds the right tone of moral ambiguity, but at times his Irish brogue is too convincing – it's hard to understand what he's saying", wrote the San Francisco Chronicle . The Charleston Gazette opined that it had favored Pitt's accent over the movie. The Devil's Own grossed $ 140 million worldwide, but
5889-497: A school counselor. The family soon moved to Springfield, Missouri , where he lived together with his younger siblings, Douglas Pitt (b. 1966) and Julie (née Pitt) Neal (b. 1969). Born into a conservative Christian household, he was raised as Southern Baptist and later "oscillate[d] between agnosticism and atheism ." He later reconciled his belief in spirituality. Pitt has described Springfield as " Mark Twain country, Jesse James country," having grown up with "a lot of hills,
6040-515: A set of paparazzi photographs emerged showing Pitt, Jolie, and her son Maddox at a beach in Kenya ; the press interpreted the pictures as evidence of a relationship between Pitt and Jolie. Throughout 2005, the two were seen together with increasing frequency, and the entertainment media dubbed the couple " Brangelina ". On January 11, 2006, Jolie confirmed to People that she was pregnant with Pitt's child, thereby publicly acknowledging their relationship for
6191-472: A similar loss of contact with nearly 130 children earlier in the year during the March 2016 demolition of the southern part of the Jungle, raising global concerns of exploitation and trafficking. A few months after the demolition of the Jungle's northern zone, migrants began to return to the area, particularly those who had been refused asylum by the British government. According to figures provided by Le Monde , of
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6342-426: A space engineer searching the galaxy for his father. Pitt's performance was praised as one of his career-best turn, delivering a performance "that weaponizes passivity into a lethal form of self-defense". On April 25, 2020 , Pitt portrayed Dr. Anthony Fauci in the cold open on Saturday Night Live earning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series nomination. In 2021, Pitt entered
6493-574: A space set up by British volunteers the previous year and included readings by camp residents. Popstar Lily Allen visited in summer 2016 at the instigation of a friend who runs a migrant charity. She apologised to a 13-year-old child migrant , Shamsher, on behalf of the UK; Shamsher later entered the UK in October 2016. Assaults on migrants near the Jungle were reported on several occasions. Seven attackers belonging to anti-migrant movements and armed with iron bars and electric batons were arrested during
6644-402: A stabbing). Two hundred police officers, seventy firefighters and eleven ambulances responded to the scene; French authorities opened an investigation. At the time, Deutsche Welle estimated that 4,000 to 5,000 people lived in the camp. During the summer, the population of the camp surpassed the highest number of the previous year. According to a July 2016 census by Help Refugees , the camp
6795-439: A superior player, saying "when you play with somebody better than you, your game gets better." In 1993, Pitt reunited with Juliette Lewis for the road film Kalifornia . He played Early Grayce, a serial killer and the abusive husband of Lewis' character, in a performance described by Peter Travers of Rolling Stone as "outstanding, all boyish charm and then a snort that exudes pure menace." Pitt also garnered attention for
6946-544: A two-episode role on the NBC soap opera Another World . In November of the same year, Pitt had a guest appearance on the CBS sitcom Trial and Error and the ABC sitcom Growing Pains . He appeared in four episodes of the CBS primetime series Dallas between December 1987 and February 1988 as Randy, the boyfriend of Charlie Wade (played by Shalane McCall ). Later in 1988, Pitt made
7097-503: A weird magnetism that becomes important later in the film." He won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film and received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor . The following year, he appeared in the legal drama Sleepers (1996), based on Lorenzo Carcaterra 's novel of the same name. The film received mixed reviews. In the 1997 film The Devil's Own Pitt starred, opposite Harrison Ford , as Irish Republican Army terrorist Rory Devany,
7248-541: A worse-than-expected box office performance, Fight Club became a cult classic after its DVD release in 2000. Pitt was cast as an Irish Traveller boxer with a barely intelligible accent in Guy Ritchie 's 2000 gangster film Snatch . Several reviewers were critical of Snatch ; however, most praised Pitt. Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle said Pitt was "ideally cast as an Irishman whose accent
7399-406: A young runaway (played by Juliette Lewis ) in the 1990 NBC television movie Too Young to Die? , the story of an abused teenager sentenced to death for a murder. Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly wrote: "Pitt is a magnificent slimeball as her hoody boyfriend; looking and sounding like a malevolent John Cougar Mellencamp , he's really scary." The same year, Pitt co-starred in six episodes of
7550-479: Is a miscalculation." In 1999, Pitt portrayed Tyler Durden in Fight Club , a film adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk 's novel of the same name , directed by David Fincher . Pitt prepared for the part with lessons in boxing , taekwondo , and grappling . To look the part, Pitt consented to the removal of pieces of his front teeth which were restored when filming ended. While promoting Fight Club , Pitt said that
7701-430: Is so thick even Brits can't understand him", going on to say that, before Snatch , Pitt had been "shackled by roles that called for brooding introspection, but recently he has found his calling in black comic outrageousness and flashy extroversion;" while Amy Taubin of The Village Voice claimed that "Pitt gets maximum comic mileage out of a one-joke role". The following year Pitt starred opposite Julia Roberts in
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#17328556712017852-471: Is this site that developed into the Calais Jungle. The Calais Jungle was located on a former landfill site in a Seveso zone . The land had been polluted by industrial waste and had been designated a Natura 2000 protected nature habitat. From 2000 onwards, the name "jungle" has been used by migrants to describe many encampments and shanty towns around Calais. The use of the word to describe encampments
8003-551: Is thought to derive from the Pashto word "dzjangal" which means a forest or wood. The moniker "Calais Jungle" is now most associated with this particular camp that existed from January 2015 to October 2016, located on the eastern edge of Calais , under 500 metres (1,600 ft) away from the Port of Calais and next to the N216 bypass , used by vehicles approaching or leaving the ferry terminal. It
8154-826: The Time 100 list in 2007. Pitt first gained recognition as a cowboy hitchhiker in the Ridley Scott road film Thelma & Louise (1991). Pitt emerged as a star taking on leading man roles in films such as the drama A River Runs Through It (1992), the western Legends of the Fall (1994), the horror film Interview with the Vampire (1994), and the crime thriller Seven (1995). Pitt found greater commercial success starring in Steven Soderbergh 's heist film Ocean's Eleven (2001), and reprised his role in its sequels. He cemented his leading man status starring in blockbusters such as
8305-466: The 1995 ceremony , his performance was poorly received. According to the Dallas Observer , "Brad Pitt [...] is a large part of the problem [in the film]. When directors play up his cocky, hunkish, folksy side [...] he's a joy to watch. But there's nothing about him that suggests inner torment or even self-awareness, which makes him a boring Louis." Following the release of Interview with
8456-458: The 2007 Venice Film Festival , with Pitt playing a "scary and charismatic" role, according to Lewis Beale of Film Journal International , and earning Pitt the Volpi Cup award for Best Actor at the 64th Venice International Film Festival . He eventually collected the award one year later at the 2008 festival . As of January 2019, it was his own favorite of his films. Pitt's next appearance
8607-585: The Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe. That same year, Pitt's company Plan B Entertainment produced The Departed , which won the Academy Award for Best Picture . Pitt was credited on-screen as a producer; however, only Graham King was ruled eligible for the Oscar win. Reprising his role as Rusty Ryan in a third picture, Pitt starred in 2007's Ocean's Thirteen . While less lucrative than
8758-521: The Calais Jungle where he also added murals. Local residents of Weston-super-Mare were told that a Hollywood company called Atlas Entertainment was using the location to film a crime thriller called Grey Fox . Signs proclaiming "Grey Fox Productions" were posted around entrances to the site. Pictures of its construction began surfacing online in early August 2015, and included a "fairy castle and massive sculptures". Holly Cushing, whose name appeared in
8909-495: The Doug Liman -directed action comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith , in which a bored married couple discover that each is an assassin sent to kill the other. The feature received reasonable reviews but was generally lauded for the chemistry between Pitt and Angelina Jolie , who played his character's wife Jane Smith. The Star Tribune noted that "while the story feels haphazard, the movie gets by on gregarious charm, galloping energy and
9060-520: The European migrant crisis in 2015, when its population grew rapidly. Migrants stayed at the camp while they attempted to enter the United Kingdom , or while they waited for their French asylum claims to be processed. The camp was located on a former landfill site to the east of Calais. By July 2015, it had 3,000 inhabitants and continued to grow. Although estimates of the number of migrants differed,
9211-647: The FBI and the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services investigated Pitt for child abuse following an incident on a plane, where Pitt was accused by an anonymous person of being "verbally abusive" and "physical" towards one of his children. Pitt was not criminally charged for the incident by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, or by the FBI. In 2022, Jolie filed
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#17328556712019362-543: The Haiti earthquake . Pitt is a supporter of same-sex marriage . In an October 2006 interview with Esquire , Pitt said that he would marry Jolie when everyone in America is legally able to marry. In September 2008, he donated $ 100,000 to the campaign against California's 2008 ballot proposition Proposition 8 , an initiative to overturn the state Supreme Court decision that had legalized same-sex marriage . In March 2012, Pitt
9513-645: The Palme d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival . In a performance that attracted strong praise, he portrayed the Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane in the drama Moneyball , which is based on the 2003 book of the same name written by Michael Lewis . Moneyball received six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture and Best Actor for Pitt. His next role was as mob hitman Jackie Cogan in Andrew Dominik 's 2012 Killing Them Softly , based on
9664-467: The South Bank Sky Arts Award . Calais Jungle The Calais Jungle (known officially as Camp de la Lande ) was a refugee and immigrant encampment in the vicinity of Calais , France, that existed from January 2015 to October 2016. There had been other camps known as "jungles" in previous years, but this particular shanty town drew global media attention during the peak of
9815-651: The mayor of Calais Natacha Bouchart agreed on opening a day centre in Calais for migrants and a night shelter specifically for women and children . It was this decision that led to the opening of the Jules Ferry Centre in January of the following year, around which the camp expanded. In December 2014, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said the conditions in Calais were "totally unacceptable". In partnership with local associations,
9966-509: The romantic comedy The Mexican , a film that garnered a range of reviews but enjoyed box office success. Pitt's next role, in 2001's $ 143 million-grossing Cold War thriller Spy Game , was as Tom Bishop, an operative of the CIA 's Special Activities Division , mentored by Robert Redford 's character. Mark Holcomb of Salon.com enjoyed the film, although he noted that neither Pitt nor Redford provided "much of an emotional connection for
10117-406: The 1,934 minors who had left Calais in 2016, only 468 had been accepted to the U.K., leaving the vast majority of these underage refugees either stranded or missing. Help Refugees reported that by mid-January 2017 between 500 and 1,000 migrants, mostly unaccompanied minors, were living rough in Calais. In February 2017, the mayor of Calais, Natacha Bouchart , faced global controversy for signing
10268-446: The 1991 film Johnny Suede , a low-budget picture about an aspiring rock star, and the 1992 live-action/animated fantasy film Cool World , although neither furthered his career, having poor reviews and box office performance. Pitt took on the role of Paul Maclean in the 1992 biographical film A River Runs Through It , directed by Robert Redford . His portrayal of the character was described by People ' s Janet Mock as
10419-487: The Calais Jungle was turned into a nature reserve . Books Reports Brad Pitt William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. He is the recipient of various accolades , including two Academy Awards , two British Academy Film Awards , two Golden Globe Awards , and a Primetime Emmy Award . One of the most influential celebrities, Pitt appeared on Forbes ' annual Celebrity 100 list from 2006 to 2008, and
10570-546: The Dismaland Web site. Contributor Shadi Alzaqzouq from Palestine covered up his work with a bedsheet bearing a slogan in protest at the presence of Israeli artists; the covered work remained in place. The issue was later resolved, and the work was uncovered. High demand for tickets to the exhibition caused the Dismaland website to crash repeatedly. Some wondered whether or not this was deliberately contrived by Banksy as part of
10721-648: The Ecole Laïque chemins des dunes and by Edlumino . Specialist services for women and children were run by the Unofficial Women's and Children's Centre and the Refugee Youth Service. NGOs also provided recreation: such as a boxing club and the Good Chance Theatre, which ran from a dome doubling as a community space for other activities. In January 2016, French authorities opened a new area in
10872-618: The French Minister of the Interior ) under pressure from the UK government , a "jungle" camp was established in the woods around the Port of Calais, along with various other camps that sprung up around the city before being torn down by the authorities. The large camp lasted until April 2009, when the French authorities launched a raid, arresting 190 people and using bulldozers to destroy tents. By July 2009,
11023-525: The Jungle, resulting not only in the physical and psychological trauma of the refugees, but also the spoilage of their food and water, an act which the interviewed refugees alleged as intentional. In a broader report published earlier in the month, "Nobody Deserves to Live This Way!", the Human Trafficking Foundation (HTF) noted that the hostilities of the French government and police towards Calais refugees were meant to deter them from initiating
11174-512: The Jungle. According to The Long Wait , at the time of the report 71.6% of the approximately 5,500 residents had been in the camp for three to six months. About 78 people had been there for more than a year and around 205 women lived in the camp at this time (3.2% of the population). A large fight between 200 and 300 migrants from Afghanistan and Sudan broke out at the camp in late May 2016, resulting in 40 injuries (33 migrants, 5 aid workers and 2 police officers), of which 3 were serious (including
11325-458: The Jungle. On Monday, 24 October 2016, the Government of France began the final major eviction at dawn. It was planned that 6,400 migrants would be moved from the Jungle to 280 temporary reception centres around France, in 170 buses. Although the days leading up to the closure of the northern zone were marked by violent clashes between the police and refugees, news outlets asserted that the day of
11476-537: The Sea , a romantic drama about a marriage in crisis, based on her screenplay. The film was their first collaboration since 2005's Mr. & Mrs. Smith . Pitt's next role came with the biographical comedy-drama The Big Short , which he also produced and also co-starred alongside Christian Bale , Steve Carell , and Ryan Gosling . The film was a commercial and critical success. It went on to gross over $ 102 million worldwide and received positive reviews from critics. The film
11627-475: The U.K. Although Parisian authorities initially threatened uncooperative migrants with incarceration in administrative detention centers, upon a reevaluation of capacity, migrants were permitted to leave by themselves from Calais either by foot or by train. Whilst some migrants relocated to a camp in Grande-Synthe , many fled to informal settlements in rural areas across northern France. On Thursday, 27 October,
11778-534: The UK . The authorities stated the fingerprints were taken for security reasons. Local citizens, No Borders activists and thousands of volunteers making up local and foreign grassroots organisations supported migrants in the camp, as did a number of academics, artists and celebrities. Libération published an open letter in support of the migrants on 20 October 2015, signed by 800 film-makers and intellectuals. Jaz O'Hara visited with her boyfriend during summer 2015 and decided to collect donations after writing
11929-480: The UK and French governments were condemned by aid workers from groups such as Help Refugees and Save the Children for not respecting the human rights of children . The 200 unaccompanied children, aged 14 to 17, had been lured out of the camp by promises of transport to an asylum centre but were then abandoned. After Baroness Sheehan had intervened, a number of the children ended up being told by police to return to
12080-450: The UNHCR also reported that 15 people, including young women and teenagers, had died at the border during 2014. In January 2015, the government set up an official day centre , initially consisting of three military tents in the car park of a former children's holiday camp , the Jules Ferry Centre. Located on the eastern outskirts of the city, this was the first permanent site for migrants in
12231-526: The United Kingdom having once lived there, whilst others were attempting to enter the British labour market to find under-the-table work , which is more difficult in France. Some migrants lived in the camp while seeking asylum in France, a choice they made because the French system did not provide for them while their claim was being processed, leaving them homeless for the duration. One migrant from Egypt ,
12382-614: The Vampire , Pitt starred in Legends of the Fall (1994), based on a novel by the same name by Jim Harrison , set in the American West during the first four decades of the twentieth century. Portraying Tristan Ludlow, son of Colonel William Ludlow ( Anthony Hopkins ) a Cornish immigrant, Pitt received his first Golden Globe Award nomination, in the Best Actor category. Aidan Quinn and Henry Thomas co-starred as Pitt's brothers. Although
12533-604: The animated television series King of the Hill . Pitt had two major film roles in 2004, starring as Achilles in Troy , and reprising his role, Rusty Ryan , in the sequel Ocean's Twelve . He spent six months sword training before the filming of Troy , based on the Iliad . An on-set injury to his Achilles tendon delayed production on the picture for several weeks. Stephen Hunter of The Washington Post stated that Pitt excelled at such
12684-416: The area since the camp at Sangatte. It was run by La Vie Active and was set up as a place from which food could be distributed, with overnight accommodation for up to 500 women and children added a few months later. Migrants were pushed towards this site through the dismantling of other encampments around the city and the area around the Jules Ferry Centre became a "tolerated zone" where migrants camped. It
12835-408: The area. A hostile environment is created for the migrants, with migrants and NGOs supporting migrants reporting violence from the police and the local administration occasionally banning the distribution of food and water to migrants. On 11 October 2021, a Jesuit priest and two fellow activists started a hunger strike to ask the authorities to stop mistreatments of migrants. The site of
12986-420: The audience". On November 22, 2001, Pitt made a guest appearance in the eighth season of the television series Friends , playing a man with a grudge against Rachel Green , played by Jennifer Aniston , to whom Pitt was married at the time. For this performance he was nominated for an Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series . In December 2001, Pitt played Rusty Ryan in
13137-432: The background. After years of supporting roles in film and frequent television guest appearances, Pitt attracted wider recognition in his supporting role in Ridley Scott 's 1991 road film Thelma & Louise . He played J.D., a small-time criminal who befriends Thelma ( Geena Davis ). His love scene with Davis has been cited as the event that defined Pitt as a sex symbol . After Thelma & Louise , Pitt starred in
13288-425: The camp and some lighting was installed through its centre; although most of the camp was unlit, residents reported feeling vulnerable at night. Residents built dwellings and set up amenities, including shops, restaurants, hair dressers and places of worship. Food critic A. A. Gill ate at a nameless restaurant run by Mohammed Ali from Peshawar , rating both food and atmosphere four out of five, commenting that
13439-459: The camp had been re-established, and the BBC estimated it held around 800 inhabitants. French authorities closed down the camp in a September 2009 dawn raid and detained 276 people. Conditions in these camps were poor, typically without proper sanitary or washing facilities and accommodation consisting of tents and improvised shelters. Food was supplied by charity kitchens . The French authorities faced
13590-481: The camp, slowed traffic entering the port of Calais and demanded the closure of the Jungle. The protesters blockaded the A16 with lorries and agricultural vehicles. Camp residents experienced hostility from the police. While the camp was initially tolerated by the authorities, opposition grew and culminated in the final eviction of the camp in October 2016. On 25 February 2016, the French government received approval from
13741-549: The camp. Aid associations said the overcrowding also resulted in inter-community tensions. In September 2016, the Minister of the Interior Bernard Cazeneuve announced that the northern zone of the Calais Jungle would be dismantled and that the entirety of the Jungle would be closed until the end of the year. Refugees were informed of the government's decision through the distribution of thousands of leaflets throughout
13892-495: The category for Best Actor. The film received thirteen Academy Award nominations, and grossed $ 329 million at the box office worldwide. Pitt's next leading role came in 2009 with the Quentin Tarantino -directed war film Inglourious Basterds , which premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival . Pitt played Lieutenant Aldo Raine, an American resistance fighter battling Nazis in German-occupied France. The film
14043-513: The charity. The artwork was displayed in Help Refugees' London pop-up shop and members of the public could pay £2 to enter a competition to guess the weight of the piece. The person whose guess was closest to the actual weight would win Dream Boat . The 'guess-the-weight' competition was seen as 'deliberately school fair' in style. Contributors of artworks included: A full list was published on
14194-544: The city's outskirts. The act was denounced by humanitarian organizations including Utopia 56 and L'Auberge des Migrants, who argued that humanitarian aid to refugees residing in Calais would provide a safer and healthier environment for refugees and permanent residents, particularly by preventing hunger-driven theft and infectious diseases. Human Rights Watch published a report in July 2017 called Like Living in Hell , documenting what it described as continuing human rights abuses by
14345-524: The containers were enclosed by a metal fence and it was necessary to give a fingerprint to gain access . Under the Dublin Regulation an asylum seeker must seek asylum in the EU Member State where they first gave their fingerprints and they may not seek asylum elsewhere, thus some migrants were concerned that if their fingerprints were taken in France they would then not be able to claim asylum in
14496-577: The coursework for a degree, Pitt left the university and moved to Los Angeles, where he took acting lessons and worked odd jobs. He has named Gary Oldman , Sean Penn , and Mickey Rourke as his early acting heroes. While struggling to establish himself in Los Angeles , Pitt took lessons from acting coach Roy London . His acting career began in 1987, with uncredited parts in the films No Way Out (1987), No Man's Land (1987) and Less than Zero (1987). In May 1987, he made his television debut in
14647-576: The credits of a documentary about Banksy and who is often reported to be his manager, was sighted at the construction site before the opening, which made the project less of a "secret". Among the structures photographed prior to the opening were a large pinwheel by Banksy , Horse Scaffolding Sculpture by Ben Long , and a twisted truck sculpture, Big Rig Jig by artist Mike Ross which was previously shown at Burning Man in 2007. Works by 58 artists, including Jenny Holzer , Damien Hirst , Jeff Gillette , Jimmy Cauty and Bill Barminski were featured in
14798-480: The crime thriller Seven , playing a detective on the trail of a serial killer who preys on people he considers guilty of the Seven Deadly Sins . Pitt called it a great movie and declared the part would expand his acting horizons. He expressed his intent to move on from "this 'pretty boy' thing [...] and play someone with flaws." His performance was critically well received, with Variety saying that it
14949-549: The crisis in the Darfur region. Along with Clooney, Damon, Don Cheadle , David Pressman , and Jerry Weintraub , Pitt is one of the founders of Not On Our Watch, an organization that focuses global attention on stopping "mass atrocities". Pitt has a sustained interest in architecture, even taking time away from film to study computer-aided design at the Los Angeles offices of renowned architect Frank Gehry . He narrated e2 design ,
15100-670: The demolition of the Jungle in 2016, there has been a policy of "no fixation points" for migrants to settle in, aiming to stop another large camp from forming. Police, including the Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité (CRS), and clearance teams regularly evict migrants from their makeshift camps with new encampments later forming in another or the same location. The encampments are dangerous due to exposure and poor living conditions resulting in health difficulties. The United Nations has repeatedly spoken out about what its experts say are unacceptable conditions for migrants in
15251-406: The devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina . The project involves 13 architectural firms and the environmental organization Global Green USA , with several of the firms donating their services. Pitt and philanthropist Steve Bing have each committed $ 5 million in donations. The first six homes were completed in October 2008, and in September 2009 Pitt received an award in recognition of
15402-513: The developing world. He narrated the 2005 PBS public television series Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge , which discusses current global health issues. The following year Pitt and Jolie flew to Haiti , where they visited a school supported by Yéle Haïti, a charity founded by Haitian-born hip hop musician Wyclef Jean . In May 2007, Pitt and Jolie donated $ 1 million to three organizations in Chad and Sudan dedicated to those affected by
15553-404: The entire caravan around them, producing an optical illusion that the visitors themselves were spinning inside a static room. For one exhibit, the books of Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare , a British novelist and former politician who served a prison sentence for perjury, were burned each day in a fire pit. Every one of the estimated 150,000 visitors to the park entered through
15704-445: The eviction was much calmer than during the southern zone's closure earlier in the spring. The prefect of Pas-de-Calais , Fabienne Buccio, announced on Wednesday, 26 October, that the camp had been cleared, but news reporters stated there were still adults in the camp and unaccompanied children were waiting to be processed, the latter of whose information was forwarded to the British government in order to connect them to relatives in
15855-475: The fantasy romance The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and the sports drama Moneyball (2011). He also starred in acclaimed films such as Fight Club (1999), Babel (2006), The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), Burn After Reading (2008), Inglourious Basterds (2009), The Tree of Life (2011), and The Big Short (2015). In 2001, Pitt co-founded
16006-552: The fate of 200 unaccompanied children and Human Rights Watch published a report in 2017 stating that up to 1,000 migrants were still living in the Calais region. While there is no longer a camp like the Jungle in Calais, a sizeable number of migrants are still present. Migrants based in Calais were attempting to enter the United Kingdom via the Port of Calais or the Channel Tunnel by stowing away on lorries, ferries, cars, or trains. Some migrants were attempting to return to
16157-633: The film explored not taking one's aggressions out on someone else but to "have an experience, take a punch more and see how you come out on the other end." Fight Club premiered at the 1999 Venice International Film Festival . Despite divided critical opinion on the film as a whole, Pitt's performance was widely praised. Paul Clinton of CNN noted the risky yet successful nature of the film, while Variety remarked upon Pitt's ability to be "cool, charismatic and more dynamically physical, perhaps than [...] his breakthrough role in Thelma and Louise ". In spite of
16308-473: The film visibility. Pitt later said he regarded taking the part as one of the best decisions of his career. The film was screened at a special presentation at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and was later featured at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival . Babel received seven Academy and Golden Globe award nominations, winning the Best Drama Golden Globe, and earned Pitt a nomination for
16459-515: The film's reception was mixed, many film critics praised Pitt's performance. Janet Maslin of The New York Times said, "Pitt's diffident mix of acting and attitude works to such heartthrob perfection it's a shame the film's superficiality gets in his way." The Deseret News predicted that Legends of the Fall would solidify Pitt's reputation as a lead actor. In 1995, Pitt starred alongside Morgan Freeman , Gwyneth Paltrow , and Kevin Spacey in
16610-431: The first images of the twins were jointly sold to People and Hello! for $ 14 million— the most expensive celebrity pictures ever taken . The couple donated the proceeds to the Jolie-Pitt Foundation. Since Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt on September 19, 2016, they have been embroiled in a custody battle over their children. Jolie had full custody until May 2021 when Pitt was granted joint custody, over four and
16761-451: The first in a supporting role in the comedy Happy Together ; the second a featured role in the horror film Cutting Class , the first of Pitt's films to reach theaters. He made guest appearances on television series Head of the Class , Freddy's Nightmares , Thirtysomething , and (for a second time) Growing Pains . Pitt was cast as Billy Canton, a drug addict who takes advantage of
16912-494: The first time. Pitt and Jolie announced their engagement in April 2012 after seven years together. They were legally married on August 14, 2014, and had their wedding in a private ceremony at the Château Miraval , France on August 23, 2014. On September 19, 2016, Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt, citing irreconcilable differences. On April 12, 2019, the divorce became legal. In 2022, he began dating Ines de Ramon (b. 1992),
17063-406: The first two films, this sequel earned $ 311 million at the international box office. Pitt's next film role was as American outlaw Jesse James in the 2007 Western drama The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford , adapted from Ron Hansen 's 1983 novel of the same name . Directed by Andrew Dominik and produced by Pitt's company Plan B Entertainment, the film premiered at
17214-401: The foundation in 2006; it gave away $ 2.4 million in 2006 and $ 3.4 million in 2007. In June 2009, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation donated $ 1 million to a U.N. refugee agency to help Pakistanis displaced by fighting between troops and Taliban militants. In January 2010, the foundation donated $ 1 million to Doctors Without Borders for emergency medical assistance to help victims of
17365-461: The heist film Ocean's Eleven , a remake of the 1960 Rat Pack original . He joined an ensemble cast including George Clooney , Matt Damon , Andy García , and Julia Roberts. Well received by critics, Ocean's Eleven was highly successful at the box office, earning $ 450 million worldwide. Pitt appeared in two episodes of MTV's reality series Jackass in February 2002, first running through
17516-416: The historical epic Troy (2004), the romantic crime film Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), the horror film World War Z (2013), and the action film Bullet Train (2022). Pitt won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a stuntman in Quentin Tarantino 's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). He was Oscar-nominated for his roles in the science fiction drama 12 Monkeys (1995),
17667-476: The irony of the Dismaland experience. Many celebrities were attracted to the venue, some international, such as Brad Pitt , Jack Black , Neil Patrick Harris , Nicholas Hoult , Wayne Coyne , Russell Brand , Ant & Dec , Mark Ronson , Darren Criss , Daddy G , CGP Grey and Brady Haran . The exhibit had a mixed reception from critics. Jonathan Jones in the Guardian found it depressing: "brings together
17818-557: The late 1980s to early 1990s, Pitt was romantically involved with several of his co-stars, including Robin Givens ( Head of the Class ), Jill Schoelen ( Cutting Class ), and Juliette Lewis ( Too Young to Die? and Kalifornia ). Pitt was 27 and Lewis was 17 at the time of their relationship. Subsequently, Pitt had a much-publicized romance and engagement to his Seven co-star, Gwyneth Paltrow , whom he dated from 1994 to 1997. Pitt met actress Jennifer Aniston in 1998; they married in
17969-462: The main course was "a properly, cleverly crafted and wholly unexpected dish, made with finesse". After an appeal by NGOs to the court in Lille that the amenities were vital for feeding residents, a judge blocked authorities from attempting to raze restaurants and shops in August 2016, ruling there was no legal basis for the demolitions. St. Michael's Church (also known as the Ethiopian Church)
18120-496: The night of 10 February 2016 at Loon-Plage . On 22 February 2016, four other people were arrested on suspicion of assaults against migrants. On 9 March 2016, five people were arrested, three of whom had already been arrested at Loon-Plage on 10 February. The five men were allegedly involved in at least seven attacks on migrants. On 5 September 2016, truck drivers , local farmers , and trade unionists , protesting against what they saw as "wilful destruction" by migrants residing in
18271-560: The northeastern part of the jungle. They had earlier cleared tents and shacks from this area and erected 125 metal shipping containers in their place, converting them into housing units for up to 1,500 migrants. Shipping containers, rather than more permanent structures, were chosen because the sand dunes are unfit for permanent foundations . The containers were white and furnished with bunk beds , windows, and heaters, but had no running water or sanitary facilities (toilets and showers were made available at an existing nearby facility). At
18422-454: The novel Cogan's Trade by George V. Higgins . In 2013, Pitt starred in World War Z , a thriller about a zombie apocalypse , based on Max Brooks 's novel of the same name . Pitt also produced the film. World War Z grossed $ 540 million at the box office worldwide, becoming Pitt's highest grossing picture. Next in 2013, he produced, and played a small role in, 12 Years a Slave ,
18573-463: The number of arrivals decreased while a number of migrants left the camp, such as 3,569 who were "welcomed to France". At the end of February 2016, the BBC noted that there were differing figures for the population: "Calais officials say it houses 3,700, while Help Refugees puts it at 5,497". Aid organisations put discrepancies between their and the authorities' figures down to different counting methods and
18724-563: The park. Banksy said he contacted the "best artists I could imagine" to exhibit, two of whom turned him down. Art Historian Dr Gavin Grindon from the University of Essex curated Dismaland's political exhibits, including a bus housing a collection of dangerous and violent objects (from homeless spikes to riot shields and rubber bullets) under the banner of 'Cruel Designs'. A fake payday loan shop for kids called "Pocket Money Loans" by Darren Cullen
18875-649: The peak of the European migrant crisis , the numbers began to grow. Migrants arrived from Afghanistan , Darfur , Iraq and other conflict zones . By July 2015, The Telegraph reported that the "new jungle" had 3,000 inhabitants. Médecins du Monde stated in 2015 that 62% of the migrants in Calais were young men with an average age of 33, with an increase in the number unaccompanied children (517 in 2014, eight times more than in 2011). Many migrants later moved to smaller camps near Calais and Dunkirk . As of November 2015, there were an estimated 6,000 migrants living in Calais, policed by over 1,000 officers. That winter,
19026-454: The police against children and adult migrants in the region. It stated that nine months after the eviction, around 500 migrants remained living around Calais. Having interviewed over 60 migrants and more than 20 aid workers, the report noted that police, particularly the CRS (French riot police ), were routinely spraying migrants, their possessions and their food and water with pepper spray . Since
19177-451: The police, others by residents of the structures being demolished. Protests continued into the evening, when migrants blocked the nearby road. Three No Border activists and another person were arrested. According to aid associations, 80% of people whose shelters were demolished in the eviction relocated to the remaining part of the camp, resulting in overcrowding and caused MSF to become increasingly concerned about health conditions within
19328-448: The population of the camp at 8,143 in October 2016. More than 1,000 police were deployed during the final eviction. In July 2017, Human Rights Watch (HRW) presented its findings on police violence in Calais based on interviews conducted with more than 60 temporary residents, half of whom were unaccompanied minors. In the international NGO's report, it revealed that there was an unregulated use of pepper spray by Calais police throughout
19479-460: The principle of public funding for embryonic stem-cell research . "We have to make sure that we open up these avenues so that our best and our brightest can go find these cures that they believe they will find", he said. In support of this he endorsed Proposition 71 , a California ballot initiative intended to provide state government funding for stem-cell research. Pitt supports One Campaign , an organization aimed at combating AIDS and poverty in
19630-420: The process to seek asylum in the U.K., particularly impacting unaccompanied minors with decreased access to information about their rights. UNITED for Intercultural Action lists more than 40 migrant deaths in and around Calais during the time of the Jungle. Causes of death include suffocation in the back of a lorry, being hit by a vehicle (including train), beaten to death by people smugglers , killed during
19781-536: The production company Plan B Entertainment . As a producer he won the Academy Award for Best Picture for 12 Years a Slave (2013) and was nominated for Moneyball (2011) and The Big Short (2015). Pitt was named People's Sexiest Man Alive in 1995 and 2000. William Bradley Pitt was born on December 18, 1963, in Shawnee, Oklahoma , to William Alvin Pitt, the proprietor of a trucking company, and Jane Etta (née Hillhouse),
19932-491: The project from the U.S. Green Building Council , a non-profit trade organization that promotes sustainability in how buildings are designed, built and operated. Pitt met with U.S. President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi in March 2009 to promote his concept of green housing as a national model and to discuss federal funding possibilities. In September 2006, Pitt and Jolie established
20083-661: The recording business by creating a company with French record producer Damien Quintard . Set in Pitt's Chateau Miraval in South of France, Miraval Studios will re-open in 2022 after two decades of inactivity. The previous version of the studio was one of the most iconic studios in the world, producing the records for Pink Floyd , the Cranberries , AC/DC , Sade and Muse , among others. In 2022, Pitt starred in Bullet Train , directed by David Leitch , and reunited with his Once Upon
20234-495: The short-lived Fox drama Glory Days and took a supporting role in the HBO television film The Image . His next appearance came in the 1991 film Across the Tracks ; Pitt portrayed Joe Maloney, a high school runner with a criminal brother, played by Rick Schroder . The same year he featured in a Levi's jeans TV commercial based around the song " 20th Century Boy " which played in
20385-446: The site. In February 2016, they evicted the southern sector of the Jungle and there were several arrests. The Jungle received local support and international solidarity from activists, artists, intellectuals and grassroots aid organisations . The camp was completely cleared and demolished in October 2016. According to Government plans, 6,400 migrants would be moved to 280 temporary reception centres around France. There were concerns over
20536-544: The stars' thermonuclear screen chemistry". Mr. & Mrs. Smith earned $ 478 million worldwide, making it one of the biggest hits of 2005. For his next film, Pitt starred opposite Cate Blanchett in Alejandro González Iñárritu 's multi-narrative drama Babel (2006). Pitt's performance was critically well-received, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer said that he was credible and gave
20687-420: The streets of Paris . A month after the demolition, the Refugee Youth Service (RYS) reported that while a little over half of the migrant children on its caseload had been relocated into French children's homes, another third—approximately 60 children—could no longer be located by child protection officers since being removed from the camp. The mass disappearance of these children from RYS surveillance echoed
20838-637: The streets of Los Angeles with several cast members in gorilla suits, and in a subsequent episode participating in his own staged abduction. In the same year, Pitt had a cameo role in George Clooney's directorial debut Confessions of a Dangerous Mind . He took on his first voice-acting roles in 2003, speaking as the titular character of the DreamWorks animated film Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas and playing Boomhauer 's brother, Patch , in an episode of
20989-481: The time, Reuters described the entire jungle as "squalid" and "unsanitary" and estimated its total population to be 4,000. Many migrants subsequently moved into the container housing, but some resisted the French government's ultimatum to leave their makeshift housing and live in the container area, citing its spartan setup, lack of communal areas, and their fears that once in the new housing area, they would be blocked from going to Britain. This concern arose because
21140-714: The two-month-old; it marked the first time an infant had been honoured with a statue in the museum. On March 15, 2007, Jolie adopted a 3-year-old boy from an orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam. Pitt adopted the boy in the United States on February 21, 2008. At the Cannes Film Festival in May 2008, Jolie confirmed that she was expecting twins. She gave birth to son and daughter on July 12, 2008 in Nice , France. The rights for
21291-559: Was a box office hit, taking $ 311 million worldwide, and garnered generally favorable reviews. The film received multiple awards and nominations , including eight Academy Award nominations and seven MTV Movie Award nominations, including Best Male Performance for Pitt. He next voiced the superhero character Metro Man in the 2010 animated feature Megamind . Pitt produced and appeared in Terrence Malick 's experimental drama The Tree of Life , co-starring Sean Penn , which won
21442-661: Was a critical failure. Later that year, he led as Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer in the Jean-Jacques Annaud film Seven Years in Tibet . Pitt trained for months for the role, which demanded significant mountain climbing and trekking practice, including rock climbing in California and the European Alps with his co-star David Thewlis . Pitt had the lead role in 1998's fantasy romance film Meet Joe Black . He portrayed
21593-510: Was featured in a performance of Dustin Lance Black 's play, 8 – a staged reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage – as Judge Vaughn Walker . In September 2012, Pitt reaffirmed his support for Obama, saying, "I am an Obama supporter and I'm backing his U.S. election campaign ." In October 2020, he narrated an advertisement for Joe Biden 's 2020 presidential campaign . From
21744-589: Was first erected in November 2014. It had to be moved in April 2015 and subsequently burnt down after a candle was dropped; it was reconstructed out of waste materials and completed in July 2015. The church was featured on the BBC Television 's Songs of Praise in August 2015. This was a controversial action since the BBC was accused by the Daily Express and the Sun of wasting its licence payers' fees and of taking
21895-513: Was in the 2008 black comedy Burn After Reading , his first collaboration with the Coen brothers . The film received a positive reception from critics, with The Guardian calling it "a tightly wound, slickly plotted spy comedy", noting that Pitt's performance was one of the funniest. He was later cast as Benjamin Button, the lead in David Fincher 's 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ,
22046-632: Was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, earning Pitt his third Academy Award nomination as producer. In 2016, Pitt starred in Robert Zemeckis 's romantic thriller Allied , in which he plays an assassin who falls in love with a French spy (played by Marion Cotillard ) during a mission to kill a German official in World War II . In 2017, he starred in the Netflix satirical war comedy War Machine , which he also produced. Pitt played
22197-405: Was open next to the children's sand pit. Offering kids an "advance on their pocket money at 5000% interest", the floor had a trampoline installed so the children could jump high enough to read the small print on their credit agreements. The artist and engineer Tim Hunkin created a caravan ride for the event. Visitors sat in the centre of the caravan while outside a steward turned a wheel to rotate
22348-570: Was picked up by ABC . Pitt starred in Fury , a World War II film directed and written by David Ayer , and co-starring Shia LaBeouf , Logan Lerman , Jon Bernthal , Michael Peña , and Jason Isaacs . The film was released on October 17, 2014. By the end of its run, Fury proved to be a commercial and critical success; it grossed more than $ 211 million worldwide and received highly positive reviews from critics. In 2015, Pitt starred opposite his wife, Jolie, in her third directorial effort, By
22499-401: Was populated by 7,307 migrants, of which 761 were minors with the population growing by 50 people a day on average. By September, the state estimated the population at 6,901, while local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) put it at 9,000 – a figure accepted by Mayor Bouchart . It was estimated that the population reached 10,000 before the camp's demolition. Help Refugees' final count put
22650-679: Was screen acting at its best, further remarking on Pitt's ability to turn in a "determined, energetic, creditable job" as the detective. Seven earned $ 327 million at the international box office. Following the success of Seven , Pitt played psychotic anarchist Jeffrey Goines in Terry Gilliam 's 1995 science fiction film 12 Monkeys . The movie received predominantly positive reviews, with Pitt praised in particular. Janet Maslin of The New York Times called Twelve Monkeys "fierce and disturbing" and remarked on Pitt's "startlingly frenzied performance", concluding that he "electrifies Jeffrey with
22801-459: Was tolerated by the French authorities who officially referred to it as the Camp de la Lande (" Lande " meaning " heath " or " moor ", referring to the geography and location of the site, a sandy area of flats and dunes outside the perimeter of the city). By September 2014, The Guardian estimated that there were 1,300 migrants in Calais, mostly from Eritrea , Somalia and Syria . In 2015, during
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