Brad Pitt is a household name, but what are all the Oscar awards and nominations that launched him into such ubiquity?
Although Pitt has been a screen presence who's taken over our hearts and our lives since the '90s, he only recently won an Oscar for his acting at last year's 92nd Academy Awards, triumphing in the Best Supporting Actor category for his role in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. But that wasn't his first Oscar; in 2014, he won a shared Best Picture Oscar as one of the producers for 12 Years a Slave.
This Sunday, Pitt will be among the presenters at the prestigious awards ceremony. Here, we track Pitt's long history with the coveted film award, from his very first nomination to his latest nod at the 2020 Oscars.
Nominated: Best Supporting Actor (12 Monkeys)
The Academy first acknowledged Pitt's acting abilities in 1996, nominating him for Best Actor in a Supporting Role as Jeffrey Goines in the drama 12 Monkeys. By then, Pitt was 32 years old. Ultimately, he lost the award to Kevin Spacey, who worked on The Usual Suspects.
View full post on YoutubeNominated: Best Actor in a Leading Role (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
It would take more than a decade before Pitt's next Oscar nod. In 2009, he was nominated for his work on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, this time in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role. He lost to Sean Penn, who starred in Milk.
Nominated: Best Motion Picture and Best Actor in a Leading Role (Moneyball)
Pitt was nominated in the same actor category in 2012 for his role in Moneyball. A sports biopic he also helped produce, it was nominated for Best Motion Picture, securing him two Oscar nods. He lost both categories: Actor and picture both went to The Artist starring Jean Dujardin.
Won: Best Picture (12 Years a Slave)
Finally, 2014 was his lucky year. Pitt was able to hold his very own gold statuette after 12 Years a Slave, a film he produced and played a small role in, won Best Picture.
View full post on YoutubeNominated: Best Picture (The Big Short)
Pitt's sixth Oscar nomination came from producing The Big Short, which was nominated in 2016 for Best Picture. It lost to Spotlight.
With the 2020 Academy Awards ceremony just around the corner, Pitt now has seven Oscar nominations under his belt. This time, he's going up against the likes of Tom Hanks, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, and Anthony Hopkins. Whether or not he'll win his first individual Oscar, only time (and the Academy) will tell.
Won: Best Supporting Actor (Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood)
Costarring as Cliff Booth, the Hollywood stunt double to Leonardo DiCaprio's spaghetti western antihero in Quentin Tarantino's acclaimed Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood, Pitt dominated the 2020 awards season. After scoring victories at the Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and SAG Awards for his earnest performance in the drama-comedy hybrid (and delivering multiple dad-joke-filled acceptance speeches), Pitt sailed into yet another triumph at the 92nd annual Academy Awards. His 2020 Oscars win marks his first Academy Award for acting.
