9 surprising facts you didn't know about Brad Pitt

Just weeks before graduating from the University of Missouri, Pitt dropped out to pursue film. It was a good choice, in retrospect.

You can’t be squeamish about the dentist if you’re going to be a great actor, at least if you go by Pitt’s decision to get his teeth chipped for his role as Tyler Durden in 1999’s “Fight Club,” according to Insider. The star restored his dazzling smile after the movie wrapped.

Pitt founded Plan B Entertainment in 2001 along with his then-wife Jennifer Aniston, and producer Brad Grey. Pitt took over sole ownership after his divorce from Aniston in 2005. In 2020 Plan B inked a first-look deal with Warner Bros., meaning we’ll probably see a lot more from the company soon.

According to People, the famous actor once played the not-so-glamorous role of chauffeur to exotic dancers, ferrying them to bachelor parties and events. He was also in charge of playing the music for said dancing and catching their clothing as they discarded it. But one of those dancers also tipped Pitt off to an acting class by coach Roy London, which launched the young actor on his real career.

Pitt told GQ that his favorite among the films he’s done is “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.” The 2007 flick isn’t necessarily a bad movie, but it’s also not one you might count among Pitt’s most esteemed acting jobs.

Back in 2012, Pitt and then-wife Angelina Jolie blocked their own names on Google on their home computers, so that their young children wouldn’t be able to search for them, according to People.

Along with Angelina Jolie, Pitt has learned to fly, piloting his own Cirrus SR22 around the skies. After filming the movie Fury, he also purchased a WWII-era Supermarine Spitfire for $3.3 million.

After his 1997 film, "Seven Years in Tibet,” which portrayed Chinese rule in the Himalayas, Pitt wasn’t allowed into China for two decades. He eventually visited the country again in 2014.

Pitt showed up in the Thanksgiving episode, “The One With the Rumor,” in season 8. He played Will Colbert, a character with a grudge against Pitt’s then-wife Jennifer Aniston. The role even earned him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor.