Brad Pitt in 1988 versus 2018. (Photos: Getty Images)
FROM THE ARCHIVE is a photo series in which Channel24 digs into our photo archives to look at some of our biggest stars over the years. Time travel with us.
NAME: William Bradley Pitt
DATE OF BIRTH: 18 December 1963 (57 years old)
SIBLINGS: Douglas Pitt (53 years old), Julie Pitt Neal (51 years old)
INTERESTING FACT: Brad was on his way to become a journalist but dropped out of college to pursue acting. According to Insider, Brad was just two credits shy of achieving a degree in journalism.
PHOTOS:
1988

A portrait of Brad Pitt taken in London in October 1988. (Photo: Michael Putland/Getty Images)
1988

Brad Pitt attends the Red Heat Beverly Hills Premiere on 14 June 1988 at the Academy Theatre in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo: Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
1989

Brad Pitt attends the Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! Beverly Hills Premiere on 8 August 1989 at the Academy Theatre in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo: Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
1990s

Actor Brad Pitt in his modelling days in the early 1990s. (Photo: Iain McKelly/Photoshot/Getty Images)
1992

Brad Pitt at the screening of Zebrahead in October 1992. (Photo: Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
1994

Brad Pitt at the Legends of the Fall premiere in Los Angeles in November 1994. (Photo: Barry King/WireImage)
1997

Brad Pitt in November 1997 in Paris, France. (Photo: Dominique CHARRIAU/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
1999

Brad Pitt attends the Fight Club Westwood Premiere on 6 October 1999 at Mann Village Theatre in Westwood, California. (Photo: Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
2002

Brad Pitt during The Good Girl - Los Angeles Industry Screening at Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California in 2002. (Photo: Jon Kopaloff/WireImage)
2006

Brad Pitt during Babel Los Angeles Premiere at Mann Village in Westwood, California in 2006. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic)
2011

Brad Pitt arrives at In The Land Of Blood And Honey Los Angeles Premiere on 8 December 2011 in Hollywood. (Photo: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic)
2015

Brad Pitt attends the WSJ Magazine 2015 Innovator Awards at the Museum of Modern Art on 4 November 2015 in New York City. (Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for WSJ. Magazine 2015 Innovator Awards)
2018

Brad Pitt attends the 7th Annual Sean Penn & Friends HAITI RISING Gala benefiting J/P Haitian Relief Organisation on 6 January 2018 in Hollywood. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for J/P HRO Gala)
2020

Brad Pitt walks the red carpet ahead of the Ad Astra screening during the 76th Venice Film Festival at Sala Grande on 29 August 2019 in Venice, Italy. (Photo: Stefania DAlessandro/WireImage,)
(Compiled by Herman Eloff. Photos: Getty Images)
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