The Top 10 Money Making Stars of 2009

BRAD PITT Actor, Producer. r.n. William Bradley Pitt. b. Shawnee, OK, Dec. 18, 1963. Raised in Springfield, MO. Studied journalism at Univ. of MO at Columbia. Moved to L.A. to attend art school, instead studied acting with Roy London. Appeared in short film Contact. He is a principal in Plan B Entertainment, a prod. co. based in Beverly Hills, CA.

PICTURES: Acting: Cutting Class (debut, 1989), Happy Together, Across the Tracks, Thelma & Louise, Cool World, Johnny Suede, A River Runs Through It, Kalifornia, True Romance, The Favor, Interview With the Vampire. Legends of the Fall (Golden Globe nom. 1995), Se7en, Twelve Monkeys (Academy Award nom.; Golden Globe Award, 1996), Sleepers, The Devil’s Own, Seven Years In Tibet, Meet Joe Black, Fight Club, Being John Malkovich (cameo), Snatch, The Mexican, Ocean’s Eleven, Spy Game, Full Frontal (as himself), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (voice), Troy, Ocean’s Twelve, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (also prod.), Babel (Golden Globe nom. 2007), Ocean's Thirteen, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Academy Award nom.; Golden Globe nom. 2009), State of Play, Dirty Tricks (also prod.), Burn After Reading, Inglourious Basterds, The Tree of Life, The The Lost City of Z (also prod.), Moneyball, Megamind (voice). Producer: Running with Scissors, The Departed, Year of the Dog (exec. prod.), A Mighty Heart, The Time Traveler's Wife (exec. prod), Shantaram, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, Kick-Ass, Eat- Pray-Love.

TELEVISION: Movies: A Stoning in Fulham County, Too Young to Die, The Image, Two-Fisted Tales, Pretty/Handsome (exec. prod.). Series: Another World, Glory Days. Documentaries/Specials: Town Meeting with Diane Sawyer: Celebrities vs. the Press, On Location: Growing up Grizzly (host, narrator), America: A Tribute to Heroes (as himself), Freedom: A History of Us. Guest: More than 165 appearances.