If you’ve watched even just a handful of Hollywood movies from the past few decades, there’s probably a pretty good chance that you’ve come across one that starred Brad Pitt. Put another way, he’s a difficult figure to introduce, just because he’s been around for ages and is about as big as they come, so far as movie stars of the last few decades are concerned (see also Tom Cruise, who's a similarly hard-to-introduce legendary figure, and who happened to be born the year before Pitt… and, hey, what do you know: both were in Interview with the Vampire, for whatever that’s worth). Even without taking into account Oscar nominations, Pitt’s an undeniable star, thanks to roles in movies like Ocean’s Eleven, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Se7en, Fight Club, and Inglourious Basterds, to name just a few.