Brad Pitt Net Worth

How much is Brad Pitt worth?

Net Worth:$300 Million
Profession:Professional Actor
Date of Birth:December 18, 1963 (age 59)
Country:United States of America
Height:
5 ft 10 in (1.8 m)

About Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt got his start in television and grew to universal fame with mega box-office hits. As his career blossomed, Pitt began to grow with it, taking on new roles and turning his attention to producing as well. While he didn’t start producing films until 2006, he’s been acting since the ’80s, getting his initial start in the daytime soap opera, Growing Pains.

He started in television, playing a mix of small parts, until he broke out in the 1991 film Thelma and Louise, a road-trip movie about best friends starring Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon. In the Robert Redford directed film, A River Runs Through It, Pitt sharpened his skills and showcased his movie star magnetic good looks and acting chops. While Interview with a Vampire, co-starring opposite Tom Cruise, earned Pitt his place in the Hollywood pantheon at just 30 years old.

American actor and film producer Brad Pitt has an estimated net worth of $300 million dollars, as of 2023. Alongside George Clooney, Pitt is one of two actors to have won Academy Awards for both Best Supporting Actor and Best Picture.

A year later, in the crime thriller, Seven (1995), critics hailed his performance. Pitt went on in 12 Monkeys to snag a Golden Globe for “Best Supporting” Actor and an Academy Award Nomination. Brad Pitt’s movie career had taken off, and there was no stopping him. The camera loved him, women swooned over his good looks, and he showed he had the range to pull off diverse role-genres. He became a true leading man. While some of his earlier movies weren’t quite box-office smashes, he grew a respectable career with a string of hits to his name.

During his career he has been tied with many different famous leading ladies and his pictures were soon splashed across several glossy magazines. His boyish looks and golden locks have made him the perfect paparazzi material. He’s been noted to have dated Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Juliette Lewis, and many more leading ladies. His marriage to Jennifer Aniston was stuff that glossy magazines were made for. The two golden-haired stars were front page material until his much speculated on affair with Angelina Jolie caused the couple to split. He later married Angelina Jolie and together they share six children. They have since split up but continue to be co-parents.

As Brad Pitt’s fame grew, so did his leading role salary. Working with the likes of George Clooney in the Ocean’s Eleven saga gave him yet another boost, as did his work in Ocean’s Twelve, and then Troy. Behind Pitt’s meteoric rise is due to an obviously disciplined and hard-working approach to acting. He spent 6 months learning sword fighting for his role in Troy which was also the first film produced by his company Plan B Entertainment. The 2006 The Departed was also produced by Plan B won the Academy Award for “Best Picture”.

While he was making millions of dollars per role, starring in Mr. and Mrs. Smith opposite Angelina Jolie was when he first broke into making an estimated $20 million per movie. His career has been continuous with very few gaps of empty space. With an armful of movies, it wasn’t until 2014 that he’d win his first Oscar. It was a shared Oscar for his work in 12 Years a Slave, with a second Oscar won in 2020 for Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood. He’s been nominated and has won different awards through the years, such as The Golden Globes, Primetime Emmy Awards, BAFTA Awards, AAACTA International Awards, as well as many other awards in movies, television, and commercials.

His constant work and increasing salary kept him in the spotlight, which meant his salary grew as fast as his fame did. His latest movie roles in Ad Astra and The Lost City continue to keep him front and center in the movie industry. He has also continued to produce movies. His list of producer credits is now almost as long and varied as his acting career.

Brad Pitt’s boyish good looks had women swooning early on in his career and helped land him in front of the camera. While women flocked to see him in films, he also drew in men to the cinemas with his relatable tough-guy role in films like Fight Club and Snatch. While some actors only score with male or female fans; Brad Pitt was a people person who grew to be an everyman’s actor.

Being the poster-boy of the tabloids meant that his personal life was made very public, especially with then wife Jennifer Aniston. The public adored them together and the paparazzi went wild. Two beautiful people…it made magic for the tabloids, and every other week they were on the covers of every glossy magazine cover found at the market check-out lines.

When speculations of an affair surfaced people had plenty to say and took sides. There was Team Jennifer and Team Angelina, two megastars and one man. The brutal tabloid gossip was the perfect fodder for selling news. Nevertheless, Pitt remained charming and charismatic in interviews, and tying himself with other famous people on a regular basis kept his name intact.

Famous or infamous, it didn’t matter. There was no escaping his photos being plastered everywhere. Once the dust settled, Brad and Jennifer divorced, and he moved in with Angelina Jolie. With six children between them, three adopted, and three biological children, the family was thrust into the spotlight for every reason imaginable.

While his personal life may have been on the front page of every other tabloid, his career went from strength to strength as he shed his pretty-boy image and took risks taking on very diverse roles such in Babel, Burn After Reading and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Today, he continues to act and produce. He seems to be like Teflon, no matter what bad press he gets, it slides off his back and the public adores him all over again. His boyish good-looks, dimples, and charismatic personality is something that’s given him an almost free pass. His X-factor continues to soar.

Pitt’s Total Net Worth

Brad Pitt earned just $6,000 for his role as J.D. in Thelma & Louise (1991). However, two years later he was earning $500,000 for playing the role of Early Grayce, in Kalifornia. By the end of the decade, Pitt had become one of the biggest movie stars of all time, with upfront payments of $17.5 million dollars per film.

He was paid that amount for Meet Joe Black, Fight Club, and Spy Game. For Mr. & Mrs. Smith in 2005, he was paid $20 million, and for Ocean’s Eleven, when including his backend percentage deal, Pitt walked away with $30 million. He took a pay cut to appear in lauded director, Quentin Tarantino‘s Inglourious Basterds, something that he would be rewarded for later on, as he accepted the same amount again, $10 million, to appear in Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood. The film that finally won him an Academy Award in an acting category.

In total, Brad Pitt has earned estimated total career income of $575 million dollars. Of that amount, around $40-69 million is expected to have been paid in business related costs. The remainder, $520.5 million, will have been taxed at a rate of around 49% as Brad Pitt has been residing in the state of California and earned through some lower tax years in the 2000s. After tax, it is estimated that his career earnings are at around $265.45 million dollars, having paid $255.05 million dollars in taxes.

Brad Pitt married Jennifer Aniston in 2000 and they divorced five years later, in 2005. They had no children together, however, as part of a divorce settlement it is speculated that Brad paid Jennifer somewhere in the region of $40-50 million dollars. Brad Pitt later married Angelina Jolie in 2014 and they divorced five years later, in 2019. While the divorce has been finalized, currently their division of assets has not been settled.

In his personal life, it is estimated that Brad Pitt may have spent around $12-19 million dollars of his career earnings but also probably possesses assets valued at around $6-8 million, not including investment assets. In his investments, he may have earned investment returns of around $79-115 million dollars. Therefore, it is estimated that Brad Pitt has a net worth of over $300 million dollars.

Summing-Up

Brad Pitt started his career as a young actor on television. He first appeared in a daytime soap opera, on the show Growing Pains, and went on to have one of the most successful movie careers of all time. Small parts in movies like Thelma and Louise got people to sit up and take notice. After a few smaller movies that helped his name take hold and had him a recognized, it was his role in Fight Club that finally shot him into stardom.

His much-publicized relationships and marriages have kept him front and center in tabloid magazines for over twenty years, and people still flock to see his movies whether he stars in them or produces them. After both his marriage to Jennifer Aniston, then Angelina Jolie fell apart, Brad Pitt decided to focus on his career while co-raising his children that he shares with Ms. Jolie.

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