Million-dollar cutie William Bradley Pitt (1963-) was called "the coolest person on earth" by director Gore Verbinski  and "a very low-key, groovy guy" by actress Julia Roberts.

"When I look into the mirror, I see pores and yellowing teeth," said Pitt who commands as much as $20-million a picture.

Pitt was born on this day in Shawnee, Oklahoma and raised in Springfield, Missouri. The story goes that he dressed as a giant el Pollo Loco chicken before landing a role on television's Head of the Class in 1986. 

"I don't have it all together, all right?" he said. "I've got my foibles."

Achingly good-looking, his washboard stomach  made a definite impression in Thelma and Louise (1991). A year later the golden boy won critical acclaim with his role as wild Paul MacLean in Robert Redford's A River Runs Through It.

He followed that up with a string of unforgettable hits: Interview with the Vampire (w/Tom Cruise, 1994), Legends of the Fall (1994), and 12 Monkeys (w/ Bruce Willis 1995).

In 1995 and 2000, the gorgeous Brad was named "the sexiest man alive" by People magazine. "A friend of mine said they misspelled it. It was supposed to be sexiest moron," Pitt joked.

About his current choices, the super-hunk said, "I’m looking for some kind of new vernacular in films, some kind of new expression." And of his high-profile wife Jennifer Aniston, he recently admitted, "Being married means I can break wind and eat ice cream in bed."

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