Michael Pitt

Michael Pitt is an American film actor, leader of the Pagoda music group. Michael was born on April 10, 1981 in West Orange, New Jersey. Two daughters and a son were already growing up in the family. In 1985, Michael's parents Gilbert and Mary Pitt broke up, sending their youngest child to his grandmother in Austin. Michael had a rich imagination since childhood. At first he dreamed of becoming a carpenter, and then a painter. At the age of 12, the boy received a guitar as a gift and became interested in music.

Later, impressed by a Hollywood film about the life of an English traveler, Pitt made the final decision to devote himself to acting and began performing in amateur theatrical productions. After leaving school, the young man became a student at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, where he completed his studies in the early 2000s.

During his second year at the theater university, Michael began to work in the passing TV shows and films, where the beginning artist was assigned episodic roles. Pitt appeared in the films "Law & Order", "Studio 54", "If you want to live - be able to spin", "Find Forrester". In the 2001 comedy Hedwig and the Unfortunate Inch, Michael played a rock musician who decided to change his gender.

The picture took part in 22 film festivals, where Michael Pitt was noticed by director Bernardo Bertolucci and invited to the erotic drama The Dreamers. The maestro was looking for fresh faces for the next masterpiece, along with Michael Pitt, he picked up newcomers to the film industry Eva Green and Louis Garrel for the main roles. Debuting at the Venice Film Festival, the film also received several nominations at European film festivals, but failed at the box office.

After minor roles in the films "Chicks" and "Mysterious Forest" Michael Pitt received an invitation to the drama "The Last Days" to play the role of rock musician Blake, the prototype of which was the deceased singer Kurt Cobain. Director Gus Van Sant in every possible way avoided the script resemblance to the latest events in the life of a rock star.

The director was afraid of claims from the widow of the musician Courtney Love, so he created a complex outline of the plot. The film premiered in 2005 in Cannes. Young, with a memorable appearance, tall (his height is 180 cm), Michael Pitt in a year gets into the comedy "Nutty", where the actor gets the main role of Toby Grace. The ridiculous character from a homeless person turns into a lucky paparazzi. Steve Buscemi played with Michael in the film.

In 2007, the actor's filmography was replenished with the historical drama "Silk", in which the characters of Michael Pitt and Keira Knightley fall into a love triangle. In the same year, the thriller "Funny Games" was released with Naomi Watts, Michael Pitt and Tim Roth in the lead roles. Two years later, the film actor made his debut in a major TV project of the HBO channel - the series "Boardwalk Empire" directed by Martin Scorsese. Despite the great excitement that Michael experienced at the casting, the actor was invited to the lead role of poor student Jimmy. The TV ratings of the first season of the gangster drama were off scale, the producers decided to extend it for 5 seasons.

The next high-profile series, in which Michael appeared, was the project of the NBC channel "Hannibal". In the thriller, Pitt played a minor character Mason Verger, who was attacked by Hannibal in his youth and survived. In the same year, two films with Michael's participation were released: the crime drama Gangsta Love, in which the American gets the role of the main character Tommy. important discovery.

Since the early 2000s, Michael has been performing with the Pagoda group, where he plays guitar and sings vocals. Musical talent came in handy for the actor in the cinema. In the films The Dreamers and The Last Days, Pitt performed musical compositions on his own.

In his personal life, Michael Pitt is distinguished by rare constancy. The American actor has been living with Jamie Bochert, a model who came to the fashion business from ballet, since the early 2000s. The artist does not smoke, unlike his characters, he leads a calm lifestyle. At social events, Pitt appears with his wife.

Fans, interested in the idol's biography, often look for family ties between Michael and Brad Pitt. In fact, the actors are just namesakes. Pitt doesn't have his own Instagram account. Michael has no tattoos, as can be seen from the photos that are found on the Internet.

In 2016, Michael Pitt played a supporting character - a kidnapped hacker - in the crime thriller Outlaw, starring Kevin Costner. In March 2017, the premiere of the fantastic action movie Ghost in the Shell by Rupert Sanders took place.

In the film, Michael got the role of the cyborg Hideo Kuze, in whom the heroine Scarlett Johansson, Major Motoko Kusanagi, falls in love.

The tragic love story unfolds in an era when cybernetics improved people's daily lives, but it did not reduce the number of crimes in the world. The film grossed $ 170 million worldwide in 3 months. Now the actor is taking part in photo shoots for men's magazines.

"Hedwig and the Unfortunate Inch" - 2001 "Dreamers" - 2003 "Temptation" - 2003 "Tiptoes" - 2004 "The Mysterious Forest" - 2004 "The Last Days" - 2005 "Nutty" - 2006 "Silk" - 2007 "Boardwalk Empire" - 2009 "Hannibal" - 2014 "Gangsta Love" - ​​2014 "I am the beginning" - 2014 "Criminal" - 2016 "Ghost in the Shell" - 2017

Michael Pitt 's estimated Net Worth, Salary, Income, Cars, Lifestyles & many more details have been updated below.

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Michael Pitt Net Worth 2021

Michael Pitt 's revenue is $ 1.2M in 2021. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Michael Pitt and could vary in the range between $ 959.6K - $ 1.4M.

Michael Pitt Net Worth 2020

Michael Pitt 's revenue is $1.6M in 2020. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Michael Pitt and could vary in the range between $549.1K - $1.9M.

Michael Pitt Net Worth 2019

Michael Pitt 's revenue is $1.5M in 2019. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Michael Pitt and could vary in the range between $828.9K - $1.2M.

Michael Pitt Net Worth 2018

Michael Pitt 's revenue is $1.3M in 2018. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Michael Pitt and could vary in the range between $819.4K - $1.7M.

Michael Pitt Net Worth 2017

Michael Pitt 's revenue is $1.6M in 2017. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Michael Pitt and could vary in the range between $503.4K - $1.6M.

Michael Pitt Net Worth 2016

Michael Pitt 's revenue is $1.5M in 2016. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Michael Pitt and could vary in the range between $819.8K - $1.8M.

Michael Pitt Net Worth 2015

Michael Pitt 's revenue is $1.5M in 2015. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Michael Pitt and could vary in the range between $665.2K - $1.8M.

It is an overall forecast for the net worth of Michael Pitt. The evaluation covers the latest 5 years and an approximation for next year. See above to learn how much money does Michael Pitt make a year.

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