Brad Pitt
Birth Name: William Bradley Pitt
Place of Birth: Shawnee, Oklahoma, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 18, 1963
Ethnicity: English, smaller amounts of Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish, remote Swedish, Dutch, French, Cornish, and Channel Islander/Jersey
Brad Pitt is an American actor and film producer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019). He has also starred in the films Cutting Class, Thelma & Louise, A River Runs Through It, Kalifornia, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, Legends of the Fall, Se7en, 12 Monkeys, Fight Club, Ocean’s Eleven (2011), and its sequels; Troy, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Babel, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Burn After Reading, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Inglourious Basterds, The Tree of Life, Moneyball, World War Z, 12 Years a Slave, Fury, The Big Short, and Bullet Train. He co-founded production company Plan B Entertainment.
He was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Jane Etta (Hillhouse), a school counselor, and William Alvin “Bill” Pitt, a trucking company proprietor, and was raised in Springfield, Missouri. He was raised a Baptist, but no longer practices the religion. Brad has six children with his former wife, actress, humanitarian, and activist Angelina Jolie. His brother is businessperson and philanthropist Douglas Pitt. Brad was selected People Magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” in 1995, and again in 2000.
Brad’s family has lived in the United States for many generations. Brad’s documented ancestry is mostly English, with some Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, small amounts of German, including Alsatian German, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish, and remote Swedish, Dutch, French, Cornish, and Channel Islander/Jersey.
During an interview on Inside the Actors Studio, 2012, Brad stated that his ancestry is:
…probably… Irish-Scots, Germans who settled in the area… Native American Indian… I know we have some Seminole, and some Cherokee Indian, in us.
No Cherokee or Seminole Native American ancestors have been documented in publicly available family trees of Brad Pitt. While he did not mention English ancestry, English comprises much of Brad’s lineage.
Brad was a third cousin, once removed, of actor Tyler Christopher. Brad’s paternal great-great-grandparents, George W. Dorris/Doris and Nancy Rosalee/Rosalene Smith, were also Tyler’s maternal great-great-great-grandparents.
Brad’s paternal grandfather was Alvin Monroe Pitt (the son of Oliver Brown Pitt and Rosalee “Rosie”/Rosa Lee Dorris). Alvin was born in Oklahoma. Oliver was the son of Thomas M. Pitt and Bell Ray. Rosa was the daughter of George W. Dorris/Doris and Nancy Rosalee/Rosalene Smith.
Brad’s paternal grandmother was Elizabeth Jean “Bettie” Brown (the daughter of Lester Benny Brown and Una Valerie Coker). Elizabeth was born in Oklahoma. Lester was the son of George W. Brown and Cynthia Martin. Una was the daughter of Richard Ogle Coker, whose father was a Christian minister, and of Laura Trotter.
Brad’s maternal grandfather was Hal Knox Hillhouse (the son of Emery/Emory A. Hillhouse and Etta Coleman/Colemon/Colman Williams). Hal was born in Mount Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri. Emery was the son of Elijah Boyd Hillhouse, Jr. and Malinda/Melinda Burrel/Burrell Morris. Etta was the daughter of Henry Thomas “Hy” Williams and Ida Mae/May Isbell.
Brad’s maternal grandmother was Clara Mae Bell (the daughter of Finis Alonzo/Alonza Bell and Lenora Jane “Nora” Hammer). Clara was born in Missouri. Finis was the son of William Saterfield/Satterfield Bell and Sarah Elizabeth “Lizzie” Neece. Lenora was the daughter of Felix Emery Hammer and Sarah Angeline Parker. Brad’s seven times great-grandfather, John Johannes Hammer, was born, c. 1683, in Libesia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Sources: Genealogies of Brad Pitt – http://freepages.rootsweb.com
http://www.geni.com
http://famouskin.com
https://www.wikitree.com
Genealogy of Brad’s father (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://www.findagrave.com
Who cares he looks awful and as someone said he is shacked up with his ho. She does look like Morticia always in black and anorexic.
http://www.bradpittnow.com/images/brad_pitt_geneology.jpg
his native must be very far back. he doesn’t have any natives in his genealogy but i’m thinking they maybe the unknowns from the 1600s
hey Stupid idiot´s , he is not Native american ,hey look at him
he looks like white European or White American .
I thing he has more English Blood in him because the Name Pitt is English Origin but im sure he has also Irish Blood in him
Irish Mens are really handsome ,(im not gay)
He is a Native American man. He is not white. Shiloh, Vivian, and Knox are Native Americans as well. In the new Pocahontas film, Brad Pitt will either be the chief or the brother to Pocahontas, who will either be played by Anne Hathaway or Megan Fox. Julia Roberts will be the chief’s Navajo wife and Kim Basinger will be the chief’s Choctaw mistress. That is why Brad Pitt is never cast as a white man.
Because he is a Native American man and should be the representation for how Natives look.
Don’t be ridiculous.
Don’t hate.
Why do you love race so much? And you deny that nearly all good looking white people are white. Why so much hate? Im southern european and already i know that on behalf of you, I am not white either. your actually hideous! LMFAO
He is full-blooded Native American and will play the brother to Pocahontas in the new film about her.
Why was he cast as a Greek God in Troy? Why was he cast as a white Southerner in Inglorious Bastards? He is not white! He is a Native American man! He said it himself!
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/12/09/article-1093074-02BDEFF1000005DC-17_468x351.jpg
Those are his parents! Do they look white to you?!
he and Jennifer Aniston were a great couple.
I thought so as well. They both have gone downhill ever since they separated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cherokees.jpg
I saw was missing Native American in his ethnicity.Unlike those who say ,he doesn’t looks very northern European.He must be 1/16 Cherokee.
hahaha,i agree
He looks a bit Saami in this pic.
if i made movie about Pokahontas i would guess Brad Pitt for Opechancanough’s role,Chuck Norris for Powhatan (Pokahontas father),Julia Roberts as his wife and Ann Hathaway for Pokahontas role
Har. Har.
>_>