Frequently appears in movies with his good friend Sean Penn.
Winner of the 2010 Action on Film Festival (AOF) "Legends" Award.
Appeared in two films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and Babel (2006). Both are winners of the Golden Globe Motion Picture -Drama.
Appeared in Babel starring Sean Penn. Decades earlier, he was the villain in the first movie Pitt appeared in: as a waiter in No Man's Land from 1987.