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Flixster members are collaborating to create the definitive resource for Michael Pitt information on the Internet. We're adding all the images, info, and ideas that best tell this actor's unique story. To add your knowledge of Michael Pitt, just log in and click the EasyEdit button at the top of the wiki pages. (Click here for help.) |  Michael Pitt mini-bio: Born in West Orange, New Jersey, Pitt is the youngest of four children. At age 10, he announced to his parents that he wished to become an actor. He moved to New York City from New Jersey when he was 16 years old, where he took a job as a bike messenger and lived in a one-bedroom apartment with nine others.During this period, Pitt spent time living on the streets near the New York University recreation center. In 1999, Pitt made his off-Broadway debut in the play The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek at the New York Theatre Workshop. A casting agent, whom Pitt mistook as a police officer attempting to arrest him, noticed him and recommended him for a role on the television series Dawson's Creek. His breakout role as the lover of a transgendered rock star in Hedwig and the Angry Inch in 2001 led to supporting roles in Bully and in mainstream Hollywood fare such as Murder by Numbersand The VIllage,as well as the lead in Bernardo Bertolucci's The Dreamers. In 2007, he starred opposite Keira Knightleyin Silk, adapted from the novel by Alessandro Baricco. He played the lead role of Hervé Joncour, a French silkwormsmuggler who falls in love with a baron's concubinewhile in Japan. The same year, he starred in the romantic comedy Deliriousas a young homelessman who befriends a celebrity photographer played by SteveBuscemi and falls in love with a pop singer (Alison Lohman). The movie appeared at the Sundance Film Festival. His more recent films include Funny Games,Michael Haneke's remake of his own 1997 film, alongside Tim Rothand Naomi Watts. Pitt also stars in the crime dramaPericle il Nero, to be released in 2009.Pitt sings and plays guitar in his band Pagoda, whose self-titled debut album has been released by Universal/Fontana/Ecstatic Peace. With the Twins of Evil, he performed a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Hey Joe," which can be heard inThe Dreamers. | VITAL STATS | Michael Pitt Information:
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| Eye color: Blue or blue-green | | Height: 5' 11 | | Nickname(s): Mike | | Notable feature(s): Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Bully, The Dreamers, Delirious, Funny Games, Silk, Last Days | | Education: American Academy of Dramatic Arts | | Family: He is the youngest of four children | | Resides in: Brooklyn, NY | | Religious affiliations: | | Political affiliation: | | Personal interests/hobbies: Ever since he finished the filming of Funny Games, Michael has been writing his own horror screenplays. | | Charities/Causes: | Other: He is the lead singer and guitarist for his grunge band, Pagoda.
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