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Profile of Brad Pitt, Activist & Film Actor
From Deborah Whit
Brad Pitt also narrated Design: e2, a 6-part 2006 PBS program on environmentally friendly architecture.
The One Campaign Against AIDS & Poverty in Africa: In 2004, Brad Pitt joined activist Bono as a spokesman for the One Campaign to push for "an additional 1% of the U.S. budget toward providing basic needs like health, education, clean water and food" in Africa, and to rally Americans to support "debt cancellation, trade reform and anti–corruption measures... to help Africa and the poorest nations beat AIDS and extreme poverty."
In his role, Pitt has traveled abroad, and has used his star power to attract media attention to the One Campaign, including a 2005 interview in Africa with ABC's Diane Sawyer.
The 2004 & 2006 Elections: Prior to 2004, Brad Pitt didn't publicly endorse political candidates, and projected bipartisan concern for issues related to AIDS, poverty and the environment.
In the November 2004 presidential race, Pitt endorsed Democrat John Kerry, and famously hung a Kerry banner outside his Hollywood mansion. Pitt also hosted pre-election screenings of Going Upriver, a documentary about Kerry.
And in November 2006, Pitt held a press conference in support of California proposition 87, a measure to tax oil companies as a means to raise $4 billion to promote alternative fuels and energy-efficient cars.
Personal Data:
Birth - December 18, 1963 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, the oldest of 3 children born to Bill, a trucking company manager, and Jane, a high school counselor. Soon after, the family moved to Springfield, Missouri.
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