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My Take
Michael Pitt fascinates me because he pairs genuine beauty with a real undercurrent of danger on screen. From Hedwig and the Angry Inch to Bertolucci's The Dreamers to Gus Van Sant's Last Days, his choices have always leaned toward the risky and uncomfortable rather than the safe blockbuster, and I trust an actor who refuses to coast. That he also writes and performs music tells me he won't be confined to a single creative outlet. His range stretches from arthouse provocation to studio fare like Ghost in the Shell. I'm still waiting for the role that finally lets him fully detonate, and I believe it's coming.
Overview
Michael Carmen Pitt (born 1980 or 1981) is an American actor and model. In film, he has appeared in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), Bully (2001), Murder by Numbers (2002), The Dreamers (2003), Last Days (2005), Silk (2007), Funny Games (2007), I Origins (2014), and Ghost in the Shell (2017).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Michael Pitt
- Name (Japanese)
- マイケル・ピット
- Reading
- まいける・ぴっと
- Born
- April 10, 1981 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rooster
- Origin
- West Orange, New Jersey, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / singer / composer / television actor / stage actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Morris Catholic High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.