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 Michael Carmen Pitt (born April 10, 1981) is an American actor, model and musician. A casting agent, whom Pitt mistook as a police officer attempting to arrest him, noticed him and recommended him for a guest role on the television series Dawson's Creek (1998) (he played Henry Parker in 15 episodes between 1999 and 2000).Rising through the ranks of indie cinema, Michael starred in dramas like Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), The Dreamers (2004), and Last Days (2005), along with roles in the thrillers Murder by Numbers (2002) and Funny Games (2007). Moving back to television, he played Jimmy Darmody on Boardwalk Empire (2010) and Mason Verger in Hannibal (2013). In 2017, he appears opposite Scarlett Johansson in the science fiction action adaptation Ghost in the Shell (2017).
Bio:
Michael Carmen Pitt (born April 10, 1981) is an American actor, model and musician. A casting agent, whom Pitt mistook as a police officer attempting to arrest him, noticed him and recommended him for a guest role on the television series Dawson's Creek (1998) (he played Henry Parker in 15 episodes between 1999 and 2000).Rising through the ranks of indie cinema, Michael starred in dramas like Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), The Dreamers (2004), and Last Days (2005), along with roles in the thrillers Murder by Numbers (2002) and Funny Games (2007). Moving back to television, he played Jimmy Darmody on Boardwalk Empire (2010) and Mason Verger in Hannibal (2013). In 2017, he appears opposite Scarlett Johansson in the science fiction action adaptation Ghost in the Shell (2017).
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According to a NY press interview, his departure from Boardwalk Empire, after two very successful seasons, was due largely to artistic differences and disagreements over production direction. While both Pitt and the producers wanted the James Dermody character to remain in the story line, they felt it best not to continue as the disagreements were affecting production too negatively.Plays guitar and sings in the band Pagoda.His favourite movie is My Own Private Idaho (1991).Sings the song 'Hey Joe' which can be heard in The Dreamers (2003).Greatly admires River Phoenix.Appeared in the Joey Ramone video, What a Wonderful World, with then-girlfriend Alexis Dziena. (2002)Some of the music he likes is early David Bowie, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Pixies, Operation Ivy, Sonic Youth, Ramones, Sex Pistols and The White Stripes.Is one of the faces of "Emporio Armani".Together with Alexis Dziena, Ryan Donowho and Bennie Slay, he is in a group of actors known as "The Eastsiders" - as they were spotted by casting director Lori Eastside - who was the female lead singer for Kid Creole and the Coconuts, a choreographer for Mick Jagger and was in Get Crazy (1983) with Lou Reed.Was ranked #9 on Entertainment Weekly's '30 Under 30' the actors list. (2008).He moved to New York City from West Orange, New Jersey, when he was 16 with two cents, a ball of lint, and no place to stay. He got a job as a bike messenger. He studied for a while at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He was cast as Henry in Dawson's Creek (1998) after someone from the series saw him in the play, "The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek" at New York Theatre Workshop.Is the youngest of four children. He has two older sisters, Allison and Stacy, as well as an older brother.Engaged to Asia Argento for a few months. (2004)His maternal grandfather was of Italian descent. The rest of Michael's ancestry is English and Irish.He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. (2004)Alumnus of the AADA (American Academy of Dramatic Arts), Class of 1998. |
| Name: |
Michael Pitt |
Type: |
Actor,Producer,Writer (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
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IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Actor,Producer,Writer |
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Actor,Producer,Writer |
| Model rank: |
51 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 03:48:58 |
| Height: |
5' 10?' (1.79 m) |
| Biography: |
Michael Carmen Pitt (born April 10, 1981) is an American actor, model and musician. A casting agent, whom Pitt mistook as a police officer attempting to arrest him, noticed him and recommended him for a guest role on the television series Dawson\'s C |
| Trivia: |
According to a NY press interview, his departure from Boardwalk Empire, after two very successful seasons, was due largely to artistic differences and disagreements over production direction. While both Pitt and the producers wanted the James Dermody character to remain in the story line, they felt it best not to continue as the disagreements were affecting production too negatively.Plays guitar and sings in the band Pagoda.His favourite movie is My Own Private Idaho (1991).Sings the song 'Hey Joe' which can be heard in The Dreamers (2003).Greatly admires River Phoenix.Appeared in the Joey Ramone video, What a Wonderful World, with then-girlfriend Alexis Dziena. (2002)Some of the music he likes is early David Bowie, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Pixies, Operation Ivy, Sonic Youth, Ramones, Sex Pistols and The White Stripes.Is one of the faces of "Emporio Armani".Together with Alexis Dziena, Ryan Donowho and Bennie Slay, he is in a group of actors known as "The Eastsiders" - as they were spotted by casting director Lori Eastside - who was the female lead singer for Kid Creole and the Coconuts, a choreographer for Mick Jagger and was in Get Crazy (1983) with Lou Reed.Was ranked #9 on Entertainment Weekly's '30 Under 30' the actors list. (2008).He moved to New York City from West Orange, New Jersey, when he was 16 with two cents, a ball of lint, and no place to stay. He got a job as a bike messenger. He studied for a while at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He was cast as Henry in Dawson's Creek (1998) after someone from the series saw him in the play, "The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek" at New York Theatre Workshop.Is the youngest of four children. He has two older sisters, Allison and Stacy, as well as an older brother.Engaged to Asia Argento for a few months. (2004)His maternal grandfather was of Italian descent. The rest of Michael's ancestry is English and Irish.He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. (2004)Alumnus of the AADA (American Academy of Dramatic Arts), Class of 1998. |
| Trademarks: |
Often plays characters that are twisted or troubled. For example, Paul in Funny Games (2007), Blake in Last Days (2005) and James in Boardwalk Empire (2010). |
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[on his director, Bernardo Bertolucci]: There are two kinds of directors: There's the kind where two plus two equals four, and you have to help them figure it out. And then there's the kind that throws you in a room, locks the door, sets the house on fire and films it.
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All these directors who do different locations forget that one room can be shot from a million different angles and a million different ways. When I direct a movie, I'm going to use that.
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[on The Dreamers (2003)]: I was nervous for the sex scenes. It's tough for an American actor, because it can be looked upon very badly. It's a serious risk to take in your career. It's risky with the studios and with the American public. It's looked down upon in American culture at a serious level. It could be perceived not as work but as pornography. Every time I was nervous about it, I would remind myself that possibly I was going to be a part of something that was going to change those attitudes. I don't agree with those values at all. It's totally fine showing someone getting their head blown off in America and you can't show the human body. I think that shows something about the culture.
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I think in some ways you learn more from the things you don't like than the things you do. What you want, and what you don't want.
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I just do movies I like. I mean, I do movies I would want to go see. |
| Job title: |
Actor,Producer,Writer |
| Others works: |
The face of the 'Emporio Armani Dreamers' campaign with his co-stars Eva Green and Louis Garrel of Bertolucci's film 'The Dreamers'.
Music video for Joey Ramone's cover of "What a Wonderful World". (2002)
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| Parents: |
Marry Lindsey
Gilbert Pitt |
| Relatives: |
Allison Pitt (Sibling)
Stacy Pitt (Sibling) |
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