Red Carpet Flashback: 25 Years of Brad Pitt

UPDATE: With news of Angelina Jolie’s filing for divorce from Brad Pitt after a little more than two years of marriage and a dozen years as a couple, it’s a good time to remember what made the pair such a intense subject of public interest in the first place. Here’s a look back at Pitt’s time in the public eye, via red-carpet photographs dating back to 1988. Also, retrace Jolie’s public life and career in photos going back to an appearance with her dad, Jon Voight, when she was just 3 years old.


ORIGINAL:
Brad Pitt is back in theaters this month — like you’ve never seen him before. In the acclaimed financial crash dramedy The Big Short, the 52-year-old star plays a former banker who gazes on in horror as the national economy melts down. The handsome Pitt is almost unrecognizable under a graying beard and purposefully terrible haircut. So before you watch him as a dressed-down money man, click through to see a brief history of the star’s many red-carpet appearances.