[2][3] The next year, Pitt appeared in Terry Gilliam's science fiction film 12 Monkeys, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture and earned his first Academy Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

[4] In 2008, Pitt starred in the fantasy romantic drama The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

[11] In 2013, Pitt produced and performed in biographical period-drama 12 Years a Slave.

[12] He portrayed Samuel Bass, a Canadian laborer who expresses his opposition to slavery.

[13] Pitt won Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.