Pitt, Michael 1981–

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PITT, Michael 1981–

PERSONAL

Full name, Michael Carmen Pitt; born April 10, 1981, in West Orange, NJ. Education: Attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York City.

Addresses: Agent—Billy Lazarus, United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Manager—Carolyn Anthony, Anthony and Associates, 250 West 57th St., Suite 1928, New York, NY 10107.

Career: Actor. Eastsiders (acting group), performer; Pagoda (musical group), singer, guitarist, songwriter, and performer at various venues. Worked as a bicycle messenger in New York City. Member of the Emporio Armani Dreamers campaign.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(Uncredited) Dance student, 54 (also known as Fifty-Four), Miramax, 1998.

Teenage boy, Hi-Life, Lions Gate Films, 1998.

Petey, Even Housewives in Minnesota Have Those Daydreams (short film), 1999.

John Coleridge, Finding Forrester, Columbia, 2000.

Teenage male, Mambo Cafe, 2000.

Donald "Donny" Semenec, Bully, Amuse Pictures/Lions Gate Films, 2001.

Stuff, Yellow Bird (short film), Yellowbird Productions, 2001.

Tommy Gnosis, Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical), Fine Line Features, 2001.

Justin Pendleton, Murder by Numbers (also known as Murd3r 8y Num8ers), Warner Bros., 2002.

Gopher, Wonderland (also known as The Wonderland Murders), Lions Gate Films, 2003.

Matthew, The Dreamers (also known as Innocents—The Dreamers, I sognatori, and Les innocents), Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2003.

Himself, Larry Clark, Great American Rebel (documentary), 2003.

Chep, Rhinoceros Eyes, Madstone Films, 2004.

Finton Coin, The Village (also known as Grey and M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village"), Buena Vista, 2004.

Randy, Jailbait, 2004, Kindred Media Group, 2006.

Blake, Last Days, Fine Line Features, 2005.

Buddy, The Heart Is Deceitful above All Things (also known as Le livre de Jeremie), Palm Pictures, 2005.

Fred, The Hawk Is Dying, Antidote Films/This Is That Productions, 2005.

Delirious, A-Film Distribution, 2005.

Television Appearances; Series:

Henry Parker, a recurring role, Dawson's Creek, The WB, 1999–2000.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself, Cinema Sex Politics: Bertolucci Makes "The Dreamers" (also known as Bertolucci Makes "The Dreamers"), BBC, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Andy, "Carrier," Law & Order, NBC, 1998.

Harry Baker, "Prodigy," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU and Special Victims Unit), NBC, 2002.

Appeared as Baby Face in an episode of Dellaventura, CBS; also appeared in All My Children, ABC.

Stage Appearances:

Dalton, The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek, New York Theatre Workshop, New York City, 1999.

Title role, Birdie, Duke University Theatre, Durham, NC, 2000.

Title role, Nicholas Nickleby (reading), New York Culture Project, New York City, 2001.

The Heart Is Deceitful above All Things (reading), Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, New York City, 2001.

Monster, Classic Stage Company Theatre, New York City, 2002.

Jesus, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (reading), 2003.

RECORDINGS

Albums with Others; Soundtracks:

Various artists, The Dreamers (contributed the track "Hey Joe" with the Twins of Evil), Nettwerk Records, 2004.

Various artists, Last Days (contributed various tracks, including "Death to Birth" and "Fetus"), c. 2005.

Videos:

Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig, 2003.

Music Videos:

Joey Ramone, "What a Wonderful World," 2002.

(With the Twins of Evil) "Hey Joe," c. 2004.

WRITINGS

Albums with Others; Soundtracks:

Various artists, Last Days (author of various tracks, including "Death to Birth" and "Fetus"), c. 2005.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Another, autumn/winter, 2004, pp. 246-51.

Attitude, January, 2004, pp. 10-11.

Contents, May, 2002, pp. 48-51.

Dallas Morning News, August 15, 2003, p. 5.

Dazed and Confused, August, 2005, pp. 66-71.

Movieline, May, 2002, p. 14.

New York Post, May 1, 2003, p. 9.

Out, July, 2001, pp. 19-21.

Time Out New York, February 5, 2004, pp. 14-16.

Variety, May 23, 2003, p. 3; June 30, 2003, p. 3.

Electronic:

E! Online, http://www.eonline.com, October 31, 2005.

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