Michael Carmen Pitt (born April 10, 1981) is an American actor and musician.
Pitt was born in West Orange, New Jersey, the youngest of four children. At age ten, he announced to his parents that he wished to become an actor. He moved to New York City from New Jersey when he was 16 years old, where he took a job as a bike messenger. At this point Pitt found himself deep into the party scene. He would deliver messages and look for acting jobs by da...
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Michael Carmen Pitt (born April 10, 1981) is an American actor and musician.
Pitt was born in West Orange, New Jersey, the youngest of four children. At age ten, he announced to his parents that he wished to become an actor. He moved to New York City from New Jersey when he was 16 years old, where he took a job as a bike messenger. At this point Pitt found himself deep into the party scene. He would deliver messages and look for acting jobs by day and hit the party scene hard at night. Pitt found himself popular amongst the rave scene of the time, becoming a regular at clubs such as the Limelight and the Open Sphincter on the Lower East Side.
In 1999, Pitt made his off-Broadway debut in the play The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek at the New York Theatre Workshop. 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 (he played Henry Parker in 15 episodes between 1999 and...
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