Red Carpet Flashback! 25 Years of Brad Pitt

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.

‘Red Heat’ Premiere (1988)

‘Sex, Lies, & Videotape’ Premiere 1989

'Thelma & Louise’ Premiere (1991)

'Legends of the Fall’ Premiere (1994)

The Golden Globes (1996)

Writers Guild of America Awards (1998)

Vanity Fair Oscar Party (2000)

Pitt attended the convention with his Mr. and Mrs. Smith costar Angelina Jolie in Las Vegas on March 17, 2005. (Photo: Gregg DeGuire/WireImage)

'Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ Premiere (2005)

‘Kung Fu Panda’ Premiere (2008)

Pitt attended the premiere of the World War II epic that Jolie directed. (She was home sick with the chicken pox.) He was accompanied by their kids Pax, Shiloh, and Maddox and his parents Jane and William Pitt. (Photo: Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images)