| Biography: | James Pitt was born on July 18th, 1963 in Eustis, Florida to parents Sara Catherine and Arthur Pitts. His family also includes brothers Arthur, Richard, David and sister Dianne, and step-brothers and sister from his mother's second marriage to William Wilson, David, Glen, Walter, and Zora. Pitt's father, divorced from his mother when Pitt was in his infancy, was a master sergeant in the Air Force and served in the Navy and Army as well. He died in 1997, never having known his youngest son. Vaudeville actor Jewel Pitts was his great uncle, and he is a descendant of Colonel Robert Pitt and Gervase De La Puette. Pitt starred with Jim Hanks, brother of actor Tom Hanks, in There/Not There, a short film which was screened and well-received at Creative Artists Agency in 2006, in which he played a Marine who suffered a catastrophic brain injury in the Battle of Fallujah. He considers Tom Hanks' and Rita Wilson's praise after seeing the film one of the high points of his career so far. He had used the depth of Tom's characters and his approach to film subjects as a template for his own work. James was recently cast as space shuttle pilot in Avatar, another major milestone in his career, scheduled for release on December 18th, 2009. |
