Bullet Train: 5 Great Brad Pitt Action Roles

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Action as a cinematic genre is one of the most open and wide-reaching, featuring an enormous variety of different experiences and stories. Action is also the genre that is most propelled by big-name movie stars, but action heroes beyond the muscle-bound supermen of the 80s have risen to fame in the modern day.

Brad Pitt's career began in the late-80s, with bit parts in films like Less Than Zero and No Man's Land, and TV projects like Another World. By the 90s, he was portraying a vampire alongside Tom Cruise and solving nightmarish crimes with Morgan Freeman. Now, thirty years later, he's one of the biggest box-office draws in Hollywood. As his new movie Bullet Train is set to hit theaters in a few short months, it's the perfect time to look back at some of his best action roles.

First Bullet Train Trailer Puts Brad Pitt On An Action-Packed Ride

It's been 23 years since Brad Pitt portrayed the walking embodiment of toxic masculinity, and it's still one of the most compelling and iconic performances of his career. Pitt is perfect in the role, and a huge percentage of the enduring popularity of this film comes from the way he delivers his unhinged parables.

The hardcore fanbase for Fight Club has largely ruined public enjoyment of David Fincher's iconic adaptation, but the film remains extremely well-executed. From cleverly grounded fistfights in a grimy bar basement to mad acts of terrorism, Durden is an extremely compelling action presence. This is one of the roles that made Pitt's career, and regardless of the reputation of the larger script, Pitt's performance as the sexy devil on Ed Norton's shoulder is note-perfect. Pitt doesn't get to play the villain often enough, and even though the film doesn't frame him as the bad