I whanau a Pitt i Shawnee, Oklahoma, ki a William Alvin Pitt, te rangatira o te kamupene taraka, me Jane Etta (née Hillhouse), he kaitohutohu kura. I neke wawe te whanau ki Springfield, Missouri, i noho tahi ai ia me ona teina, Douglas Mitchell (whanau i te tau 1966) me Julie Neal (whanau i te tau 1969). I whanau mai i roto i te whare kaitiaki, i whakaarahia ia hei Southern Baptist engari kua kii mai i taua wa kaore ia e "he hononga nui ki te karakia" ana ka "riri i waenga i te agnosticism me te atheism". Kua whakaahuahia e Pitt a Springfield hei "Markin whenua, whenua a Jesse James", i tipu ake ia me "he maha o nga pukepuke, he maha o nga roto".I tae atu a Pitt ki te Kura Nui o Kickapoo, i reira ia he mema o te kapa korowha, me Jane Etta (née Hillhouse), he kaitohutohu kura. I uru atu ia ki nga karapu o te kura me nga karapu o Forensics, Douglas Mitchell (whanau i te tau 1966) me Julie Ne
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