Pitt akaberekwa muna Shawnee, Oklahoma, kuna William Alvin Pitt, muridzi wekambani yekutakura, uye Jane Etta (née Hillhouse), chipangamazano wechikoro. Mhuri yakakurumidza kutamira kuSpringfield, Missouri, kwaaigara pamwe chete nevanin'ina vake, Douglas Mitchell (akazvarwa muna 1966) naJulie Neal (akazvarwa muna 1969). Akaberekerwa mumhuri inochengetedza, akarererwa seSouthern Baptist asi kubvira ipapo akataura kuti haana "hukama hukuru nechitendero" uye kuti "anozununguka [s] pakati pekusaziva uye kusatenda". Pitt akarondedzera Springfield se "Markin nyika, Jesse James nyika", akakurira ne "zvikomo zvakawanda, makungwa mazhinji".Pitt akapinda paKickapoo Penn School, kwaaive nhengo yegorofu, uye akapedza mapoka ekushambadzira.
Yunivhesiti yeMissouri