Amateur career. Because of his famous namesake, Brad Pitt is nicknamed “Hollywood”. He quit his job as a painter in order to train for the 2000 Sydney Olympics, but did not qualify.He returned to painting but again quit, this time to focus on the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.. On 6 March 2006, Pitt won the Heavyweight (199 lbs.) gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne …

