(Born Apr. 10, 1981) Michael Pitt is an American actor. His breakout role as the lover of a transgendered rock star in Hedwig and the Angry Inch in 2001 led to supporting roles in Bully and in mainstream Hollywood fare such as Murder by Numbers, as well as the lead in Bernardo Bertolucci's The Dreamers. In his latest movie, Last Days he plays a heroin-addicted, suicidal rock star, a part modeled after Kurt Cobain.