Brad Pitt has been professionally cool for nigh-on 30 years. It must be exhausting. Not that he’s showing any signs of fatigue, returning to the screen with his most high-profile role in a decade in director Quentin Tarantino’s latest, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.

The film is a wishlist of ’60s and ’70s menswear, but Pitt’s hairstyle also deserves awards nods. A choppy (but smart) mid-length cut, it’s a more retro but also more grown-up version of Timothée Chalamet’s hair – and it got us thinking.

Brad Pitt’s best haircuts have always been influential, seemingly defining what men ask their barbers for. Think about the high fade in Fury or Fight Club’s short and choppy cut.

Most of them still work today as well, so we asked top barber, Bradley Smith, creative director at Bradley Smith Hair, how to get them yourself.

The Shoulder-Length Slacker

True Romance (1993)

Brad Pitt has sported a number of long hairstyles over the years, from the erstwhile heartthrob in Legends of the Fall to the tousled warrior in Troy. But it’s this style, from his early appearance in True Romance, that is the most enviable today.

It’s grungy and relatively low-maintenance once it’s long enough, but you’ll want at least 12 inches of length up top which should take around a year to grow, with regular trips to the barber to cut down on weight and bulkiness. This won’t work for ramrod straight hair, you need a wave to your mane.

Take some of the aforementioned sea salt spray to style and spritz it over towel-dried hair, using your fingers to create texture before letting it air dry. Do not blow-dry, unless you want to look like another ’90s icon: namely Jennifer Aniston at peak-Rachel.

The Killer Crop

Se7en (1995)

We were less bothered about what was in the box during David Fincher’s crime thriller Se7en and more concerned with getting the slick, messy bed head Pitt was sporting. It was a cut seen all over the 2000s, despite the film being made in 1995, an early sign of Pitt’s lasting follicular influence.