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Puzzle #799: Oscar Isaac → Brad Pitt

Friday, October 23, 2026

Oscar IsaacOscar IsaacPhoto: CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Brad PittBrad PittPhoto: CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

On Friday, October 23, 2026, the daily puzzle asked players to link Oscar Isaac and Brad Pitt. The two have never been credited in the same movie or show, so there's no one-move answer. But 84 actors have worked with both of them, so it can be done in just 2 moves.

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The shortest solution

Show the 2-move answer (spoiler)
  1. Oscar Isaac as Outcome #3 in The Bourne Legacy (2012), which also stars Edward Norton as Col. Eric Byer.
  2. Edward Norton as The Narrator in Fight Club (1999), alongside Brad Pitt as Tyler Durden.

The full chain: Oscar Isaac → The Bourne Legacy (2012) → Edward Norton → Fight Club (1999) → Brad Pitt.

Other ways to solve it

Show 3 more 2-move routes (spoilers)
  • Oscar Isaac → Frankenstein (2025) → Christoph Waltz → Inglourious Basterds (2009) → Brad Pitt
  • Oscar Isaac → X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) → Michael Fassbender → Inglourious Basterds (2009) → Brad Pitt
  • Oscar Isaac → Robin Hood (2010) → Léa Seydoux → Inglourious Basterds (2009) → Brad Pitt

About Oscar Isaac

Born
March 9, 1979 in Guatemala City, Guatemala
Film career
2006–2025
Credits
41 movies and 4 TV series listed on Wikidata

Best-known films, which are often the quickest places to start a chain:

About Brad Pitt

Born
December 18, 1963 in Shawnee, United States
Film career
1987–present
Credits
66 movies and 2 TV series listed on Wikidata

Best-known films, which are often the quickest places to start a chain: