Man attacked and punched Brad Pitt while he walked a red carpet

 Angelina Jollie's husband Brad Pitt was the target of a man who jumped a barrier and made contact with the actor while he walked a red carpet..

Pitt was at the El Capitan theater in Hollywood for the premiere of wife Angelina Jolie's new Disney flick "Maleficent" ... when a man suddenly jumped the fence and ran up to the actor while he was walking down the red carpet.
It was realized that  the man actually made contact with Pitt's face before being nabbed by cops. It's unclear what the man's intentions were.