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Adrien Brody

Born: 1973

Biography

Adrien Nicholas Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor and producer. He received widespread recognition and acclaim after starring as Władysław Szpilman in Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at age 29, becoming the youngest actor to win in that category. Brody is the second male American actor after Christopher Lambert to receive the César Award for Best Actor. Other successful films that Brody has starred in are The Thin Red Line (1998), The Village (2004), King Kong (2005), Predators (2010) and Midnight in Paris (2011). He is a frequent collaborator of Wes Anderson's, having starred in four of Anderson's films, The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and The French Dispatch (2021). In 2017, he portrayed Luca Changretta in the fourth season of the BBC series Peaky Blinders. In 2022, he starred in the Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde (2022) and also starred as Pat Riley in the first season of the HBO sports drama series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.
Known For Acting
Gender Male
Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA

Resources

Movies

King Kong

Jack Driscoll in King Kong

The Pianist

Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman in The Pianist

Hollywoodland

Louis Simo in Hollywoodland

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Field Mouse (voice) in Fantastic Mr. Fox

The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'

Self / Peter in The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'

The Darjeeling Limited

Peter in The Darjeeling Limited

The Singing Detective

First Hood in The Singing Detective

The Brothers Bloom

Bloom in The Brothers Bloom

The Village

Noah Percy in The Village

Angels in the Outfield

Danny Hemmerling in Angels in the Outfield

Harrison's Flowers

Kyle Morris in Harrison's Flowers

The Thin Red Line

Cpl. Geoffrey Fife in The Thin Red Line

King of the Hill

Lester in King of the Hill

Liberty Heights

Van Kurtzman in Liberty Heights

High School

Psycho Ed in High School

The Jacket

Jack Starks in The Jacket

Predators

Royce in Predators

The Last Time I Committed Suicide

Ben in The Last Time I Committed Suicide

Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May

Self in Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May

Giallo

Inspector Enzo Avolfi in Giallo

Solo

Dr. Bill Stewart, Solo's Designer in Solo

Bullet

Ruby Stein in Bullet

Cadillac Records

Leonard Chess in Cadillac Records

The Brutalist

László Tóth in The Brutalist

The Experiment

Travis in The Experiment

Bread and Roses

Sam Shapiro in Bread and Roses

Splice

Clive in Splice

A Matador's Mistress

Manuel Rodríguez Sánchez "Manolete" in A Matador's Mistress

Love the Hard Way

Jack Grace in Love the Hard Way

Six Ways to Sunday

Arnie Finklestein in Six Ways to Sunday

Dummy

Steven Schoichet in Dummy

Oxygen

Harry in Oxygen

Wrecked

Man in Wrecked

Trintignant by Trintignant

Self (archive footage) in Trintignant by Trintignant

The Affair of the Necklace

Count Nicolas De La Motte in The Affair of the Necklace

Restaurant

Chris Calloway in Restaurant

New York Stories

Mel in New York Stories

King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries

Self in King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries

Detachment

Henry Barthes in Detachment

Ghosted

Leveque in Ghosted

Midnight in Paris

Salvador Dalí in Midnight in Paris

Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'

Self in Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'

Love, Marilyn

Self in Love, Marilyn

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Dmitri in The Grand Budapest Hotel

Ten Benny

Ray Diglovanni in Ten Benny

InAPPropriate Comedy

Filthy Harry in InAPPropriate Comedy

Back to 1942

Theodore Harold White in Back to 1942

Third Person

Sean in Third Person

Gumball 3000: Drivin' Me Crazy

Self in Gumball 3000: Drivin' Me Crazy

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

Self in Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

The Boy Who Cried Bitch

Eddie in The Boy Who Cried Bitch

American Heist

Frankie in American Heist

Clean

Clean in Clean

The Undertaker's Wedding

Mario Bellini in The Undertaker's Wedding

The Present

Self in The Present

Dragon Blade

Tiberius in Dragon Blade

Manhattan Night

Porter Wren in Manhattan Night

Stone Barn Castle

Self in Stone Barn Castle

Backtrack

Peter Bower in Backtrack

A Sorta Fairytale

Arm in A Sorta Fairytale

Septembers of Shiraz

Isaac in Septembers of Shiraz

Home at Last

Billy in Home at Last

The Mascot

Adam in The Mascot

The Bookie & the Bruiser

Rivner in The Bookie & the Bruiser

The Library Book

Desmond in The Library Book

Boredom

Danny in Boredom

Ken and Rosa

Himself in Ken and Rosa

Summer of Sam

Ritchie in Summer of Sam

Bullet Head

Stacy in Bullet Head

Jailbreakers

Skinny in Jailbreakers

Air Strike

Steve in Air Strike

Fool's Paradise

Chad Luxt in Fool's Paradise

The French Dispatch

Julian Cadazio in The French Dispatch

Blonde

The Playwright in Blonde

And the Oscar Goes To...

Self (archive footage) in And the Oscar Goes To...

Tori Amos - Video Collection: Fade to Red

in Tori Amos - Video Collection: Fade to Red

The Eighth Blunder of the World

Self in The Eighth Blunder of the World

Deconstructing 'The Village'

Self in Deconstructing 'The Village'

Predators: The Chosen

Royce in Predators: The Chosen

The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan

Self in The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan

The Salamander Lives Twice

in The Salamander Lives Twice

See How They Run

Leo Köpernick in See How They Run

Manodrome

Dan in Manodrome

Asteroid City

Schubert Green in Asteroid City

TV Shows