Adrien Brody
Biography
Adrien Nicholas Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Władysław Szpilman in Roman Polanski's war drama 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. He also became the second American male actor to win the César Award for Best Actor for the same film. For his role as a Holocaust survivor who immigrates to the United States in The Brutalist (2024), he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and earned his second Academy Award Nomination and subsequent win for Best Actor. Brody has also starred in The Thin Red Line(1998), The Village (2004), King Kong (2005), Hollywoodland (2006), Cadillac Records (2008), Predators (2010), and See How They Run(2022). He has frequently collaborated with filmmaker Wes Anderson, appearing in his films The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox(2009), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), The French Dispatch (2021), and Asteroid City(2023). He portrayed Salvador Dalí in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris (2011) and Arthur Miller in Andrew Dominik's Blonde (2022). On television, he has played Luca Changretta in the fourth season of the BBC series Peaky Blinders (2017) and Pat Riley in the HBO sports drama series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022–2023). He earned Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his roles as Harry Houdini in the History Channel miniseries Houdini (2014), and investor Josh Aaronson in the HBO series Succession (2021).
Known For
Jack Driscoll
King Kong
Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman
The Pianist
Louis Simo
Hollywoodland
Field Mouse (voice)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Self - Peter
The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'
Peter
The Darjeeling Limited
First Hood
The Singing Detective
Bloom
The Brothers Bloom
Noah Percy
The Village
Danny Hemmerling
Angels in the Outfield
Kyle Morris
Harrison's Flowers
Cpl. Geoffrey Fife
The Thin Red Line
Lester
King of the Hill
Van Kurtzman
Liberty Heights
Psycho Ed
High School
Jack Starks
The Jacket
Royce
Predators
Ben
The Last Time I Committed Suicide
Self
Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May
Inspector Enzo Avolfi
Giallo
Dr. Bill Stewart, Solo's Designer
Solo
Ruby Stein
Bullet
Leonard Chess
Cadillac Records
László Tóth
The Brutalist
Travis
The Experiment
Sam Shapiro
Bread and Roses
Clive
Splice
Manuel Rodríguez Sánchez "Manolete"
Manolete
Jack Grace
Love the Hard Way
Arnie Finklestein
Six Ways to Sunday
Steven Schoichet
Dummy
Harry
Oxygen
Man
Wrecked
Self (archive footage)
Trintignant par Trintignant
Count Nicolas De La Motte
The Affair of the Necklace
Chris Calloway
Restaurant
Mel
New York Stories
Self
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
Henry Barthes
Detachment
Leveque
Ghosted
Salvador Dalí
Midnight in Paris
Self
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
Self
Love, Marilyn
Dmitri
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ray Diglovanni
Ten Benny
Flirty Harry
InAPPropriate Comedy
Theodore Harold White
一九四二
Sean
Third Person
Self
Gumball 3000: Drivin' Me Crazy
Self
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Eddie
The Boy Who Cried Bitch
Frankie
American Heist
Clean
Clean
Mario Bellini
The Undertaker's Wedding
Self
The Present
Tiberius
天將雄師
Porter Wren
Manhattan Night
Self
Stone Barn Castle
Peter Bower
Backtrack
Arm
A Sorta Fairytale
Isaac
Septembers of Shiraz
Billy
Home at Last
Adam
The Mascot
Danny
Boredom
Desmond
The Library Book
Himself
Ken and Rosa
Ritchie
Summer of Sam
Stacy
Bullet Head
Skinny
Jailbreakers
Steve
Air Strike
Chad Luxt
Fool's Paradise
Julian Cadazio
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
The Playwright
Blonde
Tori Amos - Video Collection: Fade to Red
Self
The Eighth Blunder of the World
Self
Deconstructing 'The Village'
Self
The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan
The Salamander Lives Twice
Leo Köpernick
See How They Run
Dan
Manodrome
Schubert Green
Asteroid City
Shelly Saltman
Evel Knievel on Tour
Self
Kismet
Charles V - The Emperor
Emperor
Emanuel Ringelblum (voice)
Who Will Write Our History?
Self
The Intern
Self (archive footage)
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
Self
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
88
Gender
Male
Birthday
1973-04-14
Place of Birth
Woodhaven, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Byron Deidra