Adrien Brody

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

120

Gender

Male

Birthday

1973-04-14 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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

  • Peaky Blinders

    Peaky Blinders

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The View

    The View

  • Succession

    Succession

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Poker Face

    Poker Face

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Pianist

    The Pianist

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • Bullet Head

    Bullet Head

  • American Heist

    American Heist

  • Punk'd

    Punk'd

  • King Kong

    King Kong

  • Predators

    Predators

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel

    The Grand Budapest Hotel

  • Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

    Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

  • Hollywoodland

    Hollywoodland

  • Giallo

    Giallo

  • Fantastic Mr. Fox

    Fantastic Mr. Fox

  • Ghosted

    Ghosted

  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

  • Manodrome

    Manodrome

  • Rebel Highway

    Rebel Highway

  • The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

    The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

  • Manhattan Night

    Manhattan Night

  • High School

    High School

  • Air Strike

    Air Strike

  • Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

    Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

  • Blonde

    Blonde

  • Houdini

    Houdini

  • Cadillac Records

    Cadillac Records

  • See How They Run

    See How They Run

  • Oxygen

    Oxygen

  • King of the Hill

    King of the Hill

  • Chapelwaite

    Chapelwaite

  • Midnight in Paris

    Midnight in Paris

  • Asteroid City

    Asteroid City

  • Jailbreakers

    Jailbreakers

  • Dragon Blade

    Dragon Blade

  • Deconstructing 'The Village'

    Deconstructing 'The Village'

  • Today

    Today

  • The Thin Red Line

    The Thin Red Line

  • The Darjeeling Limited

    The Darjeeling Limited

  • The Village

    The Village

  • Detachment

    Detachment

  • A Matador's Mistress

    A Matador's Mistress

  • Solo

    Solo

  • Ken and Rosa

    Ken and Rosa

  • Ten Benny

    Ten Benny

  • Summer of Sam

    Summer of Sam

  • Trintignant by Trintignant

    Trintignant by Trintignant

  • Harrison's Flowers

    Harrison's Flowers

  • Splice

    Splice

  • Icons

    Icons

  • Gumball 3000: Drivin' Me Crazy

    Gumball 3000: Drivin' Me Crazy

  • Angels in the Outfield

    Angels in the Outfield

  • The Early Show

    The Early Show

  • Clean

    Clean

  • The Jacket

    The Jacket

  • The Experiment

    The Experiment

  • Third Person

    Third Person

  • Back to 1942

    Back to 1942

  • The Brothers Bloom

    The Brothers Bloom

  • New York Stories

    New York Stories

  • The Mascot

    The Mascot

  • Bullet

    Bullet

  • Fool's Paradise

    Fool's Paradise

  • Restaurant

    Restaurant

  • The Singing Detective

    The Singing Detective

  • The Boy Who Cried Bitch

    The Boy Who Cried Bitch

  • Backtrack

    Backtrack

  • Septembers of Shiraz

    Septembers of Shiraz

  • Annie McGuire

    Annie McGuire

  • Live from Studio Five

    Live from Studio Five

  • Wrecked

    Wrecked

  • The Affair of the Necklace

    The Affair of the Necklace

  • InAPPropriate Comedy

    InAPPropriate Comedy

  • Liberty Heights

    Liberty Heights

  • Bread and Roses

    Bread and Roses

  • Dummy

    Dummy

  • The Last Time I Committed Suicide

    The Last Time I Committed Suicide

  • Love, Marilyn

    Love, Marilyn

  • Boredom

    Boredom

  • Love the Hard Way

    Love the Hard Way

  • The Eighth Blunder of the World

    The Eighth Blunder of the World

  • Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir

    Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir

  • Emperor

    Emperor

  • Evel Knievel on Tour

    Evel Knievel on Tour

  • Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

    Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

  • The Undertaker's Wedding

    The Undertaker's Wedding

  • Six Ways to Sunday

    Six Ways to Sunday

  • Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn

    Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn

  • The Salamander Lives Twice

    The Salamander Lives Twice

  • Predators: The Chosen

    Predators: The Chosen

  • A Sorta Fairytale

    A Sorta Fairytale

  • The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'

    The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'

  • The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan

    The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan

  • Home at Last

    Home at Last

  • King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries

    King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries

  • The Present

    The Present

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

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

  • Stone Barn Castle

    Stone Barn Castle

  • Kismet

    Kismet

  • Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May

    Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May

  • The Library Book

    The Library Book

  • Who Will Write Our History?

    Who Will Write Our History?

  • Tori Amos - Video Collection: Fade to Red

    Tori Amos - Video Collection: Fade to Red