Adrien Brody

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

120

Gender

Male

Birthday

1973-04-14 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

Woodhaven, Queens, 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

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • Peaky Blinders

    Peaky Blinders

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Succession

    Succession

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • The View

    The View

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Predators

    Predators

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Poker Face

    Poker Face

  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

  • Ghosted

    Ghosted

  • Punk'd

    Punk'd

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel

    The Grand Budapest Hotel

  • King Kong

    King Kong

  • The Pianist

    The Pianist

  • Blonde

    Blonde

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Air Strike

    Air Strike

  • Fantastic Mr. Fox

    Fantastic Mr. Fox

  • Midnight in Paris

    Midnight in Paris

  • Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

    Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

  • Detachment

    Detachment

  • The Thin Red Line

    The Thin Red Line

  • Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

    Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

  • Clean

    Clean

  • The Jacket

    The Jacket

  • Chapelwaite

    Chapelwaite

  • Asteroid City

    Asteroid City

  • Backtrack

    Backtrack

  • Bullet Head

    Bullet Head

  • Cadillac Records

    Cadillac Records

  • Dragon Blade

    Dragon Blade

  • The Village

    The Village

  • The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

    The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

  • Icons

    Icons

  • See How They Run

    See How They Run

  • The Darjeeling Limited

    The Darjeeling Limited

  • American Heist

    American Heist

  • Bullet

    Bullet

  • Splice

    Splice

  • Houdini

    Houdini

  • A Matador's Mistress

    A Matador's Mistress

  • Love, Marilyn

    Love, Marilyn

  • Third Person

    Third Person

  • InAPPropriate Comedy

    InAPPropriate Comedy

  • Manhattan Night

    Manhattan Night

  • Hollywoodland

    Hollywoodland

  • Solo

    Solo

  • Giallo

    Giallo

  • Ten Benny

    Ten Benny

  • Oxygen

    Oxygen

  • High School

    High School

  • Today

    Today

  • Wrecked

    Wrecked

  • Manodrome

    Manodrome

  • Jailbreakers

    Jailbreakers

  • Back to 1942

    Back to 1942

  • Angels in the Outfield

    Angels in the Outfield

  • Rebel Highway

    Rebel Highway

  • Summer of Sam

    Summer of Sam

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

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

  • New York Stories

    New York Stories

  • Septembers of Shiraz

    Septembers of Shiraz

  • The Mascot

    The Mascot

  • The Brothers Bloom

    The Brothers Bloom

  • The Intern

    The Intern

  • The Undertaker's Wedding

    The Undertaker's Wedding

  • The Last Time I Committed Suicide

    The Last Time I Committed Suicide

  • The Present

    The Present

  • Fool's Paradise

    Fool's Paradise

  • The Affair of the Necklace

    The Affair of the Necklace

  • Bread and Roses

    Bread and Roses

  • King of the Hill

    King of the Hill

  • Harrison's Flowers

    Harrison's Flowers

  • Who Will Write Our History?

    Who Will Write Our History?

  • The Singing Detective

    The Singing Detective

  • The Experiment

    The Experiment

  • The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan

    The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan

  • Evel Knievel on Tour

    Evel Knievel on Tour

  • The Early Show

    The Early Show

  • The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'

    The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'

  • Trintignant by Trintignant

    Trintignant by Trintignant

  • Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

    Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

  • The Boy Who Cried Bitch

    The Boy Who Cried Bitch

  • Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir

    Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir

  • Ken and Rosa

    Ken and Rosa

  • Deconstructing 'The Village'

    Deconstructing 'The Village'

  • Love the Hard Way

    Love the Hard Way

  • Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn

    Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn

  • Six Ways to Sunday

    Six Ways to Sunday

  • Restaurant

    Restaurant

  • Annie McGuire

    Annie McGuire

  • The Library Book

    The Library Book

  • Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May

    Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May

  • Liberty Heights

    Liberty Heights

  • Live from Studio Five

    Live from Studio Five

  • Dummy

    Dummy

  • The Eighth Blunder of the World

    The Eighth Blunder of the World

  • Emperor

    Emperor

  • Gumball 3000: Drivin' Me Crazy

    Gumball 3000: Drivin' Me Crazy

  • King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries

    King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries

  • Boredom

    Boredom

  • Home at Last

    Home at Last

  • The Salamander Lives Twice

    The Salamander Lives Twice

  • Kismet

    Kismet

  • Stone Barn Castle

    Stone Barn Castle

  • A Sorta Fairytale

    A Sorta Fairytale

  • Tori Amos - Video Collection: Fade to Red

    Tori Amos - Video Collection: Fade to Red