Adrien Brody
Date of birth: 1973-04-14
Place of birth: Woodhaven, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Byron Deidra, Adrien Nicholas Brody, Едрієн Броуді, 애드리언 브로디, Эдриан Броуди, Эдриен Броуди, 阿德里安·布劳迪, آدرین برودی
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).
Movie Credits
King Kong
2005-12-12
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel
The Pianist
2002-09-17
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. Whe
Hollywoodland
2006-08-31
When Hollywood superstar George Reeves dies in his home, private detective Louis Simo is hired to in
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009-10-14
The Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. T
The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'
2010-10-12
A making of documentary on "The Darjeeling Limited".
The Darjeeling Limited
2007-09-07
Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across
The Singing Detective
2003-10-24
Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories th
The Brothers Bloom
2008-09-09
The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios
The Village
2004-07-30
When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions se
Angels in the Outfield
1994-07-15
Roger is a foster child whose irresponsible father promises to get his act together when Roger's fav
Harrison's Flowers
2000-09-23
1991. Harrison Lloyd, a renowned photojournalist covering the war in Yugoslavia, is reported missing
The Thin Red Line
1998-12-23
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ult
King of the Hill
1993-08-20
Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the stor
Liberty Heights
1999-11-17
This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of the Kurtzman clan, a Je
High School
2010-06-03
A high school valedictorian who gets baked with the local stoner finds himself the subject of a drug
The Jacket
2005-03-04
A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left wit
Predators
2010-07-07
A group of cold-blooded killers find themselves trapped on an alien planet to be hunted by extraterr
The Last Time I Committed Suicide
1997-06-20
Neal Cassady is living the beat life during the 1940s, working at The Tire Yard and philandering aro
Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May
2005-05-09
Some of the most amazing cars ever built race across Spain and head south into Africa in the 6th Ann
Giallo
2010-03-13
In Italy, a woman fears her sister has been kidnapped; Inspector Enzo Avolfi fears it's worse. They
Solo
1996-08-23
An android fighting-machine is charged with destroying a small brigade of rebels in a Latin American
Bullet
1996-03-01
A tough, Jewish ex-con just released from prison crosses a powerful drug dealer and former prison ri
Cadillac Records
2008-12-05
The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent
The Brutalist
2024-12-20
When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and wit
The Experiment
2010-07-15
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that
Bread and Roses
2000-09-14
Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her wa
Splice
2010-06-03
Elsa and Clive, two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead w
A Matador's Mistress
2008-09-06
Scandal erupts over a famous bullfighter's affair with a left-wing actress.
Love the Hard Way
2002-02-01
Claire, a brilliant student, seeks answers to the meaning of life in the calm of her biology laborat
Six Ways to Sunday
1999-03-05
Harry Odum is a henpecked 18-year-old momma's boy with a violent temper in Youngstown, Ohio. After i
Dummy
2002-09-12
An ex-office worker becomes a ventriloquist, leading to a date with his unemployment counselor; but
Oxygen
1999-11-12
When housewife Frances Hannon is abducted and buried alive, detective Madeline Foster is brought in.
Wrecked
2010-04-01
A man awakens in a car wreck at the bottom of a steep cliff. He can't remember who he is or how he g
Trintignant by Trintignant
2021-10-11
A portrait of a man of rare elegance and enigmatic charm, versatile and successful: Jean-Louis Trint
The Affair of the Necklace
2001-11-30
In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in th
Restaurant
2000-01-28
A few young waiters at a popular New Jersey restaurant are dreaming of becoming actors or otherwise
New York Stories
1989-03-10
Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons"
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
2005-12-13
Academy Award - winning filmmaker Peter Jackson invites you behind the scenes of his latest movie to
Detachment
2011-04-24
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students
Ghosted
2023-04-18
Salt-of-the-earth Cole falls head over heels for enigmatic Sadie—but then makes the shocking discove
Midnight in Paris
2011-05-11
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriou
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
2006-11-14
Following the immense success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson directs King Kong (200
Love, Marilyn
2013-05-30
Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with parti
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014-02-26
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars
Ten Benny
1995-04-09
The story of a young shoe salesman whose overestimation of his own sharpness leads to gambling debts
InAPPropriate Comedy
2013-03-22
A no-nonsense cop has a flair for fashion and a celebrity takes revenge on the paparazzi in a collec
Back to 1942
2012-11-01
In 1942, Henan Province was devastated by one of the most tragic famines in modern Chinese history,
Third Person
2014-06-20
An acclaimed novelist struggles to write an analysis of love in one of three stories, each set in a
Gumball 3000: Drivin' Me Crazy
2007-05-27
With an entry grid full of superstars and supercars, driving everything from Ferrari Enzos to Rolls
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998-01-01
Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How
The Boy Who Cried Bitch
1991-10-11
Divorced rich bitch Candice Love has three sons at boarding school. The eldest, 12 year-old Dan, is
American Heist
2014-09-11
Two brothers, both with troubled paths, find themselves in the middle of one last bank job.
Clean
2022-01-28
Tormented by a past life, garbage man Clean attempts a life of quiet redemption. But when his good i
The Undertaker's Wedding
1997-01-01
A hapless undertaker becomes embroiled in a mafia war when he's forced to protect the brutal brother
The Present
2004-10-31
A short film made by the cast of 2005's King Kong to surprise the director Peter Jackson on his birt
Dragon Blade
2015-02-19
Huo An, the commander of the Protection Squad of the Western Regions, was framed by evil forces and
Manhattan Night
2016-05-20
Porter Wren is a Manhattan tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. On the beat he sells murder,
Stone Barn Castle
2015-03-14
In 2007, Academy Award winning actor Adrien Brody fell in love with a partially burned stone barn, r
Backtrack
2015-07-25
Troubled psychotherapist Peter Bowers is suffering from nightmares and eerie visions. When he uncove
A Sorta Fairytale
2003-04-08
It features: Biography, The Making of 'A Sorta Fairytale' and Interview Segment.
Septembers of Shiraz
2015-09-15
In this adaptation of the critically acclaimed debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer, a
Home at Last
1988-01-09
Billy, a streetwise kid from New York City, is sent to Nebraska and is taken in by a Swedish farm fa
The Mascot
2015-06-27
“The Mascot”, tells the story of an out of work mascot’s spiraling identity crisis.
The Library Book
2015-06-27
A stranger returns an overdue book to his home library.
Boredom
2015-06-27
The story of Danny, a 40-year-old man who is unwilling or unable to grow up.
Ken and Rosa
2001-10-25
Documentary about Ken Loach and Rosa Ayala, a janitor who worked as an extra in the picture 'Bread a
Summer of Sam
1999-06-28
Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on
Bullet Head
2017-12-07
A group of career criminals finds itself trapped in a warehouse with the law – and an Attack Dog nam
Jailbreakers
1994-09-09
A 1950s high school cheerleader meets a leather clad rebel biker and goes out on the town with him.
Air Strike
2018-10-26
An American pilot is sent to a Chinese province to teach a crew of would-be pilots how to fly war pl
Fool's Paradise
2023-05-12
A down-on-his-luck publicist discovers a recently released mental health patient who looks just like
The French Dispatch
2021-10-21
The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an
Blonde
2022-09-16
From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements,
Tori Amos - Video Collection: Fade to Red
2006-02-14
This collection looks at the unique and compelling videos (1991-2005) that illustrate Tori Amos' mus
The Eighth Blunder of the World
2006-11-14
Blooper reel for Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005)
Deconstructing 'The Village'
2005-01-11
In this making-of documentary, we see movie snippets, shots from the set, and interviews. We get not
The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan
2004-06-18
Everyone has a skeleton or two in his or her closet, but what about the director behind some of the
The Salamander Lives Twice
An injured man with an impenetrable briefcase and no memory is found on the shoreline of a remote is
See How They Run
2022-09-09
In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt hal
Manodrome
2023-11-10
Ralphie is an Uber driver and aspiring bodybuilder who is inducted into a libertarian masculinity cu
Asteroid City
2023-06-08
In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is
Evel Knievel on Tour
Biopic about American stunt performer and entertainer Evel Knievel, best known for his motorcycle ju
Kismet
2025-03-17
Adrien Brody roams the Moroccan landscape with Monos’ Aluminum Collection by his side, his journey u
Emperor
2026-07-03
XVI Century. Action epic about young Johanna "Of Ghent", who seeks revenge on the holy Roman Emperor
Who Will Write Our History?
2018-07-21
Documentary about a group of Jews, who collected and hid a lot of stories and documents about everyd
The Intern
2025-07-13
Adrien Brody is best known for his performances on screen. But in The Intern, he trades Hollywood fo
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
2012-10-09
An interview with film director Roman Polanski conducted during his period of house arrest, discussi