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Adrien Brody

Acting Born Apr 14, 1973 New York City, New York, USA 133 credits

Biography

Adrien Nicholas Brody is an American actor born on April 14, 1973, in New York City, New York. He is widely known for his acclaimed film performances, including his portrayal of Wladyslaw Szpilman in Roman Polanski's war drama The Pianist. In addition to his primary name, he has been known by alternate names including Byron Deidra Adrien Nicholas Brody. With a career spanning numerous known credits, Brody has established himself as a prominent figure in cinema, earning prestigious international recognition and major industry awards for his acting work.

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Career

Career overview

Adrien Brody has built an extensive filmography with numerous known credits in the motion picture industry. His career reached a major milestone when he starred as Wladyslaw Szpilman in Roman Polanski's war drama The Pianist in 2002. For this role, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at age 29, making him the youngest actor to win in that category. He additionally became the second American male actor to win the Cesar Award for Best Actor for the same film.

Throughout his career, Brody has taken on diverse roles in notable feature films. He starred in The Thin Red Line in 1998, appeared in The Village in 2004, and featured in King Kong in 2005. Later in his career, he portrayed a Holocaust survivor who immigrates to the United States in The Brutalist in 2024. His performance in the film earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor as well as his second Academy Award nomination and subsequent win for Best Actor.

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Career timeline

KISMET - A Journey With Adrien Brody
The Brutalist
Poker FaceGhostedAsteroid CityFool's ParadiseManodrome
Sunday with Laura KuenssbergWinning Time: The Rise of the Lakers DynastyBlondeSee How They RunClean
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening SunChapelwaiteChapelwaite · Executive ProducerTrintignant by Trintignant
The Kelly Clarkson Show
SuccessionAir StrikeWho Will Write Our History?
Bullet Head
Manhattan NightManhattan Night · Producer
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertThe Late Late Show with James CordenDragon BladeSeptembers of ShirazSeptembers of Shiraz · Executive Producer
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonVariety Studio: Actors on ActorsThe Grand Budapest HotelHoudini
Peaky BlindersLove, MarilynInAPPropriate ComedyInAPPropriate Comedy · Additional Dialogue
Back to 1942Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
Midnight in ParisDetachmentDetachment · Executive Producer
PredatorsSpliceThe ExperimentHigh SchoolWrecked
Fantastic Mr. FoxLive from Studio Five
Cadillac RecordsThe Brothers BloomA Matador's Mistress
The Darjeeling LimitedGumball 3000: Drivin' Me Crazy
HollywoodlandTori Amos - Video Collection: Fade to RedRecreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'The Eighth Blunder of the World
King KongThe JacketDeconstructing 'The Village'King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production DiariesGumball 3000: 6 Days in May
The VillageThe PresentThe Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan
Jimmy Kimmel Live!The Ellen DeGeneres ShowPunk'dThe Singing DetectiveLove the Hard Way
The PianistIconsDummy
The Affair of the NecklaceKen and Rosa
Bread and RosesHarrison's Flowers
The Early ShowSummer of SamOxygenLiberty HeightsSix Ways to Sunday
The Thin Red LineMythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
The ViewThe Last Time I Committed SuicideThe Undertaker's Wedding
The Daily ShowBulletSolo
Ten Benny

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