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Adrien Brody

Acting 52 years old New York City, New York, USA ★ 4.6
Born: April 14, 1973

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).

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Known For

The Experiment
The Experiment Travis 2010
The Pianist
The Pianist Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman 2002
Asteroid City
Asteroid City Schubert Green 2023
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun Julian Cadazio 2021
Predators
Predators Royce 2010

Jimmy's Seen (3)

The Brutalist
The Brutalist László Tóth 2024
See How They Run
See How They Run Leo Köpernick 2022
Die Hard
Die Hard Self 1988

Filmography

Acting Credits (120)

Emperor
Emperor Charles V - The Emperor 2026
Kismet
Kismet Self 2025
The Brutalist
The Brutalist László Tóth 2024
Manodrome
Manodrome Dan 2023
Asteroid City
Asteroid City Schubert Green 2023
Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise Chad Luxt 2023
Ghosted
Ghosted Leveque 2023
Poker Face
Poker Face Sterling Frost Jr. 2023
Blonde
Blonde The Playwright 2022
See How They Run
See How They Run Leo Köpernick 2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Self 2022
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty Pat Riley 2022
Clean
Clean Clean 2022
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun Julian Cadazio 2021
Trintignant by Trintignant
Trintignant by Trintignant Self (archive footage) 2021
Chapelwaite
Chapelwaite Captain Charles Boone 2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show Self 2019
Air Strike
Air Strike Steve 2018
Who Will Write Our History?
Who Will Write Our History? Emanuel Ringelblum (voice) 2018
Succession
Succession Josh Aaronson 2018
Bullet Head
Bullet Head Stacy 2017
Manhattan Night
Manhattan Night Porter Wren 2016
Septembers of Shiraz
Septembers of Shiraz Isaac 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self 2015
Backtrack
Backtrack Peter Bower 2015
The Mascot
The Mascot Adam 2015
The Library Book
The Library Book Desmond 2015
Boredom
Boredom Danny 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Late Show with James Corden Self - Guest 2015
Stone Barn Castle
Stone Barn Castle Self 2015
Dragon Blade
Dragon Blade Tiberius 2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self 2014
American Heist
American Heist Frankie 2014
Houdini
Houdini Harry Houdini 2014
Third Person
Third Person Sean 2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel Dmitri 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self - Guest 2014
Peaky Blinders
Peaky Blinders Luca Changretta 2013
Love, Marilyn
Love, Marilyn Self 2013
InAPPropriate Comedy
InAPPropriate Comedy Flirty Harry 2013
Back to 1942
Back to 1942 Theodore Harold White 2012
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir Self (archive footage) 2012
Midnight in Paris
Midnight in Paris Salvador Dalí 2011
Detachment
Detachment Henry Barthes 2011
The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'
The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited' Self - Peter 2010
The Experiment
The Experiment Travis 2010
Predators
Predators Royce 2010
High School
High School Psycho Ed 2010
Splice
Splice Clive 2010
Wrecked
Wrecked Man 2010
Giallo
Giallo Inspector Enzo Avolfi 2010
Predators: The Chosen
Predators: The Chosen 2010
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantastic Mr. Fox Field Mouse (voice) 2009
Live from Studio Five
Live from Studio Five Self 2009
Cadillac Records
Cadillac Records Leonard Chess 2008
The Brothers Bloom
The Brothers Bloom Bloom 2008
A Matador's Mistress
A Matador's Mistress Manuel Rodríguez Sánchez "Manolete" 2008
The Darjeeling Limited
The Darjeeling Limited Peter 2007
Gumball 3000: Drivin' Me Crazy
Gumball 3000: Drivin' Me Crazy Self 2007
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' Self 2006
The Eighth Blunder of the World
The Eighth Blunder of the World Self 2006
Hollywoodland
Hollywoodland Louis Simo 2006
Tori Amos - Video Collection: Fade to Red
Tori Amos - Video Collection: Fade to Red 2006
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries Self 2005
King Kong
King Kong Jack Driscoll 2005
Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May
Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May Self 2005
The Jacket
The Jacket Jack Starks 2005
Deconstructing 'The Village'
Deconstructing 'The Village' Self 2005
The Present
The Present Self 2004
The Village
The Village Noah Percy 2004
The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan
The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan Self 2004
The Singing Detective
The Singing Detective First Hood 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Self 2003
A Sorta Fairytale
A Sorta Fairytale Arm 2003
Love the Hard Way
Love the Hard Way Jack Grace 2003
Punk'd
Punk'd Self 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self 2003
The Pianist
The Pianist Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman 2002
Dummy
Dummy Steven Schoichet 2002
Icons
Icons 2002
The Affair of the Necklace
The Affair of the Necklace Count Nicolas De La Motte 2001
Ken and Rosa
Ken and Rosa Himself 2001
Harrison's Flowers
Harrison's Flowers Kyle Morris 2000
Bread and Roses
Bread and Roses Sam Shapiro 2000
Restaurant
Restaurant Chris Calloway 2000
Liberty Heights
Liberty Heights Van Kurtzman 1999
Oxygen
Oxygen Harry 1999
The Early Show
The Early Show Self 1999
Summer of Sam
Summer of Sam Ritchie 1999
Six Ways to Sunday
Six Ways to Sunday Arnie Finklestein 1999
The Thin Red Line
The Thin Red Line Cpl. Geoffrey Fife 1998
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs Self 1998
The View
The View Self 1997
The Undertaker's Wedding
The Undertaker's Wedding Mario Bellini 1997
The Last Time I Committed Suicide
The Last Time I Committed Suicide Ben 1997
Solo
Solo Dr. Bill Stewart, Solo's Designer 1996
The Daily Show
The Daily Show Self 1996
Bullet
Bullet Ruby Stein 1996
Ten Benny
Ten Benny Ray Diglovanni 1995
Jailbreakers
Jailbreakers Skinny 1994
Angels in the Outfield
Angels in the Outfield Danny Hemmerling 1994
Rebel Highway
Rebel Highway Skinny 1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Self - Guest 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Self 1993
King of the Hill
King of the Hill Lester 1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Self 1992
The Boy Who Cried Bitch
The Boy Who Cried Bitch Eddie 1991
New York Stories
New York Stories Mel 1989
Annie McGuire
Annie McGuire 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark Self - Guest 1988
Home at Last
Home at Last Billy 1988
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Host 1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self (archive footage) 1975
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953
The Oscars
The Oscars Self - Presenter 1953
Today
Today Self 1952
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee 1944
Evel Knievel on Tour
Evel Knievel on Tour Shelly Saltman
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn Self

Directing Credits (1)

Writing Credits (1)

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