Adrien Brody
Born
April 14, 1973 (age 52)
Birthplace
Woodhaven, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Adrien Brody

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).

Movies

The Brutalist
The Brutalist
2024 ★ 7.0
László Tóth
Manodrome
Manodrome
2023 ★ 4.9
Dan
Asteroid City
Asteroid City
2023 ★ 6.4
Schubert Green
Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise
2023 ★ 4.6
Chad Luxt
Ghosted
Ghosted
2023 ★ 6.9
Leveque
Blonde
Blonde
2022 ★ 5.9
The Playwright
See How They Run
See How They Run
2022 ★ 6.3
Leo Köpernick
Clean
Clean
2022 ★ 6.2
Clean
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021 ★ 7.0
Julian Cadazio
Air Strike
Air Strike
2018 ★ 5.1
Steve
Who Will Write Our History?
Who Will Write Our History?
2018 ★ 7.3
Emanuel Ringelblum (voice)
Bullet Head
Bullet Head
2017 ★ 5.0
Stacy
Manhattan Night
Manhattan Night
2016 ★ 5.9
Porter Wren
Septembers of Shiraz
Septembers of Shiraz
2015 ★ 5.9
Isaac
Backtrack
Backtrack
2015 ★ 5.8
Peter Bower
The Mascot
The Mascot
2015 ★ 6.0
Adam
Boredom
Boredom
2015 ★ 6.4
Danny
The Library Book
The Library Book
2015 ★ 5.5
Desmond
Dragon Blade
Dragon Blade
2015 ★ 6.4
Tiberius
American Heist
American Heist
2014 ★ 4.8
Frankie
Third Person
Third Person
2014 ★ 5.9
Sean
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 ★ 8.0
Dmitri
InAPPropriate Comedy
InAPPropriate Comedy
2013 ★ 3.1
Flirty Harry
Back to 1942
Back to 1942
2012 ★ 6.6
Theodore Harold White
Midnight in Paris
Midnight in Paris
2011 ★ 7.5
Salvador Dalí
Detachment
Detachment
2011 ★ 7.6
Henry Barthes
The Experiment
The Experiment
2010 ★ 6.4
Travis
Predators
Predators
2010 ★ 6.3
Royce
High School
High School
2010 ★ 5.7
Psycho Ed
Splice
Splice
2010 ★ 5.9
Clive
Wrecked
Wrecked
2010 ★ 5.4
Man
Giallo
Giallo
2010 ★ 4.2
Inspector Enzo Avolfi
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009 ★ 7.8
Field Mouse (voice)
Cadillac Records
Cadillac Records
2008 ★ 7.1
Leonard Chess
The Brothers Bloom
The Brothers Bloom
2008 ★ 6.6
Bloom
A Matador's Mistress
A Matador's Mistress
2008 ★ 5.8
Manuel Rodríguez Sánchez "Manolete"
The Darjeeling Limited
The Darjeeling Limited
2007 ★ 7.2
Peter
Hollywoodland
Hollywoodland
2006 ★ 6.1
Louis Simo
Tori Amos - Video Collection: Fade to Red
Tori Amos - Video Collection: Fade to Red
2006 ★ 8.5
King Kong
King Kong
2005 ★ 6.9
Jack Driscoll
The Jacket
The Jacket
2005 ★ 6.9
Jack Starks
The Village
The Village
2004 ★ 6.5
Noah Percy
The Singing Detective
The Singing Detective
2003 ★ 5.0
First Hood
A Sorta Fairytale
A Sorta Fairytale
2003
Arm
Love the Hard Way
Love the Hard Way
2003 ★ 6.2
Jack Grace
The Pianist
The Pianist
2002 ★ 8.4
Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman
Dummy
Dummy
2002 ★ 5.9
Steven Schoichet
The Affair of the Necklace
The Affair of the Necklace
2001 ★ 5.5
Count Nicolas De La Motte
Harrison's Flowers
Harrison's Flowers
2000 ★ 6.5
Kyle Morris
Bread and Roses
Bread and Roses
2000 ★ 6.3
Sam Shapiro
Restaurant
Restaurant
2000 ★ 4.8
Chris Calloway
Liberty Heights
Liberty Heights
1999 ★ 6.6
Van Kurtzman
Oxygen
Oxygen
1999 ★ 6.0
Harry
Summer of Sam
Summer of Sam
1999 ★ 6.5
Ritchie
Six Ways to Sunday
Six Ways to Sunday
1999 ★ 6.0
Arnie Finklestein
The Thin Red Line
The Thin Red Line
1998 ★ 7.4
Cpl. Geoffrey Fife
The Last Time I Committed Suicide
The Last Time I Committed Suicide
1997 ★ 5.0
Ben
The Undertaker's Wedding
The Undertaker's Wedding
1997 ★ 4.0
Mario Bellini
Solo
Solo
1996 ★ 4.8
Dr. Bill Stewart, Solo's Designer
Bullet
Bullet
1996 ★ 6.2
Ruby Stein
Ten Benny
Ten Benny
1995 ★ 4.9
Ray Diglovanni
Jailbreakers
Jailbreakers
1994 ★ 5.4
Skinny
Angels in the Outfield
Angels in the Outfield
1994 ★ 6.0
Danny Hemmerling
King of the Hill
King of the Hill
1993 ★ 6.8
Lester
The Boy Who Cried Bitch
The Boy Who Cried Bitch
1991 ★ 5.9
Eddie
New York Stories
New York Stories
1989 ★ 6.2
Mel
Home at Last
Home at Last
1988 ★ 4.3
Billy
Evel Knievel on Tour
Evel Knievel on Tour
Shelly Saltman
The Salamander Lives Twice
The Salamander Lives Twice

TV Series