Adrien Brody

Acting · Born 1973-04-14 in New York City, New York, USA

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…

Filmography

• King Kong as Jack Driscoll
• The Pianist as Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman
• Hollywoodland as Louis Simo
• Fantastic Mr. Fox as Field Mouse (voice)
• The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited' as Self - Peter
• The Darjeeling Limited as Peter
• The Singing Detective as First Hood
• The Brothers Bloom as Bloom
• The Village as Noah Percy
• Angels in the Outfield as Danny Hemmerling