Adrien Brody
Known For
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 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).
Most Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Peaky Blinders
as Luca Changretta
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
as Self (archive footage)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
The View
as Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
Succession
as Josh Aaronson
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
Poker Face
as Sterling Frost Jr.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self