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Adrien Brody
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Oscar winner for Best Actor for The Pianist (2002) by Roman Polanski as Wladyslaw Szpilman, the youngest performer to win the award in its category. Renewed recognition with The Brutalist (2024), earning him a second Oscar. Regular collaborator with Wes Anderson in The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and The French Dispatch (2021). Starred in King Kong (2005) by Peter Jackson, Midnight in Paris (2011), and HBO's Succession (2021-2023). An American actor of wide range spanning auteur cinema and major productions, recognized for his intensity and interpretive elegance.
Adrien Brody
60 Movies
7 Series
Oscar winner for Best Actor for The Pianist (2002) by Roman Polanski as Wladyslaw Szpilman, the youngest performer to win the award in its category. Renewed recognition with The Brutalist (2024), earning him a second Oscar. Regular collaborator with Wes Anderson in The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and The French Dispatch (2021). Starred in King Kong (2005) by Peter Jackson, Midnight in Paris (2011), and HBO's Succession (2021-2023). An American actor of wide range spanning auteur cinema and major productions, recognized for his intensity and interpretive elegance.
Movies
Plays László Tóth
The Brutalist
2024
Plays Dmitri
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
Plays Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman
The Pianist
2002
Plays Julian Cadazio
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
Plays Field Mouse (voice)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009
Plays Peter
The Darjeeling Limited
2007
Plays Jack Starks
The Jacket
2005
Plays Jack Driscoll
King Kong
2005
Plays Royce
Predators
2010
Plays Schubert Green
Asteroid City
2023
Plays Cpl. Geoffrey Fife
The Thin Red Line
1998
Plays Salvador Dalí
Midnight in Paris
2011
Plays Noah Percy
The Village
2004
Plays Leveque
Ghosted
2023
Plays The Playwright
Blonde
2022
Plays Louis Simo
Hollywoodland
2006
Producer
Plays Henry Barthes
Detachment
2011
Plays Leo Köpernick
See How They Run
2022
Plays Clive Nicoli
Splice
2010
Plays Steve
Air Strike
2018
Plays Leonard Chess
Cadillac Records
2008
Plays Tiberius
Dragon Blade
2015
Plays Danny Hemmerling
Angels in the Outfield
1994
Plays Travis
The Experiment
2010
Plays Sean
Third Person
2014
Plays Bloom
The Brothers Bloom
2009
Plays Ritchie
Summer of Sam
1999
Plays Stacy
Bullet Head
2017
Plays Chad Luxt
Fool's Paradise
2023
Writer
Plays Clean
Clean
2022
Producer
Plays Porter Wren
Manhattan Night
2016
Plays Mel
New York Stories
1989
Plays Ruby Stein
Bullet
1996
Plays Kyle Morris
Harrison's Flowers
2000
Producer
Plays Frankie
American Heist
2014
Plays First Hood
The Singing Detective
2003
Plays Psycho Ed
High School
2010
Plays Peter Bower
Backtrack
2015
Plays Ben
The Last Time I Committed Suicide
1997
Plays Count Nicolas De La Motte
The Affair of the Necklace
2001
Plays Theodore Harold White
Back to 1942
2012
Plays Dr. Bill Stewart, Solo's Designer
Solo
1996
Plays Jack Grace
Love the Hard Way
2003
Plays Harry
Oxygen
1999
Producer
Plays Isaac
Septembers of Shiraz
2015
Plays Steven Schoichet
Dummy
2002
Plays Dan
Manodrome
2023
Plays Lester
King of the Hill
1993
Plays Adam
The Mascot
2015
Producer
Plays Man
Wrecked
2010
TV Shows
Plays Pat Riley
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
2022
Producer
Plays Captain Charles Boone
Chapelwaite
2021
Plays Luca Changretta
Peaky Blinders
2013
Plays Harry Houdini
Houdini
2014
Plays Josh Aaronson
Succession
2018
Plays Sterling Frost Jr.
Poker Face
2023
Plays Skinny
Rebel Highway
1994
Latest Trailers
Watch Trailer
KISMET - A Journey With Adrien Brody
Full Filmography
The Brutalist
László Tóth
2024
Film
Poker Face
Sterling Frost Jr. · 1 episode
2023
TV
Manodrome
Dan
2023
Film
Asteroid City
Schubert Green
2023
Film
Fool's Paradise
Chad Luxt
2023
Film
Ghosted
Leveque
2023
Film
Blonde
The Playwright
2022
Film
See How They Run
Leo Köpernick
2022
Film
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Pat Riley · 17 episodes
2022–
TV
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Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Adrien Brody and where are they from?
Adrien Brody is 53 years old, born on April 14, 1973 in Woodhaven, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.
What are the most famous roles of Adrien Brody?
Adrien Brody is best known for roles in The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Pianist, King Kong.
How many movies has Adrien Brody been in?
Over a 38-year career (since 1988), Adrien Brody has appeared in 60 movies and 7 TV shows.
What was Adrien Brody's first movie?
The career of Adrien Brody began with Home at Last (1988).
What is Adrien Brody's most recent movie or series?
Adrien Brody's most recent release is KISMET - A Journey With Adrien Brody, which premiered on May 17, 2025.
What TV shows has Adrien Brody appeared in?
On television, Adrien Brody has appeared in Peaky Blinders, Succession, The Daily Show, Poker Face.
Adrien Brody
1973-04-14 · Woodhaven, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Adrien Nicholas Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor and visual artist. Prolific in both independent films and blockbusters, he has received various accolades, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award, with nominations for three Emmy Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award. In 2025, Time magazine listed him as one of the world's 100 most influential people.
Brody started his career in the early 1990s, taking roles in King of the Hill (1993), The Thin Red Line (1998), and Summer of Sam (1999). Brody won two Academy Awards for Best Actor for portraying Polish pianist Władysław Szpilman in Roman Polanski's war drama The Pianist (2002) and Hungarian brutalist architect László Tóth in Brady Corbet's period epic The Brutalist (2024); his first win, at age 29, made him the youngest winner in the category. For his performance in the latter, he also won the BAFTA Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
His other notable films include The Village (2004), King Kong (2005), Hollywoodland (2006), Cadillac Records (2008), Splice (2009), Predators (2010), Midnight in Paris (2011), and Blonde (2022). He has collaborated with filmmaker Wes Anderson numerous times, acting in The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), The French Dispatch (2021), and Asteroid City (2023).
On television, Brody 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 nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie and Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series at the Primetime Emmy Awards for his respective roles as Harry Houdini in the History Channel miniseries Houdini (2014) and investor Josh Aaronson in the HBO series Succession (2021).
On stage, Brody made his London theatre debut in 2024 and Broadway debut in 2025, portraying death row inmate Nick Yarris in the Lindsey Ferrentino play The Fear of 13 (2024), garnering a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for the former.
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