About
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...
Known for
Peaky BlindersSeries • 2013
SuccessionSeries • 2018
The BrutalistMovie • 2024
The Grand Budapest HotelMovie • 2014
Poker FaceSeries • 2023
The PianistMovie • 2002
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening SunMovie • 2021
Fantastic Mr. FoxMovie • 2009
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers DynastySeries • 2022
The JacketMovie • 2005
King KongMovie • 2005
Asteroid CityMovie • 2023
The Darjeeling LimitedMovie • 2007
The Thin Red LineMovie • 1998
ChapelwaiteSeries • 2021
Midnight in ParisMovie • 2011
Rebel HighwaySeries • 1994
GhostedMovie • 2023
PredatorsMovie • 2010
The VillageMovie • 2004
IconsSeries • 2002
BlondeMovie • 2022
See How They RunMovie • 2022
HoudiniSeries • 2014