Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody

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).

🎬 Movies Featuring Adrien Brody

Emperor

Emperor (2026)

as Charles V - The Emperor
The Brutalist

The Brutalist (2024)

as László Tóth
Asteroid City

Asteroid City (2023)

as Schubert Green
Blonde

Blonde (2022)

as The Playwright
Trintignant by Trintignant

Trintignant by Trintignant (2021)

as Self (archive footage)
Who Will Write Our History?

Who Will Write Our History? (2018)

as Emanuel Ringelblum (voice)
Backtrack

Backtrack (2015)

as Peter Bower
Back to 1942

Back to 1942 (2012)

as Theodore Harold White
Detachment

Detachment (2011)

as Henry Barthes
Giallo

Giallo (2010)

as Inspector Enzo Avolfi
Fantastic Mr. Fox

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

as Field Mouse (voice)
A Matador's Mistress

A Matador's Mistress (2008)

as Manuel Rodríguez Sánchez "Manolete"
King Kong

King Kong (2005)

as Jack Driscoll
The Jacket

The Jacket (2005)

as Jack Starks
The Pianist

The Pianist (2002)

as Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman
Dummy

Dummy (2002)

as Steven Schoichet
The Affair of the Necklace

The Affair of the Necklace (2001)

as Count Nicolas De La Motte
Restaurant

Restaurant (2000)

as Chris Calloway
Six Ways to Sunday

Six Ways to Sunday (1999)

as Arnie Finklestein
The Thin Red Line

The Thin Red Line (1998)

as Cpl. Geoffrey Fife
Solo

Solo (1996)

as Dr. Bill Stewart, Solo's Designer
Bullet

Bullet (1996)

as Ruby Stein
Ten Benny

Ten Benny (1995)

as Ray Diglovanni