Adrien Brody
Acting
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).
Known for
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movieKISMET - A Journey With Adrien Brody
2025
Self / Traveler
movieThe Brutalist
2024
László Tóth
movieAsteroid City
2023
Schubert Green
movieFool's Paradise
2023
Chad Luxt
movieGhosted
2023
Leveque
tvPoker Face
2023
Sterling Frost Jr.
movieBlonde
2022
The Playwright
movieSee How They Run
2022
Leo Köpernick
movieClean
2022
Clean
movieTrintignant by Trintignant
2021
Self (archive footage)
tvChapelwaite
2021
Captain Charles Boone
movieAir Strike
2018
Steve
movieWho Will Write Our History?
2018
Emanuel Ringelblum (voice)
tvSuccession
2018
Josh Aaronson
movieBullet Head
2017
Stacy
movieManhattan Night
2016
Porter Wren
movieBacktrack
2015
Peter Bower
tvThe Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Self - Guest
movieDragon Blade
2015
Tiberius
movieAmerican Heist
2014
Frankie
tvHoudini
2014
Harry Houdini
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Self - Guest / Self
tvPeaky Blinders
2013
Luca Changretta
movieInAPPropriate Comedy
2013
Flirty Harry
movieBack to 1942
2012
Theodore Harold White
movieRoman Polanski: A Film Memoir
2012
Self (archive footage)
movieMidnight in Paris
2011
Salvador Dalí
movieDetachment
2011
Henry Barthes
movieThe Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'
2010
Self - Peter
movieThe Experiment
2010
Travis
moviePredators
2010
Royce
movieHigh School
2010
Psycho Ed
movieSplice
2010
Clive
movieGiallo
2010
Inspector Enzo Avolfi
movieFantastic Mr. Fox
2009
Field Mouse (voice)
movieCadillac Records
2008
Leonard Chess
movieA Matador's Mistress
2008
Manuel Rodríguez Sánchez "Manolete"
movieHollywoodland
2006
Louis Simo
movieKing Kong
2005
Jack Driscoll
movieThe Jacket
2005
Jack Starks
movieThe Village
2004
Noah Percy
movieThe Singing Detective
2003
First Hood
movieLove the Hard Way
2003
Jack Grace
tvPunk'd
2003
Self
movieThe Pianist
2002
Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman
movieDummy
2002
Steven Schoichet
movieThe Affair of the Necklace
2001
Count Nicolas De La Motte
movieKen and Rosa
2001
Himself
movieHarrison's Flowers
2000
Kyle Morris
movieBread and Roses
2000
Sam Shapiro
movieLiberty Heights
1999
Van Kurtzman
movieOxygen
1999
Harry
movieRestaurant
1999
Chris Calloway
movieSummer of Sam
1999
Ritchie
movieSix Ways to Sunday
1999
Arnie Finklestein
movieThe Thin Red Line
1998
Cpl. Geoffrey Fife
tvThe View
1997
Self
movieThe Undertaker's Wedding
1997
Mario Bellini
movieSolo
1996
Dr. Bill Stewart, Solo's Designer
movieBullet
1996
Ruby Stein
movieTen Benny
1995
Ray Diglovanni
movieJailbreakers
1994
Skinny
movieAngels in the Outfield
1994
Danny Hemmerling
tvRebel Highway
1994
Skinny
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Self - Guest
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Host / Self (archive footage)
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self / Self - Presenter
tvToday
1952
Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee
Evel Knievel on Tour
Shelly Saltman
Production9
movieClean
2022
Producer
tvChapelwaite
2021
Executive Producer
movieManhattan Night
2016
Producer
movieSeptembers of Shiraz
2015
Executive Producer
movieAmerican Heist
2014
Executive Producer
movieDetachment
2011
Executive Producer
movieWrecked
2010
Executive Producer
movieGiallo
2010
Producer
Crew1
movieInAPPropriate Comedy
2013
Additional Dialogue
Directing1
Sound1
movieClean
2022
Original Music Composer
Writing1
movieClean
2022
Writer