The American actor received the Oscar for the best leading actor for the leading role of the Jewish-Polish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman in the drama “The Pianist” (2002), directed by Roman Polanski. Adrien Brody was only 29 years old, making him the youngest actor to receive the award in this category. Brody was previously nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for his leading role in the film “Restaurant.” The anti-war film “The Thin Red Line” (1998), which won an Oscar, and the social drama “Bread and Roses” (2000) first drew the attention of an international audience to the actor. His most successful films include “The Singing Detective” (2003), “The Village” (2004) and “The Fantastic Mr. Fox” (2009)…
Adrien Brody was born on April 14, 1973 in New York City.
He grew up in Queens, the son of a Polish-Jewish teacher and Hungarian-born photojournalist Sylvia Plachy. Adrien Brody dreamed of becoming an actor from an early age. His efforts were already aimed at this goal when he was twelve years old. In New York City, he attended high school for the performing arts and then the American Academy of Dramatic Art. After his education, he landed a few roles in off-Broadway productions. In 1988, Adrien Brody had his first major role in the television play Home at Last. He then appeared in other TV productions. The following year, in 1989, he starred in the three-episode film New York Stories, directed by Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Woody Allen.
After this entry, Brody continued his education at schools and took over smaller television appearances. In 1993 director Steven Soderbergh booked him for the melodrama “The Marbles King” (1993). This was followed by a role in William Friedkind’s thriller ‘Jailbreaks’ (1994). He starred alongside Danny Glover in the sports film Angels (1994). In the crime thriller “Bullet” (1996) Mickey Rourke was his co-star. In the same year he fulfilled his role alongside Mario Van Peebles in the action film “Solo” directed by Norberto Barba. Adrien Brody then appeared in the youth drama How I First Committed Suicide (1996) in a major role alongside Keanu Reeves. Brody played the undertaker Mario in John Bradshaw’s black comedy “Wedding Day Funeral” (1997), which is about a confrontation with mob members.
He was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for his starring role in Eric Bross’s ‘Restaurant’ (1998). The anti-war film “The Thin Red Line” (1998), which won an Oscar, and the social drama “Bread and Roses” first drew the attention of an international audience to the actor. In 1999 he starred in the drama “Summer of Sam” and in the same year in the thriller “Oxygen”, in which he took on the role of the psychopath Harry, who buries his kidnapping victims and gives them air for 24 hours. Also in 1999, Brody starred in the drama “Liberty Heights.” Roles followed in the dramas Harrison’s Flower (2000) alongside Andie MacDowell, The Affair of the Necklace (2001), Love the Hard Way (2001) and the comedy Dummy (2002).
Adrien Brody was so convincing for the leading role of the Jewish-Polish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman in the Roman Polanski drama “The Pianist” that he was awarded an Oscar and the César for best actor. A commercial highlight was the lead role of Jack Driscoll in the Peter Jackson mega production “King Kong”. The classic from 1933 experienced a brilliant comeback in 2005. From 2006 to 2009 he was in a relationship with Spanish actress Elsa Pataky. In 2007 another leading role followed in “The Hollywood Conspiracy”. The film sheds light on the mysterious death of the first “Superman” actor George Reeves, which Brody tries to solve as a private investigator.
In 2009 he played both the investigating inspector and, under the pseudonym Byron Deidra, his opponent, a jaundiced serial killer, in Dario Argento’s thriller “Giallo”. In 2010, he starred in the role of elite soldier Royce in the sci-fi film Predators. The film was a sequel to the 1987 film Predator. He received a 2015 Emmy nomination for Best Actor in a Miniseries for his performance in Houdini. In 2017 he impersonated the role of “Luca Changretta” in the British drama series “Peaky Blinders – Gangs of Birmingham”.
Filmography
1988: Home at Last (TV)
1989: New Yorker Geschichten (New York Stories)
1991: Zur Hölle, Mrs. Love! (The Boy Who Cried Bitch)
1993: König der Murmelspieler (King of the Hill)
1994: Angels – Engel gibt es wirklich! (Angels in the Outfield)
1994: Jailbreakers – Jung und vogelfrei (Jailbreakers)
1996: Nothing to Lose
1996: Bullet – Auge um Auge (Bullet)
1996: Solo
1997: Wie ich zum ersten Mal Selbstmord beging
1997: Six Ways to Sunday
1998: Leichenschmaus am Hochzeitstag
1998: Restaurant
1998: Der schmale Grat (The Thin Red Line)
1999: Oxygen
1999: Summer of Sam
1999: Liberty Heights
2000: Bread and Roses
2000: Harrison”s Flowers
2001: Love the Hard Way
2001: Das Halsband der Königin (The Affair of the Necklace)
2002: Dummy
2002: Der Pianist (The Pianist)
2003: The Singing Detective
2004: The Village – Das Dorf (The Village)
2005: The Jacket
2005: King Kong
2006: Die Hollywood-Verschwörung (Hollywoodland)
2007: Darjeeling Limited (The Darjeeling Limited)
2008: The Brothers Bloom
2008: Cadillac Records
2009: Giallo
2009: Splice – Das Genexperiment (Splice)
2009: Der fantastische Mr. Fox (Fantastic Mr. Fox) (Sprechrolle)
2010: Predators
2010: High School
2010: The Experiment
2010: Wrecked
2011: Midnight in Paris
2011: Detachment
2012: Back to 1942
2013: InAPPropriate Comedy
2014: Grand Budapest Hotel
Is Adrien Brody rich?
Adrien Brody is a $10 million net worth American actor and film producer. Brody rose to prominence for his performance in 2002’s “The Pianist,” for which he won an Oscar for Best Actor at the age of 29, becoming him the youngest actor to do so, a record he has kept since 2003 until this writing.
How old was Adrien Brody in The Pianist?
49 years
What is Adrien Brody’s new movie?
Ghosted is an upcoming American romantic action-adventure film directed by Dexter Fletcher from a screenplay by Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese. Produced by Apple Studios, Skydance Media, and Rhett Reese Productions, it stars Chris Evans and Ana de Armas. It is set to be released by Apple TV+.
What car is Adrien Brody driving in Clean?
He co-wrote the screenplay, produced the film for IFC and composed the music. On CNET’s I’m So Obsessed podcast, Brody shared how he even used his own car, a Buick Grand National, for the independent movie. Brody plays a tormented garbage man called Clean who tries to live a quiet life of redemption.
