Adrien Brody

ActorComposerProducerWriterDirector Apr 14 (age 52) New York City, New York, USA 1975–2026 (51 year career)

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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 G…

Known For

Film

Peaky Blinders

Luca Changretta

Film

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Dmitri

Film

The Pianist

Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman

Film

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Field Mouse (voice)

Film

Midnight in Paris

Salvador Dalí

Film

King Kong

Jack Driscoll

Film

The Thin Red Line

Cpl. Geoffrey Fife

Film

The Darjeeling Limited

Peter

Filmography

Acting (118)

Movies (89)

Emperor

2026 Upcoming

as Charles V - The Emperor

Jul 3

Kismet

2025

as Self

The Brutalist

as László Tóth

Ghosted

as Leveque

Fool's Paradise

as Chad Luxt

Asteroid City

as Schubert Green

Manodrome

as Dan

Blonde

as The Playwright

Clean

as Clean

See How They Run

as Leo Köpernick

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

2021

as Julian Cadazio

7.0

Trintignant by Trintignant

2021

as Self (archive footage)

6.8

Air Strike

2018

as Steve

5.1

Who Will Write Our History?

2018

as Emanuel Ringelblum (voice)

Bullet Head

as Stacy

Manhattan Night

as Porter Wren

Come Together: A Fashion Picture in Motion

2016

as Ralph

The Library Book

as Desmond

Dragon Blade

as Tiberius

Septembers of Shiraz

as Isaac

Backtrack

as Peter Bower

The Mascot

as Adam

Boredom

as Danny

Stone Barn Castle

as Self

The Grand Budapest Hotel

as Dmitri

Third Person

as Sean

American Heist

as Frankie

InAPPropriate Comedy

as Flirty Harry

Love, Marilyn

as Self

Back to 1942

as Theodore Harold White

6.6

Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir

2012

as Self (archive footage)

Detachment

as Henry Barthes

Midnight in Paris

as Salvador Dalí

Predators

as Royce

The Experiment

as Travis

Splice

as Clive

High School

as Psycho Ed

Wrecked

as Man

Giallo

as Inspector Enzo Avolfi

4.2

The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'

2010

as Self - Peter

7.0

Predators: The Chosen

2010

Fantastic Mr. Fox

2009

as Field Mouse (voice)

Cadillac Records

as Leonard Chess

The Brothers Bloom

as Bloom

A Matador's Mistress

as Manuel Rodríguez Sánchez "Manolete"

5.8

The Darjeeling Limited

2007

as Peter

7.2

Gumball 3000: Drivin' Me Crazy

2007

as Self

Hollywoodland

2006

as Louis Simo

6.1

Tori Amos - Video Collection: Fade to Red

2006

8.5

The Eighth Blunder of the World

2006

as Self

Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'

as Self

King Kong

as Jack Driscoll

The Jacket

as Jack Starks

Deconstructing 'The Village'

2005

as Self

4.7

King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries

2005

as Self

7.5

Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May

as Self

The Village

as Noah Percy

The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan

2004

as Self

6.5

The Present

2004

as Self

The Singing Detective

as First Hood

Love the Hard Way

as Jack Grace

A Sorta Fairytale

as Arm

The Pianist

2002

as Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman

8.4

Dummy

2002

as Steven Schoichet

5.9

The Affair of the Necklace

2001

as Count Nicolas De La Motte

Ken and Rosa

as Himself

Restaurant

as Chris Calloway

Harrison's Flowers

as Kyle Morris

Bread and Roses

as Sam Shapiro

Summer of Sam

as Ritchie

Oxygen

as Harry

Six Ways to Sunday

as Arnie Finklestein

Liberty Heights

as Van Kurtzman

The Thin Red Line

as Cpl. Geoffrey Fife

7.4

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

1998

as Self

3.0

The Undertaker's Wedding

1997

as Mario Bellini

4.0

The Last Time I Committed Suicide

as Ben

Bullet

as Ruby Stein

Solo

as Dr. Bill Stewart, Solo's Designer

4.8

Ten Benny

1995

as Ray Diglovanni

4.9

Angels in the Outfield

as Danny Hemmerling

Jailbreakers

as Skinny

King of the Hill

as Lester

The Boy Who Cried Bitch

as Eddie

New York Stories

as Mel

Home at Last

as Billy

Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn

as Self

The Salamander Lives Twice

Evel Knievel on Tour

as Shelly Saltman

Television (29)

Poker Face

2023

as Sterling Frost Jr.

7.5

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

2022

as Self

2.8

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

2022

as Pat Riley

7.6

Chapelwaite

2021

as Captain Charles Boone

7.3

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

Succession

as Josh Aaronson

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self

6.2

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015

as Self - Guest

5.2

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self - Guest

5.9

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

Houdini

as Harry Houdini

Peaky Blinders

as Luca Changretta

Live from Studio Five

as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

Punk'd

as Self

Icons

The Early Show

as Self

The View

as Self

The Daily Show

as Self

Rebel Highway

as Skinny

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

as Self

7.2

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

as Self

5.4

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Annie McGuire

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

The Oscars

as Self

Today

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew (13)

Movies (12)

Clean

2022

Original Music Composer

Clean

Producer

Clean

Writer

Manhattan Night

Producer

Septembers of Shiraz

Executive Producer

Stone Barn Castle

Director

Stone Barn Castle

2015

Producer

American Heist

Executive Producer

InAPPropriate Comedy

Additional Dialogue

Detachment

Executive Producer

Wrecked

Executive Producer

Giallo

Producer

Television (1)

Chapelwaite

2021

Executive Producer

7.3