Adrien Brody

Actor, Producer, Composer, Writer

14 April 1973 (53 years)
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 & Shows on Plex

  • The Pianist
    The Pianist2002
  • The Jacket
    The Jacket2005
  • Detachment
    Detachment2011
  • The Brothers Bloom
    The Brothers Bloom2008
  • Dragon Blade
    Dragon Blade2015
  • American Heist
    American Heist2014
  • Wrecked
    Wrecked2010
  • Manhattan Night
    Manhattan Night2016
  • Houdini
    Houdini2 episodes
  • Bullet Head
    Bullet Head2017
  • High School
    High School2010
  • Dummy
    Dummy2002
  • The Bombing
    The Bombing2018
  • InAPPropriate Comedy
    InAPPropriate Comedy2013
  • Manodrome
    Manodrome2023
  • The Last Time I Committed Suicide
    The Last Time I Committed Suicide1997
  • Six Ways to Sunday
    Six Ways to Sunday1997
  • Restaurant
    Restaurant1998

Known For

  • The Pianist
    The Pianist2002
  • The Brutalist
    The Brutalist2024
  • Predators
    Predators2010
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
    The Grand Budapest Hotel2014
  • King Kong
    King Kong2005
  • The Jacket
    The Jacket2005
  • The Darjeeling Limited
    The Darjeeling Limited2007
  • Detachment
    Detachment2011
  • Splice
    Splice2009
  • The Village
    The Village2004
  • Midnight in Paris
    Midnight in Paris2011
  • The French Dispatch
    The French Dispatch2021
  • The Experiment
    The Experiment2010
  • The Brothers Bloom
    The Brothers Bloom2008
  • Blonde
    Blonde2022
  • Hollywoodland
    Hollywoodland2006
  • Ghosted
    Ghosted2023
  • See How They Run
    See How They Run2022
  • Cadillac Records
    Cadillac Records2008
  • Summer of Sam
    Summer of Sam1999

Filmography

2024
The Brutalist · as László Tóth
2023
Manodrome · as DanOn Plex
2023
Asteroid City · as Schubert Green
2023
Fool's Paradise · as Chad Luxt
2023
Ghosted · as Leveque
2023
Poker Face · as Sterling Frost Jr.
2022
Blonde · as The Playwright
2022
See How They Run · as Leo Köpernick
2022
2021
Clean · as Clean
2021
The French Dispatch · as Julian Cadazio
2021
Chapelwaite · as Captain Charles Boone
2018
Air Strike · as SteveOn Plex
2018
Who Will Write Our History · as Emanuel Ringelblum (voice)
2018
Succession · as Josh Aaronson
2017
Bullet Head · as StacyOn Plex
2016
2016
Manhattan Night · as Porter WrenOn Plex
2015
Breakthrough · as Narrator
2015
2015
Backtrack · as Peter Bower
2015
Dragon Blade · as TiberiusOn Plex
2014
American Heist · as FrankieOn Plex
2014
Houdini · as Harry HoudiniOn Plex
2014
2013
Peaky Blinders · as Luca Changretta
2013
Third Person · as Sean
2013
InAPPropriate Comedy · as Flirty HarryOn Plex
2012
Back to 1942 · as Theodore Harold White
2011
Midnight in Paris · as Salvador Dalí
2011
Detachment · as Henry BarthesOn Plex
2010
The Experiment · as Travis
2010
Predators · as Royce
2010
High School · as Psycho EdOn Plex
2010
Wrecked · as ManOn Plex
2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox · as Field Mouse (voice)
2009
Giallo · as Inspector Enzo Avolfi
2009
Splice · as Clive
2008
Cadillac Records · as Leonard Chess
2008
The Brothers Bloom · as BloomOn Plex
2008
A Matador's Mistress · as Manuel Rodríguez Sánchez "manolete"
2007
2006
Hollywoodland · as Louis Simo
2006
Tori Amos: Fade to Red · as Tori's Lover
2005
King Kong · as Jack Driscoll
2005
The Jacket · as Jack StarksOn Plex
2004
The Village · as Noah Percy
2003
The Singing Detective · as First Hood
2002
The Pianist · as Władysław 'władek' SzpilmanOn Plex
2002
Dummy · as Steven SchoichetOn Plex
2002
2001
Love the Hard Way · as Jack Grace
2001
The Affair of the Necklace · as Count Nicolas De La Motte
2000
Harrison's Flowers · as Kyle Morris
2000
Bread and Roses · as Sam Shapiro
1999
Liberty Heights · as Van Kurtzman
1999
Oxygen · as Harry
1999
Summer of Sam · as Ritchie
1998
The Thin Red Line · as Cpl. Geoffrey Fife
1998
Restaurant · as Chris CallowayOn Plex
1997
Six Ways to Sunday · as Arnie FinklesteinOn Plex
1997
The Undertaker's Wedding · as Mario Bellini
1997
1996
Solo · as Dr. Bill Stewart, Solo's Designer
1996
Bullet · as Ruby Stein
1995
Nothing to Lose · as Ray Diglovanni
1994
Jailbreakers · as Skinny
1994
Rebel Highway · as Skinny
1994
Angels in the Outfield · as Danny Hemmerling
1993
King of the Hill · as Lester
1991
1989
1988
Home at Last · as Billy

2026
The Oscars · as Self - Presenter
2025
The Oscars · as Self - Winner
2025
The Oscars Red Carpet Show · as Self - Interviewee
2025
2025
2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards · as Self - Winner
2025
2025
82nd Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Winner
2022
Heath Ledger: A Tragic Tale · as SelfOn Plex
2022
2021
Trintignant par Trintignant · as Self (archive Footage)
2021
The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Presenter
2020
LA Originals · as Self
2019
2016
Dice · as Adrien Brody
2015
The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee & Presenter
2015
2015
2015
The Oscars · as Self
2015
The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Nominee & Presenter
2015
72nd Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Presenter
2014
2014
2014
2013
2012
Love, Marilyn · as Self
2011
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir · as Self (archive Footage)
2011
2010
Brodyquest · as Self
2010
Guys Choice · as Self
2009
Talk Stoop · as Self
2009
2009
2009
The 81st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter
2008
2007
Manufacturing Dissent · as Self - 75th Annual Academy Awards
2007
Chelsea Lately · as Self - Guest
2007
Up Close with Carrie Keagan · as Self - Guest
2007
2007
2006
2006
MTV Europe Music Awards 2006 · as Self - Presenter
2006
2006
2005
2005
2005
In the Cutz · as Self
2005
2004
2004
2004
The 76th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter
2004
Tavis Smiley · as Self - Guest
2003
2003
2003
Che tempo che fa · as Self - Guest
2003
2003
2003 MTV Movie Awards · as Self - Presenter
2003
The 75th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner
2003
Punk'd · as Self
2003
2003
2003
2002
Reel Comedy · as Self
2002
Last Call with Carson Daly · as Self - Guest
2002
2001
Ken and Rosa · as Himself
2000
BBC Breakfast · as Self - Guest
1999
1998
TRL (2017) · as Self
1998
ARTE Journal Clips · as Self - Guest
1997
The View · as Self
1996
The Daily Show · as Self
1996
1993
1993
GMTV · as Self - Interviewee
1992
HBO First Look · as Self
1992
1991
Movie Days · as Self - Interviewee
1991
Charlie Rose · as Self - Guest
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark · as Self - Guest
1987
Seitenblicke · as Self
1987
NPA · as Self
1981
1979
1979
1976
César Awards · as Self - Winner
1975
Saturday Night Live · as Self (archive Footage)
1975
Good Morning America · as Self - Guest
1973
1971
Film · as Self
1971
Great Performances · as Self - Winner
1954
The Early Show · as Self
1953
1952
Today · as Self
1944
Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee

2021
2021
Chapelwaite · as Executive Producer
2016
2015
Septembers of Shiraz · as Executive Producer
2014
American Heist · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
2011
Detachment · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
2010
Wrecked · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
2009

2021
Clean · as Original Music Composer

2021

2013
InAPPropriate Comedy · as Additional Dialogue Written ByOn Plex