Acting · New York City, New York, USA · Born April 14, 1973
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).
MovieKISMET - A Journey With Adrien Brody
2025
as Self / Traveler
MovieThe Brutalist
2024
as László Tóth
MovieManodrome
2023
as Dan
MovieAsteroid City
2023
as Schubert Green
MovieFool's Paradise
2023
as Chad Luxt
MovieGhosted
2023
as Leveque
TVPoker Face
2023
as Sterling Frost Jr.
MovieBlonde
2022
as The Playwright
MovieSee How They Run
2022
as Leo Köpernick
TVSunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
as Self
TVWinning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
2022
as Pat Riley
MovieClean
2022
as Clean
MovieThe French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
as Julian Cadazio
MovieTrintignant by Trintignant
2021
as Self (archive footage)
TVChapelwaite
2021
as Captain Charles Boone
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
MovieAir Strike
2018
as Steve
MovieWho Will Write Our History?
2018
as Emanuel Ringelblum (voice)
TVSuccession
2018
as Josh Aaronson
MovieBullet Head
2017
as Stacy
MovieManhattan Night
2016
as Porter Wren
MovieSeptembers of Shiraz
2015
as Isaac
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
MovieBacktrack
2015
as Peter Bower
MovieThe Mascot
2015
as Adam
The Library Book
2015
as Desmond
Boredom
2015
as Danny
TVThe Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
Stone Barn Castle
2015
as Self
MovieDragon Blade
2015
as Tiberius
TVVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
MovieAmerican Heist
2014
as Frankie
TVHoudini
2014
as Harry Houdini
MovieThird Person
2014
as Sean
MovieThe Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
as Dmitri
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
TVPeaky Blinders
2013
as Luca Changretta
MovieLove, Marilyn
2013
as Self
MovieInAPPropriate Comedy
2013
as Flirty Harry
MovieBack to 1942
2012
as Theodore Harold White
MovieRoman Polanski: A Film Memoir
2012
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMidnight in Paris
2011
as Salvador Dalí
MovieDetachment
2011
as Henry Barthes
MovieThe Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'
2010
as Self - Peter
MovieThe Experiment
2010
as Travis
MoviePredators
2010
as Royce
MovieHigh School
2010
as Psycho Ed
MovieSplice
2010
as Clive
MovieWrecked
2010
as Man
MovieGiallo
2010
as Inspector Enzo Avolfi
MoviePredators: The Chosen
2010
MovieFantastic Mr. Fox
2009
as Field Mouse (voice)
TVLive from Studio Five
2009
as Self
MovieCadillac Records
2008
as Leonard Chess
MovieThe Brothers Bloom
2008
as Bloom
MovieA Matador's Mistress
2008
as Manuel Rodríguez Sánchez "Manolete"
MovieThe Darjeeling Limited
2007
as Peter
MovieGumball 3000: Drivin' Me Crazy
2007
as Self
MovieRecreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
2006
as Self
The Eighth Blunder of the World
2006
as Self
MovieHollywoodland
2006
as Louis Simo
MovieTori Amos - Video Collection: Fade to Red
2006
MovieKing Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
2005
as Self
MovieKing Kong
2005
as Jack Driscoll
MovieGumball 3000: 6 Days in May
2005
as Self
MovieThe Jacket
2005
as Jack Starks
MovieDeconstructing 'The Village'
2005
as Self
MovieThe Present
2004
as Self
MovieThe Village
2004
as Noah Percy
MovieThe Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan
2004
as Self
MovieThe Singing Detective
2003
as First Hood
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
MovieA Sorta Fairytale
2003
as Arm
MovieLove the Hard Way
2003
as Jack Grace
TVPunk'd
2003
as Self
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
MovieThe Pianist
2002
as Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman
MovieDummy
2002
as Steven Schoichet
TVIcons
2002
MovieThe Affair of the Necklace
2001
as Count Nicolas De La Motte
MovieKen and Rosa
2001
as Himself
MovieHarrison's Flowers
2000
as Kyle Morris
MovieBread and Roses
2000
as Sam Shapiro
MovieLiberty Heights
1999
as Van Kurtzman
MovieOxygen
1999
as Harry
TVThe Early Show
1999
as Self
MovieRestaurant
1999
as Chris Calloway
MovieSummer of Sam
1999
as Ritchie
MovieSix Ways to Sunday
1999
as Arnie Finklestein
MovieThe Thin Red Line
1998
as Cpl. Geoffrey Fife
MovieMythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998
as Self
TVThe View
1997
as Self
MovieThe Undertaker's Wedding
1997
as Mario Bellini
MovieThe Last Time I Committed Suicide
1997
as Ben
MovieSolo
1996
as Dr. Bill Stewart, Solo's Designer
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
MovieBullet
1996
as Ruby Stein
MovieTen Benny
1995
as Ray Diglovanni
MovieJailbreakers
1994
as Skinny
MovieAngels in the Outfield
1994
as Danny Hemmerling
TVRebel Highway
1994
as Skinny
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieKing of the Hill
1993
as Lester
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
MovieThe Boy Who Cried Bitch
1991
as Eddie
MovieNew York Stories
1989
as Mel
Annie McGuire
1988
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
MovieHome at Last
1988
as Billy
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVToday
1952
as Self
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Evel Knievel on Tour
as Shelly Saltman
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
as Self
Last Dance
as Elliot
