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Adrien Nicholas BrodyΒ (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor and visual artist.Β Prolific in bothΒ independent filmsΒ andΒ blockbusters, he has received various accolades, including twoΒ Academy Awards, aΒ BAFTA Award, and aΒ Golden Globe Award, with nominations for threeΒ Emmy Awards and aΒ Laurence Olivier Award. In 2025,Β Time magazine listed him as one ofΒ the world's 100 most influential people.
Brody started his career in the early 1990s, taking roles inΒ King of the HillΒ (1993),Β The Thin Red Line (1998), andΒ Summer of SamΒ (1999). Brody won twoΒ Academy Awards for Best ActorΒ for portraying Polish pianistΒ WΕadysΕaw SzpilmanΒ inΒ Roman Polanski's war dramaΒ The PianistΒ (2002) and HungarianΒ brutalist architectΒ LΓ‘szlΓ³ TΓ³th inΒ Brady Corbet's period epicΒ The BrutalistΒ (2024); his first win, at age 29, made himΒ the youngest winner in the category. For his performance in the latter, he also won theΒ BAFTA AwardΒ and theΒ Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
His other notable films includeΒ The VillageΒ (2004),Β King KongΒ (2005),Β HollywoodlandΒ (2006),Β Cadillac RecordsΒ (2008),Β SpliceΒ (2009),Β PredatorsΒ (2010),Β Midnight in ParisΒ (2011), andΒ BlondeΒ (2022). He has collaborated with filmmakerΒ Wes Anderson numerous times, acting inΒ The Darjeeling LimitedΒ (2007),Β Fantastic Mr. FoxΒ (2009),Β The Grand Budapest HotelΒ (2014),Β The French DispatchΒ (2021), andΒ Asteroid CityΒ (2023).
On television, Brody has playedΒ Luca ChangrettaΒ in the fourth season of theΒ BBCΒ seriesΒ Peaky BlindersΒ (2017), andΒ Pat RileyΒ in theΒ HBOΒ sports drama seriesΒ Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers DynastyΒ (2022β2023). He earned nominations forΒ Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or MovieΒ andΒ Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama SeriesΒ at theΒ Primetime Emmy Awards for his respective roles asΒ Harry HoudiniΒ in theΒ History ChannelΒ miniseriesΒ HoudiniΒ (2014) and investor Josh Aaronson in the HBO seriesΒ SuccessionΒ (2021).Β
On stage, Brody made hisΒ London theatreΒ debut in 2024 andΒ BroadwayΒ debut in 2025, portraying death row inmateΒ Nick YarrisΒ in theΒ Lindsey FerrentinoΒ playΒ The Fear of 13Β (2024), garnering a nomination for theΒ Laurence Olivier Award for Best ActorΒ for the former.
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