Adrien Brody Biography

Brody's climb to success has been a long one. The New York City native attended both the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the High School for the Performing Arts before starting an off-Broadway career. Brody had a big role in 1998's The Thin Red Line, but almost all of his scenes got cut. But just a year later he got his big break playing a punk in Spike Lee's Summer of Sam. For the next four years he bouned around doing roles in obscure indies and studio fare that never quite found an audience. But all that set the stage for the role of his lifetime: playing a piano player in Roman Polanski's Holocaust drama The Pianist, for which he won the Best Actor Oscar in 2003. Since his surprise Academy Award win, Brody's taken the occasional lead role (The Jacket) and done supporting work in blockbuster fare (King Kong, The Villlage).


1. He's the youngest man to win the Best Actor Academy Award.
2. He's probably most well-known for smooching Halle Berry at the Oscars.
3. Esquire Magazine named him America's best dressed man.
4. He's really into hip-hop.
5. In 1999, he made the cover of Vanity Fair for its "Hot, Young, and Full of Fun" story.


On attending a boot camp for The Village out in the middle of the woods: "It was kind of refreshing to spend a week or so without my cell phone. "
— IGN FilmForce, July 30, 2004


2003: Academy Award: Best Actor in a Leading Role, The Pianist


The Darjeeling Limited - (2007) - Actor
Hollywoodland - (2006) - Actor
The Jacket - (2005) - Actor
King Kong - (2005) - Actor
The Buried Secret Of M. Night Shyamalan - (2004) - Featured
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