Name: Adrien Brody
Birth Name: Adrien Brody
Birthdate: April 14, 1973
Birthplace: New York, N.Y.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR ADRIEN BRODY
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).
5 Things:
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.
Quote:
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
Awards:
2003: Academy Award: Best Actor in a Leading Role, The Pianist
FILMS
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
The Village - (2004) - Actor
The Singing Detective - (2003) - Actor
Love the Hard Way - (2003) - Actor
Dummy - (2003) - Actor
Harrison's Flowers - (2002) - Actor
The Pianist - (2002)
- Actor
Bread and Roses - (2001) - Actor
The Affair of the Necklace - (2001) - Actor
Summer of Sam - (1999) - Actor
Liberty Heights - (1999) - Actor
Six Ways to Sunday - (1999) - Actor
Oxygen - (1999) - Actor
The Thin Red Line - (1998) - Actor
Restaurant - (1998) - Actor
The Last Time I Committed Suicide - (1997) - Actor
Undertaker's Wedding - (1997) - Actor
Bullet - (1996) - Actor
Solo - (1996) - Actor
Ten Benny - (1995) - Actor
Jailbreakers - (1994) - Actor
Home at Last - (1988) - Featured
