Adrien Brody

Name: Adrien Brody
Date of Birth: April 14, 1973
Place of Birth: Queens, New York, USA

Mini-bio: Adrien Brody is an Oscar-winning American actor. He received widespread recognition when he was cast as the lead in Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002). The role won him an Academy Award for Best Acto...( read more)r, the youngest actor ever to win the award. Brody was born in Woodhaven, Queens, New York (a neighborhood near Jamaica, Queens) to Elliot Brody, a retired history professor, and Sylvia Plachy, a photojournalist. Brody's father is Jewish and his mother, who was born in Hungary, was raised Catholic;[1] Brody's Hungarian maternal grandmother was also Jewish.[2] Brody attended New York's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (famous as the inspiration for television's Fame). His parents enrolled him in acting classes to distance him from the dangerous kids with whom he associated.

In 1992, Brody was seriously hurt in a motorcycle accident in which he flew over a car and crashed feet-first into a crosswalk. He spent months recuperating. An avid daredevil, he has broken his nose three times doing off-the-wall stunts.

Brody hovered on the brink of stardom, receiving praise for his roles in Spike Lee's Summer of Sam and Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line. He finally received widespread recognition when he was cast as the lead in Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002). The role won him an Academy Award for Best Actor, making him the youngest actor ever to win the award. To prepare for the role, Brody withdrew for months, gave up his apartment and his car, learned how to play Chopin on the piano, and lost 13 kg (29 lb).

Throughout his career, Brody has been compared to Al Pacino and Marlon Brando for his unique looks and method acting. He is also widely known for giving presenter, Halle Berry, a back-breaking kiss after winning his Best Actor Oscar, and as the spokesman for fashion brand Ermenegildo Zegna.

Brody appeared on Saturday Night Live on May 10, 2003, his first TV work, but he was banned from the show after giving an improvised introduction for musical guest Sean Paul (the show's producer, Lorne Michaels, is infamous for hating unscripted performances). Other TV appearances include NBC's The Today Show and on MTV's Punk'd after being tricked by Ashton Kutcher.

After The Pianist Brody has played three different roles in three very different movies. He played Noah Percy, a mentally disabled young man in the movie The Village by M. Night Shyamalan, shell-shocked war veteran Jack Starks in The Jacket, and writer Jack Driscoll, in the 2005 King Kong remake by Peter Jackson. He has also appeared in Diet Coke commercials.

He also appeared in Tori Amos' music video for "A Sorta Fairytale", as a man who is only a head and an arm, who meets Amos as a woman who is only a head and a leg. Each needs the other to become whole and this is accomplished with a kiss, like in a fairytale.

On January 5, 2006, Brody confirmed speculation that he indeed was interested and very willing to play the role of The Joker in 2008's The Dark Knight. However, Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. eventually decided to cast Heath Ledger as The Joker.

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Adrien Brody mini-bio: Adrien Brody is an Oscar-winning American actor. He received widespread recognition when he was cast as the lead in Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002). The role won him an Academy Award for Best Actor, the youngest actor ever to win the award. Brody was born in Woodhaven, Queens, New York (a neighborhood near Jamaica, Queens) to Elliot Brody, a retired history professor, and Sylvia Plachy, a photojournalist. Brody's father is Jewish and his mother, who was born in Hungary, was raised Catholic;[1] Brody's Hungarian maternal grandmother was also Jewish.[2] Brody attended New York's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (famous as the inspiration for television's Fame). His parents enrolled him in acting classes to distance him from the dangerous kids with whom he associated. In 1992, Brody was seriously hurt in a motorcycle accident in which he flew over a car and crashed feet-first into a crosswalk. He spent months recuperating. An avid daredevil, he has broken his nose three times doing off-the-wall stunts.

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Brody hovered on the brink of stardom, receiving praise for his roles in Spike Lee's Summer of Sam and Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line. He finally received widespread recognition when he was cast as the lead in Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002). The role won him an Academy Award for Best Actor, making him the youngest actor ever to win the award. To prepare for the role, Brody withdrew for months, gave up his apartment and his car, learned how to play Chopin on the piano, and lost 13 kg (29 lb).

Throughout his career, Brody has been compared to Al Pacino and Marlon Brando for his unique looks and method acting. He is also widely known for giving presenter, Halle Berry, a back-breaking kiss after winning his Best Actor Oscar, and as the spokesman for fashion brand Ermenegildo Zegna.

Brody appeared on Saturday Night Live on May 10, 2003, his first TV work, but he was banned from the show after giving an improvised introduction for musical guest Sean Paul (the show's producer, Lorne Michaels, is infamous for hating unscripted performances). Other TV appearances include NBC's The Today Show and on MTV's Punk'd after being tricked by Ashton Kutcher.

After The Pianist Brody has played three different roles in three very different movies. He played Noah Percy, a mentally disabled young man in the movie The Village by M. Night Shyamalan, shell-shocked war veteran Jack Starks in The Jacket, and writer Jack Driscoll, in the 2005 King Kong remake by Peter Jackson. He has also appeared in Diet Coke commercials. He also appeared in Tori Amos' music video for "A Sorta Fairytale", as a man who is only a head and an arm, who meets Amos as a woman who is only a head and a leg. Each needs the other to become whole and this is accomplished with a kiss, like in a fairytale. On January 5, 2006, Brody confirmed speculation that he indeed was interested and very willing to play the role of The Joker in 2008's The Dark Knight. However, Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. eventually decided to cast Heath Ledger as The Joker.

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Adrien Brody Information:

Eye color: Green

Height: 6" (1.83 m)

Hair Colour: Black

Memorable Quotes:

"I've never taken a role for money. I felt it would be wrong - not necessarily a career decision - just wrong"

"My dad told me, 'It takes fifteen years to be an overnight success' and it took me seventeen and a half years"

Notable feature(s): He has been compared to Al Pacino and Marlon Brando for his unique looks and method acting

Education: Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, New York

Family: Sylvia Plachy (mother), Elliot Brody (father)

Resides in: Central New York

Religious affiliations: Jewish

Personal interests/hobbies: He loves motorcycles, he is a big hip-hop fan

Other: The youngest ever actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his leading role in The Pianist (2003)

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toppuk

I enjoyed the Pianist (I keep mis-spelling it and typing something else, sorry) Adrian Brody is a brilliant actor and I wish he were in more films.

posted 258 days ago
emiliahappy12

so handsome and good looking.but also a good actor.in "the pianist"...no comment.keep it that way:)

posted 272 days ago
dolceban

I first saw him in "The Village" and I thought "Quite a sexy man", but now, many years later i think: "What a man!" :)

posted 276 days ago
terrifiedtoforget

ure so hot!!

posted 301 days ago
PinkBohemianSweetie

He was MAGNIFICENT in Polanski's "The Pianist"! :-D

posted 498 days ago
sabiennedamato

he is an amasing actor..keep it up!!
and for the person that wrote a comment before me...he has no problem with his nose he still looks great!! and i'm sure you have samething wrong in your face soo please stop noticing other peoples difects and instead notice how good he is..everyone has a difect!even you and i!!!!
keep it up adrien!!

posted 506 days ago
andrea12mg

i just remembered: how can he kiss a woman? i mean, when i saw king kong i've never seen him before, and well, i didn't thought he would kiss her and when he did i thought he might couldn't because of the nose¡¡¡ but he's cute... -.-"

posted 620 days ago
andrea12mg

he've got a really big nose¡¡¡ but anyway i liked his work on king kong

posted 620 days ago
tamandocomando

dont get me wrong-brody is cute, but if you want my honest opinion, he needs a nose job. ps-if nomar garciaparra, the famous baseball player, ever went gay, he and brody would be twins-no joke, look at the pictures for proof :)

posted 677 days ago
littlemeercat77

man Hallie Berry IS lucky :(

posted 738 days ago

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Adrien Brody Movies

High School (Unrated, 2010)
Splice (Unrated, 2010)
Giallo (Unrated, 2009)
The Brothers Bloom (PG-13, 2009)
Cadillac Records (R, 2008)
Manolete (Unrated, 2007)
The Darjeeling Limited (R, 2007)
Hollywoodland (R, 2006)
Fade to Red (Unrated, 2006)
King Kong (PG-13, 2005)

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Which actor starred in The Thin Red Line, King Kong, and The Village? Answer »
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