Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody

Birthday: April 14
Birthplace: Queens, NY

The son of Hungarian-born photographer Sylvia Plachy and retired history professor Elliot Brody, Adrien Brody grew up an only child in the Woodhaven section of Queens, New York, where he accompanied his mother on assignments for the Village Voice. He credits her with making him feel comfortable in front of the camera.

He attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts in New York.

Despite a strong performance in The Thin Red Line (1998), time constraints forced the director to edit out much of Adrien's part.

The son of Hungarian-born photographer Sylvia Plachy and retired history professor Elliot Brody, Adrien Brody grew up an only child in the Woodhaven section of Queens, New York, where he accompanied his mother on assignments for the Village Voice. He credits her with making him feel comfortable in front of the camera.

He attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts in New York.

Despite a strong performance in The Thin Red Line (1998), time constraints forced the director to edit out much of Adrien's part.

In spite of his later work with Spike Lee and Barry Levinson, he never became the star many expected he would become until Roman Polanski called on him to play a celebrated Jewish pianist in Nazi-occupied Warsaw.

He pulled off a brilliant performance in The Pianist (2002), drawing on the heritage and rare dialect of his Polish grandmother, as well as his father, who lost family members during the Holocaust, and his mother, who fled Communist Hungary as a child during the 1956 uprising against the Soviet Union.

Most recently, Brody has received acclaim for his performance in the TV movie Houdini.

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Awards & Nominations

3 Nominations
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series - 2022
  • Nominee
  • Adrien Brody, as Josh Aaronson
  • Succession
  • "Lion In The Meadow"
  • HBO/HBO Max
  • HBO in association with Project Zeus, HyperObject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions
Outstanding Narrator - 2016
  • Nominee
  • Adrien Brody, Narrator
  • Breakthrough
  • "Decoding the Brain"
  • National Geographic Channel
  • Imagine Entertainment and Asylum Entertainment
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series Or A Movie - 2015
  • Nominee
  • Adrien Brody, as Harry Houdini
  • Houdini
  • HISTORY
  • Lionsgate Television and A+E Studios for History

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Adrien Brody on the red carpet at the 67th Emmy Awards.
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Adrien Brody on the red carpet at the 67th Emmy Awards.
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Adrien Brody on the red carpet at the 67th Emmy Awards.

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