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Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody

Actor and producer, also composer and writer · Born April 14, 1973 (53) · Woodhaven, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

2 Oscars · Golden Globe winner · BAFTA Award winner · 4 other major award bodies

Adrien Nicholas Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor and visual artist. Prolific in both independent films and blockbusters, he has received various accolades, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award, with nominations for three Emmy Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award. In 2025, Time magazine listed him as one of the world's 100 most influential people. Brody started his career in the early 1990s, taking roles in King of the Hill (1993), The Thin Red Line (1998), and Summer of Sam (1999). Brody won two Academy Awards for Best Actor for portraying Polish pianist Władysław Szpilman in Roman Polanski's war drama The Pianist (2002) and Hungarian brutalist architect László Tóth in Brady Corbet's period epic The Brutalist (2024); his first win, at age 29, made him the youngest winner in the category. For his performance in the latter, he also won the BAFTA Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. His other notable films include The Village (2004), King Kong (2005), Hollywoodland (2006), Cadillac Records (2008), Splice (2009), Predators (2010), Midnight in Paris (2011), and Blonde (2022). He has collaborated with filmmaker Wes Anderson numerous times, acting in The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), The French Dispatch (2021), and Asteroid City (2023). On television, Brody has played Luca Changretta in the fourth season of the BBC series Peaky Blinders (2017), and Pat Riley in the HBO sports drama series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022–2023). He earned nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie and Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series at the Primetime Emmy Awards for his respective roles as Harry Houdini in the History Channel miniseries Houdini (2014) and investor Josh Aaronson in the HBO series Succession (2021).  On stage, Brody made his London theatre debut in 2024 and Broadway debut in 2025, portraying death row inmate Nick Yarris in the Lindsey Ferrentino play The Fear of 13 (2024), garnering a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for the former. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Adrien Brody, licensed under CC-BY-SA; full list of contributors is on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 14, 1973 (53)
From
Woodhaven, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Actor and producer, also composer and writer
Titles
65 on MovieCove · 83 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26

What are Adrien Brody's films like?

Across their 58 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama17 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Action11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 41st percentile
: browse their Action movies
Biography5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 32nd percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Documentary3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 90th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
23%
Self
22%
Survival
18%
Morality
15%
Society
10%
Power
7%
Ideas
5%
Family bonds15 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival10 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love9 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception8 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity8 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose8 titles, browse their movies with this themeMemory5 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition7 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 55 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 19 · Serious 1 · Dark 35

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 26 · Stylized 18 · Heightened 11

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 9 · Charged 18 · Intense 28

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 18 · Shifting 28 · Whiplash 9

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 36 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 8

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 19 · Even-paced 32 · Relentless 4

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 12 · Engaged 32 · Full focus 11

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 10 · Affecting 22 · Heavy 23

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 32 · Open-ended 13 · Ambiguous 10

Roles they play

48 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 22 of 48 analyzed roles.

Hero
22 of 48
Shadow
9 of 48
Trickster
7 of 48
Ally
5 of 48
Mentor
4 of 48
Shapeshifter
1 of 48
Show the 48 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
33
Melancholic
30
Dread
24
Contemplative
12
Hopeful
13
Other
46

How their films linger

Bittersweet23 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 11 with a twist

  • Happy13
  • Bittersweet27
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous13

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Adrien Brody's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 49 of their 65 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (26).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Adrien Brody's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

83 credits, 65 with a MovieCove page; 36 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Brutalist(2024)

    as László Tóth

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Manodrome(2023)

    as Dan

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Asteroid City(2023)

    as Schubert Green

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Fool's Paradise(2023)

    as Chad Luxt

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Ghosted(2023)

    as Leveque

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Poker Face(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Sterling Frost Jr.

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Blonde(2022)

    as The Playwright

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • See How They Run(2022)

    as Leo Köpernick

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty(2022)

    Show 17 episodes · as Pat Riley

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Clean(2021)

    Composer · Producer · Writer · as Clean

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • The French Dispatch(2021)

    as Julian Cadazio

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Chapelwaite(2021)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer · as Captain Charles Boone

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Air Strike(2018)

    as Steve

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Who Will Write Our History(2018)

    as Emanuel Ringelblum (voice)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Succession(2018)

    Show 2 episodes · as Josh Aaronson

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Bullet Head(2017)

    as Stacy

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Manhattan Night(2016)

    Producer · as Porter Wren

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Septembers of Shiraz(2015)

    Executive Producer · as Isaac

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Backtrack(2015)

    as Peter Bower

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Boredom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Danny

  • The Library Book (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Desmond

  • The Mascot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Adam

  • Stone Barn Castle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director · Producer · as Self

  • Dragon Blade(2015)

    as Tiberius

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Breakthrough(2015)

    Show as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • American Heist(2014)

    Executive Producer · as Frankie

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Houdini(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · as Harry Houdini

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Third Person(2013)

    as Sean

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel(2014)

    as Dmitri

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Peaky Blinders(2013)

    Show 6 episodes · as Luca Changretta

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • InAPPropriate Comedy(2013)

    Additional Dialogue · as Flirty Harry

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Back to 1942(2012)

    as Theodore Harold White

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Midnight in Paris(2011)

    as Salvador Dalí

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Detachment(2011)

    Executive Producer · as Henry Barthes

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Experiment(2010)

    as Travis

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Predators(2010)

    as Royce

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • High School(2010)

    as Psycho Ed

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Splice(2009)

    as Clive Nicoli

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Wrecked(2010)

    Executive Producer · as Man

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Giallo(2009)

    Producer · as Inspector Enzo Avolfi

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Predators: The Chosen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Actor

  • Fantastic Mr. Fox(2009)

    as Field Mouse (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Brothers Bloom(2008)

    as Bloom

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Cadillac Records(2008)

    as Leonard Chess

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • A Matador's Mistress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Manuel Rodríguez Sánchez "Manolete"

  • The Darjeeling Limited(2007)

    as Peter

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Hollywoodland(2006)

    as Louis Simo

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Tori Amos - Video Collection: Fade to Red (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Actor

  • King Kong(2005)

    as Jack Driscoll

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Jacket(2005)

    as Jack Starks

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Village(2004)

    as Noah Percy

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Singing Detective(2003)

    as First Hood

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • A Sorta Fairytale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Arm

  • Love the Hard Way(2001)

    as Jack Grace

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Pianist(2002)

    as Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Dummy(2002)

    as Steven Schoichet

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Icons(2002)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Affair of the Necklace(2001)

    as Count Nicolas De La Motte

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Harrison's Flowers(2000)

    as Kyle Morris

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Bread and Roses(2000)

    as Sam Shapiro

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Liberty Heights(1999)

    as Van Kurtzman

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Oxygen(1999)

    as Harry

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Restaurant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Chris Calloway

  • Summer of Sam(1999)

    as Ritchie

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Six Ways to Sunday(1997)

    as Arnie Finklestein

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Thin Red Line(1998)

    as Cpl. Geoffrey Fife

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Undertaker's Wedding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Mario Bellini

  • The Last Time I Committed Suicide(1997)

    as Ben

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Solo(1996)

    as Dr. Bill Stewart, Solo's Designer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Bullet(1996)

    as Ruby Stein

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Ten Benny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Ray Diglovanni

  • Jailbreakers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Skinny

  • Angels in the Outfield(1994)

    as Danny Hemmerling

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Rebel Highway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Skinny

  • King of the Hill(1993)

    as Lester

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Boy Who Cried Bitch(1991)

    as Eddie

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • New York Stories(1989)

    as Mel

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Annie McGuire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Home at Last(1988)

    as Billy

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Evel Knievel on Tour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Shelly Saltman

  • Family Blend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 5 episodes · Actor

  • Last Dance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Elliot

  • Snake Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 83 titles, 79 of them dated from 1988 to 2024; peak year 2009.

Biggest box office

King Kong (2005)

$557M worldwide

Highest rated

The Pianist (2002)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

The Brutalist (2024)

Film career

MilestoneBreakoutAward winNomination
19882024

Peak 2009 · their film career is on the way up. Top draw in 43 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

Show 2 more milestones

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting82 of 83: 73 only acting, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score58thDirecting1 of 83: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting1 of 83: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing9 of 83: 0 only producing, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score35thMusic1 of 83: 0 only music, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 83: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

83 titles, 10 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 8 of them.

By decade

1980s4 · acting1990s16 · acting2000s19 · acting2010s28 · 27 acting · 8 crew2020s12 · 12 acting · 2 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 42% of 53 roles
93980308131823

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

2 Oscars, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award and 1 other major award from 16 major nominations, 2001–2025.

WinNomination
  1. 2025
    • Oscar, won · Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Leading Actor
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Critics Choice Award, won · Best Actor
  2. 2022
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
  3. 2016
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Narrator
  4. 2015
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
  5. 2012
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  6. 2003
    • Oscar, won · Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
  7. 2001
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Male Lead

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Adrien Brody's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 55th percentile, the median of all 57; across their 55 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 55

Approval · how many liked their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 55

Reach · how many have seen their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 55

Midcredits score across 65 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up22
  • 50th to 74th17
  • 25th to 49th16
  • Below 25th10

Shape of the crowd

30 of their 65 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved9
  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser30
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed18

Most divisive · actor

InAPPropriate Comedy (2013)

86th percentile spread · 72% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Pianist (2002)

Midcredits 99th · 94% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 52 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Adrien Brody's work okay for kids?

Across up to 39 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore26 titles32–89 · median 65 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity39 titles13–75 · median 48 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity26 titles32–86 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs20 titles30–81 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense23 titles28–84 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Adrien Brody work with?

People who share at least 2 of Adrien Brody's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Wes Anderson shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles