His mother is the Hungarian-born photojournalist Sylvia Plachy, and he attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and High School for the Performing Arts. Adrien grew up an only child in Woodhaven, Queens, where he accompanied his mother on assignments for the Village Voice. He credits her with making him feel comfortable in front of the camera.
Despite a strong performance in The Thin Red Line, the film's time constraints forced the director to edit out much of Adrien's parts and despite...
It made me have a much greater understanding of loss, of loneliness, and the level of intense tragedy that so many people have experienced in this world, I take a lot less for granted. It's really valuable to gain that, especially at a young age." - Referring to his portrayal of Jewish pianist Wladislaw Szpilman who survived the Holocaust.
Adrien Brody -- Pianist Envy Filed under: Wacky & WeirdAdrien Brody was great in "The Pianist" -- but when our photog tried telling him that outside Les Deux last night, it just sounded plain pervy.
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Adrien Brody Has No Sense Of Humor Despite various awards shows hijinks (a la unexpectedly and quite passionately kissing Halle Barry), Adrien Brody does not have a sense of humor, it seems.
Here's an excerpt from an interview he just did with gay mag The Advocate, in which Brody flat... Wed November 19, 2008, 4:45 pm
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Adrien Brody To Star In Italian Horror Reuters - Adrien Brody has signed
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horrormeister Dario Argento.... Thu April 10, 2008, 11:39 pm
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Video Title: "Brothers bloom"
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"It has come to my attention that Adrien has not exactly been the most talk about man in celebrity news. A huge mistake. The best movie I saw recently that he was cast in, was The Village and he just blew my mind once more. This is a man that consumes an audience and somehow he keeps on sitting in the back row. Someone, please write this man a script to stir things up again. If I was a script writer, I would have done it myself. He has so much power in front of a camera and that mysterous gaze is wonderful to watch."