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Adrien Brody is an Oscar-winning American actor, 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, the youngest actor ever to win the award. 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.
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Adrien Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor. He became very famous when he chosen as main star 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.
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Adrien 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, 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). The stress of filming ... reportedly led him to break up with his then long-term girlfriend.
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Adrien Brody's Best Actor Oscar in 2002 for his performance in Roman Polanski's The Pianist made him the youngest Best Actor recipient in history. His portrayal of Wladyslaw Szpilman ... earned him Best Actor nominations from the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild, and BAFTA. The performance also earned Brody Best Actor accolades from the César Awards (French equivalent to the Oscars), the Boston Society of Film Critics and the National Society of Film Critics.
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Adrien Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an 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, and a César Award for Best Actor, the only American actor to win one.
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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).
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