20 interesting facts about Adrien Brody
- Adrien Brody was born on April 14, 1973 in Woodhaven, Queens, New York.
- Brody was born in Woodhaven, Queens, New York, the son of Sylvia Plachy, a photojournalist, and Elliot Brody, a retired history professor and painter.
- His parents tried to create distance between he and his dangerous friends so they took him to acting classes.
- In 1992, Brody was seriously hurt in a motorcycle accident in which he flew over a car and crashed head-first into a crosswalk. He spent months recuperating.
- Adrien Brody has broken his nose three times doing stunts. His nose was broken once again during the filming of Summer of Sam.
- When Adrien Brody was 13 years old he did an off-Broadway play and a PBS-TV-movie.
- In 2002 Adrien Brody received the main role in the movie "The Pianist".
- Adrien Brody had to lose 13 kg for this role in The Pianist and learn how to play Chopin at the piano, but did a great job and finally won the Academy Award for Best Actor and a Cesar Award.
- Brody is notable as the youngest actor to ever win the best actor in a leading role, and the only one under 30 years old, to receive an Academy Award for Best Actor and the only American actor ever to win a César Award.
- Adrien Brody has a chihuahua dog named Ceelo.
- Sarah Michelle Gellar was born in the same day as Adrien was.
- Asia Argento and Benicio Del Toro are two of his friends.
- Many compare him with actors like Marlon Brando or Al Pacino.
- Adrien Brody height is 180 cm.
- Adrien Brody has Hungarian origins.
- Other important roles were in movies like "The Village", "The Jacket", "King Kong" or "The Dark Knight".
- Adrien Brody is spokesman for fashion brand Ermenegildo Zegna.
- Adrien Brody was chosen Best Dressed Man in America by the Esquire Magazine in 2004.
- Adrien Brody had a Hummer.
- Adrien Brody likes hip-hop music.
