Age: 53
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Adrien Nicholas Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Władysław Szpilman in Roman Polanski's war drama The Pianist (2002), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at age 29, becoming the youngest actor to win in that category. He also became the second American male actor to win the César Award for Best Actor for the same film. For his role as a Holocaust survivor who immigrates to the United States in The Brutalist (2024), he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and earned his second Academy Award Nomination and subsequent win for Best Actor. Brody has also starred in The Thin Red Line(1998), The Village (2004), King Kong (2005), Hollywoodland (2006), Cadillac Records (2008), Predators (2010), and See How They Run(2022). He has frequently collaborated with filmmaker Wes Anderson, appearing in his films The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox(2009), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), The French Dispatch (2021), and Asteroid City(2023). He portrayed Salvador Dalí in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris (2011) and Arthur Miller in Andrew Dominik's Blonde (2022). On television, he 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 Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his roles as Harry Houdini in the History Channel miniseries Houdini (2014), and investor Josh Aaronson in the HBO series Succession (2021).
Adrien Brody
Uncle Ben Parker
for Uncle Ben Parker in Steven Spielberg's Ultimate Spider-Man
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After being bitten by a radioactive spider, Peter Parker (Adrien Brody) and Mary Jane Watson (Jenna Fischer) gain extraordinary spider-like abilities. As they struggle to balance their new powers with their personal lives, tragedy strikes when Peter's beloved Uncle Ben (Cary Elwes) and Aunt May (Brooke Shields) are murdered by a burglar. Driven by grief and a desire for justice, Peter becomes Spider-Man, while Mary Jane transforms into Black Cat. Together, they face their greatest challenge yet: the menacing Doctor Octopus (Ralph Fiennes) and the formidable Sandman (Michael Shannon). In a climactic battle, they reveal their true identities to the world, forging a path of heroism and unity.
