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Trivia
Birth name: Adrien Brody
Date of birth: 14 April 1973
Place of birth: New York, New York, USA
Nickname: Adri
Height: 6' 1½" (1.87 m)
Attended American Academy of Dramatic Arts and LaGuardia High School for
the Performing Arts in New York.
His mother is the Hungarian-born photojournalist Sylvia Plachy.
Is the only actor to win a Best Actor Oscar when nominated alongside
four previous Oscar winners.
In 2003, at the age of 29, he replaced Richard Dreyfuss as the youngest
actor ever to win the Best Actor Academy Award, for his role in
"The Pianist".
Has great appreciation for hip-hop. Like Beatnuts, one of his favorite
groups, Brody is also from Queens.
Performed magic shows at children's birthdays as a child, as 'The
Amazing Adrien'.
In 2004, Esquire Magazine named him the Best Dressed Man in America.
Owned and drove a 'Hummer', which is famous in Hollywood for being
Arnold Schwartzenegger's favorite vehicle. It did ten miles per gallon,
and was originally designed for warfare.
Was considered for a role in Pearl Harbor (2001)
Was dressed by Zegna for the Academy Awards.
Is a big hip-hop fan and plans on becoming a producer. He is being
mentored by RZA.
Ranked #21 on VH1's 100 Hottest Hotties.
Has a chihuahua called Ceelo.
His father, Elliot Brody, is a retired history teacher of Polish-Jewish
descent who lost family members in the Holocaust. His mother Sylvia
Plachy, the renown photographer, fled Communist Hungary as a child
during the 1956 revolution against Russia.
Taking acting classes as a youth, by age 13 he had done an off-Broadway
play and a PBS-TV-movie.
In 1992, he was seriously hurt in a motorcycle accident in which he flew
over a car and crashed feet-first into a crosswalk. He spent months
recuperating.
To prepare for his title role in "The Pianist," he learned to
play Chopin on the piano and shed 30 pounds off his already-thin frame.
He cut himself off from his real life and gave up his car and apartment
because he felt responsible to those Polish Jews who had suffered and
wanted to connect with their hurt and despair.
Shares a birthday with Sarah
Michelle Gellar.
Admits a shot of his parents in a passionate, back-bending embrace
inspired his famous kiss with Halle Berry at the Oscars.
Is the only American actor to win a Cesar, the French equivalent to the
Oscar.
Has been compared to Robert
DeNiro and Al
Pacino for his unconventional acting skills and unique looks.
Did sessions in an isolation tank, performed prison exercises, and went
on a protein diet for his role in "The Jacket".
He was furious when his nose was broken during the final fight in
"Summer of Sam", but when he had it fixed, he didn't change
it. That nose is now Brody's most identifying feature and sets him apart
from other actors.
Share a birthday with fellow Academy Award winner Julie Christie.
Close friends with Asia Argento and Benicio Del Toro.
Grew up in Woodhaven, Queens in New York.
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