Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody is an American actor best known for his starring role in the movie The Pianist. Brody often plays artistic or intellectual-type characters, or characters that suffer from mental illness. In The Pianist, he drew on his mother and grandmother’s experiences of losing members of their family to the Holocaust.

Adam Brody, Adrien Brody nab best actor Critics Choice awards for portraying Jewish characters

The awards ceremony also generated the first known public photos of Brody and actor Adrien Brody together.

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

Adam Brody, left, poses with fellow actor Adrien Brody at the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California, Feb. 7, 2025.

Highlights of the Haifa International Film Festival

One advantage for English speakers of seeing a movie at a film festival is that they show films with English titles, unlike the theater chains, which only offer subtitles occasionally.

JANUARY 7, 2025

ByHANNAH BROWN

Adrien Brody brings a Jewish character, and antisemitism to HBO’s ‘Succession’

The mezuzah, which looks to be about 8 inches long, is positioned well about Kendall’s head (he’s short) and it sets the tone for the encounter.

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA