artofsky.com – Hollywood actor Adrien Brody is an Academy Award for Best Actor in 2003 for his role as Wladislaw Szpilman in The Pianist. He is the youngest actor ever to win the category.
Adrien Brody was born in New York City on 14 April 1973. His mother named Sylvia Plachy, a photojournalist, and his father, Elliot Brody, a history teacher. He became interested in acting since she was very young. At the age of 12 years, Adrien trying to be a magician at birthday parties children. After completing his studies at the American Academy of Arts majoring in Drama, Adrien plays a role in several plays off-Broadway production and went into television in the sitcom Annie McGuire.
Throughout the late 1980s to the early 1990′s, Brody struggled through minor roles in various films to finally steal the attention of the public in the Summer of Sam (1999). Peak of achievement is the movie The Pianist (2002) which won him an Oscar in 2003. After that he took part in films such as The Village (2004), King Kong (2005), Hollywoodland (2006), Manolete (2007), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), The Tehuacan Project (2007), The Brothers Bloom (2009), The Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Splice (2009), Giallo (2009), The Experiment (2010), Predators (2010), and so forth. Brody is also rumored to be collaborating with Sharon Stone in the film Sweet Baby Jesus to be released late 2010 or in 2011.
Brody is an actor who does not immediately gain recognition in the realm of the Hollywood film industry. Although given the nickname as “the future actor” in the 1990s, he did not get great publicity like other young actors. In fact, he was recognized as having great talent and good looks that remind people of the young Al Pacino.
His victory in the race for the Academy Award audience to open the eyes of critics and film. They finally see that Brody really devote mental energy, emotional, and physical in the role of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish pianist nationalities struggling to survive the Holocaust tragedy. For this film, Adrien must lose weight to 13 pounds and learned to play the piano, especially the music of Chopin works of legendary musicians.
In one of his new film, Predators, Adrien Brody again showed the totality of the act. To strengthen the personality of the characters are full of action, he is raising the weight to 12 pounds so his body look fuller and stout. During the filming in Hawaii, he did not stay in the hotel, but retreated on the set while learning techniques to survive a la military. Brody also avoid alcoholic beverages, sweets, and no sex at all. Meditation is a regular activity during the filming of Predator. He truly appreciates his role as very fond of the previous Predator series. Other contributors explore the text indicated by Brody and give suggestions for some background.