Yahoo Lifestyle Adrien Brody Says He'll 'Cherish' “The Brutalist” Oscar Nomination After Experiencing 'Peaks and Valleys' in Career
Adrien Brody previously became the youngest man ever to win the Best Actor prize at the Academy Awards in 2003, when he won for 'The Pianist' at 29
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Adrien Brody on Jan. 17, 2025Adrien Brody is reflecting on the highs and lows of his career after receiving his second Academy Award nomination.
On Thursday, Jan. 23, Brody, 51, was nominated for Best Actor for his leading role in The Brutalist alongside Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Ralph Fiennes (Conclave) and Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice), at the upcoming 97th Oscars ceremony.
Brody famously won Best Actor for his role in The Pianist at the 75th Oscars in 2003.
"Thank you to all my peers and colleagues at the Academy for this extraordinary honor. For almost four decades, I’ve experienced the peaks and valleys of being an artist," Brody, whose previous Best Actor win at 29 made him the award's youngest winner ever, wrote in a post on Instagram on Jan. 23. "It’s given me perspective and a tremendous appreciation and respect for this moment."
In The Brutalist, which tied Wicked for second-most nominations among all movies this year with 10 each, Brody portrays a Hungarian-born Jewish architect named Laszlo Toth, who immigrates to the United States after surviving World War II and the Holocaust. "Portraying Laszlo Toth, and representing the hardships and yearnings of so many, including the very struggles of my own family, has rekindled my own sense of being and belonging, and believing again," he added in his Instagram caption.
Brody shared a photo of what appeared to be one of The Brutalist's film canisters, as well as a black-and-white image of his grandparents in 1957 and a third photo of himself standing with costar Isaach de Bankolé on The Brutalist's set in 2023, each taken by his photographer mother Sylvia Plachy.
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The actor recently told PEOPLE that The Brutalist's story mirrors his mother's own life. Plachy was born in Hungary and Brody said she and his grandparents "owned a very similar journey of fleeing war-torn Europe and coming to the U.S. in the ’50s."
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Adrien Brody on Jan. 21, 2025"Sharing this profound experience with our talented and dedicated cast and crew on THE BRUTALIST has been a rare gift that I am endlessly grateful for," Brody added to his Instagram caption. "Thank you for honoring us all with this recognition, I am only here through the support of many; I am truly humbled and will cherish this momentous occasion forever."
Brody won a Golden Globe Award for his performance in The Brutalist on Jan. 5; he is also nominated for the film at the upcoming Critics Choice Awards and SAG Awards.
Conan O'Brien will host the Oscars ceremony, which will air live from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2 at 7 p.m. ET on ABC and Hulu.
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