Mandatory Credit: Photo by Guy Ferrandis/Focus Features/Studio Canal/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock (5882011n) Adrien Brody The Pianist - 2002 Director: Roman Polanski Focus Features/Studio Canal UK/FRANCE/GERMANY/POLAND/NETHERLANDS Scene Still Drama Le Pianiste] The actor is now a favourite to receive another Oscar nomination at the 2025 Academy Awards for his part in The Brutalist after already landing a Golden Globe.
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Guy Ferrandis/Focus Features/Studio Canal/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock (5882011e) Maureen Lipman, Julia Rayner, Adrien Brody, Frank Finlay, Jessica Kate Meyer The Pianist - 2002 Director: Roman Polanski Focus Features/Studio Canal UK/FRANCE/GERMANY/POLAND/NETHERLANDS Scene Still Drama Le Pianiste]
Youngest ever best actor Oscar winner shares he ‘abandoned loved ones’ in preparation for role Adrien Brody says preparation for his Oscar-winning role in The Pianist in 2002 caused him to go so deep into character he ended up ‘abandoning his life and loved ones.’.
The Pianist (2002); Frank Finlay pictured as father, with Jessica Kate Meyer as Halina, Ed Stoppard as Henryk, Maureen Lipman as mother, Adrien Brody as Wladyslaw Szpilman, and Julia Rayner as Regina, in a scene from the film directed by Roman Polanski.]
The star, 51, won Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 2003 Academy Awards for his role as Wladyslaw Szpilman in the searing Holocaust drama.
