He was natural around Woodhaven, Queens, New York, the boy of Hungarian-born Catholic photojournalist Sylvia Plachy, and Elliot Brody, a out history prof of Jewish descent.

Brody hovered on a brink of stardom prior to getting far flung recognition whilst he wwhen cast as the lead around Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002). A role won him an Academy Award for Best Actor, a immature actor ever to win the award. To develop for the role, Brody withdrew for months, gave au courant his flat & his car, learned training play Chopin on the piano, and wasted Baker's dozen kilo (Xxix lbs.)

When The Pianist Brody played in the movie The Village by M. Night Shyamalan, and in King Kong by Peter Jackson.

Selected filmography
King Kong (2005) The Jacket (2005) The Village (2004) The Singing Detective (2003) The Pianist (2002) -- Academy Award for Best Actor, Cesar Award Dummy (2002) The Affair of the Necklace (2001) Summer of Sam (1999) Oxygen (1999) The Thin Red Line (1998) Angels in the Outfield (1994) King of the Hill (1993)