List of awards and nominations received by Adrien Brody

List of awards and nominations received by Adrien Brody

This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Adrien Brody.

Adrien Brody is an American actor known for his roles on stage and screen. He has received various accolades including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for three Emmy Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award.

Brody portrayed Władysław Szpilman in Roman Polanski's holocaust drama film The Pianist (2002), he received the Academy Award for Best Actor and the César Award for Best Actor. For his performance as a Hungarian architect László Tóth in the Brady Corbet epic historical drama The Brutalist (2024), he received his second Academy Award for Best Actor as well as the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama.

For his roles on television, he received nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for his portrayal of Harry Houdini in the miniseries Houdini (2015). He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for playing a wealthy investor in the HBO drama-comedy series Succession episode "Lion in the Meadow" (2022).

On stage, Brody made his London theatre debut as death row inmate Nick Yarris in the Lindsey Ferrentino play The Fear of 13 (2024) at Donmar Warehouse for which he received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor.

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2003	Best Actor	The Pianist	Won
2025	The Brutalist	Won

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
2003	Best Actor in a Leading Role	The Pianist	Nominated
2025	The Brutalist	Won

Emmy Awards

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Category</th><th>Nominated work</th><th>Result</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Primetime Emmy Awards</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie</td><td>Houdini</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>Outstanding Narrator</td><td>Breakthrough</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2022</td><td>Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series</td><td>Succession (episode: "Lion in the Meadow")</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Golden Globe Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2003	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	The Pianist	Nominated
2025	The Brutalist	Won

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2003	Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role	The Pianist	Nominated
2012	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture	Midnight in Paris	Nominated
2015	The Grand Budapest Hotel	Nominated
2016	Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie	Houdini	Nominated
2025	Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role	The Brutalist	Nominated

Laurence Olivier Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2025	Best Actor	The Fear of 13	Nominated

Miscellaneous awards

List of awards and nominations received by Adrien Brody

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Association</th><th>Category</th><th>Project</th><th>Result</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1999</td><td>Satellite Awards</td><td>Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble</td><td>The Thin Red Line</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>Independent Spirit Awards</td><td>Best Male Lead</td><td>Restaurant</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td>Boston Society of Film Critics</td><td>Best Actor</td><td>The Pianist</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td>César Awards</td><td>Best Actor</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>National Society of Film Critics Awards</td><td>Best Actor</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chicago Film Critics Association Awards</td><td>Best Actor</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards</td><td>Best Actor</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>Critics' Choice Movie Awards</td><td>Best Acting Ensemble</td><td>The Grand Budapest Hotel</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>Cairo International Film Festival</td><td>Career Achievement Award</td><td></td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2022</td><td>Critics' Choice Super Awards</td><td>Best Actor in a Horror Series</td><td>Chapelwaite</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2024</td><td>Gotham Awards</td><td>Outstanding Lead Performance</td><td>The Brutalist</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>New York Film Critics Circle Awards</td><td>Best Actor</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Astra Film Awards</td><td>Best Actor</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Capri Hollywood International Film Festival</td><td>Best Actor</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2025</td><td>AARP Movies for Grownups Awards</td><td>Best Actor</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Palm Springs International Film Festival</td><td>Desert Palm Achievement for Best Actor</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Santa Barbara International Film Festival</td><td>Cinema Vanguard Award</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Critics' Choice Movie Awards</td><td>Best Actor</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Honours

List of awards and nominations received by Adrien Brody

• Ellis Island Medal of Honor (10 May 2025).