theOscarSite Facts:
Birth Date:
  • 14 April 1973
Birthplace:
  • New York City
Quote:
  • "It's great when people appreciate your work, but I don't know how seriously to take it. The amazing thing is that I found something so early that I can support myself doing, and that can even be extremely lucrative, but I love it either way." -- Detour, November 1996
Claims to Fame:
  • Played punk Ritchie in Spike Lee's SUMMER OF SAM (1999)
  • Youngest perfomer to win a Best Actor Oscar® (2003)
  • Only man to win Best Actor when competing against 4 previous Oscar® winners (2003)
Education:
  • American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York City; attended weekend children's program at age 12
  • Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts, New York City
  • Graduated from SUNY Queens College, Flushing, NY
Significant Other:
  • Sky Nellor, TV personality
Family:
  • Father: Elliot Brody, painter, retired schoolteacher
  • Mother: Sylvia Plachy, renowned Hungarian-born photographer
Feature Film
Credits:
  • 2009: Splice
    2008: Cadillac Records, The Brothers Bloom
    2007: The Darjeeling Limited, Manolete, The Tehuacan Project
    2006: Hollywoodland
    2005: King Kong, The Jacket
    2004: The Village
    2003: The Singing Detective
    2002: The Pianist, The Dummy
    2001: The Affair of the Necklace, Love the Hard Way
    2000: Harrison's Flowers, Bread and Roses
    1999: Summer of Sam, Liberty Heights, Oxygen
    1998: The Thin Red Line, Restaurant
    1997: The Undertaker's Wedding, Six Ways to Sunday, The Last Time I Committed Suicide
    1996: Bullet, Solo
    1994: Angels in the Outfield
    1993: King of the Hill
    1991: The Boy Who Cried Bitch
    1989: New York Stories (1989)
Academy Awards®:
  •  Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 2002: THE PIANIST

  • 1 nomination, 1 Award