Sure, everyone and their brother knows who Adrien Brody is. He’s a huge star and he’s been in a bunch of high profile flicks but what you may not know, is that Brody is no fluke. There was no luck involved in his rendezvous with success; in fact, Brody is as hard working as they come in Hollywood and he’s anything but “new” to the craft of acting.

Brody started studying acting at a young age and like many youngsters, got his start doing plays and trying out for commercials. Brody landed his first film role waaaaaaaay back in 1988 but it would be over a decade before he really received any mainstream attention. Imagine that. Working your butt of for over ten years and still not having anyone recognize you on the street – that’s dedication.

When 2002 rolled around, Brody finally struck the jackpot. His role as Wladyslaw Szpilman in The Pianist not only won him the Oscar for best actor (the youngest to ever do so, at 29) but it was the breakthrough role that took Brody from small potatoes to Hollywood superstardom.

To date, Brody has been in such big name films as: The Village, The Jacket, King Kong, The Darjeeling Limited, Cadillac Records, Fantastic Mr. Fox and Splice. Currently, you can check out Adrien Brody in first real action flick, playing the role of Royce in Predators.

Things are looking good for Adrien Brody and he still has a long, long career ahead of him.