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Adrien Brody Wins Oscar for Best Actor for ‘The Brutalist’

Long-viewed as the category's frontrunner, Adrien Brody picked up his second Oscar for Best Actor for his work in Brady Corbet's 'The Brutalist.'

Corbet was one of the first people to run up to congratulate his clearly thrilled and deeply moved star, who thanked him and partner and co-screenwriter in his speech for giving this “triumph of a work” to the actor. When Brody was nearly played off the stage by an eager orchestra, the actor was eager to continue his speech, and said to smattered applause, “I’ve done this before.” The music stopped, and Brody shared his concerns about the rise of “anti-semitism and racism and of othering” in our current world, and offered his hopes for “a happier and more inclusive world.” He ended his speech by sharing something beyond timely: “It history has taught us anything, it’s not let hate go unchecked. In the A24 film, Brody plays László Tóth, a Hungarian architect and Holocaust survivor (who is loosely inspired by designers Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Louis Kahn, and Marcel Breuer) who emigrates to the United States in hopes of creating significant art and finding a better life (for both himself and his wife, played by fellow Oscar nominee Felicity Jones), only to find more pain along the way.

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