"Adam Brody"

Adam Jared Brody (born December 15, 1979) is an American film and television actor and part-time musician. He began his acting career in 1995, appearing on Gilmore Girls as Dave Rygalski and other series, and subsequently came to fame for his role as Seth Cohen on The O.C.Brody later appeared in several film roles, including Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Thank You for Smoking, Jennifer's Body, In the Land of Women, Cop Out, and Scream 4.

Brody was born in Carlsbad, San Diego County, California, the oldest son of Valerie (née Siefman), a graphic artist, and Mark Brody, a lawyer. His parents, both Jewish, are originally from Detroit, Michigan (Brody celebrated becoming a Bar Mitzvah). He has younger twin brothers, Sean and Matt. Brody attended Wangenheim Middle School and Scripps Ranch High School, receiving "poor grades", and grew up in suburban San Diego, spending time surfing. He has said that while he was not a "Casanova", he had "cute girlfriends" and "pretty much lived at the beach". Brody attended community college for one year and dropped out at the age of nineteen, moving to Hollywood in order to become an actor. He subsequently hired an acting coach and signed with a manager.

After a year of training and auditioning, Brody landed the role of Barry Williams in the 2000 TV movie Growing Up Brady. He also was in the Canadian comedy television series The Sausage Factory. In 2001, he played a small role in American Pie 2, named as "high school guy". He was one of two high school guys who get chased away from Steve Stifler's party. He was cast in recurring roles on Gilmore Girls in 2002–2003 as Dave Rygalski, Lane's bandmate and love interest before his character left to go to California, or in this case, The O.C.. In 2003, Brody wrote "Home Security" (a short film), appeared in the feature film Grind and also in a music video of a song called "Too Bad About Your Girl" by The Donnas. Still in 2003, he began playing his most famous role to date, Seth Cohen, a slightly awkward teenager, on the television show The O.C.. Brody improvised some of the character's comic dialogue. The role turned him into a teen idol, with the character having been described by the Los Angeles Times as "TV's sexiest geek" and by Time as having "redefined" the screen persona of "unapologetic" nerdiness; his character (defined by director Jon Kasdan as the "new kind of nerdy Jewish guy: both self-deprecating and self-obsessed") has since inspired scripts to describe particular characters as "Adam Brody types". The role also developed Brody a female fan following and as a result, Brody was ranked No. 17 in Independent Online's "100 Sexiest Men Alive" of 2006, was twice placed on Teen People's annual list of "25 Sexiest Stars under 25", Voted as Elle Girl Magazine Coolest Guy Celeb and Coolest TV Star in 2005, Voted number 1 in UK CosmoGIRL as pin-up sex-symbol beating out Johnny Depp in 2005, chosen as one of the People Magazine Sexiest Man Alive in 2004–2006 and was the first male on the cover of Elle Girl. He also appeared thrice −2003, 2004, 2005– in People's Magazine "50 Hottest Bachelors".
During the show's run, Brody appeared alongside Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in 2005's film Mr. & Mrs. Smith and played a Hollywood studio assistant in the 2006 film adaptation of Thank You for Smoking.
Brody was signed to a seven-year contract for The O.C., playing the role of Seth Cohen, where he acted much like himself. The show was eventually canceled in 2007 and ended its run in February of that year; Brody has said that he is "not unhappy" with the show's cancellation and that although he was "fortunate" to be on a successful series, he was also glad to "not be on it for 10 years". After the end of The O.C.'s run, Brody turned to a full-time film career.

His next film was In the Land of Women, a romantic comedy co-starring Meg Ryan and Kristen Stewart and released on April 20, 2007. In the film, Brody plays the lead role, a writer who returns to his mother's Michigan hometown in order to take care of his sick grandmother. Brody did not have to audition for the part, but was almost unable to appear in the film because of scheduling conflicts with the second season of The O.C.; the film's director pushed filming back eight months because he wanted Brody to star. The same year, Brody also appeared in supporting roles in the lower budget films Smiley Face, playing a pot dealer, and The Ten, as a skydiver. He also guest appeared in the Smallville episode "Crush".
Brody, along with actor Zac Efron, was in consideration for the lead part in the film Speed Racer, a role which was eventually given to Emile Hirsch. Brody was also set to produce a remake of Revenge of the Nerds, which was canceled early during filming.
In 2009, he co-starred with Josh Lucas in Boaz Yakin's drama, Death in Love, and in Academy Award-winner Diablo Cody's new horror film Jennifer's Body, co-starring Megan Fox.
In 2010, he appeared in Kevin Smith's film Cop Out, which was shot in NYC and co-starred Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan and then in The Romantics alongside Katie Holmes and Josh Duhamel. It was announced on July 1, 2010 that Brody landed the role of Detective Hoss in Scream 4, released in April 2011.
In 2011, Brody voiced "Woodie" in the MTV animated series Good Vibes. The same year, Brody appeared in The Oranges alongside Leighton Meester and Hugh Laurie. In January 2012, it was announced he had joined the cast of Lovelace, a biopic about the late '70s porn star Linda Lovelace which will be directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and star Amanda Seyfried and Demi Moore. Brody will portray Harry Reems. He will reunite with Meester on Life Partners; filming started in April 2013.


Brody lives in Los Angeles.
Brody played drums for the band Big Japan with actor Bret Harrison. He wrote screenplays and songs during his spare time and has co-written, along with Danny Bilson and Paul DiMeo, a comic book miniseries for Wildstorm Comics called Red Menace. Brody has also volunteered as an actor with the Young storytellers program, which is dedicated to developing literacy, self-expression and self-esteem in elementary school children.
Brody is now in a band called The Shortcoats
Brody has described himself as a "fake intellectual" and his sense of humor as sarcastic. He is a secular Jew and has stated that he "couldn't be less religious". Brody has said that when he moved to Hollywood he became "more nerdy" and embraced his "neurotic side".

He dated The O.C. co-star Rachel Bilson for three years but the relationship ended in December 2006. In November 2013, Brody and actress Leighton Meester became engaged after a year of dating.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Never Land	Jack
2000	The Silencing	Karl
2000	Roadside Assistance	Rusty
2000	American Pie 2	High School Guy	Unrated version
2000	According to Spencer	Tommy
2002	The Ring	Kellen – Teen No. 3
2003	Home Security	Greg
2003	Grind	Dustin Knight
2003	Missing Brendan	Patrick Calden
2005	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Benjamin Danz
2006	Thank You for Smoking	Jack
2007	In the Land of Women	Carter Webb
2007	The Ten	Stephen Montgomery
2007	Smiley Face	Steve the Dealer
2008	Death in Love	Talent agent
2009	Jennifer's Body	Nikolai Wolf
2010	Cop Out	Barry Mangold
2010	The Romantics	Jake
2011	Scream 4	Deputy Ross Hoss
2011	The Oranges	Toby Walling
2011	Damsels in Distress	Charlie
2012	Seeking a Friend for the End of the World	Owen
2012	Revenge for Jolly!	Danny
2012	Some Girls
2013	Welcome to the Jungle	Chris
2013	Lovelace	Harry Reems
2013	Baggage Claim	Sam
2014	Think Like a Man Too		Filming
2014	Life Partners		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Now What		MTV TV series
1999	The Amanda Show	Greg Brady	1 episode ("When Brady's Attack")
2000	Growing Up Brady	Barry Williams	TV Film
2000	City Guys	Customer No. 1	1 episode ("Makin' Up is Hard to Do")
2000	Undressed	Lucas	3 episodes
2000	Judging Amy	Barry "Romeo" Gilmore	1 episode ("Romeo and Juliet Must Die – Well, Maybe Just Juliet")
2000	Go Fish	Billy	1 episode ("Go Student Council")
2000	Family Law	Noel Johnson	1 episode ("My Brother's Keeper")
2000–2001	Once and Again	Coop	3 episodes
2000–2002	The Sausage Factory	Zack Altman	13 episodes
2001–2004	Grounded for Life	Brian	2 episodes
2002	Smallville	Justin Gaines	1 episode ("Crush")
2002	The Andy Dick Show	Himself	1 episode ("The Garage Sale")
2002–2003	Gilmore Girls	Dave Rygalski	Recurring (9 episodes)
2003–2007	The O.C.	Seth Cohen	Lead Role (92 episodes)
2004	MADtv	Seth Cohen	1 episode
2006	The Loop	Keith	1 episode ("The Rusty Trombone")
2011	Good Vibes	Woodie (voice)	12 episodes
2013	House of Lies	Nate	3 episodes
2013	The League	Ted	Guest Star; 2 episodes
2013	Burning Love	Max	Main Cast (10 episodes)
2014	New Girl	Berkley	Episode: "Exes"

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2004	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Breakout TV Star Male	The O.C	Nominated
2004		Choice TV Actor – Drama/Action Adventure		Won
2005		Choice TV Chemistry (shared with Rachel Bilson)		Won
2005		Choice TV Actor: Drama		Won
2006		Choice TV Actor: Drama/Action Adventure		Won
2010		Choice Movie Actor: Horror/Thriller	Jennifer's Body	Nominated

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/