---
name: "Adam Brody"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/adam-brody"
fi1m_id: "adam-brody"
imdb_id: "nm0111013"
tmdb_id: 11702
wikidata_id: "Q294372"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 December 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 13
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 13
updated: "2026-10-05T03:40:40.316077+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Adam Brody

## Identity

Adam Brody

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/adam-brody
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** adam-brody
- **IMDb ID:** nm0111013
- **TMDB ID:** 11702
- **Wikidata ID:** Q294372
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Brody, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q294372, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0111013/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11702

Actor. Born 15 December 1979 in San Diego, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 December 1979, San Diego, California, USA
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Also known as:** Adam Jared Brody , Адам Броуді
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as actor, over 13 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 66 (5), 2010s 55 (2), 2020s 72 (6)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 65 across 12 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 9 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 6 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Comedy 7, Action 3, Horror 2, Mystery 2, Thriller 2
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,300m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Brody, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q294372, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0111013/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11702

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Scream 4*](https://film.one/film/scream-4.md) (60), [*Shazam! Fury of the Gods*](https://film.one/film/shazam-fury-of-the-gods.md) (53)
- **Netflix:** [*Nobody Wants This*](https://film.one/tv/nobody-wants-this.md) (78)
- **Disney+:** [*Fleishman Is in Trouble*](https://film.one/tv/fleishman-is-in-trouble.md) (74)
- **Peacock:** [*Promising Young Woman*](https://film.one/film/promising-young-woman.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Adam Brody

> Adam Brody listens as if the other person is the most interesting person he has met all day, and makes it look like no trick at all. In *Nobody Wants This* that carries a romantic comedy; in smaller parts it has too often gone unused.

Watch what Adam Brody does when someone else is talking. In *Nobody Wants This* (2024), Kristen Bell's Joanne comes at her rabbi with a joke, a challenge and a change of subject in the same breath, and Brody's Noah simply takes it in. He does not wait for his turn. He looks pleased to be there, and the pleasure looks unplanned. We smiled watching the two of them talk, and it was the listening that did it: the courtship works because Noah so plainly enjoys her company, and the series never has to tell us the romance matters.

That quality has been there since *The O.C.* (2003–2007), where Seth Cohen was the boy in the corner with the pop-culture references and the fast, nervous mouth. Brody was the awkward one who was also the funny one, and for a few years that was a new kind of leading boy on television. The decade after was supporting parts in other people's films: *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (2005), *Thank You for Smoking* (2005), *Jennifer's Body* (2009), *Scream 4* (2011). In *Scream 4* he is Deputy Hoss, one of three deputies whose scenes in patrol cars, as we said at the time, go nowhere at all. That was Wes Craven's staging rather than Brody's fault, but it is the shape of those years: cast for his ease, then given nothing to be easy about.

The later parts are better chosen. *Ready or Not* (2019), *Promising Young Woman* (2020) and *Fleishman Is in Trouble* (2022) each take the nice guy and either extend him or turn him slightly, and Brody is good at letting us wonder which is happening. The two DC superhero films (2019, 2023) in which he plays the grown-up Freddy use him as the adult version of a teenage hero; in the sequel the whole cast is buried under a grey computer finale, and we did not single him out because the film did not either.

He is not a transformer, and he does not pretend to be. He has said of the rabbi in *Nobody Wants This*, "I'm an actor and that's the part that I'm not," and he has talked about his own talent as having a realistic ceiling. Both are honest, and both point to the limit: he is always recognisably himself, and the parts that suit him are the ones that need exactly that. Bell is the collaborator who has got the most from him, because she puts an edge on every line and he receives it without flinching, which is a rarer skill than it sounds.

Start with *Nobody Wants This*, which is his case made at length. The open question is whether anyone will write him a part in which being liked is not enough to get him through the scene. We suspect he could play it. We are less sure anyone will ask.

## Biography

Adam Brody is an American actor. He was born on 15 December 1979 in San Diego, California.

Brody’s breakout role was as Seth Cohen in the television series *The O.C.* (2003–2007). He has appeared in films including *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (2005), *Shazam!* (2019), *Ready or Not* (2019), *Promising Young Woman* (2020) and *Shazam! Fury of the Gods* (2023), in which he played Super Hero Freddy. On television he has starred as Noah Roklov in the series *Nobody Wants This* (2024–).

He has received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award for his performance in *Nobody Wants This*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (13)

- *Nobody Wants This* (2024), Fi1m 78, as Noah Roklov — [page](https://film.one/tv/nobody-wants-this.md)
- *American Fiction* (2023), Fi1m 73, as Wiley Valdespino — [page](https://film.one/film/american-fiction.md)
- *Shazam! Fury of the Gods* (2023), Fi1m 53, as Super Hero Freddy — [page](https://film.one/film/shazam-fury-of-the-gods.md)
- *Fleishman Is in Trouble* (2022), Fi1m 74, as Seth Morris — [page](https://film.one/tv/fleishman-is-in-trouble.md)
- *Mrs. America* (2020), Fi1m 79, as Marc Feigen-Fasteau — [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-america.md)
- *Promising Young Woman* (2020), Fi1m 72, as Jerry — [page](https://film.one/film/promising-young-woman.md)
- *Jay and Silent Bob Reboot* (2019), Fi1m 50, as Clerk — [page](https://film.one/film/jay-and-silent-bob-reboot.md)
- *Scream 4* (2011), Fi1m 60, as Deputy Hoss — [page](https://film.one/film/scream-4.md)
- *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (2005), Fi1m 64, as Benjamin Danz — [page](https://film.one/film/mr-and-mrs-smith-2005.md)
- *The Ring* (2002), Fi1m 70, as Male Teen #1 — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ring.md)
- *American Pie 2* (2001), Fi1m 49, as High School Guy — [page](https://film.one/film/american-pie-2.md)
- *Smallville* (2001), Fi1m 66, as Justin Gaines — [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)
- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), Fi1m 81, as Dave Rygalski — [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)

## Complete filmography (79)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Gutter* (2024), as Building Inspector
- *Nobody Wants This* (2024), series, as Noah Roklov — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/nobody-wants-this.md)
- *American Fiction* (2023), as Wiley Valdespino — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/american-fiction.md)
- *River Wild* (2023), as Trevor
- *Shazam! Fury of the Gods* (2023), as Super Hero Freddy — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/shazam-fury-of-the-gods.md)
- *Fleishman Is in Trouble* (2022), series, as Seth Morris — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/fleishman-is-in-trouble.md)
- *My Father's Dragon* (2022), as Bob (voice)
- *Promising Young Woman* (2020), as Jerry — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/promising-young-woman.md)
- *The Kid Detective* (2020), as Abe Applebaum · Executive Producer
- *Mrs. America* (2020), series, as Marc Feigen-Fasteau — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-america.md)
- *Jay and Silent Bob Reboot* (2019), as Clerk — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/jay-and-silent-bob-reboot.md)
- *Ready or Not* (2019), as Daniel
- *Isabelle* (2019), as Matthew Kane
- *Shazam!* (2019), as Super Hero Freddy
- *Curfew* (2019), series, as Max Larssen
- *Single Parents* (2018), series, as Derek
- *Hollyweed* (2018), series, as Brent
- *Hollyweed* (2018), as Brent
- *It's Me, Sugar* (2018), as Jack Lemmon
- *Big Bear* (2017), as Eric
- *CHiPs* (2017), as Clay Allen
- *Urban Myths* (2017), series, as Jack Lemmon
- *StartUp* (2016), series, as Nicholas "Nick" Talman · Producer
- *Yoga Hosers* (2016), as Ichabod
- *Showing Roots* (2016), as Bud
- *Sleeping with Other People* (2015), as Sam
- *The History of Us* (2015), as Andrew
- *Billy & Billie* (2015), series, as Billy Jones
- *Life Partners* (2014), as Tim
- *The Cosmopolitans* (2014), series, as Jimmy
- *The Cosmopolitans* (2014), as Jimmy
- *Think Like a Man Too* (2014), as Isaac
- *Growing Up and Other Lies* (2014), as Rocks
- *Baggage Claim* (2013), as Sam
- *Lovelace* (2013), as Harry Reems
- *Some Girl(s)* (2013), as Man
- *Welcome to the Jungle* (2013), as Chris
- *Double or Nothing* (2012), as Clark
- *Revenge for Jolly!* (2012), as Danny
- *Seeking a Friend for the End of the World* (2012), as Owen
- *Burning Love* (2012), series, as Max
- *Damsels in Distress* (2012), as Fred Packenstacker / Charlie Walker
- *House of Lies* (2012), series, as Nate Hyatt
- *Good Vibes* (2011), series, as Woodie (voice)
- *New Girl* (2011), series, as Berkley — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *The Oranges* (2011), as Toby Walling
- *Scream 4* (2011), as Deputy Hoss — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/scream-4.md)
- *The Romantics* (2010), as Jake
- *Cop Out* (2010), as Barry Mangold
- *Funny or Die Presents* (2010), series, as Roger
- *The League* (2009), series, as Ted
- *Jennifer's Body* (2009), as Nikolai
- *Death in Love* (2008), as Talent Agent
- *Smiley Face* (2007), as Steve the Dealer
- *The Ten* (2007), as Stephen Montgomery
- *In the Land of Women* (2007), as Carter Webb
- *The Loop* (2006), series, as Keith
- *Thank You for Smoking* (2005), as Jack
- *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (2005), as Benjamin Danz — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/mr-and-mrs-smith-2005.md)
- *Missing Brendan* (2004), as Patrick Calden
- *Grind* (2003), as Dustin Knight
- *Home Security* (2003), as Greg · Writer, Producer
- *The O.C.* (2003), series, as Seth Cohen
- *The Ring* (2002), as Male Teen #1 — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ring.md)
- *The Sausage Factory* (2001), series, as Zack
- *According to Spencer* (2001), as Tommy
- *Smallville* (2001), series, as Justin Gaines — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)
- *American Pie 2* (2001), as High School Guy — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/american-pie-2.md)
- *Go Fish* (2001), series, Actor
- *Grounded for Life* (2001), series, as Brian
- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), series, as Dave Rygalski — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)
- *Growing Up Brady* (2000), as Barry Williams
- *Once and Again* (1999), series, Actor
- *Family Law* (1999), series, as Noel Johnson
- *Judging Amy* (1999), series, as Barry 'Romeo' Gilmore
- *Undressed* (1999), series, Actor
- *MADtv* (1995), series, as Seth Cohen
- *A Night at Claridge’s*, as Lt Dayton Pike
- *The O.C.*, as Seth Cohen

## Gallery

- ![Adam Brody](https://film.one/media/person/21493/gallery-142290faedaa.jpg) Adam Brody — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Adam_Brody_-_Everyone_Is_Lying_to_You_for_Money.jpg/1280px-Adam_Brody_-_Everyone_Is_Lying_to_You_for_Money.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Adam Brody @ Jennifer's Body screening (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/21493/gallery-06cc289b9ab4.jpg) Adam Brody @ Jennifer's Body screening (2009) — Michael Vlasaty, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Adam_Brody-2_Jennifers_Body_TIFF09.jpg/1280px-Adam_Brody-2_Jennifers_Body_TIFF09.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Adam Brody @ Jennifer's Body screening (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/21493/gallery-d763f9fe7987.jpg) Adam Brody @ Jennifer's Body screening (2009) — Michael Vlasaty, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Adam_Brody-3_Jennifers_Body_TIFF09.jpg/1280px-Adam_Brody-3_Jennifers_Body_TIFF09.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Adam Brody & Ben McKenzie at a Q&A for Everyone Is Lying to You for Money in Los Angeles, California (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/21493/gallery-f7ae2aecc52b.jpg) Adam Brody & Ben McKenzie at a Q&A for Everyone Is Lying to You for Money in Los Angeles, California (2026) — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Adam_Brody_%26_Ben_McKenzie_-_Everyone_Is_Lying_to_You_for_Money.jpg/1280px-Adam_Brody_%26_Ben_McKenzie_-_Everyone_Is_Lying_to_You_for_Money.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Adam Brody](https://film.one/media/person/21493/gallery-c6c4934c1b85.jpg) Adam Brody — Image via TMDB
- ![Adam Brody](https://film.one/media/person/21493/gallery-732bdb382bb6.jpg) Adam Brody — Image via TMDB
- ![Adam Brody](https://film.one/media/person/21493/gallery-7a6e9da3c387.jpg) Adam Brody — Image via TMDB
- ![Photo of actor Adam Brody at the Toronto International Film Festival. (2005)](https://film.one/media/person/21493/gallery-a04a158ca363.jpg) Photo of actor Adam Brody at the Toronto International Film Festival. (2005) — Tony Shek, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Adam_Brody_%282005%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Star of the O.C. April 2016](https://film.one/media/person/21493/gallery-831116a9ff30.jpg) Star of the O.C. April 2016 — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Adam_Brody_%2826780367806%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Adam_Brody_%2826780367806%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Adam Brody](https://film.one/media/person/21493/gallery-b247533362e7.jpg) Adam Brody — Image via TMDB
- ![Adam Brody](https://film.one/media/person/21493/gallery-9bc79659ff60.jpg) Adam Brody — Image via TMDB
- ![Adam Brody](https://film.one/media/person/21493/gallery-cabfad92b42d.jpg) Adam Brody — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won

- Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor Drama 2006: Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor Drama (won), for *The O.C.*
- Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor Drama 2005: Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor Drama (won), for *The O.C.*
- Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor Drama 2004: Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor Drama (won), for *The O.C.*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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