Brady Corbet

Brady Corbet was born in Scottsdale, Arizona to a single mother. He began his acting career at age 11 in 2000 when he guest starred on the CBS comedy The King of Queens as Stu. He would follow that up with voice work in the English dub of anime NieA under 7 and I My Me! Strawberry Eggs.

In 2003 he made his feature film debut in Thirteen (2003) with Evan Rachel Wood and Holly Hunter. The next year he appeared in Thunderbirds (2004), playing the son of a billionaire ex-astronaut portrayed by Bill Paxton, and Mysterious Skin (2004) with Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Brady appeared in smaller roles in film and television such as Martha Marcy May Marlene with Elizabeth Olsen and Melancholia (2011) with Kirsten Dunst. He made his final appearance as an actor when he did voice work in Yellowbird (2014). Brady says that acting provided a film school that he could take with him when he transitioned into the next stage of his career as a director.

The first feature film he directed was The Childhood of a Leader (2015). It premiered in the Horizons section of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival, where he won Best Director. His next film was Vox Lux (2018) with Natalie Portman and Jude Law.

Brady has also done television work, directing three episodes of the Apple TV mini-series The Crowded Room with Tom Holland and Amanda Seyfried.

In 2024, he directed The Brutalist (2024) starring Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones. Brady wrote and directed the film and received two Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. He was also nominated in both categories at the BAFTA Awards, Critics Choice Awards and Golden Globes. He won Best Director at the Golden Globes and received a nomination from the Directors Guild of America.

Filmography – Actor:

Yellowbird (2014)
Portrait of the Artist (2014)
Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014)
While We’re Young (2014)
Eden (2014)
Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
Saint Laurent (2014)
The Sleepwalker (2014)
Simon Killer (2012)
Melancholia (2011)
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
Two Gates of Sleep (2010)
La dérive
Funny Games (2007)
Sunny & Share Love You (2007)
Mysterious Skin (2004)
Thunderbirds (2004)
Thirteen (2003)

Filmography – Director:
The Brutalist (2024)
30/30 Vision: 3 Decades of Strand Releasing (2019)
Vox Lux (2018)
The Childhood of a Leader (2015)