‘The Brutalist’ star Adrien Brody talks career ups and downs after Golden Globe win

The Brutalist star Adrien Brody bagged the coveted Best Actor award at the 2025 Golden Globes, and he knows the value of such an honor.

Reflecting on his win backstage, Brody told Deadline: “It has been decades. I’ve had a long life and career and lot of peaks and lot of valleys,” he said tonight.

“It’s given me perspective, it’s given me great appreciation for this moment because it can go away,” he noted.

“I’m very grateful. I’ve had a very blessed career, but it’s still a challenge to find work such as this. You can have a triumph in your life again is healing and rewarding and what it speaks to of my family struggles and the hardships that they faced that have given me firm footing as an American actor,” Brody added.

In The Brutalist, Oscar-winner Brody plays a post-World War II Hungarian Jewish refugee architect in the U.S. When wealthy industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren (played by Guy Pearce) recognizes his talent, he hires him.

Along with Adrien Brody’s Best Actor award, The Brutalist also won Best Picture – Drama, with director Brady Corbet winning Best Director at the 2025 Golden Globes.