Adam Brody
Adam Jared Brody was born December 15, 1979 in Carlsbad, San Diego County . He is an American film and television actor and part time musician. He began his career in 1995.
Biography
When he was nineteen, he 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 was cast in recurring roles on Gilmore Girls as
Dave Rygalski, Lane’s bandmate and love interest, and the Canadian comedy television series The Sausage Factory. In 2001, he played a small role in American Pie 2, named as “high school guy”. Later 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. He was playing in 32 films.
Now Brody lives in Los Angeles. He dated The O.C. co-star Rachel Bilson, a three-year relationship that ended in December 2006. Their relationship was both on screen and off screen.
Brody plays drums for the band Big Japan with actor Bret Harrison. He writes screenplays and songs during his spare time and has co-written, along with Danny Bilson (father of ex-girlfriend Rachel 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 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”.
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