Adrien Brody was 29 years old when he won the Oscar for best actor in 2003 for The pianist, the youngest performer to have ever won the award in this category. This year there was a candidate who could snatch this milestone from him. Also 29 years old, but a few months younger, Timothée Chalamet represented Brody's main competition for his more than convincing incarnation on all levels, from appearance to attitude and voice, of Bob Dylan in the film A complete unknown, by James Mangold. But, finally, the Hollywood Academy has once again cast Adrien Brody, now 51, in a role, that of the fictional architect László Tóth, in The Brutalist by Brady Corbet, which at the same time connects with, and expands on, the role he played in The pianist by Roman Polanski. With this triumph, the actor born in New York on April 14, 1973 also joins the select list of actors who have won twice in this category, which also includes Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Marlon Brando, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Hanks, Jack Nich.