
Brady Corbet
Biography
Brady James Monson Corbet (/kɔːrˈbeɪ/; born August 17, 1988) is an American writer-director and former actor. Corbet started his career acting in films such as Thirteen, Mysterious Skin, Funny Games, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Melancholia, and Clouds of Sils Maria. He also acted in the fifth season of the Fox series 24 and the HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge. Corbet made his film directorial debut with The Childhood of a Leader. He has since directed the musical drama Vox Lux and the period epic The Brutalist, for which he won the Silver Lion at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, Best Director at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards, and received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Thirteen
as Mason
2003

Mysterious Skin
as Brian Lackey
2005

Funny Games
as Peter
2008

Thunderbirds
as Alan Tracy
2004

Melancholia
as Tim
2011

Martha Marcy May Marlene
as Watts
2011

Simon Killer
as Simon
2012

Two Gates of Sleep
as Jack
2010
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
as Self
2004

Mary Last Seen
as Man
2010

Escobar: Paradise Lost
as Dylan
2014

The Sleepwalker
as Ira
2014
Karaoke!
as Christopher
2013

Clouds of Sils Maria
as Piers Roaldson
2014

Saint Laurent
as Business man Squibb
2014

Eden
as Larry
2014

Yellowbird
as Willy (voice)
2014

While We're Young
as Kent Arlington
2015

Force Majeure
as The American
2014

Friendly Fire
as Saltimbanque
2006
TV Appearances

24
as Derek Huxley
2001

The King of Queens
as Stu
1998

Oliver Beene
as Spencer
2003

Law & Order
as Patrick Friendly
1990

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Henry Christensen
1999

Olive Kitteridge
as Henry Thibodeau
2014

Directors on Directors
as Self
2021

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
as Self
2022

The Daily Show
as Self
1996

The Oscars
as Self
1953

Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944