Brody made the speech while accepting the award for Best Actor at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards. Adrien Brody's heart is with the first responders. While accepting the award for Best Actor at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards on Jan.

Adrien Brody became emotional while accepting an award at the New York Film Critics Circle 2025 Awards Ceremony on Wednesday. He acknowledged the "horrific" wildfires that were spreading across Los Angeles,

Adrien Brody, Sean Baker, Brady Corbet, and Jim Jarmusch were among the winners and presenters at Wednesday’s New York Film Critics Circle dinner to offer words of support and sympathy to the thousands of Los Angeles residents impacted by this week’s deadly wildfires.

But Brody, who was introducing upcoming musical artist Sean Paul at time, says the sketch comedy series has yet to invite him back.

The Oscar frontrunner for “The Brutalist” told Vulture that it was his idea to play a Jamaican man — dreads, exaggerated accent, and all — while introducing the show’s actually-Jamaican musical guest Sean Paul. The pitch didn’t go over super well and the live moment landed with a thud.

Brody hosted the show in 2003 and spent a whopping 41 seconds introducing Jamaican musical guest Sean Paul in an excruciating accent.