Adam Jared Brody was born on 15 December 1979, in San Diego, California USA, of Jewish descent. Adam is an actor and musician probably best known for his role in “The O.C.” as Seth Cohen. Adam has also been in a lot of popular films like “Mr & Mrs. Smith”, “Jennifer’s Body”, and “Scream 4”. His endeavors have helped in increasing his net worth.
How rich is Adam Brody? As of early-2016, sources inform us of a net worth that is at $12 million, mostly earned through a successful career in acting. He’s done various television shows, films and also does screenplays and songs. He owns a Pearl SSC drum set with Sabian cymbals as part of his music work. As he continues to work, his wealth is expected to increase further.
Adam Brody Net Worth $12 Million
Adam attended Wangenheim Middle School and later Scripps Ranch High School where he didn’t perform well academically, as spent most of his time surfing, and after one year of community college decided to drop out and move to Hollywood to pursue an acting career. Later on he would meet a manager and an acting coach.
After one year of training, his first role would come in a television movie entitled “Growing Up Brady”. From then on he gained minor roles in films such as “American Pie 2”, before getting a little bit of recognition in “Gilmore Girls” as the recurring Dave Rygalski. His breakout role would arrive in “The O.C.”, which earned him numerous teen fans and would grant him titles of “TV’s Sexiest Geek” and “Sexiest Man Alive”. From then on he started appearing in multiple magazines such as GQ, Entertainment Weekly and Teen Vogue. He was cast in a supporting role for the film “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”, and later appeared in other films such as “Thank You for Smoking”, and “In the Land of Women.” After “The O.C.” ended its run in 2007, Brody started to focus more on films, and would later appear in “The Ten”, “Jennifer’s Body”, “The Romantics”, and “The Oranges”. For his recent films he’s been seen in “Life Partners” and “Sleeping with Other People”.
Aside from acting, Adam spends most of his free time on music and writing. He’s written shorts and also has a band called “Big Japan”, in which he is the drummer. Their first release was entitled “Music for Dummies” in 2005, and they played around pubs and festivals for two years. In 2007, Brody began focusing more on writing and even worked for a while with DC’s Wildstorm Comics. One of his latest music projects is with the band The Shortcoast and their EP “This Time Last Year”.
Brody is well known from being named on various “Sexiest Men” lists, and also for getting multiple Teen Choice Awards, especially for his performance in “The O.C.”. He’s been featured in publications such as People Magazine, Elle Girl, Independent Online, and UK Cosmo.
For his personal life, Adam has declared himself a secular Jew and a “faux intellectual”. He is married to actress Leighton Meester whom he met on the set of “The Oranges”. They married in February 2014 and have a daughter.
