Adam Brody
Born and raised in San Diego, California, Adam Brody spent a lot of his
teen years hanging out with his friends, having fun and surfing. Upon
graduation, he convinced his parents to allow him to attend college in
Los Angeles. However, instead of enrolling in school, he hired an
acting coach, signed with a personal manager and soon landed the lead
in the NBC movie-of-the-week, Growing Up Brady (2000) (TV), playing
Barry Williams (Greg Brady). He has appeared on the Gilmore Girls and
other TV series, and subsequently came to fame for his role as Seth
Cohen on The O.C., establishing his defining screen persona.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 Rachel Bilson) and Paul DeMeo, 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.
“Me and my friends are in a band, and it's fun. It's amazing. It's a great way to get out some aggression and it's just something that's really good and fun to put your energy into. I'm not saying it's productive in the sense that you're going to make money or to make people smile, you might, but I think it's a productive thing to do with a few hours. It's a good social thing, you normally don't do it alone, you normally get together, and it's a good skill that, you know, if you can pick up an instrument when you're young, that will come back to you later in life and - I can't tell you how many people wish they could play the guitar or wish they learned this or wish I'd learned the that. I took guitar in eighth grade. You need to do everything you can to keep kids really excited about school, and even though English might be the most important class in school, you need to hook them with some stuff, and you need to keep some things that are educational and interesting to a sixth grader, not just a college student. I think that's a great way to keep people invested in school.”
