Brady Corbet Biography

Brady James Monson Corbet (born August 17, 1988) is an American actor and filmmaker. Corbet is known for playing Mason Freeland in the film Thirteen, Brian Lackey in the film Mysterious Skin, Alan Tracy in the 2004 film Thunderbirds, and Peter in the 2008 film Funny Games. He has made guest appearances on many television shows. He made his feature film debut with The Childhood of a Leader and won Best Debut film and Best Director award at 72nd Venice International Film Festival.

Corbet played Derek Huxley, the son of Jack Bauer's (Kiefer Sutherland) new girlfriend, in the first six episodes of the fifth season of the television series 24.

Career

2000–2005

Corbet began an acting career at age eleven with a guest spot in an April 2000 episode of CBS' The King of Queens, and he followed it up with voice work in the English version of the Japanese anime series NieA under 7. Over the next few years, he was a regular on another anime series, I My Me! Strawberry Eggs (2001), and he guest-starred in a May 2002 episode of the WB sitcom Greetings from Tucson. He also appeared in a May 2003 episode of Fox"?s sitcom Oliver Beene.

In 2003, Corbet landed his first film role when he was cast opposite Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood, Nikki Reed, Vanessa Hudgens and Jeremy Sisto in director Catherine Hardwicke's Thirteen.

Following his big-screen debut, Corbet starred as Alan Tracy, the youngest son of a billionaire ex-astronaut (played by Bill Paxton) in Thunderbirds (2004), Jonathan Frakes' live-action movie based on the British TV series of the mid-1960s. Corbet once again shared the screen with Hudgens.

In 2004, California filmmaker Gregg Araki cast him opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the director's eighth film, Mysterious Skin. In the film, based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Scott Heim, Corbet portrayed Brian Lackey, a troubled teen who is plagued by nightmares and believes that he may have been abducted by aliens. The film debuted in that year's Venice Film Festival and had a limited release in 2005.

2006–present

In 2006, Corbet returned to television with a recurring role as Derek Huxley, son of Jack Bauer's new girlfriend (played by Connie Britton) in the fifth season of Fox's Emmy- and Golden Globe–winning show, 24. Corbet most recently played the role of Watts in the 2011 psychological thriller Martha Marcy May Marlene.

Corbet also has appeared in the indie rock band Bright Eyes' music video "At The Bottom Of Everything" (2005). In October 2006, he was featured in the Ima Robot video for "Lovers in Captivity," which was produced independently of their Virgin record label and was featured in an Out Magazine article.

In 2013 Corbet signed on to direct his first feature film The Childhood of a Leader. It premiered in the Horizons section of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival.

Personal life

Corbet has been dating Norwegian director Mona Fastvold since the production of their film The Sleepwalker. They welcomed a daughter in 2014.

Filmography

As actor

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2003	Thirteen	Mason Freeland
2004	Mysterious Skin	Brian
2004	Thunderbirds	Alan Tracy
2008	Funny Games	Peter
2010	Two Gates of Sleep	Jack
2011	Martha Marcy May Marlene	Watts
2011	Melancholia	Tim
2012	Simon Killer	Simon
2014	Clouds of Sils Maria	Piers Roaldson
2014	Eden	Larry
2014	Force Majeure	Brady
2014	Saint Laurent	An American investor
2014	The Sleepwalker	Ira
2014	While We're Young	Kent
2014	Escobar: Paradise Lost	Dylan Brady
2014	Portrait of the Artist	A spectator	Uncredited
2014	Yellowbird	Willy	English version, voice

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2000	The King of Queens	Stu	1 episode: "Big Dougie"
2003	Oliver Beene	Spencer	1 episode: "Oliver's Best Friend"
2003	Greetings from Tucson	Brian	1 episode: "Eegee's vs. Hardee's"
2006	24	Derek Huxley	6 episodes
2008	Law & Order	Patrick Friendly	1 episode: "Lost Boys"
2014	Olive Kitteridge	Henry Thibodeau	HBO miniseries; 2 episodes

As filmmaker

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Protect You + Me.	Director and writer	Short film
2010	Two Gates of Sleep	Editor
2012	Simon Killer	Writer
2013	All That I Am	Editor
2014	The Sleepwalker	Writer
2015	The Childhood of a Leader	Director, writer and producer

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2008	Young Hollywood Awards	One to Watch - Male	Funny Games
2009	Sundance Film Festival	Short Filmmaking Award - Honorable Mention	Protect You + Me
2011	Gotham Awards	Best Ensemble Performance Shared with Elizabeth Olsen, Hugh Dancy, Sarah Paulson, Christopher Abbott, Maria Dizzia, Julia Garner, John Hawkes, and Louisa Krause	Martha Marcy May Marlene
2012	Special Jury Prize	Spark Award Shared with David Oyelowo and Amy Seimetz
2015	72nd Venice International Film Festival	Lion of the Future - Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film	The Childhood of a Leader
		Horizons (Orizzonti) - Best Director