Brady Corbet
Corbet in 2018, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Brady James Monson Corbet
Place of Birth: Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 17, 1988
Ethnicity: English, German, Hungarian, distant French and Czech, possibly other
Brady Corbet is an American actor and filmmaker. His roles include the films Thirteen (2003), Thunderbirds, Mysterious Skin, Funny Games (2007), Two Gates of Sleep, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Melancholia, Simon Killer, The Sleepwalker, Clouds of Sils Maria, While We’re Young, and Escobar: Paradise Lost; and television’s 24 and Olive Kitteridge. He has directed the films The Childhood of a Leader, Vox Lux, and The Brutalist. He co-wrote his first and third films, and wrote his second; and also co-wrote The Sleepwalker.
He has a daughter with his partner, Norwegian filmmaker and actress Mona Fastvold. Mona co-wrote his The Brutalist.
Brady’s maternal grandfather was James Arthur “Jim” Pfeiffer (the son of Milton Frederick Pfeiffer and Magdalen/Magdalena Jonak). James was born in Illinois. Milton was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Jacob Pfeiffer and Kathryn Herb, who were from Alsace-Lorraine, France, and had German roots, with forebears from Prussia and Saarland; as well as some French ancestry. Magdalen was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the daughter of Hungarian parents, from Bács-Bodrog, Anton Jonak and Magdalen Mandl, who also had German, and distant Czech, ancestry.
Brady’s maternal grandmother is named Rose Mary/Rosemary Myers.
Sources: Obituary of Brady’s cousin – http://www.postindependent.com
Genealogy of Brady’s maternal grandfather, James Arthur “Jim” Pfeiffer – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Brady’s maternal grandfather, James Arthur “Jim” Pfeiffer – https://fr.findagrave.com
sorry, not Jilich, but Jonak line
Brady’s maternal grandfather was James Arthur “Jim” Pfeiffer (the son of Milton Frederick Pfeiffer and Magdalen Jonak). James was born in Illinois. Milton was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was the son of ethnic German parents Jacob Pfeiffer and Kathryn Herb, both from Alsace-Lorraine, France. Magdalen was born in Austria, and the daughter of Hungarian-born parents Anton Jonak and Magdalen Mandl.
Milton is German and small amount of French.
Magdalena’s ancestors were born in Hungary, but looks like majority of them were of German origin, beside some Hungarian too (possibly also Slavic, likely Czech/Slovak through Jillich line, but its kinda far).
Geneology of Brady’s maternal grandfather – https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LF2H-N34
Obituary of Brady’s maternal grandfather James Arthur “Jim” Pfeiffer – https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/248264128/james-arthur-pfeiffer
Brady’s maternal grandmother is Rose Mary Myers.