He may have started out playing Barry Williams in a TV-movie, but Brody is nothing like Greg Brady in real life. After years of small parts in big movies (American Pie 2, The Ring) and a stint on MTV's cult high-school series Now What?, this nerdy-sexy brunette shot to fame on The O.C. sporting Penguin shirts and an awkward charm. He instantly earned legions of fans particularly young female ones, such as his costar Rachel Bilson, who played his love interest both on and off screen for a time. In between acting projects, this self-declared geek reads comic books and plays drums for the band Big Japan.