Adrien Brody reportedly broke a record on Sunday by delivering the longest acceptance speech in the history of the Academy Awards.

Adrien Brody won Best Actor at the 2025 Oscars, and broke an Oscar record while accepting the award by recording the longest speech ever. Brody's Oscar speech lasted five minutes and 40 seconds.

Adrien Brody joined the coveted club of two-time Oscar winners last night after picking up the Best Actor award for his role in Brady Corbet's The Brutalist. With his lengthy acceptance speech, the New York-born actor also joined the much more obscure contingent of Academy Award winners to clock extended minutes at the Academy podium