Brody took home the award for Best Actor for his leading role in 'The Brutalist' at the 2025 Oscars Adrien Brody is now a record-making Oscar winner. As the actor, 51, accepted the win for Best Actor for The Brutalist at the 97th Academy Awards,

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

Brody's speech clocked in at five minutes and forty seconds—which, according to Guinness World Records, makes it the longest speech given in the history of the ceremony.