Adrien Brody accepts the Best Actor for "The Brutalist" onstage during the 97th Annual Oscars on March 2, 2025. - Credit: Kevin Winter/ Much like the three-and-a-half hour epic The Brutalist, Adrien Brody’s Oscar-winning speech at the Oscars went on longer than anticipated.

Adrien Brody has clinched his second Oscar for best actor, winning at Sunday’s 97th Academy Awards for his role as a visionary Hungarian-Jewish architect in “The Brutalist.”

The heated best actor race was headlined by Timothée Chalamet and Adrien Brody, who traded wins through award season.