second Best Actor Oscar, as long as he avoids a surprise win by Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown).

Adrien Brody won his first Best Actor Oscar in 2003 for his leading performance in Roman Polanski's The Pianist. This put him in the record books, as Brody became the youngest Best Actor Oscar winner in history at 29 years old. Chalamet would break this record if he beat him this year, but The Brutalist's star has managed to stay in the lead. Not only would this mean that Brody would keep his youngest Best Actor record, but it would also allow him to break a 65-year-old Oscar record.

Adrien Brody Has The 4th Longest Screentime For Any Best Actor Oscar Nominee

He's In Over Half Of The Brutalist's 215 Minute Runtime

Adrien Brody's Oscar nomination alone almost had him break an Oscar record. He's now responsible for the fourth most screentime ever for a Best Actor Oscar nominee as he's on-screen for two hours, eight minutes, and thirty seconds of The Brutalist, according to data provided by Matthew Stewart on X. The longest screentime record for a Best Actor nominee belongs to Denzel Washington for Malcolm X, as he was on-screen for over two hours and twenty-one minutes. Brody's performance edges out Anthony Hopkins (Nixon), who had two hours and four minutes of screen time, for fourth place all-time.

Overall, Adrien Brody's performance in The Brutalist is among the longest-ever nominated for the Oscars in any category. There are only five performances with more time on the screen. He's behind Peter O'Toole (Lawrence of Arabia; 2:13:13 of screentime), Cate Blanchett (TÁR; 2:15:15 of screentime), Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street; 2:21:07 of screentime), Denzel Washington (Malcolm X; 2:21:58 of screentime), and Vivien Leigh (Gone with the Wind; 2:23:32 of screentime). This also makes him one of ten actors nominated for an Oscar with over two hours of screentime. He'd be only the fourth to win, though.

Adrien Brody Will Have The Most Screentime For Any Best Actor Oscar Winner

Charlton Heston Set The Record 65 Years Ago

Adrien Brody winning the Best Actor Oscar, as predicted, would mean he sets a new record for the longest screentime as a winner in the category. Charlton Heston set the record 65 years ago for Ben-Hur with his Oscar-winning performance as Judah Ben-Hur. Heston was on-screen for two hours, one minute, and 23 seconds in his record-setting win. Brody would demolish the record by nearly seven minutes thanks to his screentime, which does not consider his presence in The Brutalist's picture during the 15-minute intermission.

While he will set a screentime record with an Oscar win, Brody will not come close to dethroning the record holder regarding screentime percentage. He's well shy of Art Carney's record 87.13% of screentime in 1974's Harry and Tonto. Since he's only in 59% of The Brutalist, he falls in the middle of the pack of Best Actor Oscar winners in that statistic per Screentime Central. That won't be all that bad for Adrien Brody as he can still set his second Best Actor Oscars record with a win.

Source: Matthew Stewart, Screentime Central