If Kieran Culkin wants a break from acting after winning his first Oscar, he should consider a career in fortune-telling.

A week after the Succession alum made a throwaway joke about a certain someone’s wordy speeches, Adrien Brody broke the record for longest Oscars acceptance speech. 

According to Guinness World Records, British actor Greer Garson previously held the title after delivering an acceptance speech lasting five minutes and 30 seconds during the 1943 Academy Awards. Garson’s win —  for her powerful performance in Mrs. Miniver — came before the ceremony was televised, so footage of her speech is not available. As for Brody, his acceptance speech lasted longer than Garson’s, clocking in at about five minutes and 40 seconds.

Representatives for The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and Guinness World Records did not immediately respond to Entertainment Weekly‘s request for comment.

The momentous win comes a week after Culkin cracked a joke about Brody’s speeches, while onstage at the 2025 SAG Awards, accepting his win for Best Supporting Actor.

“This is a really heavy award,” Culkin joked about the trophy. “I don’t think there’s any way anyone can hold this for 45 seconds, which is the allotted time, Adrien Brody — 45 seconds.”

The crowd burst into laughter, including Brody who was shown on camera as Culkin apologized: “There was no reason to take that shot. I love you; it’s a joke. You take your time,” he said. “Lord knows I will.”

Culkin next claimed victory at the Academy Awards, taking home his first Oscar win in the same category, for A Real Pain. And while he did “take his time,” specifically asking for a few extra moments to tell a story about his wife, Culkin’s speech still clocked in at around two and a half minutes — less than half the amount of time that Brody took.

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The length of Brody’s speech was certainly not lost on the show’s producers. About four minutes in, the signature swell of music began in an effort to urge the actor offstage — but Brody didn’t budge.

“I’m wrapping up. I will wrap up; turn the music off. I’ve done this before,” Brody told the powers that be. “Thank you. It’s not my first rodeo, but I will be brief. I will not be egregious, I promise.”

Indeed, Brody is no stranger to the Academy Awards stage, nor is he new to breaking records…. Or being played off. He previously became the youngest winner in the Best Actor category after winning for The Pianist in 2003. After sharing an infamous smooch with Halle Berry, he proceeded to speak for over four minutes. When the orchestra inevitably chimed in to play Brody off, he stopped it in its tracks. 

“Wait, one second,” he insisted in 2003. “One second, one second, please. Cut it out — I get one shot at this.”

As it turns out, Brody would get another shot at an Oscars acceptance speech, and would once again take his time delivering it.

While the Academy does not publicly share an official cutoff time for speeches, Oscar winners are typically allotted 45 seconds (a limit only occasionally enforced). Prior to Brody’s speech, several speakers were played off and forced to quickly wrap up their speeches, including the winners for Best Sound and Best Cinematography.

Watch Brody’s record-breaking speech above.