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Academy Awards
Longest Best Actor Performances
This list features actors who have won Best Actor at the Academy Awards for the longest performance.
RANK | ACTOR | FILM | MINUTES ON SCREEN | YEAR |
1 | Adrien Brody | The Brutalist | 2:08:30 | 2024 |
2 | Charlton Heston | Ben-Hur | 2:01:23 | 1959 |
3 | Daniel Day-Lewis | There Will Be Blood | 1:57:00 | 2007 |
4 | Cillian Murphy | Oppenheimer | 1:53:10 | 2023 |
5 | George C. Scott | Patton | 1:48:48 | 1970 |
6 | Tom Hanks | Forrest Gump | 1:45:28 | 1994 |
7 | Joaquin Phoenix | Joker | 1:43:44 | 2019 |
8 | Art Carney | Harry and Tonto | 1:40:26 | 1974 |
9 | Casey Affleck | Manchester by the Sea | 1:40:02 | 2016 |
10 | Jamie Foxx | Ray | 1:39:35 | 2004 |
References
Screen Time Central. (n.d.). Leading Actor Oscar Winners. [online] Available at: https://www.screentimecentral.com/leading-actor-oscar-winners [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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