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Academy Awards
Shortest Best Actor Performances
This list features actors who have won Best Actor at the Academy Awards for the shortest performance.
RANK | ACTOR | FILM | MINUTES ON SCREEN | YEAR |
1 | David Niven | Separate Tables | 23:29 | 1958 |
2 | Anthony Hopkins | The Silence of the Lambs | 24:52 | 1991 |
3 | Lee Marvin | Cat Ballou | 31:06 | 1965 |
4 | Geoffrey Rush | Shine | 31:27 | 1996 |
5 | Peter Finch | Network | 33:20 | 1976 |
6 | William Holden | Stalag 17 | 37:38 | 1953 |
7 | Maximilian Schell | Judgment at Nuremberg | 39:20 | 1961 |
8 | Marlon Brando | The Godfather | 40:10 | 1972 |
9 | Michael Douglas | Wall Street | 40:25 | 1987 |
10 | Gary Cooper | High Noon | 40:57 | 1952 |
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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