That's what happened with Adrien Brody at the 97th Annual Academy Awards. Brody won the Best Actor in a Leading Role award for his performance in The Brutalist. In the movie, Brody plays László Tóth,

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.”

Brody's acceptance speech exceeded the typical time limit and the play-off music began to roll, except The Brutalist actor wasn't having any of it.

From first-time Oscar winner Mikey Madison to Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s surprise opening, there were several memorable moments from the 2025 Academy Awards. But if there’s one thing that will go down in the history books,

Adrien Brody's second Best Actor Oscar has made history, and maybe now he will reach the same level of fame that he should have had in 2003.