During the The Game Awards 2022one of the six awards he received God of War: Ragnarok it was for Christopher Judge, for Best Performance for his performance as Kratos. But besides that award, the 55-year-old actor broke a Guinness record and unknowingly.
As a report published on the website of Hobby Consoles. Judge broke a mark set in 1942 at the Oscars ceremony with his video game award speech lasting 7 minutes and 59 seconds..
On Christmas night, The Game Awards Twitter account tweeted: “Let Kratos set a world recordhe. The longest awards acceptance speech in history was given by actress Greer Garson at the 1942 Oscars.. She spoke for 5 minutes and 30 seconds. Christopher Judge’s speech at The Game Awards was 7 minutes and 59 seconds”.
Leave it to Kratos to set a world record.
The longest awards show acceptance speech in history WAS actress Greer Garson at the 1942 Oscars.
She spoke for 5 minutes 30 seconds.
Christopher Judge’s speech at #thegameawards was 7 minutes 59 seconds.
Time to call @GWR pic.twitter.com/z78Uil20fe
— The Game Awards (@thegameawards) December 25, 2022
Earlier, the same account had confirmed that Judge’s was the longest speech at the video game Oscars and the voice actor himself jokingly wrote with Geoff Keighley, the organizer: “Thank you Geoff Keighley. I would like to thank…”.
In another tweet, Christopher Judge went a little further to show his appreciation: “My last thoughts on ‘the speech’ have been nothing if not kind to me. I’ve taken it all as good fun. To those who have been successful in their lives on their own, congratulations”.
My last thoughts on “the speech” @geoffkeighley has been nothing but kind to me. I have taken it all as good fun. For those who have been successful in their lives all on their own, congratulations. For me it took a village. And I will always be grateful to them❤️
—Christopher Judge (@iamchrisjudge) December 25, 2022
It was a great night for God of War: Ragnarök
At The Game Awards 2022, Sony – Santa Monica Studios’ God of War: Ragnarök received six awards out of six nominations: Best Narrative, Best Composition and Music (with Bear McCreary), Best Audio Design, Best Acting (with Christopher Judge), Best Action-Adventure Game, and the Award for Innovation in Accessibility.
It was the legendary actor Al Pacino who presented the award to Judge and witnessed the longest speech at an awards ceremony. He had to be the voice of Kratos.
