Brendan Fraser

Brendan Fraser won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Whale at the 95th Academy Awards this evening.

The 73-year-old had received widespread critical acclaim for his deeply moving performance as a terminally-ill gentleman in Living. Fraser's powerful and moving performance as a 600lb school teacher in Darren Aronofsky's The Whale had given his career a massive resurgence, while Colin Farrell had also been nominated for his career-best turn in The Banshees of Inisherin. [Will Smith](https://collider.com/will-smith-oscars-slap-affect-emancipation-reception-comments/) take home the Oscar for his portrayal of tennis patriarch Richard Williams in King Richard - although his evening was [remembered for other reasons](https://collider.com/will-smith-chris-rock-oscars-fight-slap/).

Everything Everywhere All At Once” has 11 nominations, more than any other film.

But this year, three were nominated for the top prize: Top Gun: Maverick, Avatar: The Way Of Water and Elvis. The CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Bill Kramer, said the group has implemented a “crisis team” to handle surprises at the event going forward. Will Smith was banned from attending the ceremony for 10 years. Sound: All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way Of Water, Elvis, Top Gun: Maverick (WINNER), The Batman Original Score: All Quiet on the Western Front (WINNER), Babylon, The Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Fabelmans Production Design: All Quiet on the Western Front (WINNER), Avatar: The Way Of Water, Babylon, Elvis, The Fabelmans

LOS ANGELES, March 12 (Reuters) - Brendan Fraser won his first Academy Award on Sunday for his performance as a 600-pound (270-kg) gay man trying to ...

"I needed to learn to absolutely move in a new way. The result left him barely able to walk in his character's cramped home. The role marked his return to the big screen as a leading man after a nine-year absence from major roles.

So this is what the multiverse looks like!” the star of The Whale exclaimed, taking the stage at the Oscars.

His role in The Whale, however, earned immense acclaim from the moment it premiered at the Venice Film Festival last fall. After a series of surgeries and some major roles he missed out on, he told Aronofsky said that he imagined “every movie star” in the role of Charlie, an English teacher grieving the loss of his partner and binge-eating to the point that he has become housebound. And I’m grateful to Darren Aronofsky for throwing me a creative lifeline and hauling me aboard the good ship The Whale.” He then thanked screenwriter Samuel D. I thank the Academy for this honor and our studio, A24, for making such a bold film. One of the year’s most compelling comeback stories is now complete.

Brendan Fraser used many nautical metaphors in his acceptance speech for Best Actor. His role in The Whale was controversial but also won in many award ...

He didn’t win the [BAFTA](https://www.vulture.com/2023/02/2023-bafta-film-awards-full-winners-list.html) or the [Golden Globe](https://www.vulture.com/2023/01/golden-globes-2023-winners-list.html), but the latter [wasn’t exactly a surprise](https://www.vulture.com/2022/11/brendan-fraser-wont-attend-golden-globes.html). “I’m grateful to Darren for throwing me a creative lifetime and hauling me aboard the good ship The Whale,” Fraser said. Fraser’s comeback tour has had a mixed reception. For his performance in The Whale, Fraser won an award at TIFF, got a standing ovation at the [Venice Film Festival](https://www.vulture.com/2022/09/venice-brendan-fraser-standing-ovation-the-whale.html), won at the [SAGs](https://www.vulture.com/2023/02/2023-sag-awards-full-winners-list.html), and took awards at any number of Critics’ Circles. Gentlemen, you laid your whale-sized hearts bare so that we could see into your souls like no one else could do and it is my honor to be named alongside you in this category.” But the sea metaphors did not stop there. [2023 Academy Awards](https://www.vulture.com/_pages/clf30ys5v000z0idf9dmt0xql.html).

Fraser's Best Actor comes after Fraser claimed that he had been blacklisted in Hollywood after accusing a former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press ...

Fraser's comeback, dubbed the "Brenaissance" by fans, began in earnest with a villainous role in the third season of the hit television drama The Affair. In 2003, Fraser was the alleged victim of sexual assault by a former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which hands out the Golden Globes. Theatre sparked his interest in acting at a young age, and after graduating from a Seattle arts college, Fraser moved to Los Angeles in the early 1990s to pursue his dream. "His superpower is to see the good in others and bring that out in them." Fraser's Best Actor comes after Fraser claimed that he had been blacklisted in Hollywood after accusing a former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association of assaulting him in 2003. The former star of 1990s hits such as The Mummy endured a decade in the Hollywood wilderness before winning over Academy voters with his portrayal of a reclusive teacher who eats compulsively as he is tormented by grief.

Brendan Fraser has won the Oscar for best actor, completing the kind of career comeback that Hollywood has always loved. He accepted the trophy for “The ...

All four acting categories were won by veteran performers who have never been nominated – as Michelle Yeoh put it: 'Don't let anyone tell you you are past ...

A video of him, [teary-eyed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN3VEbUUGwM), made the rounds; he was equally overcome as he accepted the award for best actor at the Oscars. But Quan has spoken widely about the conservative industry he faced after his momentum vanished – one in which he languished, unable to find work as an Asian actor. “My journey started on a boat,” he said. Joining Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once’s awards bonanza were co-stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan. Then, in 2018, Fraser alleged he had been sexually assaulted by Philip Berk, former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), While the film itself has been

The 95 Academy Awards took place on March 12, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, to honor films and stars since 2022.

Writing (Original Screenplay): Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once Directing: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once Two films were on the dominant race for the most Oscar trophies, All Quiet on the Western Front and Everything Everywhere All at Once, with the latter roping in many awards with seven wins in best picture, best director, best original screenplay and three of the acting categories.

Everything Everywhere All At Once” has 11 nominations, more than any other film.

But this year, three were nominated for the top prize: Top Gun: Maverick, Avatar: The Way Of Water and Elvis. The CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Bill Kramer, said the group has implemented a “crisis team” to handle surprises at the event going forward. Will Smith was banned from attending the ceremony for 10 years. Sound: All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way Of Water, Elvis, Top Gun: Maverick (WINNER), The Batman Original Score: All Quiet on the Western Front (WINNER), Babylon, The Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Fabelmans Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way Of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, Everything Everywhere All At Once (WINNER), The Fabelmans, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness, Women Talking

Brendan Fraser tearfully accepted the Academy Award for best actor for his role in the film "The Whale" on Sunday.

[SAG](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/26/entertainment/sag-awards-2023-winners-list/index.html) Award and [Critics Choice Award ](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/15/entertainment/brendan-fraser-critics-choice-awards/index.html)for his performance in “The Whale.” Fraser was nominated in his category alongside Colin Farrell (“The Banshees of Inisherin”), Paul Mescal (“Aftersun”), Austin Butler (“Elvis) and Bill Nighy (“Living”). [Brendan Fraser ](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/24/entertainment/brendan-fraser-the-whale-oscars/index.html)tearfully accepted the Academy Award for best actor for his role in the film “The Whale” on Sunday.

Actor wins prize for performance as a reclusive, morbidly obese teacher in the drama directed by Darren Aronofsky.

Berk called the allegation “a total fabrication”. An internal investigation concluded that Berk had “inappropriately touched” Fraser, but said Berk’s action “was intended to be taken as a joke and not as a sexual advance”. Fraser defeated a field of contenders including Elvis’s Austin Butler and The Banshees of Inisherin’s Colin Farrell.

An emotional Fraser got on stage and exclaimed, “so this is what the multiverse looks like!” He then continued down a nautical-themed speech thanking his cast, ...

Putting Brendan in the film was a reason to make the movie.” Despite the pedigree of the playwright and the fact that previous Oscar nominee Aronofsky was attached to direct, it took 10 years to cast the role of Charlie. When asked what he thought of the Oscar buzz back at the start of it all at the [Variety TIFF studio](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByKhfjRyymg), Fraser quoted author Herman Melville, saying: “I know not all that may come, but come what may, I will go to it laughing.” I want to tell you that only whales can swim at the depth of talent of Hong Chau [fellow nominee].” “I started in this business 30 years ago, things didn’t come easy to me but there was a facility that I didn’t appreciate at the time, until it stopped. “I’m grateful to Darren Aronofsky for throwing me a creative lifeline and hauling me aboard the good ship ‘The Whale,'” Fraser said.

Brendan Fraser, one of the most profound celebrities of the 90s and early 2000s has procured the title of Best Actor at the 95th Oscar Awards for his ...

Hunter, the film’s “lighthouse,” and other nominees whom he had beaten to earn the title saying that,” It is my honor to be named alongside you in this category.” His words of honor for his competitors truly reflect the sportsmanship he possesses. After acquiring enough fame from the Fraser earning the title of Best Actor at the Oscars was not surprising as Charlie of The Whale was already receiving appreciation when it got premiered at The Venice Film Festival. And I’m grateful to Darren Aronofsky for throwing me a creative lifeline and hauling me aboard the good ship The Whale.” He then extended his thankful words for Samuel D. I thank the I wanted to disappear into it.

Hollywood actor Brendan Fraser thought his name had been read out by mistake when he was announced as the winner in the Oscars' Best Actor category.

At Sunday night's Academy Awards, Brendan Fraser tearfully accepted the award for best actor for his role in “The Whale” — the 54-year-old actor's first ...

When “The Whale” premiered at the Venice Film Festival last year, Fraser tearfully bowed to a six-minute standing ovation, according to [Variety](https://variety.com/2022/film/news/brendan-fraser-cries-the-whale-venice-standing-ovation-1235337836/). After “The Whale” was released last year, it received a bevy of nominations this award season. Fraser was drawn to the role, saying, “You’re allowed to take risks in art. After years of flying under the radar, Fraser once again found himself in the spotlight, but for a wildly different role. “I felt like the horse from ‘Animal Farm,’ whose job it was to work and work and work,” Fraser said. For the next decade or so, Fraser only appeared in a handful of movie roles. During this time, Fraser told GQ, “Something good came out of something that was bad. The role is surprisingly serious, considering that Fraser was primarily known as the hunky, comedic leading man in action films in the 1990s and early 2000s. But some may argue that it was his starring role in “School Ties” that solidified his status as a leading man. Of the incident, Fraser said, “And I had played by the rules up until that point. It was a dramatic role — Fraser played David Greene, a Jewish teen trying to fit in at an anti-semitic prep school in the 1950s. At the start of his career, Fraser took some small roles.

LOS ANGELES–An actor from Indianapolis was among the winners at the 95th Academy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night. Brendan Fraser took home the award for ...

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” is the big winner. At the ceremony, Fraser wore a black tuxedo with a black bow tie and black leather shoes, donning a bar pin on his chest. This movie is considered a film that revitalized Fraser’s career.

At the 95th Academy Awards, Fraser completed his career comeback by winning Best Actor for his moving performance in The Whale. In the wake of his Oscar win and ...

Unfortunately, not all VFX artists working in the film industry have "a righteous dude" like Fraser championing them to make sure they receive proper compensation. In a two-part Twitter post, Rand recounted the movie's behind-the-scenes struggles which almost saw its VFX artists not being paid for their work if it wasn't for Fraser who, as the star and executive producer of the movie, made it his personal mission to see the workers be compensated. At the 95th Academy Awards, Fraser completed his career comeback by winning Best Actor for his moving performance in The Whale.

Though Fraser has been long adored for years, Dave Rand recounted a story of how Fraser went to bat for them following the studio's bankruptcy.

“A vfx wave began to form,” Rand added back on his first tweet. “Fraser’s rep says he has been making calls to help them get paid,” the article reads. The Normes du Travail, which maintains labour standards in Quebec, suggested that Rand not go to the press as it would hurt his case. In 2007, Rand and his team had completed the final shot for Journey to the Center of the Earth, which had cast Fraser as its lead. “I realized it wasn’t just Variety’s decision, no one wanted to touch the story. The studio owed Rand and his team 1.3 million dollars at the time.

Journey to the Center of the Earth VFX lead explains how Brendan Fraser went to bat for them when he found out they weren't being paid.

Brendan Fraser had no idea that the VFX artists hadn’t been paid and promised that he would keep in touch until things had been put right. He tried contacting Brendan Fraser directly, only for his “people” to say that they’d pass the information along to the actor. “This is Brendan Fraser, what the fuck is going on?” They owed us 1.3 million dollars.” He took the story to Variety, but they didn’t want to touch it. Rand guessed that the studio had put pressure on them to bury it. If you need another reason to love Brendan Fraser, you’ve come to the right place.

Fraser was one of five first-time nominees in the category, the first time that had happened since 1935. Fraser beat out Austin Butler of "Elvis," Colin Farrell ...

He did dramatic turns in “Gods and Monsters,” “The Quiet American” and 2006 best picture winner “Crash.” In addition to receiving the best reviews of his career, he earned a SAG Award for his performance. [Fraser](https://apnews.com/article/brendan-fraser-the-whale-darren-aronofsky-1b3e71f1022f11b26b764f238b421363) was one of five first-time nominees in the category, the first time that had happened since 1935. [https://apnews.com/hub/academy-awards](https://apnews.com/hub/academy-awards) Along the way, he's given emotional acceptance speeches, unafraid to cry at times. [Venice](https://apnews.com/article/venice-film-festival-the-whale-brendan-fraser-7be443767c20e8b497adc8c68f0f5f2e) and Toronto, and the early praise continued building through the fall and winter.