Brendan Fraser

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.

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 accepts the Oscar for Best Actor for The Whale during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles on March 12, 2023.

“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.

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 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).

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

Brendan Fraser has topped off his incredible career comeback by winning the Best Actor Academy Award for The Whale.

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.

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.