EditorialBrendan Fraser accepts the award for best actor in a leading role for “The Whale,” at the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, March 12, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialBrendan Fraser accepts the award for best actor in a leading role for “The Whale,” at the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, March 12, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialBrendan Fraser accepts the award for best actor in a leading role for “The Whale,” at the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, March 12, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialBrendan Fraser accepts the award for best actor in a leading role for “The Whale,” at the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, March 12, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialBrendan Fraser accepts the award for best actor in a leading role for “The Whale,” at the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, March 12, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialBrendan Fraser accepts the award for best actor in a leading role for “The Whale,” at the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, March 12, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialBrendan Fraser accepts the award for best actor in a leading role for “The Whale,” at the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, March 12, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialBrendan Fraser, nominated for best actor in a leading role for “The Whale,” arrives before the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, March 12, 2023. (Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet/The New York Times)
EditorialBrendan Fraser, nominated for best actor in a leading role for “The Whale,” arrives before the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, March 12, 2023. (Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet/The New York Times)
EditorialBrendan Fraser, nominated for best actor in a leading role for “The Whale,” arrives before the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, March 12, 2023. (Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left, the writer and playwright Samuel D. Hunter, the actor Brendan Fraser and the director Darren Aronofsky at La Grande Boucherie after the New York premiere of “The Whale,” Nov. 29, 2022. (Jackie Molloy/The New York Times)