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Brendan Foster. Actor: White Heat. Brendan Foster is a British former long-distance runner who founded the Great North Run. He won the bronze medal in the 10,000 meters at the Montreal 1976: Games of the XXI Olympiad (1976), and the gold medal in the 5,000 meters at the 1974 European Championships and the 10,000 meters at the 1978 Commonwealth ...
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- January 12, 1948
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Mar 13, 2023 · Brendan Fraser poses with the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role for “The Whale” in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Mar 13, 2023 · Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images. CNN —. Brendan Fraser tearfully accepted the Academy Award for best actor for his role in the film “The Whale” on Sunday. He began his speech by thanking the ...
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- What Was Brendan Fraser Doing Before ‘The Whale’?
- Why Did Brendan Fraser Stop Acting?
- Brendan Fraser’s Return to The screen
- Brendan Fraser in ‘The Whale’
- What’s Next For Brendan Fraser?
At the start of his career, Fraser took some small roles. He played Sailor #1 in 1991’s “Dogfight” and took other smaller roles in “Guilty Until Proven Innocent” and “My Old School.” It wasn’t until Fraser played Link, a caveman thrust into modern-times, in 1992’s “Encino Man” that Fraser himself was thrust into the limelight. But some may argue th...
Beyond the physical toll of his acting career, Fraser was facing the emotional and psychological toll of his 2003 assault. The incident, he said, “made me retreat. It made me feel reclusive.” In 2018, Fraser speculated to GQwhether or not the Hollywood Foreign Press Association blacklisted him. “I don’t know if this curried disfavor with the group,...
For the next decade or so, Fraser only appeared in a handful of movie roles. It wasn’t until he was cast in season three of “The Affair” in 2016 that people — filmmakers included — began to take notice. Danny Boyle, executive producer of “The Affair,” told GQ, “It’s one of those delicious moments where you see someone you’re so familiar with who is...
Then, “The Whale” happened. According to Fraser, director Aronofsky most likely had him in mind for the role of Charlie, a 600-pound reclusive English teacher, per W Magazine. Fraser was drawn to the role, saying, “You’re allowed to take risks in art. You should go toward the danger, where the most growth will come, and often where the most interes...
Fraser isn’t slowing down anytime soon. He recently took on a small role as W.S. Hamilton in Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,”appearing alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert Di Niro. “We thought he’d be great for the lawyer and I admired his work over the years,” Scorsese told Variety. “He’s a wonderful actor and he was just great to...
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Mar 13, 2023 · Brian Truitt. USA TODAY. 0:00. 2:11. Sometimes you root for an actor’s performance to take home the Academy Award. Other times it’s all about the body of work. Both things could be said for the...
Mar 13, 2023 · Brendan Fraser has scooped an Oscar for his first lead role in a major film for 12 years, in The Whale. His best actor victory caps a comeback for one of Hollywood's former leading men who...
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Mar 12, 2023 · March 12, 2023 8:35pm. An emotional Brendan Fraser won his first Oscar for The Whale, thanking director Darren Aronofsky “for throwing me a creative lifeline and hauling me aboard the good ship...
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