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)
EditorialHong Chau, nominated for best actress in a supporting 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)
EditorialHong Chau, nominated for best actress in a supporting 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)
EditorialHong Chau, nominated for best actress in a supporting 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)
EditorialHong Chau, nominated for best actress in a supporting 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)
EditorialHong Chau, nominated for best actress in a supporting 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)
EditorialHong Chau, nominated for best actress in a supporting 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)
EditorialThe talent agent Mitch Bukhar, left, with the actor Ty Simpkins at La Grande Boucherie after the New York premiere of “The Whale,” Nov. 29, 2022. (Jackie Molloy/The New York Times)
EditorialBrendan Fraser, Samuel D. Hunter, Sadie Sink, Hong Chau and director Darren Aronofsky attend "The Whale" red carpet at the 79th Venice International Film Festival