An Overwhelmed Brendan Fraser Gives Thanks for His 'Creative Lifeline' in Best Actor Speech at 2023 Oscars Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty He beat out Austin Butler (Elvis), Colin Farrell (The ...

Brendan Fraser won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 2023 Oscar's for is performance in The Whale, completing one of Hollywood's greatest career comebacks in recent history.