Brendan Fraser

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SAG Awards nominee profile: Brendan Fraser ('The Whale') (Goldderby)

Like Fraser, all of his fellow nominees in the lead actor category are celebrating their first individual SAG nomination: Austin Butler (“Elvis”), Colin Farrell ...

Butler was nominated as part of the cast of “Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood” in 2019 and Nighy was recognized as part of the ensemble of “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” in 2012. See our [latest prediction champs](https://www.goldderby.com/best-prediction-scores/awards/league-data/). [SAG Awards nominee profile](https://www.goldderby.com/t/sag-awards-nominee-profile/)” series spotlighting the 2023 contenders in film and TV. As he knows he doesn’t have much time left, he attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter, Ellie (Sadie Sink), who is still angry at him for leaving her and her mother when Charlie fell in love with a male student of his. Most importantly, he has the most emotional narrative of the nominees in the category, having been a huge box office star through the mid-2000s but not getting big roles for more than a decade. 17 years ago, he won the Best Cast in a Motion Picture prize for being part of the ensemble of “Crash,” which would later claim the Oscar for Best Picture.

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Brendan Fraser and Ke Huy Quan Reconnect 2 Decades After ... (Showbiz Cheat Sheet)

2022 was a year of comebacks, and for several actors, this award season is proving to be one of reconnection and reunion. Brendan Fraser, who is making ...

[Everything Everywhere All at Once](https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/ke-huy-quan-returned-acting-because-1-movie-before-everything-everywhere-all-at-once.html/), released in 2022, changed the game for the talented star. Fraser and Quan don’t have a lot of scenes together, but it’s clear that their time together on the set of Encino Man made a big impression on both of them. At one point in the roundtable, Quan brought up his time on [Encino Man](https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/adam-sandler-brendan-fraser-reflect-fun-working-chris-farley-loved.html/), when he and Fraser were just starting out in the industry. However, it seems as though the actors have maintained their respect and affection for each other, as revealed in a recent interaction between Fraser and Quan. The moment has since gone viral, with fans raving over the spirit of genuine connection that Fraser and Quan enjoyed. After the teens unearth a caveman in the backyard, frozen in ice, chaos ensues.

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