Oscars, Best Actor: the nominees, from Brendan Fraser to Colin Farrel. PHOTO

Austin Butler is one of five actors nominated for the 2023 Oscars in the category dedicated to Best Actor

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US actor Austin Butler, born in 1991, was nominated for his portrayal of Elvis Presley in the biopic Elvis

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The role of the King of rock ‘n roll has already earned Austin Butler countless accolades: he won the Golden Globe and the BAFTA

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Colin Farrell is the Irish actor who nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the film The spirits of the island (The Banshees of Inisherin), written and directed by Martin McDonagh.

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Colin Farrell plays the character of Pádraic Súilleabháin, a humble herdsman who is close friends with violinist Colm Doherty. The latter will suddenly interrupt relations with his friend and abruptly. Pádraic will not accept this and will try to get an explanation of the reason for the separation

All nominations for Best Supporting Actress. PHOTO

Colin Farrell’s Academy Award nomination is one of nine nominations the film received The spirits of the island. At the 2023 Golden Globes, the film received eight nominations and took home three awards, in the categories of best musical or comedy film, best actor and best screenplay

Best Supporting Actor: all nominations. PHOTO

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Brendan Fraser is the other actor nominated in the Best Actor category. The role that earned him a nomination is that of Charlie, the protagonist of the film The Whale

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The Whale is a 2022 film directed by Darren Aronofsky, film adaptation of the 2012 play of the same name written by Samuel D. Hunter, who also wrote the screenplay for the film. It tells the story of a man who self-confines himself in his own apartment because he doesn’t want to be seen by others. He is a man who suffers from morbid obesity

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For his performance in the film The Whale, Fraser won the Critics’ Choice Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Award, among others. Here is Fraser together with the director of the film, Darren Aronofsky, at the photocall of the Venice Film Festival

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Paul Mescal is the other Irish actor nominated for an Oscar in the Best Actor category, in addition to fellow Irishman Colin Farrel. Paul Mescal was nominated for his portrayal of him in the film Aftersun

Paul Mescal plays in the film Aftersun the role of Calum. He is the father of Sophie, who as an adult thinks back to the trip to Turkey made with her father during one summer of her childhood

The film Aftersun is the feature film debut of director and screenwriter Charlotte Wells. During the weeks of rehearsals, the young actress Francesca Corio and Paul Mescal spent time in a holiday resort to make their father-daughter relationship more authentic

Bill Nighy is the only British actor nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He was nominated for his role in the film Living

Living is a 2022 film directed by Oliver Hermanus in which Bill Nighy plays Mr. Williams

Bureaucrat Mr Williams played by Bill Nighy is faced with his own mortality after discovering he is terminally ill. In the background, there is a London destroyed by the Second World War