Actor Brendan Fraser will receive the TIFF Tribute Award for Performance at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, TIFF organizers announced Monday.
Fraser will attend the festival for the North American premiere of Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale,” in which he plays a severely obese man trying to mend a broken relationship with his teenage daughter (played by “Stranger Things” star Sadie sink). He will receive the award during the TIFF Tribute Awards, an in-person fundraising gala taking place on Sunday, September 11, at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel.
Also at that ceremony, another TIFF Tribute Award for Performance will be presented to the cast of “My Policeman,” which includes Harry Styles, Emma Corrin and Rupert Everett, as well as “Empire of Light” director Sam Mendes.
“The Whale” is based on the play by Samuel D. Hunter and will be released by A24. In a press release announcing the award, TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey called Fraser’s performance “of astonishing depth, power and nuance.”
Born in the US to Canadian parents, the actor spent part of his youth in Toronto before embarking on an acting career that includes “With Honours,” “Gods and Monsters,” the “Mummy” trilogy and the upcoming Martin Scorsese “Killers”. of the Flower of the Moon.”
The 2023 Toronto International Film Festival will take place from September 8 to 18.
