She added, “I’m 64 years old, and this is just amazing.”Īmong other recognition throughout the season, Curtis was also nominated for a BAFTA and a Spirit Award, the latter of which she lost to her co-star Quan.īrendan Fraser was once a huge box office star with films like “Encino Man” (which also featured Quan), “School Times,” George of the Jungle” and “The Mummy,” but had seen his career slow down considerably. I know that so many people in our industry who are actors who don’t get to do this job.” Eventually he moved to a variety of jobs behind the camera, including assistant director and fight coordinator, a skill set particularly useful for some of the work on “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Within that film’s topsy-turvy multiverse, Quan was by turns a laundromat owner on the verge of divorcing his wife, a dashing romantic lead and an action hero.Īccepting a prize at the SAG Awards recently, Curtis said, “My parents were actors and I married an actor.

Quan was 12 years old when he was cast as the streetwise sidekick Short Round in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.” The next year he had a role in “The Goonies.” But as he grew up, roles became fewer and further between.

This year even saw industry figures such as super producer Jerry Bruckheimer receive his first-ever Oscar nomination for “Top Gun: Maverick,” where Tom Cruise’s nomination as a producer on the film was his first in more than 20 years, since a supporting actor nod for “Magnolia.” For all of them it was their first Oscar nomination and first win. Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser and Michelle Yeoh all received recognition this year that was a long time coming. Others may have never gone away, but they have never before received the acclaim and prestige of an Academy Award.

This year’s acting prizes were marked by a recognition of veteran performers, some in what can only be called comebacks.

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