Quinton Aaron, the towering actor who starred opposite Sandra Bullock in the inspirational sports biopic The Blind Side, is ‘fighting for his life’ after suffering a serious fall at his home.
Aaron, who revealed his stunning 200-pound weight loss last year, has reportedly been hospitalized for his injury and is now battling a ‘severe blood infection,’ according to a GoFundMe set up to raise donations to cover his medical bills and his family’s expenses.
The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Oher to request comment, but hasn’t yet received a response.
The 41-year-old actor, who was described as being ‘critically ill,’ is best known for playing former NFL star Michael Oher in The Blind Side, whose high school and college football career was chronicled in Michael Lewis’s popular book of the same name.
Fans of Oher and the film about his remarkable success story were shocked in 2003, when he filed a lawsuit claiming that Leigh Ann and Sean Tuohy had not adopted him but had instead created a conservatorship that awarded their family millions from the success of The Blind Side film, even though Oher was allegedly paid nothing for the movie.
Aaron’s latest health crisis comes after he was rushed to a hospital in March 2025 as he coughed up blood and battled a fever.
Quinton Aaron, the towering actor who starred opposite Sandra Bullock in the inspirational sports biopic The Blind Side, is ‘fighting for his life’ after suffering a serious fall at his home, according to a GoFundMe account set up to pay his medical bills and family expenses
The 41-year-old actor, who was described as being ‘critically ill,’ is best known for playing former NFL star Michael Oher in The Blind Side. Bullock costarred as Leigh Anne Tuohy, whose family helped Oher as he struggled with homelessness as a teen, though Oher later disputed how charitable they really were; Aaron and Bullock seen in The Blind Side
The GoFundMe account, which was created on Saturday, has raised just under $400 dollars of its $10,000 goal from 10 donations as of Sunday evening.
On Sunday, Aaron’s manager told TMZ that the actor had been hospitalized in Atlanta, Georgia, for three days.
According to his manager, Aaron was rushed to the hospital after he had been taking the stairs up to his apartment and suddenly lost the ability to control his legs, causing him to fall down the stairs.
On Sunday, Aaron’s manager told TMZ that the actor had been hospitalized in Atlanta for three days. They said he was rushed to the hospital after he had been walking up the steps to his apartment when he suddenly lost control of his legs and fell down the stairs; pictured in 2012 in West Hollywood
