His biggest commercial success came when he portrayed Rick O'Connell in the adventure fantasy film The Mummy (1999) and its sequel The Mummy Returns (2001). The film was written and directed by Bill Condon, and follows the loss of creativity, ambiguous sexuality and the bond between a heterosexual gardener (played by Fraser) and a homosexual, tortured and ailing filmmaker (played by McKellen). He received critical acclaim for his dramatic role in 1998's Gods and Monsters, which was based on the life of James Whale ( Ian McKellen), who directed Frankenstein. He had his first major box office success with the 1997 comedy film George of the Jungle which was based on the animated series of the same title created by Jay Ward. He also had a small part in the movie Now and Then (1995). He starred in films such as Philip Ridley's The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995) and The Twilight of the Golds (1997) which also did not fare well at the box office. In 1994, he played Steve Nebraska in The Scout and Montgomery "Monty" Kessler in With Honors as well as co-starred with Adam Sandler and Steve Buscemi in Airheads. That same year he starred with Matt Damon and Chris O'Donnell in School Ties. The film was a moderate box office success. He got his first leading film role in the 1992 comedy film Encino Man where he played a frozen pre-historic caveman who is thawed out in the present day. In 1991, Fraser made his film debut as a Seaman headed to Vietnam in Dogfight. He planned on studying toward a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from Southern Methodist University, but stopped in Hollywood on the way and decided to remain there to work in film. He began acting at a small acting college in New York City. He graduated from Seattle's Cornish College of the Arts in 1990. While on vacation in London, England, he attended his first professional theatre show in the West End, which began his interest in acting. He attended Upper Canada College, a private boarding school in Toronto. įraser's family moved often during his childhood, living in Eureka, California Seattle, Washington Ottawa, Ontario the Netherlands and Switzerland. He holds dual Canadian and American citizenship. He has Irish, Scottish, German, Czech, and French-Canadian ancestry. He has three older brothers: Kevin, Regan, and Sean. His maternal uncle, George Genereux, was the only Canadian to win a gold medal in the 1952 Summer Olympics, at the Olympic Trap. His mother was a sales counselor, and his father was a former journalist who worked as a Canadian foreign service officer for the Government Office of Tourism. Early life įraser, the youngest of four boys, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of Canadian parents Carol Mary ( née Genereux 1937–2016) and Peter Fraser. Fraser's filmĬareer was revitalized by appearances in major auteur-directed films such as Steven Soderbergh's No Sudden Move (2021) and Darren Aronofsky's The Whale (2022) his starring role in the latter gained him a Critics' Choice Movie Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a nomination of Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Film Award and Academy Award for Best Actor. He branched into television with roles in the History miniseries Texas Rising (2015), the Showtime drama The Affair (2016–2017), the FX series Trust (2018), and the HBO Max- DC Universe series Doom Patrol (2019–present). He took on dramatic roles in Gods and Monsters (1998), The Quiet American (2002), and Crash (2004), and further fantasy roles in Bedazzled (2000) and Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008).įraser's film work slowed from the late 2000s to mid 2010s amid various health problems, personal losses, and fallout from a sexual assault allegedly committed against him in 2003 by Philip Berk, the then-president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. He gained further prominence for his starring role in George of the Jungle (1997) and emerged a star playing Rick O'Connell in The Mummy trilogy (1999–2008). Having graduated from the Cornish College of the Arts in 1990, he made his film debut in Dogfight (1991).įraser had his breakthrough in 1992 with the comedy Encino Man and the drama School Ties. Brendan James Fraser ( / ˈ f r eɪ z ər/ FRAY-zər born Decem) is an American-Canadian actor known for his leading roles in blockbusters, comedies, and dramatic films.
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