Brendan Fraser
- Acting
- December 3, 1968 · Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Biography
Brendan James Fraser (born December 3, 1968) is an American-Canadian actor. Fraser had his breakthrough in 1992 with the comedy Encino Man and the drama School Ties. He gained further prominence for his starring roles in the comedies With Honors (1994) and George of the Jungle (1997) and emerged as a star playing Rick O'Connell in The Mummy trilogy (1999–2008). 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). Fraser's film work slowed from the late 2000s to mid-2010s due to the poor box office performances, and various health and personal problems, including the fallout from a sexual assault committed against him in 2003 by Philip Berk, the then-president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Fraser branched into television with roles in the Showtime drama The Affair (2016–2017), the FX series Trust (2018), and the Max series Doom Patrol (2019–2023). His film career was revitalized by roles in Steven Soderbergh's No Sudden Move (2021) and Darren Aronofsky's The Whale (2022). Fraser's starring role as an obese gay man in the latter earned him critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, becoming the first Canadian to win this category. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brendan Fraser, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Starman · Tom Adams
- The Mummy: Book of the Dead · Rick O'Connell, Executive producer
- Breaking Bear · Jer (Voice)
- Pressure · Dwight ‘Ike’ Eisenhower
- Diamond · 'Danny Boy' McVicar
- Variety & CNN Actors on Actors · Self
- Rental Family · Phillip Vanderploeg, Executive producer
- Saving Superman · Executive producer
- Sea Lions of the Galapagos · Self
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert · Self
- Brothers · Farful
- Killers of the Flower Moon · W.S. Hamilton
- People Are Amazing: Making 'The Whale' · Self
- The Whale · Charlie
- No Sudden Move · Douglas 'Doug' Jones
- Professionals · Peter Swann, Executive producer
- The Secret of Karma · Ronay
- Line of Descent · Charlie 'Charu' Jolpin
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- The Poison Rose · Dr. Miles Mitchell
- Doom Patrol · Cliff Steele / Robotman (Voice)
- Titans · Cliff Steele / Robotman (Voice)
- Condor · Nathan Fowler
- Trust · James Fletcher Chace
- Texas Rising · Billy Anderson
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- The Affair · John Gunther
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- The Nut Job · Grayson (Voice)
- Hairbrained · Leo Searly
- A Case of You · Tony
- Gimme Shelter · Tom Fitzpatrick
- Breakout · Jack Damson, Producer
- Pawn Shop Chronicles · Ricky
- Escape from Planet Earth · Scorch Supernova (Voice)
- Finding Your Roots
- Whole Lotta Sole · Maguire, Executive producer
- Nuts & Robbers · Grayson
- Furry Vengeance · Dan Sanders, Executive producer
- Extraordinary Measures · John Crowley
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra · Sgt. Stone (uncredited)
- The Fairly OddParents: Wishology! · Turbo Thunder (Voice)
- Inkheart · Mo
- Journey to the Center of the Earth · Trevor Anderson, Executive producer
- Unraveling the Legacy of the Mummy · Self
- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor · Rick O'Connell
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- The Air I Breathe · Pleasure
- ...So Goes the Nation · Self
- The Last Time · Jamie Bashant, Executive producer
- Journey to the End of the Night · Paul
- Crash · Rick Cabot
- Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown · Self
- The Osbourne Family Christmas Special · Self
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action · DJ Drake / Tasmanian Devil (voice) / She-Devil (voice) / Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star · Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- The Quiet American · Alden Pyle
- Scrubs · Ben Sullivan
- Good Day Live · Self
- Primetime Glick
- The Mummy Returns · Rick O'Connell
- Monkeybone · Stu Miley
- Bedazzled · Elliot
- Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists · Sinbad
- The Early Show · Self
- Building a Better Mummy · Self
- Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special · Self
- Dudley Do-Right · Dudley Do-Right
- The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale · Self
- The Mummy · Rick O'Connell
- Blast from the Past · Adam
- Gods and Monsters · Clayton Boone
- Still Breathing · Fletcher McBracken
- The View · Self
- George of the Jungle · George of the Jungle
- King of the Hill · David Kalaiki-Alii (Voice), Irv Bennett / Jimmy Beardon (Voice)
- The Twilight of the Golds · David Gold