Brendan Fraser

**Brendan James Fraser** (born December 3, 1968) is an American-Canadian actor.  He has acted in many movies, such as _The Mummy_ movies, as well as _The Quiet American_, _Crash_, _George of the Jungle_ and _Journey to the Center of the Earth_. His role in the 2022 movie  _The Whale_ (2022) as an overweight gay father won him the Critics' Choice Movie Award, the Screen Actors Guild Award and the Academy Award for Best Actor and earned him nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award.

## Early life

Fraser was born on December 3, 1968 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is the son of Canadian parents Carol and Peter Fraser who used to work for the Canadian government in Indiana. His parents are Czech, English, French Canadian, German, Irish and Scottish ancestry. He has three older brothers: Kevin, Regan, and Sean.

His family moved often when he was a child and lived in Eureka, California, Seattle, Ottawa, the Netherlands and in Switzerland. When he was a boy, Fraser he was at the well known Canadian school for boys, called Upper Canada College, in Toronto. When he was on vacation in London, Fraser went to see his first show in the West End. He graduated from Seattle's Cornish College of the Arts in 1990.

He started acting at a small acting college in New York. He first planned on going to graduate school in Texas but he made the decision to stay in Hollywood and work in movies.

## Career

Fraser's first job acting in a movie was a small part in _America's Most Wanted_ in 1988 where he acted as the friend to _Rodney Mark Peterson_, who was a person who was killed. He has since acted in over 30 movies. He had his first job as the main actor in _Encino Man_ in (1992). That same year he acted with Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Chris O'Donnell in _School Ties_ in (1992). In 1994, he acted with Adam Sandler in the comedy _Airheads_. He then acted in smaller parts with Viggo Mortensen and Ashley Judd in Philip Ridley's _The Passion of Darkly Noon_ in (1995), and Jennifer Beals in _The Twilight of the Golds_ in (1997). In 1997, he became more famous because of the movie _George of the Jungle_ (1997). He went on to act in more comedy movies like _Blast from the Past_ in (1999), _Bedazzled_ in (2000) and _Monkeybone_ in (2001).

His best success was with the movie (which also had Rachel Weisz as an actor) called _The Mummy_ in (1999) and its sequel _The Mummy Returns_ (2001), both of which were very successful.

In 2003, he played the main character in Looney Tunes: Back in Action.

In 2004, he acted in the Academy Award winning movie _Crash_. He has also acted in the television shows _Scrubs_, _King of the Hill_, and _The Simpsons_.

In March 2006, he was made a member of Canada's Walk of Fame, and was the first American-born actor to have this happen. He does not have his name put on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. After not acting in one of the movies for six years, Fraser has now acted again in a new "The Mummy" movie called _The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor_. The movie began in Montreal on July 27, 2007 and the movie also had Jet Li acting as Emperor Han. The last Mummy movie made over $100 million in the USA and over $400 million worldwide.

Fraser also acted as "Brick" in the West End show of Tennessee Williams's _Cat on a Hot Tin Roof_ in September, 2001, directed by Anthony Page. Other actors in it were Ned Beatty, Frances O'Connor, and Gemma Jones. The show ended on January 12, 2002, with people saying good things about it.

In 2018, he played Fletcher Chase in the television series _Trust_.

In September 2020, Fraser was cast as gangster Doug Jones in Steven Soderbergh's period crime movie _No Sudden Move_, which was released in 2021.

In January 2021, Fraser was announced as the lead in Darren Aronofsky's movie _The Whale_. Fraser's role was highly praised and the movie received a six-minute standing ovation at the festival. The role won him an Oscar for Best Actor. He became the first Canadian to win the best actor award.

Fraser was cast to play the villain Firefly in the cancelled superhero movie _Batgirl_, which would have been set in the DC Extended Universe.

## Personal life

Fraser met actress Afton Smith at a barbecue at Winona Ryder's house on July 4, 1993, after he came to Los Angeles. Fraser married Smith on September 27, 1998, and they have three sons: Griffin Arthur Fraser (born September 17, 2002), Holden Fletcher Fraser (born August 16, 2004) and Leland Francis Fraser (born May 2, 2006). All of their children were born in Los Angeles. On December 27, 2007, Fraser's publicist said that the couple had made the decision to divorce.

Brendan Fraser can speak French. Fraser also serves on the Board of Directors for FilmAid International.

, Fraser lives in Bedford, New York.

Fraser has been in a relationship with makeup artist Jeanne Moore since September 2022.

Fraser enjoys photography. He has used more than one Polaroid in movies and on TV shows, most known is in his time acting on _Scrubs_.

In 2018, Fraser said that he had been sexually assaulted by Philip Berk, the then-president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the nonprofit organization that votes for the Golden Globe Awards in 2003. Many people saw that as a result of the allegation, Fraser was blacklisted from Hollywood.

## Other websites

- Official web site

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Brendan Fraser
- **image**: Brendan Fraser October 2022.jpg
- **caption**: Fraser at the 2022 Montclair Film, Montclair Film Festival
- **alt**: Fraser looking to the camera, wearing a suit
- **birth name**: Brendan James Fraser
- **birth place**: Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
- **alma mater**: Cornish College of the Arts (Bachelor of Arts, BA)
- **occupation**: Actor
- **years active**: 1990–present
- **partner**: Jeanne Moore (2022–present)
- **children**: 3
- **awards**: List of awards and nominations received by Brendan Fraser, Full list
- **relatives**: George Genereux (uncle)