Brendan James Fraser is a Canadian-American actor.
45 Facts About Brendan Fraser
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Brendan Fraser gained further prominence for his starring roles in the comedies With Honors and George of the Jungle and emerged a star playing Rick O'Connell in The Mummy trilogy.
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Brendan Fraser took on dramatic roles in Gods and Monsters, The Quiet American, and Crash, and further fantasy roles in Bedazzled and Journey to the Center of the Earth.
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Brendan Fraser branched into television with roles in the Showtime drama The Affair, the FX series Trust, and the HBO Max series Doom Patrol.
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Brendan Fraser's starring role as an obese gay man in the latter earned him critical acclaim, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, becoming the first Canadian to win this category.
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Brendan Fraser was born on December 3,1968, in Indianapolis, Indiana, the youngest of four boys, son of Canadian parents Carol Mary and Peter Brendan Fraser.
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Brendan Fraser's 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.
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Brendan Fraser has three older brothers: Kevin, Regan, and Sean.
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Brendan Fraser has Irish, Scottish, German, Czech, and French-Canadian ancestry.
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Brendan Fraser's family moved often during his childhood, living in Eureka, California; Seattle, Washington; Ottawa, Ontario; the Netherlands; and Switzerland.
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Brendan Fraser attended Upper Canada College, a private boarding school in Toronto.
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Brendan Fraser graduated from Seattle's Cornish College of the Arts in 1990.
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Brendan Fraser began acting at a small acting college in New York City.
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Brendan Fraser 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.
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In 1991, Brendan Fraser made his film debut with a small role as a Seaman headed to Vietnam in Dogfight.
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Brendan Fraser got his first leading film role alongside Sean Astin and Pauly Shore in the 1992 comedy film Encino Man, where he played a frozen pre-historic caveman who is thawed out in the present day.
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Brendan Fraser had a small part in the 1995 film Now and Then.
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Brendan Fraser made cameo appearances in the Pauly Shore films Son in Law and In the Army Now, reprising his Encino Man role.
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Brendan Fraser 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.
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Brendan Fraser received critical acclaim for his dramatic role in 1998's Gods and Monsters, which was based on the life of James Whale, who directed Frankenstein.
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Brendan Fraser achieved his biggest commercial success when he portrayed the lead adventurer Rick O'Connell in the fantasy adventure film The Mummy and its sequel The Mummy Returns.
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Brendan Fraser lent his voice for the unreleased animated film Big Bug Man, with Marlon Brando.
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Brendan Fraser has made guest appearances on the television shows Scrubs, King of the Hill, and The Simpsons.
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Brendan Fraser starred as "Brick" in the West End production of Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in September 2001, directed by Anthony Page.
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In 2010, Brendan Fraser starred in a Broadway production of Elling, but the play closed after one week, due to lackluster reviews.
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In 2010, he starred in Whole Lotta Sole directed by Terry George and in 2011, he was set to play William Tell in The Legend of William Tell: 3D, directed by Eric Brevig, with whom Brendan Fraser had worked in Journey to the Center of the Earth.
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Moyer later countersued for assault, which Brendan Fraser dismissed as a desperate attempt to avoid paying his debt.
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In 2016, Brendan Fraser replaced Ray Liotta in the Bollywood thriller Line of Descent.
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Brendan Fraser later joined the recurring cast of the television drama series The Affair during season 3 where he portrayed the misery-minded prison guard Gunther.
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In September 2020, Brendan Fraser was cast as gangster Doug Jones in Steven Soderbergh's period crime film No Sudden Move, which was released in 2021.
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In January 2021, Brendan Fraser was announced as the lead in Darren Aronofsky's film The Whale.
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Brendan Fraser's performance was highly praised and the film received a six-minute standing ovation at the festival and subsequently won him the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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Brendan Fraser became the first Canadian to win the best actor award.
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In October 2021, Brendan Fraser was cast to portray the villain Firefly in the superhero film Batgirl, set in the DC Extended Universe; the release of the film was canceled in August 2022 after a change in Warner Bros.
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Shortly after arriving in Los Angeles, Brendan Fraser met actress Afton Smith while attending a barbecue at Winona Ryder's house on July 4,1993.
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Brendan Fraser was ordered to pay a monthly alimony sum of $50,000 for a period of ten years or until remarriage of Smith, whichever occurred first, in addition to the $25,000 monthly payment for child support.
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In early 2011, Brendan Fraser petitioned the courts for a reduction of his alimony payments, asserting that he was unable to meet the annual obligation of $600,000; he did not contest the child support payments.
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Brendan Fraser has been in a relationship with makeup artist Jeanne Moore since September 2022.
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The couple made their red carpet debut at the 2022 Venice Film Festival, and Brendan Fraser thanked Moore during his acceptance speech for the Oscar for Best Actor during the 95th Academy Awards.
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Brendan Fraser speaks French and serves on the board of directors for FilmAid International.
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Brendan Fraser is an accomplished amateur photographer and has used several instant cameras in movies and on TV shows, most notably on his guest roles on Scrubs.
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The physical demands of the stunts and maneuvers Brendan Fraser performed in his action and comedy roles eventually required him to undergo several surgeries over a period of seven years, including a partial knee replacement, a laminectomy, and vocal cord surgery.
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Several publications and social media users interpreted that Brendan Fraser was blacklisted from Hollywood because of his accusation against Berk.
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Since 2018, Brendan Fraser has been a celebrity judge on the Dancing Stars of Greenwich annual charity gala which raises money for the non-profit organization Abilis, a local charity which supports more than 800 individuals and their families with disabilities in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
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In 2022, Afton and Brendan Fraser received the Heart of Abilis Award for their support and fund raising work for the charity.