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 (1999β2008). 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 (2016β2017), the FX series Trust (2018), and the Max series Doom Patrol (2019β2023). 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.
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Filmography (107)
Untitled The Mummy Sequel
2027
Pressure
2026
Diamond
2026
Rental Family
2025
Sea Lions of the Galapagos
2025
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
2025
Brothers
2024
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023
People Are Amazing: Making 'The Whale'
2023
The Whale
2022
No Sudden Move
2021
The Secret of Karma
2020
Professionals
2020
Line of Descent
2019
The Poison Rose
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Doom Patrol
2019
Trust
2018
Titans
2018
Condor
2018
Texas Rising
2015
The Nut Job
2014
The Affair
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Escape from Planet Earth
2013
A Case of You
2013
Pawn Shop Chronicles
2013
Gimme Shelter
2013
Breakout
2013
Hairbrained
2013
Finding Your Roots
2012
Whole Lotta Sole
2011
Nuts & Robbers
2011
Extraordinary Measures
2010
Furry Vengeance
2010
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009
The Fairly OddParents: Wishology!
2009
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
2008
Inkheart
2008
Journey to the Center of the Earth
2008
Unraveling the Legacy of the Mummy
2008
The Air I Breathe
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Last Time
2006
Journey to the End of the Night
2006
...So Goes the Nation
2006
Crash
2005
Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown
2004
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
2003
The Osbourne Family Christmas Special
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Quiet American
2002
The Mummy Returns
2001
Monkeybone
2001
Good Day Live
2001
Primetime Glick
2001
Scrubs
2001
Bedazzled
2000
Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists
2000
The Mummy
1999
Blast from the Past
1999
Dudley Do-Right
1999
Building A Better Mummy
1999
The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale
1999
The Early Show
1999
Gods and Monsters
1998
George of the Jungle
1997
Still Breathing
1997
King of the Hill
1997
The View
1997
Mrs. Winterbourne
1996
The Twilight of the Golds
1996
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
1996
The Daily Show
1996
Glory Daze
1995
The Passion of Darkly Noon
1995
Now and Then
1995
In the Army Now
1994
Airheads
1994
The Scout
1994
With Honors
1994
Duckman
1994
Twenty Bucks
1993
Younger and Younger
1993
Son in Law
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Fallen Angels
1993
Encino Man
1992
School Ties
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Child of Darkness, Child of Light
1991
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
1991
Dogfight
1991
The Simpsons
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Jeopardy!
1984
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Oscars
1953
Assassination
My Old School
Behind the Curtain of Night
Starman
Breaking Bear