Brendan Fraser

Brendan James Fraser ( FRAY-zər; born December 3, 1968) is an American and Canadian actor. His accolades include an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a nomination for both a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award. Fraser gained prominence as a leading man starring in comedies such as Encino Man (1992), With Honors (1994), George of the Jungle (1997), Bedazzled (2000) and Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) as well as in the dramas School Ties (1992), Gods and Monsters (1998), The Quiet American (2002), and Crash (2004). He portrayed Rick O'Connell in The Mummy trilogy (1999–2008), and Professor Trevor Anderson in the adventure film Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008), the later of which he also executive produced. Fraser suffered a career slump due to poor box office performances, and various health and personal issues. Fraser found a career resurgence in dramatic work including for his role as a morbidly obese English-teacher in Darren Aronofsky's drama The Whale (2022) which earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor. He also acted in Steven Soderbergh's crime thriller No Sudden Move (2021) and Martin Scorsese's historical epic Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). On television, he acted in the Showtime drama The Affair (2016–2017), the FX limited series Trust (2018), and the Max superhero series Doom Patrol (2019–2023).

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