Brendan Fraser

He was born Brendan James Fraser on December 3, 1968 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA to Canadian parents Carol and Peter Fraser. He is of Irish, Scottish, German, Czech, and French-Canadian ancestry and is a dual Canadian-American citizen. His father’s job as a journalist and then worked for the Canadian Government's office of tourism took them all over the world. His family moved often during his childhood, living in cities around Canada, the United States, and Europe. Some stops included Amsterdam, London, Ottawa, Cincinnati, and Detroit.
Fraser attended the private boys' boarding school, Upper Canada College, in Toronto. It was while in London that the elementary school boy saw his first live play - a West End production of "Oliver" - and became captivated by the theatre. He jumped right into the school drama department and went on to earn a bachelor of fine arts in acting from the Cornish School of the Arts in Seattle, WA. His first film role was a brief cameo in an America's Most Wanted re-enactment (1988). He has since appeared various films. He landed a one-line role in the River Phoenix film "Dogfight" (1991), which was shooting in Seattle, then decided to forego his graduate school plans and head to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. The 6'3" newcomer made an immediate impression, landing a series pilot and winning raves for his co-starring turn as Martin Sheen's son in the telefilm "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" (NBC, 1991).
Brendan Fraser has enjoyed an unpredictable career that has taken him to the heights of art film greatness, as well as down to the depths of lowest common denominator comedy. It was from those depths that he began his career with Encino Man (1992) then School Ties that same year. Few years after, he co-starred alongside Steve Buscemi and Adam Sandler in the comedy Airheads along with playing Steve Nebraska in the movie The Scout. He went on to play supporting roles such as The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995) and The Twilight of the Golds (1997). He got his breakthrough role with the hit comedy film George of the Jungle (1997) and went on to appear in several comedy films such as Blast from the Past (1999), Bedazzled (2000) and Monkeybone (2001). He has starred in two films based on Jay Ward creations, George of the Jungle and Dudley Do-Right although he did not reprise his role in the former's sequel. He also played dramatic roles in Gods and Monsters (1998) and The Quiet American (2002). His biggest commercial success came with the action adventure film The Mummy (1999) and its sequel The Mummy Returns (2001), both of which were hugely successful at the box office. In 2004, he appeared in the Academy Award-winning film Crash.
In March 2006, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame, the first American-born actor to receive the honor. However, as of 2008, he does not have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. After a six year hiatus in the franchise, Fraser returned for the second sequel to The Mummy released in August 2008 and titled The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. His other releases in 2008 were the 3D film adaptation of Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth and the fantasy film Inkheart. In 2010 he starred in the drama Extraordinary Measures alongside Harrison Ford. He also 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. The show closed on January 12, 2002, with Fraser garnering many excellent reviews.
After appearing in the critically panned Furry Vengeance in 2010, Fraser moved from being represented by William Morris Endeavor to the Creative Artists Agency. He then starred in Whole Lotta Sole directed by Terry George being filmed in Northern Ireland. He recently voiced the Zombie Hunter in the fictional Zombocalypse 3D movie, as seen on Cartoon Network’s Regular Show.