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Brendan Fraser
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Brendan James Fraser (born December 3, 1968) is a Canadian-American actor. Having graduated from the Cornish College of the Arts in 1990, he made his film debut in Dogfight (1991). Fraser had his breakthrough in 1992 with the comedy Encino Man and the drama School Ties. He gained further prominence for his starring role in George of the Jungle (1997) and emerged a star playing Rick O'Connell in The Mummy trilogy (1999–2008). 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 various health problems and fallout from a reported 2003 sexual assault by Philip Berk, the then-president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. He branched into television with roles in the Showtime drama The Affair (2016–2017), the FX series Trust (2018), and the HBO Max series Doom Patrol (2019–2023). Fraser's film career was revitalized by appearances in auteur-directed films such as Steven Soderbergh's No Sudden Move (2021) and Darren Aronofsky's The Whale (2022). His starring role in the latter won him the Academy Award for Best Actor, becoming the first Canadian winner
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Brendan James Fraser (born December 3, 1968) is a Canadian-American actor. Having graduated from the Cornish College of the Arts in 1990, he made his film debut in Dogfight (1991). Fraser had his breakthrough in 1992 with the comedy Encino Man and the drama School Ties. He gained further prominence for his starring role in George of the Jungle (1997) and emerged a star playing Rick O'Connell in The Mummy trilogy (1999–2008). 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 various health problems and fallout from a reported 2003 sexual assault by Philip Berk, the then-president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. He branched into television with roles in the Showtime drama The Affair (2016–2017), the FX series Trust (2018), and the HBO Max series Doom Patrol (2019–2023). Fraser's film career was revitalized by appearances in auteur-directed films such as Steven Soderbergh's No Sudden Move (2021) and Darren Aronofsky's The Whale (2022). His starring role in the latter won him the Academy Award for Best Actor, becoming the first Canadian winner
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Graham Norton Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Oscars
Saturday Night Live
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Simpsons
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Daily Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Fallen Angels
King of the Hill
Titans
Primetime Glick
Scrubs
The Fairly OddParents
The Affair
The Early Show
Now and Then
Dogfight
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Finding Your Roots
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
Doom Patrol
Condor
Killers of the Flower Moon
Crash
No Sudden Move
Twenty Bucks
Brothers
Trust
The Twilight of the Golds
Gods and Monsters
George of the Jungle
Airheads
The Passion of Darkly Noon
Bedazzled
The Mummy Returns
The Whale
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Blast from the Past
The Mummy
Journey to the Center of the Earth
School Ties
Encino Man
Production Credits
Journey to the Center of the Earth
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