Brendan Fraser

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Brendan Fraser (2009)

Brendan James Fraser (born December 3, 1968 in Indianapolis , Indiana ) is an American - Canadian film actor .

youth

Fraser's father worked in the tourism and travel industries in Canada. That's how Brendan got around a lot as a kid. With his three older brothers he spent a long time in the Netherlands , Switzerland , Rome , London and also in various cities in the USA. Even later he did not lose his desire to travel and traveled to many Far Eastern countries.

At the age of twelve, Fraser performed in London theaters. Later, in 2001, he starred again a theater role in London in the West End Hit Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ( Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ) by Tennessee Williams .

Career

He studied acting at Upper Canada College in Toronto and graduated from Actor's Conservatory Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle .

From 1991 he took on his first film roles, initially only in comedies such as Airheads (1994). He became known for playing the title character in the Tarzan parody George - Who Came from the Jungle and for the role of Richard "Rick" O'Connell , alongside Rachel Weisz and John Hannah , in the adventure film The Mummy (1999). In 1997 he showed at the side of Ian McKellen in the film Gods and Monsters , a movie biography of the horror film - director James Whale , he is also able to successfully implement serious roles. In 2002, he played alongside Michael Caine in the remake of the Graham Greene novel The Quiet American, the second leading role and subsequently turned to more serious film material.

In the hospital series Scrubs , he appeared three times in the supporting role of Ben Sullivan , the best friend and (ex) brother-in-law of Dr. Cox , on where he as suffering from leukemia brother of Jordan and hobby - photographer , matching ensures Frasers love for photography, for chaos.

In the film adaptation of Cornelia Funke- - novel Inkheart , he starred as Mo Folchart in the cinema. The author of the novel had made it known in advance that she was a fan of Fraser and that she would like him to play the male lead in a cinematic implementation of her Inkworld books. She dedicated the second volume in the series to Fraser, Ink Blood .

Fraser's career peaked in the early 2000s, and things have grown quiet around him since a series of flops. He can also be seen more often in various television productions.

The German voice actor for Fraser is Torsten Münchow .

Private life

Fraser was married to longtime girlfriend, fellow actor Afton Smith, since September 1998 and has three sons with her. In December 2007, the couple announced the separation. Fraser is a US citizen and Canadian citizen and is fluent in French .

Filmography

Web links

Commons : Brendan Fraser  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview with Brendan Fraser
personal data
SURNAME Fraser, Brendan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fraser, Brendan James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd December 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Indianapolis , Indiana, United States