Brendan Fraser generated Oscar buzz in new film The Whale - net worth, Wife, Bio

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Brendan Fraser generated Oscar buzz in new film The Whale – net worth, Wife, Bio

Actor Brendan James Fraser, a Canadian-American, was born on December 3, 1968. He starred as Rick O’Connell in The Mummy trilogy (1999-2008) and has appeared in a number of comedies and fantasy films, including Encino Man (1992), Airheads (1994), George of the Jungle (1997), and others.

For the past ten years, the once-omnipresent movie star of the “Mummy” series and “George of the Jungle” has been out of the spotlight. Fraser, on the other hand, has big plans for his future, starting with the festival’s Sunday night world premiere of “The Whale,” in which he played a crucial role.

Brendan Fraser Early life

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The youngest of four boys and son of Canadians Carol Mary and Peter Fraser, Fraser was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. His father was a former journalist, and his mother worked as a sales consultant. These three older brothers of his are Kevin, Regan, and Sean. He holds dual Canadian and American citizenship.

He was a student at Toronto’s Upper Canada College, an elite boarding school. Furthermore, he developed an interest in acting after seeing his first West End production of a professional play while on holiday in London. In 1990, he received his degree from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle. He studied acting at a small acting school in New York City.

Brendan Fraser career

In the 1991 movie Dogfight, Fraser made his acting debut as a sailor going to Vietnam. He played a frozen prehistoric caveman who thawed out in the present in the comedy Encino Man from 1992, which gave him his first big role.

With the 1997 comedy feature George of the Jungle, which was based on the Jay Ward-created cartoon series of the same name, he achieved his first significant box office triumph.

His role as Rick O’Connell in the action-adventure movie The Mummy (1999) and its sequel The Mummy Returns brought him his greatest economic success (2001)

Additionally, he has made cameos on the TV programs The Simpsons, King of the Hill, and Scrubs. He was the first actor from the United States to be given this accolade when he was inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame in March 2006.

Fraser made a comeback to the franchise for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, the second sequel to The Mummy, which was released in August 2008 after a six-year absence. On July 27, 2007, Montreal-based filmmakers began shooting the movie, which also stars Jet Li as Emperor Han.

Fraser was revealed to play the lead role in Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming movie The Whale in January 2021. In September 2022, the movie had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival. The film at the festival earned a six-minute standing ovation and rave reviews for Fraser’s performance.

Fraser joined the casts of Max Barbakow’s comedy film Brothers and Martin Scorsese’s planned drama Killers of the Flower Moon in August of the same year. Fraser appeared as gangster Doug Jones in Steven Soderbergh’s historical crime drama No Sudden Move, which was released in 2021.

Fraser was hired in October 2021 to play the antagonist Firefly in the superhero movie Batgirl, which is based in the DC Extended Universe. However, the release of the movie was postponed in August 2022 due to a shift in Warner Bros. studio priorities.

Brendan Fraser Personal Life

On September 27, 1998, Brendan wed the actress Afton Smith. The couple had three kids together before divorcing in 2008. Griffin was born in 2002, Holden in 2004, and Leland in 2006.

Fraser is a member of the FilmAid International board of directors and is fluent in French. He is a skilled amateur photographer and has utilized a number of instant cameras in motion pictures and television programs. He uses his proficiency as a skilled amateur archer in the History Channel series Texas Rising.

Fraser eventually needed to have many surgeries over a period of 7 years, including a partial knee replacement, a laminectomy, and vocal cord surgery, due to the physical demands of the stunts he performed in his action and comedic roles.

Philip Berk, a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, sexually assaulted him in 2003, and he claimed that he believes that speaking out caused his career to suffer.

Brendan Fraser Net worth

An American-Canadian actor named Brendan James Fraser is thought to be worth $25 million as of 2022. The majority of his money came from his successful career as an actor in films and on stage. Known for his work in comic, fantasy, and science fiction movies, he is an excellent performer.

Awards

Four important prizes were given to Brendan James Fraser during the course of his more than three-decade career. For his work in Crash, he won three honors from the Hollywood Film Festival Award, the Broadcast Film Critics Association, and the Screen Actors Guild. He also won a Seattle International Film Festival Award for Still Breathing.

Full Name	Brendan James Fraser
Date of Birth	December 3, 1968
Age	53 years
Height	1.89 m
Place of Birth	Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Nationality	Canadian/American
Parents	Carol Mary and Peter Fraser
Education	Cornish College of the Arts
Occupation	Actor
Wife	Married (Afton Smith)
Children	Griffin Arthur Fraser Leland Francis Fraser, Holden Fletcher Fraser
Net worth	Around $25 million
social media	Instagram