Brendan Fraser, All you want to know about a great actor star

 

Brendan James Fraser

born December 3, 1968 is an American-Canadian actor. He played Rick O’Connell in The Mummy trilogy (1999–2008), and has played leading roles in numerous comedy and fantasy films, including Encino Man (1992), Airheads (1994), George of the Jungle (1997), Dudley Do-Right (1999), Monkeybone (2001), Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008), Inkheart (2008), and Furry Vengeance (2010).

Fraser branched into dramatic cinema with roles in School Ties (1992), With Honors (1994), The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995), Mrs. Winterbourne (1996), Gods and Monsters (1998), Crash (2004), Journey to the End of the Night (2006), and Gimme Shelter (2013).

In addition to film acting, Fraser has had successful roles on television, including in the History miniseries Texas Rising (2015), the Showtime drama series The Affair (2016–2017), the FX anthology series Trust (2018), the Epix series Condor (2018), and the DC Universe / HBO Max action series Doom Patrol (2019–present).

 

Early life

Fraser, the youngest of four boys, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of Canadian parents Carol Mary (née Genereux; March 23, 1937 – November 21, 2016) and Peter Fraser. His mother was a sales counselor, and his father was a former journalist who worked as a Canadian foreign service officer for the Government Office of Tourism. His maternal uncle, George Genereux, was the only Canadian to win a gold medal in the 1952 Summer Olympics, at the Olympic Trap.

He has three older brothers: Kevin, Regan, and Sean. He has Irish, Scottish, German, Czech, and French-Canadian ancestry. He holds dual American and Canadian citizenship.

Fraser’s family moved often during his childhood, living in Eureka, California; Seattle, Washington; Ottawa, Ontario; the Netherlands; and Switzerland. He attended Upper Canada College, a private boarding school in Toronto. While on vacation in London, he attended his first professional theatre show in the West End, which began his interest in acting.

He graduated from Seattle’s Cornish College of the Arts in 1990. He began acting at a small acting college in New York City. He planned on studying toward a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from Southern Methodist University, but stopped in Hollywood on the way and decided to remain there to work in film.

 

Personal life

After arriving in Los Angeles, Fraser met actress Afton Smith while attending a barbecue at Winona Ryder’s house on July 4, 1993. They married on September 27, 1998, and had three sons: Griffin Arthur Fraser (born 2002), Holden Fletcher Fraser (born 2004), and Leland Francis Fraser (born 2006).

After their home in Beverly Hills, California sold in April 2007 for $3 million, Fraser’s publicist announced in December 2007 that the couple decided to divorce. Fraser was ordered to pay a monthly alimony sum of $50,000 for a period of 10 years or until remarriage of Afton, whichever occurred first, in addition to the $25,000 monthly payment for child support, ending in January 2019.

In early 2013, Fraser petitioned the courts for a reduction of his alimony and child support payments, asserting that he was unable to meet the annual obligation of $900,000; Smith accused Fraser of hiding financial assets. As of February 2018, Fraser lives in Bedford, New York.

Fraser speaks French and serves on the board of directors for FilmAid International. He is an accomplished amateur photographer, and has used several instant cameras in movies and on TV shows, most notably on his guest roles on Scrubs. In his first appearance, he used a Polaroid pack film; and on his second appearance, he used a Holga with a Polaroid back, a Japanese-only model. The book Collector’s Guide to Instant Cameras has a dedication to Fraser. He is also an accomplished amateur archer, using his skills in the History Channel series Texas Rising.[citation needed]

The physical demands of the stunts and maneuvers Fraser performed in his action and comedy roles eventually required him to undergo several surgeries over a period of seven years, including a partial knee replacement, a laminectomy, and vocal cord surgery. He also badly injured his back when clearing a fallen tree after Superstorm Sandy (2012), requiring surgery and rehabilitation.

Fraser alleged in 2018 that he was sexually assaulted by Philip Berk, the then-president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, at a luncheon in the summer of 2003. The assault, his subsequent divorce, and the death of his mother launched Fraser into a depression that, combined with his health issues and a backlash within the industry over speaking out against Berk, caused his career to decline.

 

Family

Spouse	Afton Smith (27 September 1998 – 17 April 2008)  (divorced)  (3 children)
Children	Fraser, Griffin Arthur Fraser, Holden Fletcher Fraser, Leland Francis
Parents	Fraser (Genereux), Carol Mary Fraser, Peter
Relatives	Fraser, Kevin (sibling) Fraser, Sean (sibling) Fraser, Regan (sibling)

 

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