When a person is asked to tell who Brendan Fraser is, the filmography of many people is limited to the cult Mummy. However, this is not an actor of one role - Brendan has much more successful projects for which he is remembered and loved. But he achieved such fame with great talent and hard work.
Fraser's youth
Brendan Fraser was born December 3, 1968 in the United States, in the city of Indianapolis, which is located in Indiana. His father worked in the tourism business, and this determined the living conditions of his family, including Brendan himself. Already in childhood, the future actor managed to live in many cities of the United States, as well as beyond their borders - in Canada and Europe. Fraser's acting talent was noticed quite early, when he was only 12 years old. At that time, the family lived in London, and Brendan began performing in London theaters, and even had quite a big success. But the Fraser family returned to the United States after some time, and Brendan had to continue his acting studies already in Seattle. The move did not end there, and the next place where young talent was honing his skills was already the city of Toronto, that is, the Fraser family moved to Canada. From there, the young Brendan went to Hollywood to play his first role on the big screen at the age of 23.
The beginning of an acting career
Such an actor as Brendan Fraser could not remain unknown for a long time. His filmography only the first few years was replenished with not the most significant films, such as "Wacky Bet", which was filmed in 1991. In the same year, Brendan appeared on television screens in small projects "Child of Darkness, Child of Light" and "Guilty until innocence is proven." In 1992, Fraser got already more interesting roles - Link in “Frozen Californian” and David Green in “School Ties”. In these films, young talent first appeared in the lead roles. 1993 brought nothing to Brendan, except for two small films - “Younger and Younger” and “Twenty Bucks”, which did not receive much recognition. But Brendan Fraser's films already attracted both the audience and the creators, so in 1994 the actor was invited to participate in three films at once - in "Hollowheads", "With Honors" and "Scout", and for the last film Brendan received his first major a fee of one and a half million dollars. Glitter of Glory and Dark Noon are films in which Brendan Fraser took part in 1995. His filmography was still quite modest; there was not a single major film in it, although it had been on the screen for 5 years. 1996 did not bring anything new - only the next two inglorious paintings "Mrs. Winterbourne" and "Twilight of the Gold Family."
Fraser's heyday
But 1997 was the moment when Hollywood and the whole world heard a new big name in cinema - Brendan Fraser. The filmography of the actor, which until then consisted exclusively of not very well-known and second-rate works, finally replenished with a masterpiece. Brendan played the role of George in the magnificent comedy "George from the Jungle", for which he was loved by all viewers. After that, a native of Indianapolis began to alternate small projects with large ones. So, at the end of 1997 and the beginning of 1998, he starred in The Last Breath and Gods and Monsters, which were clearly not intended for a wide audience, and this was followed by the role of Adam in Explosion from the Past, which further strengthened Fraser's position in Hollywood. The best period in the actor’s career continued even further, and if you need to name the best films with Brendan Fraser, the list will definitely be headed by The Mummy, which undoubtedly became a masterpiece of cinema. The actor played the role of Richard O'Connell, for whom he received a fee of $ 4 million.
In the same year, Brendan received the same amount of money for the main role in the film "Dudley the Fair", but this picture has not received wide recognition. In 2000, Fraser tried himself in a new field - in the voice acting of the animated film "Sinbad: The Curtain of Fogs." He did not forget about filming a movie, playing Elliot Richards in Blinded by Desires and received $ 10 million for this role. In 2001, the actor takes part in two small projects - "Monkey Bone" and "Quiet American", but more importantly, he starred in the continuation of "The Mummy", which is no less successful than the first part, and brings Brendan in three times more money. After this, Fraser takes a break, resuming his role in the movie “Looney Tunes: Back in Business” - there he plays himself and simultaneously voices some cartoon characters. In 2004, the actor plays Rick Cabot in the acclaimed drama "Clash" - a film that, with a budget of 6 million, collected almost 100. Another short break, and in 2006 Brendan appears on the screens in the next two quiet films - "Journey to the Edge" nights "and" Last Time ". 2007 brings an already more impressive film - “The Air I Breathe”, but 2008 becomes the most successful year in the career of an actor. First, he starred in Journey to the Center of the Earth, then in the third part of The Mummy, and ends the year with Inkheart - all three films became very popular, largely thanks to Fraser's talent.
Recent Fraser Movies
The success of 2008, the actor has not yet been able to repeat - films with the participation of Brendan Fraser, shot after "Inkheart", have not yet been particularly successful. In 2009 there were "Extreme Measures", in 2010 - "Revenge of the Fluffy" (the picture that became the most sensible of the last), in 2011 - "Full Paragraph". 2013 was a very fertile year for Brendan - he voiced The Real Squirrel and Escape from Planet Earth, and also starred in The Case for You, Rash, Pawn Shop Chronicles, Witnesses Must Be Silent, and Give Away a refuge for me, "but with none of them came close to its past success.
Upcoming movies
However, Brendan Fraser is not going to stop now - he has already planned to participate in two films. He will play a major role in the film adaptation of the famous book, which will be called "William Tell: The Legend", and will also take part in the filming of the drama "Seconds of Pleasure".
Fraser Awards
In 2000, Brendan Fraser was nominated for Best Actor for his role in the movie The Mummy, but Tim Allen won the Saturn Prize with the movie Finding the Galaxy. Six years passed, and in 2006 Fraser was still awarded the prize, albeit the only one so far: along with all the cast, he received an award from the Actors Guild for the best cast in the movie "Clash".