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Brendan Fraser

Brendan James Fraser was born on December 3, 1968 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Brendan is an American film actor who is most famous for his role as Rick O’Connell in the Mummy film franchise. He was also the George in the movie George of the Jungle.

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Upbringing

Brendan’s father, Peter Fraser is a Canada based travel executive and married to his sweetheart, Carol Frazer. Brendan is youngest of four siblings. The names of his siblings are Kevin Fraser, Sean Fraser and Regan Fraser. Brendan was brought up in three countries during his life. He enjoyed being raised in Geneva, Canada and Holland. His ancestry can be traced back to Ireland Scotland, Germany and France.

He completed his education at the Cornish College of Arts in Seattle, Washington. He also holds a dual citizenship in two countries, Canada and America. Brendan is a fluent speaker of both the English and French languages.

Film Career

Brandan was once considered to play the role of famous comic book character, Superman, for the 2006 movie, Superman Returns. He was also discussed to play the famous character Mr. Fantastic in the 2005 movie, Fantastic Four.

During the 2000s, Brendan was on a hot run and hard to turn many roles down. He was the primary choice to play the lead title role in the 1999 movie, Inspector Gadget. Matthew Broderick bagged the role instead. While he was filiming Bedazzled in 2001, he had to turn down a role in The Wedding Planner due to scheduling conflicts since he was overbooked. Eventually, Matthew McConaughey ended up getting the role instead.

Fraser had signed up for a film about William Tell, but he ended up in a legal dispute with the filmmakers over production delays. He also dropped out of a television pilot for a series over creative differences in 2012.

In November 2006, he filmed Inkheart at the famous London based, Shepperton Studio. 

In 2008, Brendan was rewarded with huge box office success with his big movie, Journey to the Center of the earth.

Other Passions

In December 2001, Brendan appeared in stage adaptation of The Cat on the Hot Tin Roof in London.

In 2010, Fraser made his Broadway debut in the comedy Elling. Unfortunately, the show only had a short run because of poor reviews and weak ticket sales.

Apart from being an actor, Brendan also holds a strong interest in the art of photography and filmmaking. He holds credits for recording several plays which were broadcasted on radio. These included famous works by T.Williams and E O’Neill.

Personal Life

While attending a barbecue at famous actress, Winona Ryder’s house in 1993, he met Afton Smith, who was a fewllow actress. They started dating and after five years of courtship, they got married. Afton and Brendan had their wedding in a garden at a famous luxury hotel in LA. Brendan has three sons from this marriage.


Quick Facts
Date of Birth: 03-12-1968
Height: 1.91 m
Ex. Wife: Afton Smith
Marriage Date: 1998
Divorced Date: 2007
T.V. Show(s): Texas Rising, The Fam Fite
Children: Griffin Arthur Fraser, Leland Francis Fraser, Holden Fletcher Fraser
Birth Place: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Profession: Actor
Marital Status: Divorced
Ethnicity: Irish, Scottish
Nationality: American, Canadian
Net Worth: $25 million
Alma Mater: Cornish College of the Arts, Upper Canada College
Birth Sign: Sagittarius
Girlfriend: Not Disclosed
Employer: Movies, TV shows
Salary: $12,500,000
Birth Date: 3 Dec, 1968
Age: 51 yrs
Occupations: Film actor
Voice actor
Television actor
Producer
Citizenship: United States of America
Canada
Birth Place: Indianapolis
Education: Upper Canada College
Cornish College of the Arts
Gender: Male
Description: Canadian-American actor
Spouse: Afton Smith
Net Worth 2021: 20 million
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Last Modified: Feb 19 2023
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