Brendan Fraser

Brendan James Fraser ( ; born December 3, 1968) is a Canadian-American actor. Having graduated from the Cornish College of the Arts in 1990, he made his film debut in ''Dogfight'' (1991). Fraser had his breakthrough in 1992 with the comedy ''Encino Man'' and the drama ''School Ties''. He gained further prominence for his starring roles in the comedies ''With Honors'' (1994) and ''George of the Jungle'' (1997) and emerged a star playing Rick O'Connell in ''The Mummy'' trilogy (1999–2008). He took on dramatic roles in ''Gods and Monsters'' (1998), ''The Quiet American'' (2002), and ''Crash'' (2004), and further fantasy roles in ''Bedazzled'' (2000) and ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' (2008).

Fraser's film work slowed from the late 2000s to mid 2010s due to various health and personal problems and fallout from a sexual assault allegedly committed against him in 2003 by Philip Berk, the then-president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. He branched into television with roles in the Showtime drama ''The Affair'' (2016–2017), the FX series ''Trust'' (2018), and the HBO Max series ''Doom Patrol'' (2019–2023). Fraser's film career was revitalized by roles in Steven Soderbergh's ''No Sudden Move'' (2021) and Darren Aronofsky's ''The Whale'' (2022). His starring role as an obese gay man in the latter earned him critical acclaim, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, becoming the first Canadian to win this category. Provided by Wikipedia