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Brendan James Fraser (born December 3, 1968 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a Canadian-American actor.

Biography

Brendan Fraser is the son of a foreign service officer for the Canadian Government Office of Tourism and moved often as a child. He lived in Detroit, Seattle, Ottawa, Netherlands and Switzerland. Fraser attended his first professional theatrical performance in London's West End. He began acting at Toronto's Upper Canada College and later received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at Seattle's Cornish College of the Arts. He originally planned on attending graduate school in Texas but stopped in Hollywood on his way south and decided to stay in Los Angeles and work in movies. His first film role was in Dogfight (1991), and he has since garnered over 30 film credits. In the early years of his film career, Fraser played alongside Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Chris O'Donnell in School Ties (1992) and Viggo Mortensen and Ashley Judd in Philip Ridley's The Passion of Darkly Noon. His breakout role was in the title role in 1997's George of the Jungle. He has also made guest appearances on the television shows Scrubs, King of the Hill, and The Simpsons.

Fraser married Afton Smith on September 27, 1998, and has three sons, Griffin Arthur, Holden Fletcher, and Leland Francis. He holds dual Canadian-U.S. citizenship and speaks fluent French. Fraser is also an accomplished amateur photographer.

In March 2006, it was announced that he would be granted a star on Canada's Walk of Fame, the first American-born actor to receive the honor, though as of 2006, he does not have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Trivia

* Stands 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) tall.
* Fixated with the number "42", he has worn it as his jersey number in all his sports-related films.
* His surname is properly pronounced "Fray-zer", though some pronounce it "Frasier" (as in Kelsey Grammer's television character). The correct pronunciation of his surname is a running gag in Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star in which he has a cameo.

Selected filmography

* Dogfight (1991)
* Encino Man (1992)
* School Ties (1992)
* With Honors (1994)
* Airheads (1994)
* The Scout (1994)
* The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995)
* Brain Candy (1996)
* Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)
* George of the Jungle (1997)
* Gods and Monsters (1998)
* Still Breathing (1998)
* Dudley Do-Right (1999)
* Blast from the Past (1999)
* The Mummy (1999)
* Bedazzled (2000)
* The Mummy Returns (2001)
* Monkeybone (2001)
* The Quiet American (2002)
* Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
* Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star(2003) cameo
* Crash (2004)
* Big Bug Man (2006)
* Journey To The End Of The Night (2006)
* The Air I Breathe (2007)
* Journey 3-D (2007)
* Inkheart (2007)
* Mummy 3 (TBA 2008)

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