Brendan James Fraser 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 role in
With Honors (1994) as a Harvard student and
George of the Jungle (1997) and emerged a star playing Rick O'Connell in
The Mummy trilogy (1999â2008). 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).