Brendan Fraser

Over the past two decades, Brendan Fraser has appeared in over 30 films, ranging from smart independent films to action-packed blockbusters.

In the summer of 2009, Fraser starred in and executive produced New Line/ Warner Bros’ release Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3-D, which grossed over $100 Million domestically, and Universal’s Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor which grossed over $400 million worldwide.

On the complete opposite end of the spectrum, Fraser starred in The Air I Breathe, a drama based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. The film had its premiere at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival and also stars Forest Whitaker, Andy Garcia, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Julie Delphy, Emile Hirsch and Kevin Bacon.

Fraser has been in a string of some of the most successful independent films of the past decade including Lionsgate's Academy Award-winning Best Picture, Crash, directed by Paul Haggis, Phillip Noyce's The Quiet American, based on Graham Greene's 1955 thriller of the same name, and Bill Condon's Gods and Monsters, opposite Sir Ian McKellen and Lynn Redgrave.

Fraser's additional film credits include Walt Disney Productions' $100 million smash hit, George of the Jungle, Looney Tunes: Back in Action for Warner Bros, Harold Ramis' Bedazzled, co-starring Elizabeth Hurley and Frances O'Connor, Henry O. Selick's Monkey Bone, Hugh Wilson's Blast From the Past with Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken, and Sissy Spacek, and the live-action Dudley Do-Right with Sarah Jessica Parker and Alfred Molina.

Fraser is also noted for his acerbic-witted role starring opposite Shirley MacLaine in Richard Benjamin's Mrs. Winterbourne, and his performances in Les Mayfield's Encino Man, Robert Mandel's School Ties, Alek Keshishian's With Honors, Michael Lehmann's Airheads, Michael Ritchie's The Scout and his critically acclaimed performance in Showtime's “The Twilight of the Golds.”

Fraser's diverse theatre roster includes his 2001 appearance at the Lyric Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue, in London in the West End production of Tennessee Williams’ “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” Directed by Tony Award winner Anthony Page, Fraser played the role of 'Brick' opposite Frances O'Connor as Maggie Pollitt. Brendan received high praise for his work as the anxious writer in John Patrick Shanley's “Four Dogs and a Bone” at the Geffen Playhouse in which he co-starred with Martin Short, Parker Posey, and Elizabeth Perkins for director Lawrence Kasdan.

Born in Indianapolis and raised in Europe and Canada, Brendan has been dedicated to honing his craft since an early age of 12 and began attending theater when his family lived in London. He attended high school at Toronto's Upper Canada College and received a B.F.A. in acting from the Actor's Conservatory, Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle.

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