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Brendan Fraser

Brendan James Fraser ( ; born December 3, 1968) is an American and Canadian actor. 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 as a star playing Rick O'Connell in ''The Mummy'' films (1999–present). He took on dramatic roles in ''Gods and Monsters'' (1998), ''The Quiet American'' (2002), and ''Crash'' (2004), and further fantasy roles in ''Bedazzled'' (2000), ''Inkheart'' and ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' (both 2008).

Fraser's film work slowed from the late 2000s to mid-2010s due to poor box office performances and various health and personal issues, including the fallout from a sexual assault committed against him in 2003 by Philip Berk, the then-president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. In addition to films, Fraser 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).

His film career was revitalized in the 2020s by roles in Steven Soderbergh's ''No Sudden Move'' (2021) and Darren Aronofsky's ''The Whale'' (2022), the latter of which earned him critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actor – making him the first Canadian to win it. Provided by Wikipedia