Brendan Fraser is a Canadian-American actor who won the hearts of Russian audiences by playing the main roles of Rick O'Connell in the film trilogy "The Mummy" (1999, 2001, 2008), Elliot Richards in the film "Blinded by Desires" (2000) and Dan Sanders in the film " Revenge of the Furry”(2010).
Biography
The famous actor was born in 1968 in Indiana. His mother was a sales consultant, his father worked in the tourism industry. And since his father's work did not allow him to stay in one place for a long time, the family often traveled and lived in various states and countries: California, Seattle, Washington, Ottawa, Ontario, the Netherlands, Switzerland, etc.
Brendan has always been considered a capable boy. He studied with interest the culture and characteristics of each country and state. As a result, he became an interesting and curious child. Brendan has many ancestors from different countries. According to official sources, he is of Irish, Scottish, German, Czech and French-Canadian descent.
Education
Brendan attended one of the best private Canadian schools. He also graduated from theater school in Toronto and in 1990 from the Cornish College of Art in Seattle. Through college, he gained all the basic knowledge of acting. And after graduation, Brendan immediately began performing at a small acting college in New York. Initially, he planned to go to graduate school, but later decided to stay in Hollywood to act in films.
Career and creativity
The extraordinary abilities of the young Brendan were immediately noticed. At the age of twelve, he first appeared in a London theater. Despite the fact that his roles in the performances were very small, Brendan will remember them for a lifetime. Thanks to such roles, he first developed a love for theater and cinema. He literally fell ill with such a profession and decided that he would devote his whole life to it. Brendan's first film was a drama called My Old School. Its release took place in 1991. Despite the fact that the film did not receive wide popularity, Brendan Fraser was able to prove himself in it as a talented dramatic actor. Then he played a comedic role in the movie "Fool's Bet".
And after the release of the comedy "George of the Jungle" in 1997, the talented actor is already becoming world famous. As Brendan Fraser says, his role in this movie was quite difficult, because Tarzan has been parodied many times. In addition, it was necessary to create a realistic lifestyle in the jungle. For this role, Brendan had to grow hair, pump up muscles. As a result, Brendan began to be called not only Tarzan, but also sex - a symbol of the nineties.
After many successful films, directors often wanted to see this actor in the main comedic roles. So, popularity came to Brendan Fraser. He has over twenty comedy roles. In addition, he successfully showed himself in the genres of fantasy, drama, etc. He also successfully dubs not only movies, but also cartoons. Brendan is fluent in not only English, but also French, and is also a member of the board of directors of the New York company. Brendan Fraser is an accomplished amateur photographer. He has used multiple instant cameras in movies and TV shows. It is to him that the guide to instant cameras for collectors of American books is dedicated.
Personal life
In 1993, at a party at Winona Ryder's house, the talented actor accidentally saw Afton Smith. They got to talking and liked each other. They got married five years later. They had three sons in marriage. The family was happy, but Afton decided to leave him and in 2007 one of the happy couples broke up. The couple divorced.
Social networks
Brendan is loved all over the world. He himself is also active on social media. More than 31 thousand subscribers on Instagram and over 27 thousand subscribers on Facebook have subscribed to it.
Traits
Brendan is always cheerful and kind-hearted. He appreciates sincere and kind feelings. He never had any difficulties in communicating with people. Wherever he is, he always has friends. Brendan is always an optimist. He never loses interest in life, even when he finds himself in the most difficult situations in which other people would become lonely and embittered.
How he lives now
Brendan Fraser continues to act in films, but not as often as before. The stunts that Fraser performed in his roles ultimately required him to perform multiple surgeries over seven years, including partial knee replacements, laminectomy, and vocal cord surgery.
In the summer of 2003, Brendan claimed to have been sexually assaulted by Philip Burke, the former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. But the press spread the opposite rumors, he is accused of repeatedly attacking the producer on two different occasions. In this regard, Philip Burke said that if I did something that Brendan didn’t like, I apologize to him.
After this incident, Brendan was actually blacklisted actors. The wife reacted negatively to the situation, not particularly finding out whether the husband was to blame. She knew that work was important to him, but in her personal life, she subsequently decided to leave him.
The incident and the ensuing divorce led Fraser to depression, which, combined with his health problems and industry backlash (which began to be described as a "moron"), led to a decline in his career. But Brendan continues not to give up and believe in fate.
