When a person is asked to tell whoBrendan Fraser, the filmography in the memory of many is limited to the cult "Mummy". However, this is not an actor of one role - Brendan has many more successful projects for which he is remembered and loved. But he achieved such glory with great talent and hard work.
Brendan Fraser was born on December 3, 1968 inUSA, in the city of Indianapolis, which is in the state of Indiana. His father worked in the tourism business, and this led to the living conditions of his family, including Brendan himself. Already in his childhood, the future actor managed to live in many cities of the United States, as well as beyond - in Canada and Europe. Fraser's acting talent was noticed quite early, when he was only 12 years old. At that time, the family lived in London, and Brendan began to perform in London's theaters, and even had quite a lot of success. But the Fraser family returned to the US after a while, and Brendan had to continue his training in acting skills in Seattle. On this move has not ended, and the next place where the young talent hone their skills, has become the city of Toronto, that is, the Fraser family moved to Canada. From there, the young Brendan went to Hollywood to play his first role on the big screen at the age of 23.
Such an actor could not long remain anonymous,as Brendan Fraser. His filmography only the first few years was not replenished with the most significant films, such as "Foolish Bet", which was filmed in 1991. In the same year, Brendan appeared on television screens in small projects "The Child of Darkness, the Child of Light" and "Guilty until innocence is proven." In 1992, Fraser got more interesting roles - Link in "Frozen Californian" and David Green in "School ties". In these films, young talent first appeared in the lead roles. 1993 did not bring Brendan anything, except for two small films - "Yanger and Yanger" and "Twenty Bucks", which did not receive special recognition. But the films of Brendan Fraser have already attracted both viewers and creators, so in 1994 the actor was invited to participate in three scenes at once - in "Pustoholovy", "With honors" and "Scout", and for the last film Brendan got his first major a fee of $ 1.5 million. "Glitter of Glory" and "The Dark Noon" are films in which Brendan Fraser took part in 1995. His filmography was still rather modest, there was not a single major film in it, although he had been on the screen for 5 years. 1996 did not bring anything new - just another two inglorious pictures of "Mrs. Winterbourne" and "Twilight of the Gold family."
But 1997 was the moment when Hollywood andThe whole world heard a new big name in the cinema - Brendan Fraser. The filmography of the actor, which until then consisted exclusively of not very well-known and second-rate works, was finally replenished with a masterpiece. Brendan played the role of George in the magnificent comedy "George of the Jungle", for which he fell in love with all the audience. After that, a native of Indianapolis began to alternate small projects with large ones. So, in late 1997 and early 1998, he starred in "The Last Breath" and "Gods and Monsters", which were obviously not intended for a wide audience, followed by Adam in the "Explosion from the Past", which More strengthened the position of Fraser in Hollywood. The best period in the career of the actor went on and on, and if you want to call the best films with Brendan Fraser, the list will definitely be headed by the "Mummy", which, undoubtedly, became a masterpiece of cinematography. The actor played the role of Richard O "Connel, for which he received a fee of $ 4 million.
The success of 2008, the actor has not yet been able to repeat- films with Brendan Fraser, filmed after the Ink of the Heart, have not yet been particularly successful. In 2009, there were "extreme measures", in 2010 - "Revenge of the fluffy" (the picture that became the most sensible of the latter), in 2011 - "Full paragraph." The year 2013 became very fertile for Brendan - he voiced the "Real Squirrel" and "Escape from the Planet Earth", and also starred in the films "Business in You", "Reckless", "The Chronicles of the Pawnshop", "Witnesses Must Be Silenced" and "Give me asylum, "but none of them approached their past success.
But Brendan Fraser is not going nowstop - he already planned to participate in two films. He will play a major role in the adaptation of the famous book, which will be called "William Tell: Legend", and also take part in the filming of the drama "Second of Pleasure."
In 2000, Brendan Fraser was nominated forthe title of best actor for his role in the movie "The Mummy", but the prize was awarded to Saturn by Tim Allen with the film "In Search of the Galaxy." Six years passed, and in 2006 Fraser still received an award, albeit for the time being the only one: along with the entire cast he received the Guild of Actors for Best Actor in the film "Collision."
