Brendan James Fraser (born December 3, 1968) is a
Canadian-American of
stage and
screen. He is known for having starred in several major Hollywood films, including
The Mummy film series,
The Quiet American,
Crash,
George of the Jungle and
Journey to the Center of the Earth.
Biography
Early life
Fraser was born in
Indianapolis, Indiana,
the son of Canadian parents Carol, a sales counselor, and Peter Fraser, a former
journalist who worked as a Canadian foreign service officer for the Government Office of Tourism.
Fraser has three older brothers: Kevin, Regan, and Sean. His family moved often during his
childhood, living in
Eureka, California,
Seattle,
Ottawa, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Fraser attended the private boys' boarding school,
, in Toronto. While on vacation in London, Fraser attended his first professional theatrical performance in at the
West End. He graduated from Seattle's
Cornish College of the Arts in 1990.
He began acting at a small acting college in New York. He originally planned on attending graduate school in
Texas but stopped in
Hollywood on his way south and decided to stay in Los Angeles and work in movies.
His surname is properly pronounced "Fray-zer," though some pronounce it "Frasier" (as in
Kelsey Grammer's
television character). The correct pronunciation of his surname is a running gag in
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star in which he has a cameo.
