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Brendan James Fraser (born December 3, 1968) is an American-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 trilogy (1999–2008). He took on dramatic roles in Gods and Monsters (1998), The Quiet American (2002), and Crash (2004), and further fantasy roles in Bedazzled (2000) and Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008). Fraser's film work slowed from the late 2000s to mid-2010s due to the poor box office performances, and various health and personal problems, including the fallout from a sexual assault committed against him in 2003 by Philip Berk, the then-president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Fraser branched into television with roles in the Showtime drama The Affair (2016–2017), the FX series Trust (2018), and the Max series Doom Patrol (2019–2023). His film career was revitalized by roles in Steven Soderbergh's No Sudden Move (2021) and Darren Aronofsky's The Whale (2022). Fraser's starring role as an obese gay man in the latter earned him critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, becoming the first Canadian to win this category. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brendan Fraser, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Brendan Fraser
Superman
for Superman in JJ Abrams's Superman Fly By (2004)
Suggested by crowbus940
The legendary director JJ Abrams embarked on an ambitious project to revive the Superman franchise. I wanted the story to focus on Superman as a hero with a split identity, struggling to balance his shield as a super hero and as a mere mortal. The film, titled "Superman Fly By", saw Brendan Fraser playing the role of Superman. The plot of the story focused on creating a utopian world in which Superman could live and fight for good without resistance. The movie also featured a number of interesting villains like Lex Luthor, Brainiac, and Darkseid, all trying to destroy Superman's dream world. In addition, it featured several emotional scenes of Superman's fight against injustice in the real world. Overall hailed as a critical and commercial success, "Superman Fly By" marked the first time a Superman story had been so successfully adapted for film. It was a refreshing change from the classic Superman image, with his interpreter, Brendan Fraser, serving as a perfect representation of the character.
