List of Brendan Fraser performances
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American-Canadian actor Brendan Fraser had his film debut in the 1991 period coming-of-age drama film Dogfight. He went on to star in numerous films including the comedy film Encino Man (1992), drama film School Ties (1992), comedy-drama film With Honors (1994), comedy film Airheads (1994), psychological horror drama The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995), comedy film George of the Jungle (1997), drama film Still Breathing (1997), period drama Gods and Monsters (1998), slapstick comedy Dudley Do-Right (1999), and romantic comedy-drama fantasy Blast from the Past (1999). Also in 1999, he starred as Rick O'Connell in the action-adventure film The Mummy opposite Rachel Weisz. He reprised the role in the 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns and in the third and final installment in The Mummy trilogy, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008).
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During the 2000s, Fraser starred in a wide array of genres, including the fantasy romantic comedy film Bedazzled (2000), black comedy fantasy film Monkeybone (2001), romantic drama thriller film The Quiet American (2002), live-action/animated comedy film Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), crime drama film Crash (2004), independent crime thriller film Journey to the End of the Night (2006), science fantasy action-adventure film Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008), fantasy adventure film Inkheart (2008) and family black comedy film Furry Vengeance (2010). He's also starred in the medical drama film Extraordinary Measures (2010), neo-noir period crime thriller No Sudden Move (2021), and Darren Aronofsky's psychological drama film The Whale (2022). For his role in The Whale, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, the first Canadian actor to do so.[1][2]
Fraser's television work includes the miniseries Texas Rising (2015), the Showtime drama series The Affair (2016–2017), the FX anthology series Trust (2018), the Epix series Condor (2018), and the Max action series Doom Patrol (2019–2023). Fraser's stage credits include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Elling.
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Dogfight | Sailor No. 1 | As "Brendon Fraser" | |
| 1992 | Encino Man | Linkavitch "Link" Chomofsky | [3] | |
| School Ties | David Greene | |||
| 1993 | Twenty Bucks | Sam Mastrewski | ||
| Son in Law | Linkovich "Link" Chomofsky | Uncredited cameo | [4] | |
| Younger and Younger | Winston Younger | |||
| 1994 | With Honors | Monty Kessler | [3] | |
| Airheads | Chester "Chazz Darby" Ogilvie | |||
| In the Army Now | "Link" Chomofsky | Uncredited cameo | [4] | |
| The Scout | Steve Nebraska | |||
| 1995 | The Passion of Darkly Noon | Darkly Noon | ||
| Now and Then | Vietnam Veteran | Uncredited cameo | [5] | |
| 1996 | Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy | Placebo Patient | ||
| Mrs. Winterbourne | Bill Winterbourne / Hugh Winterbourne | [3] | ||
| Glory Daze | Doug | Cameo | ||
| 1997 | The Twilight of the Golds | David Gold | ||
| George of the Jungle | George | |||
| 1998 | Still Breathing | Fletcher McBracken | ||
| Gods and Monsters | Clayton Boone | [3] | ||
| 1999 | Blast from the Past | Adam Webber | ||
| The Mummy | Rick O'Connell | |||
| Dudley Do-Right | Dudley Do-Right | |||
| 2000 | Bedazzled | Elliot Richards / Abraham Lincoln | [3] | |
| Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists | Sinbad | Voice role | ||
| 2001 | Monkeybone | Stuart "Stu" Miley / Stanley | Also uncredited and voice roles for Stanley and Monkeybone, respectively | |
| The Mummy Returns | Rick O'Connell | Highest-grossing film | [3] | |
| 2002 | The Quiet American | Alden Pyle | ||
| 2003 | Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star | Himself | Uncredited cameo | |
| Looney Tunes: Back in Action | DJ Drake / Himself | Also voice role for Tasmanian Devil and She-Devil | ||
| 2004 | Crash | District Attorney Rick Cabot | [3] | |
| 2006 | Journey to the End of the Night | Paul | ||
| The Last Time | Jamie Bashant | Also executive producer | ||
| 2007 | The Air I Breathe | Pleasure | ||
| Big Bug Man | Howard Kind / Big Bug Man | Voice role; Unreleased | ||
| 2008 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | Professor Trevor Anderson | Also executive producer | |
| The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | Rick O'Connell | |||
| Inkheart | Mortimer Folchart | |||
| 2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Sgt. Geoffrey Stone IV | Uncredited cameo | |
| 2010 | Extraordinary Measures | John Crowley | ||
| Furry Vengeance | Dan Sanders | Also executive producer | ||
| 2012 | Whole Lotta Sole | Joe Maguire | ||
| 2013 | Escape from Planet Earth | Scorch Supernova | Voice role | |
| A Case of You | Tony | |||
| Hair Brained | Leo Searly | |||
| Pawn Shop Chronicles | Ricky Baldoski | |||
| Breakout | Jack Damson | Direct-to-video; also producer | ||
| Gimme Shelter | Tom Fitzpatrick | |||
| 2014 | The Nut Job | Grayson | Voice role | |
| 2019 | The Poison Rose | Miles Mitchell | ||
| Line of Descent | Charlie "Charu" Jolpin | |||
| 2020 | The Secret of Karma | Animus / Ronay | ||
| 2021 | No Sudden Move | Doug Jones | [6] | |
| 2022 | Dimensions | Animus / Ronay | Alternate version of The Secret of Karma | [7] |
| Batgirl | Ted Carson / Firefly | Unreleased | ||
| The Whale | Charlie | Won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role | [8] | |
| 2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | W.S. Hamilton | [9] | |
| 2024 | Brothers | Jimmy Farful | ||
| 2025 | Sea Lions of the Galapagos | Narrator | Documentary film | [10] |
| Rental Family | Phillip Vanderploeg | |||
| 2026 | Diamond | 'Danny Boy' McVicar | [11] | |
| Pressure † | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Post-production | [12] |
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | My Old School | Chevy | Short film | |
| Child of Darkness, Child of Light | John's friend | Television film | ||
| Guilty Until Proven Innocent | Bobby McLaughlin | |||
| 1995 | Fallen Angels | Johnny Lamb | Episode: "The Professional Man" | |
| 1997 | Duckman | Sammons Cagle | Voice role; episode: "Dammit, Hollywood" | |
| 1997, 1999 | Saturday Night Live | Himself | Host; 2 episodes | |
| 1998 | The Simpsons | Brad | Voice role; episode: "King of the Hill" | |
| 2000, 2005 | King of the Hill | David Kalaiki-Ali / Irv Bennet / Jimmy Beardon | Voice role; 2 episodes | |
| 2002, 2004 | Scrubs | Ben Sullivan | 3 episodes | |
| 2009 | Wishology! | Turbo Thunder | Voice role; television films | |
| 2015 | Texas Rising | Billy Anderson | Miniseries; 5 episodes | [13] |
| 2016–2017 | The Affair | John Gunther | 6 episodes | [14] |
| 2017 | Nightcap | Himself | Episode: "Poop Show" | |
| 2018 | Trust | James Fletcher Chase | 8 episodes | [15] |
| Condor | Nathan Fowler | 7 episodes | [16] | |
| 2018, 2023 | Titans | Clifford "Cliff" Steele / Robotman | Voice role; 2 episodes | |
| 2019–2023 | Doom Patrol | Main role | [17] | |
| 2020 | Professionals | Peter Swann | Main role; also executive producer | [18] |
Stage
| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Four Dogs and a Bone | Victor | Geffen Playhouse | [19] | |
| 2001 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Brick | Lyric Theatre | West End | [20] |
| 2010 | Elling | Kjell | Ethel Barrymore Theatre | Broadway | [21] |
Video game
| Year | Title | Voice role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor – The Video Game | Rick O'Connell | [22] |