| Brendan Fraser Biography: |
Brendan was raised in a variety of Canadian and European cities and had a taste for languages. His high school years were spent in Toronto, Canada, but college saw him heading west to study theater at the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle. After graduating Fraser landed roles at Seattle's Intiman Theater and the Laughing Horse Summer Theater in Ellensburg, Washington.
In early 1991, Brendan won a one-line part in a film and headed for California. The film was never released, but he was able to land roles in two made-for-TV movies: Guilty Until Proven Innocent and Child of Darkness, Child of Light. He also won a small role in the film Dogfight.
The beefcake roles started in 1992 when he landed the title role in the Pauly Shore flick Encino Man. Playing a caveman and working with artistically-challenged Shore didn't help his reputation as a serious actor. However he did have the respect of Paramount Pictures head Sherry Lansing and Fraser landed the role of a Jewish student on a boarding-school football scholarship in School Ties
Working to escape the Pauly Shore connection (he reprised the caveman role in cameo appearances in Son In Law and In the Army Now) Fraser appeared in 1995's The Passion of Darkly Noon, where he played the disturbed orphan of religiously conservative parents. The critics liked his performance in this and Albert Brooks' comedy The Scout.
Still, simple-minded comedies haven't totally left Fraser's resume as evidenced by Fraser's roles in Airheads and George of the Jungle. Still Gods and Monsters and the relatively well-received Blast From the Past, which co-starred Alicia Silverstone may finally lead him away from Paulyesque works at last.
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