10 best films of Brendan Fraser - the actor who returned to the big game (11 photos)

American-Canadian actor, Oscar winner for Best Actor Brendan Fraser turns 55!





His florid career is currently divided into three periods: an excellent start in the 1990s and the role of a comedic action hero, oblivion from the end of the 2000s, lasting all tenths and associated with personal problems, and, finally, “Brenesance” - a return to the game with “ Oscar" and the role of a dramatic actor.

Let's remember what films Brendan gave us in two of these three periods.

School Ties (1992)



Brendan Fraser plays a talented Jewish student and athlete from a poor family who attends the same college as the children of wealthy white Anglo-Saxon Protestants in the not-so-politically correct 1950s in the United States.

George of the Jungle (1997)



Brendan Fraser in the remake of the 1960s animated series, which in turn is a parody of Tarzan. The main character, King of the Jungle George, spent his entire life outside civilization, after which he first came to modern San Francisco. But all the delights of a new world for him are not able to distract George from saving his friends from poachers - they especially liked the talking gorilla Ape.

Gods and Monsters (1998)



Brendan Fraser in the film, which won an Oscar for Best Screenplay. His hero, Clayton, a former marine, gets a job as a gardener at the villa of an elderly man (Ian McKellen). After some time, Clayton learns that his employer is none other than James Whale, the famous Hollywood director and creator of the Frankenstein films of the 1930s.

Blast from the Past (1999)



The premise of the film is in some ways similar to George of the Jungle. Fraser's hero, Adam, spent 35 years of his life in a comfortable bunker, as his no-nonsense father took too much of a possible nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis. And so Adam, for the first time in his life, finds himself in Los Angeles in the late 90s. Now, for a long time, an adult who has seen only his parents needs to somehow make up for life.

The Mummy (1999)



Brendan Fraser as military man and adventurer Rick O'Connell. He serves in Egypt, where, after some circumstances, he meets the librarian Evelyn and her brother Jonathan. Together they go to the city of the dead Hamunaptra and, of course, accidentally awaken the ancient Egyptian priest Imhotep. A revived mummy can plunge the whole world into darkness if it is not sent back to where it came from.

At this point we, of course, recommend the 2001 sequel, The Mummy Returns. But not a threequel!

Blinded by Desires (2000)



Brendan Fraser as down-on-his-luck programmer Elliot, who meets the Devil in the body of Elizabeth Hurley. He offers the hero to fulfill 7 of his wishes in exchange for his soul, but every time he cheats, turning the fulfillment of wishes in a light unfavorable for Elliot. The hero has one last wish, which it would be better to hold back and formulate as correctly as possible.

The Quiet American (2001)



Brendan Fraser stars as wily "quiet American" Alden Pyle, who becomes part of a love triangle with Vietnamese woman Phuong and British journalist Thomas Fowler, played by Michael Caine. The confrontation between men takes place in the 1950s against the backdrop of the First Indochina War, and the image of the hero Fraser symbolizes US foreign policy in Vietnam, which will subsequently lead to the well-known conflict.

Clash (2004)



"Crash" won Oscars for Best Screenplay and Best Picture. Brendan Fraser plays the role of a career district attorney who becomes part of an ensemble cast whose characters, in their interconnected mini-stories, find themselves in unpleasant situations, the main reason for which is racism in the United States of the 2000s.

The Air I Breathe (2007)



The film is based on an ancient Chinese proverb that states that human existence is made up of four cornerstones: Happiness, Pleasure, Sadness and Love. Brendan Fraser plays the role of Pleasure (as his character is named), a criminal who has the uncanny ability to see the future of everyone he meets.

Keith (2022)



Oscar-winning role of Fraser in Darren Aronofsky's film. His hero, Charlie, suffers from morbid obesity and leads a reclusive lifestyle. He once abandoned his family and is now trying to improve his relationship with his teenage daughter.