Brendan Fraser

Fraser was born in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The son of Canadian-American parents Carol, a sales counselor, and Peter Fraser, a former journalist who worked as a foreign service officer for the Canadian Government Office of Tourism. His great-grandfather was a Royal Canadian Mountie. 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, Upper Canada College 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.

Fraser's first film role was a brief cameo in America's Most Wanted Reenactment (1985) he played friend to Rodney Mark Peterson, who was murdered.

Fraser met Afton Smith while attending a barbecue at Winona Ryder's house after his arrival in Los Angeles. Fraser married Smith on September 27, 1998, and they have three sons: Griffin Arthur, Holden Fletcher, and Leland Francis. On December 27, 2007, Fraser's publicist announced the couple had decided to divorce.

He is fluent in French. Fraser also serves on the Board of Directors for FilmAid International.