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 By Titan007 Brendan Fraser has always seemed a little out of time, and that may be exactly why he still matters. In a Hollywood that cycles through leading men like seasonal fashion, Fraser remained stubbornly himself—an earnest striver with the physique of an adventure hero and the interior weather of a poet. He could swing through the jungle in a loincloth, square his jaw against an army of resurrected mummies, or disappear into the tremble of a wounded soul. The arc of his life—meteoric rise, painful retreat, and a public return—has been reported as a comeback story. But “comeback” is a Hollywood word, all dust and limelight. What Fraser’s trajectory really shows is endurance: a career built on range, a body remade and repaired for the work, and a personal compass that points, unfashionably, toward decency. Born Brendan James Fraser on December 3, 1968, in Indianapolis, Indiana, he grew up between nations and accents, carrying dual American and Canadian citizenship and a fami...