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The Mummy<\/a>, Stephen Sommers\u2019 rip-roaring reboot of the 1932 Boris Karloff classic, turned star Brendan Fraser into an action hero upon its release in 1999.\n<\/p>\n

The horror-comedy-action hybrid wasn\u2019t a sure bet. The resurrection of the Universal monster franchise toiled in development hell for decades, with genre icons like George Romero and Clive Barker attached at various points.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

The studio wanted a low-budget horror flick, but Sommers pitched a swashbuckling, Indiana Jones-inspired take on the creature feature. The rest is ancient history. \u201cI’ve always wanted to do a version of The Mummy,\u201d he Entertainment Weekly<\/a> on its 20th anniversary. \u201cI heard they’d parted ways with another writer-director\u2026 One of the first things I said was \u2018Nobody wants to see a guy wrapped in bandages; they’re going to laugh at it.\u2019\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

History proved him right. The film earned over $400 million worldwide and received an Oscar nomination for visual effects. In the years since, there have been two sequels, a spinoff franchise, and a Tom Cruise-led reboot.\n<\/p>\n

Now, a new Mummy movie<\/a> with Fraser and costar Rachel Weisz is in the works with Radio Silence, the filmmaking team behind horror hits Ready or Not (2019) and Scream VI (2023). As we wait to see how that project takes shape, let’s have a look at what the cast of The Mummy has been up to over the past 25 years.\n<\/p>\n

Brendan Fraser as Rick O’Connell <\/p>\n

Brendan Fraser in ‘The Mummy’; Fraser at the Ischia Global Fest on July 12, 2023.<\/p>\n

Frank Trapper\/Corbis via Getty; Daniele Venturelli\/Getty<\/p>\n

Brendan Fraser<\/a> played the dashing hero Rick O\u2019Connell, a treasure hunter and former Captain of the French Foreign Legion.\n<\/p>\n

“We didn’t know whether we were making a horror movie, we didn’t know if this was an action picture, we didn’t know if it was a romance picture,\u201d he previously told EW. \u201cAll of the above? None of the above? We didn’t know. We. Did. Not. Know.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

The actor rose to prominence in the early \u201990s, standing out in Encino Man (1992), School Ties (1992), and Airheads (1994) before swinging into theaters as George of the Jungle (1997) and finding critical acclaim in Gods and Monsters (1998).\n<\/p>\n

Fraser was bedeviled by Elizabeth Hurley\u2019s Beelzebub in Bedazzled (2000), earned career-best reviews for the Vietnam drama The Quiet American (2002), and landed a role in the Best Picture-winning Crash (2004). Injuries from his years of stunt work required surgeries that curbed his action star status, but he found regular TV work, including Trust (2018) and Doom Patrol (2019\u20132023).\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

His road back to big-screen glory began in Steven Soderbergh\u2019s heist movie No Sudden Move (2021) and led to his Oscar-winning<\/a> turn in The Whale (2022) and a memorable role in Martin Scorsese\u2019s Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).\n<\/p>\n

Upcoming projects include Hikari’s Rental Family<\/a>, a festival favorite, and the historical war drama Pressure, in which he plays Dwight D. Eisenhower.\n<\/p>\n

Fraser was married to actress Afton Smith, with whom he shares three sons, from 1998 to 2009. He has been in a relationship with makeup artist Jeanne Moore since 2022.\n<\/p>\n

Rachel Weisz as Evelyn Carnahan <\/p>\n

Rachel Weisz in ‘The Mummy’; Weisz attends the Loewe Paris Womenswear Spring-Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on September 27, 2024.<\/p>\n

Universal Pictures\/Courtesy Everett; Pascal Le Segretain\/Getty<\/p>\n

Rachel Weisz<\/a> played bookworm turned mummy slayer Evelyn Carnahan.\n<\/p>\n

The English actress impressed for years on stage and across the arthouse circuit before grabbing the attention of Imhotep \u2014 and mainstream audiences \u2014 in The Mummy.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the \u201990s and a lot of the women’s parts were not very interesting,\u201d she told Newsweek<\/a>. \u201c[Evie] was just a very unusual female character. She was a librarian, and she was in the middle of this action movie. She was funny and kind of mischievous and honest.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

That role launched one of the most celebrated screen careers in recent history. Weisz showed off her range in everything from the rom-com About a Boy (2002) to the dark graphic novel adaptation Constantine (2005) before winning an Oscar for The Constant Gardener (2005).\n<\/p>\n

After starring in The Fountain (2006) \u2014 her then-fiancee Darren Aronofsky\u2019s interlocking triptych about conquering death \u2014 she stole every scene in Rian Johnson\u2019s The Brothers Bloom (2008), and continued cycling between big-budget dramas, such as The Lovely Bones (2009), and more intimate ones like The Deep Blue Sea (2011).\n<\/p>\n

The international star landed on Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos\u2019 radar for his absurdist comedy The Lobster (2015); the two reunited for The Favourite (2018), where her acerbic performance landed her another Oscar nod.\n<\/p>\n

No stranger to blockbusters with The Bourne Legacy (2012) and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) on her r\u00e9sum\u00e9, Weisz joined the MCU for a villainous role in Black Widow (2021). Most recently, she stepped into Jeremy Irons\u2019 scrubs as identical twin gynecologists<\/a> in the gender-swapped miniseries remake of Dead Ringers (2023).\n<\/p>\n

She and Aronofsky were engaged for several years and share a son, Henry. In 2011, she married Daniel Craig, and in 2018 the couple welcomed a daughter. In 2013, the two actors shared the stage in Betrayal, Weisz\u2019s Broadway debut.\n<\/p>\n

John Hannah as Jonathan Carnahan <\/p>\n

John Hannah in ‘The Mummy’; LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 27: Hannah attends the Ascendant Fox Summer Party on July 27, 2023, in London.<\/p>\n

UNIVERSAL PICTURES\/ALPHAVILLE FILMS\/Ronald Grant Archive\/Mary Evans\/Everett Collection; Dave Benett\/Getty<\/p>\n

Scottish actor John Hannah was Evelyn\u2019s troublemaking brother Jonathan.\n<\/p>\n

Before unraveling the Mummy, he stole the hearts of audiences with his breakout performance as Matthew in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), for which he earned a BAFTA nomination, and as Gwyneth Paltrow\u2019s love interest in Sliding Doors (1998).\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI struggled a bit doing The Mummy at first,\u201d he told EW in 2019. \u201cI was like, \u2018I don\u2019t understand what I\u2019m doing here!\u2019 Brendan’s the hero, and Kevin J. was doing the comedy stuff. I\u2019m like, \u2018Steve, what\u2019s my function?\u2019 He said, \u2018Just mess around in the background, and if it\u2019s funny, we\u2019ll cover it.\u2019\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Hannah starred alongside Denzel Washington in the biopic The Hurricane (1999) before reprising Jonathan in The Mummy Returns (2001). In the years since, he\u2019s found a consistent home on the small screen, playing key roles in the Spartacus franchise, Damages (2012), and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2016\u20132017). He recently guest starred on HBO\u2019s hit The Last of Us (2023).\n<\/p>\n

Hannah wed his Sliding Doors costar Joanna Roth in 1996. They have two children.\n<\/p>\n

Arnold Vosloo as Imhotep <\/p>\n

Arnold Vosloo in ‘The Mummy’; Vosloo in 2022.<\/p>\n

Universal\/Courtesy Everett; Netflix \/ Courtesy Everett<\/p>\n

Arnold Vosloo was Imhotep, the cursed mummy who returns from the tomb in search of his lost love.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThey go, \u2018All right, here’s your wardrobe.\u2019 It\u2019s, like, a G-string. I liked my beers; I had a bit of a paunch \u2014 still do,\u201d Vosloo previously told EW. \u201cSteve told me afterwards that the wardrobe master said, \u2018We\u2019ve got a problem. We\u2019ve got a fat Mummy!\u2019 So in Morocco I was just running and walking and eating whatever it is they make you eat to lose weight.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Before playing the classic villain, Vosloo was a celebrated film, television, and theater actor in his native South Africa. He made his stateside debut in the cult sword-and-sorcery adventure Gor (1987) and hunted Jean-Claude Van Damme in John Woo\u2019s Hard Target (1993).\n<\/p>\n

After his defeat in The Mummy movies, he menaced Agent Cody Banks (2003), costarred with Leonardo DiCaprio in Blood Diamond (2006), and shored up his bad-guy bonafides as Cobra agent Zartan in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) and G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013). His TV work has included 24 (2005), Bosch (2017), and Jack Ryan<\/a> (2019).\n<\/p>\n

Vosloo was married to actress Nancy Mulford from 1988 to 1991. He wed marketing director Silvia Ahi in 1998.\n<\/p>\n

Kevin J. O’Connor as Beni Gabor <\/p>\n

Kevin J. O’Connor in ‘The Mummy’; O’Connor arrives to the premiere of ‘Catch-22’ at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on May 7, 2019.<\/p>\n

Universal Pictures; VALERIE MACON\/AFP via Getty<\/p>\n

Kevin J. O\u2019Connor<\/a> was the disloyal thief Beni Gabor, whose greed gets the best of him.\n<\/p>\n

As he told EW in 2019, making the film was its own adventure: \u201cYou’d see one little black cloud and you’d think, ‘What is this?’ This little black cloud would turn into a sandstorm that was blinding and threw the camera equipment around. It was insane\u2026 I chose to wear open-toed sandals for my character. After my first night, I realized how wrong I was. I would look down and see something moving in the sand.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

O\u2019Connor was already a well-established character actor, with Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Steel Magnolias (1989), Amistad (1997), and Tanner \u201988 (1988) under his belt. After getting eaten alive by scarabs in The Mummy, he served as the diabolical lab assistant Igor in Sommers\u2019 Van Helsing (2004), then faced a different kind of monster in Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s There Will Be Blood (2007). He joined Patrick Swayze for his final performance in the series The Beast (2009) and reunited with Anderson for The Master (2012).\n<\/p>\n

The Windy City native was a recurring player on Chicago P.D. (2014\u20132015) as well as the Stephen King<\/a> miniseries 11.22.63 (2016). In recent years, he has popped up in Widows (2018), Catch-22 (2019), and the Kirsten Dunst-led series On Becoming a God in Central Florida (2019).\n<\/p>\n

Jonathan Hyde as Dr. Allen Chamberlain <\/p>\n

Jonathan Hyde in ‘The Mummy’; Hyde poses on the red carpet at the Olivier Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London on April 7, 2019.<\/p>\n

Universal Pictures; NIKLAS HALLE’N\/AFP via Getty<\/p>\n

Veteran screen presence Jonathan Hyde brought the film\u2019s resident Egyptologist, Dr. Allen Chamberlain, to life.\n<\/p>\n

The Australian character actor was best known to Americans as the trustworthy butler in Richie Rich (1994), in dual roles in Jumanji (1995), and as the historically infamous J. Bruce Ismay in Titanic (1997).\n<\/p>\n

Modern audiences may recognize him from Guillermo del Toro\u2019s vampire series The Strain (2014\u20132017); he reunited with the genre maestro for the Gothic chiller Crimson Peak (2015). Recently Hyde appeared, ironically enough, in Dr. Jekyll (2023) with Eddie Izzard, and guest starred as the Duke of Norfolk on The Crown<\/a> (2023).\n<\/p>\n

Most recently, Hyde appeared in Brady Corbet’s Oscar-winning The Brutalist (2024).\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0Hyde wed opera singer Isobel Buchanan in 1980 and they have two children. Their daughter, Georgia King, is also an actor.\n<\/p>\n

Oded Fehr as Ardeth Bay <\/p>\n

Oded Fehr in ‘The Mummy’; BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 12: Actor Oded Fehr attends the 33rd Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles on November 12, 2019.<\/p>\n

Universal Pictures; JC Olivera\/Getty<\/p>\n

Oded Fehr was Ardeth Bay, leader of the sacred guards tasked with protecting the City of the Dead.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had no idea when we shot the first Mummy that it\u2019s going to be what it ended up being\u2026 I heard Rachel going, \u2018This is the end of my career,\u2019\u201d he said on Popverse<\/a>\u2019s Mummy cast reunion panel. \u201cI was just happy to be there, you know\u2026 for me it was my first job.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

After The Mummy Returns, he faced off with the undead again in Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) and played the villain Zankou on Charmed (2004\u20132005). Fehr co-headlined Showtime\u2019s Sleeper Cell (2005\u20132006) and landed roles on NCIS (2013), Once Upon a Time (2016\u20132017) The Blacklist (2015\u20132019), and Star Trek: Discovery (2020\u20132024).\n<\/p>\n

The Israeli actor will return to the Final Frontier for the spin-off Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.\n<\/p>\n

Fehr and Rhonda Tollefson have been married since 2000 and have three children.\n<\/p>\n

Erick Avari as Dr. Terence Bey <\/p>\n

Erick Avari in ‘The Mummy’; Avari attends the 18th annual Official Star Trek Convention at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on August 2, 2019.<\/p>\n

Universal Pictures; Gabe Ginsberg\/Getty<\/p>\n

Erick Avari played Dr. Terence Bey, curator of the Cairo Museum of Antiquities.\n<\/p>\n

A two-decade veteran of stage and screen, he already had an extensive r\u00e9sum\u00e9, including the Seinfeld (1989) pilot and supporting turns in Stargate (1994), Independence Day (1996), and Fraser\u2019s Encino Man.\n<\/p>\n

The actor mentioned on a podcast in 2015<\/a> that his role changed at the last minute: \u201cI was originally cast in the role Jonathan Hyde played and Omar Sharif was set to play the curator, but two weeks before the shoot, they called to say Omar had emergency hip surgery and so they were bumping me up to the role of the curator.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Avari played a human in Tim Burton<\/a>\u2019s Planet of the Apes (2001) and the billionaire businessman father of Jennifer Garner\u2019s Elektra in Daredevil (2003).\n<\/p>\n

He subsequently settled in on the small screen, booking parts in Heroes (2006), Days of Our Lives (2009), and The Brink (2017). The actor has remained mostly retired since the first season of faith-based drama The Chosen (2019).\n<\/p>\n

Avari and his wife, Margaret Walker, have been married since 1980.\n<\/p>\n

Bernard Fox as Captain Winston Havelock <\/p>\n

Bernard Fox in ‘The Mummy’; Fox attends the Academy of Magical Arts Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on April 5, 2008.<\/p>\n

Universal Pictures; Jean Baptiste Lacroix\/WireImage<\/p>\n

Bernard Fox portrayed the overzealous fighter pilot Captain Winston Havelock.\n<\/p>\n

The Welsh actor became a sitcom stalwart in the \u201960s, appearing on everything from The Andy Griffith Show (1963\u20131965) to Hogan\u2019s Heroes (1965\u20131970). While he remains most noteworthy for his sitcom work, he also holds a unique big-screen distinction: He appeared in two films based on the sinking of the Titanic, both A Night to Remember (1958) and the ship\u2019s eponymous 1997 blockbuster.\n<\/p>\n

The Mummy was one of his last acting roles, but he went out with yet another bit of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu, reprising his recurring character from Bewitched (1966\u20131972) on the supernatural soap opera Passions (1999\u20132000).\n<\/p>\n

Fox died of heart failure in 2016<\/a> at age 89. He and his wife, Jacqueline, were married for over 50 years and had two children.\n<\/p>\n

Patricia Vel\u00e1squez as Anck-su-namun <\/p>\n

Patricia Vel\u00e1squez in ‘The Mummy’; Vel\u00e1squez at Cinemark Baldwin Hills in Los Angeles on May 9, 2024.<\/p>\n

Universal Pictures; Araya Doheny\/Getty<\/p>\n

Patricia Vel\u00e1squez was Imhotep\u2019s gold-painted lover, the Pharaoh’s bride-to-be Anck-su-namun.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIt took almost 10 hours to get that makeup on,\u201d she said in 2024<\/a>. \u201cI have four people drawing on my body, and then they had a special chair so I could sit and the paint would not smear\u2026 I had anywhere between two to four hours of retouching every day. It was tough.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

After an expanded role in The Mummy Returns, Vel\u00e1squez showed off her comedic chops as Marta on Arrested Development (2003\u20132004) and guested on Rescue Me (2004) and The L Word (2008). The Venezuelan actress recently appeared in the horror films The Curse of La Llorona (2019) and Malignant (2021).\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Off-screen, she has been honored for her philanthropy, having created the Wayuu Taya Foundation to assist the indigenous Wayuu people of Venezuela and Colombia. The United Nations appointed her the UNESCO Artist for Peace in 2003.\n<\/p>\n

Vel\u00e1squez has a daughter, Maya, and is in a relationship with businesswoman Alison Lawton.\n<\/p>\n

Where can I watch The Mummy? <\/p>\n

The Mummy is currently available to stream on MGM+<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

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