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Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) is the title character of The Mummy and The Mummy Returns. In 1290 BC, Imhotep was High Priest of Osiris under the rule of Pharaoh Seti I. He began an affair with Pharaoh Seti's mistress, Anck-su-namun, and they murdered the Pharaoh when he discovered it.
Boris Karloff as The Mummy (1932) Lon Chaney Jr. as the Mummy in The Mummy's Ghost (1944). The original series of films consisted of six installments, which starred iconic horror actors such as Boris Karloff (only in the original one, as Imhotep); Tom Tyler and Lon Chaney Jr. as Kharis; and lastly Eddie Parker, who played Klaris, a cousin of Kharis.
[74] [75] The films inspired an animated TV series titled The Mummy, which lasted two seasons, [76] and a spin-off prequel, The Scorpion King (2002). [77] Universal announced plans in 2012 to reboot the franchise; [78] a new film, also titled The Mummy, was released in June 2017 to poor critical and box office performance. [79]
The Mummy Returns is a 2001 American fantasy action-adventure film [2] written and directed by Stephen Sommers.It is the sequel to the 1999 film The Mummy, and the second film in The Mummy film series starring Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell.
Unlike other Universal Monsters films, The Mummy had no official sequel. The character was re-imagined in The Mummy's Hand (1940) and its sequels; The Mummy's Tomb (1942), The Mummy's Ghost (1944), The Mummy's Curse (1944), and the studio's comedy–horror crossover film Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955).
Richard "Rick" O’Connell is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the second incarnation of The Mummy franchise.He is portrayed by Brendan Fraser. [1] Fraser reprised the role of O'Connell in The Mummy Returns [2] released in 2001, and in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor from 2008.
Dennehy went on to appear in the Nicolas Cage-led horror movie Mandy (2018) and had a major role in the first season of the Amazon Prime series Good Omens (2019). In 2024, he starred in The ...
Vosloo is also known for portraying villains such as in the John Woo film Hard Target (1993), starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, and the title role of the 1999 film The Mummy (starring Brendan Fraser), as well as its 2001 sequel, The Mummy Returns. In both films he played Imhotep, an ancient Egyptian high priest.