He’s famous for battling mythic Egyptian mummies on the big screen, but in real life Brendan Fraser has been fighting a different kind of curse – male pattern baldness.

The 38-year-old actor appears to have gone to rather extraordinary lengths to regain his once full head of tousled brown hair.

It was clear in 2003 that Brendan was thinning rapidly, but as he wrapped filming the third installment of the Mummy franchise in Shanghai yesterday, his long mane had made a rather miraculous comeback.

Perhaps it’s courtesy of a hair transplant or an old fashioned toupee, but whatever the case, he looked to be rather pleased with the result, giving fans a thumbs up as he left the studio.

Fraser is reprising his role as Rick O’Connell for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, however his former co-star Rachel Weisz has not signed up for the third movie.

The latest installment moves to the Far East, with Rick unearthing the mummy of the first Emperor of Qin – a cursed shape-shifting entity.

Maria Bello will now play heroine Evelyn O’Connell, and up and coming Australian TV star Luke Ford will star as the couple’s son.

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