Richard "Rick" O'Connell was portrayed by Brendan Fraser in the films, The Mummy (1999), The Mummy Returns (2001) and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008). He is an adventurer who served in the French Foreign Legion. He discovered the location of Hamunaptra and was therefore saved by Evelyn Carnahan from being hanged. After that he took her there alongside other and contributed to the reviving of Imhotep.
They worked together to stop him and succeeded. They also managed to retrieve some of his treasures and became rich. After stopping Imhotep, Rick married Evelyn and together, they had a son, Alex O'Connell. When O'Connell and his family were threatened after the resurrection of Imhotep, they managed to defeat him again.