Name
Tomas Arana
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1955-04-03 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Auburn, California, USA
Biography
He co-starred as Quintus in Ridley Scott's Gladiator (2000), the Dreamworks-Universal movie and winner of five Oscars, including Best Picture, co-starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Richard Harris, Derek Jacobi, and Oliver Reed. Three of Tomas Arana's more recent films are: La volpe a tre zampe (2005), directed by Sandro Dionisio, a Teatri Uniti (Angelo Curti)/Cattelya Production that co-stars Miranda Otto, Angela Luce, and Nadja Uhl; Outpatient (2002), directed by Alec Carlin, with Justin Kirk and Catherine Kellner and the Jean-Claude Van Damme action film, Derailed (2002), directed by Bob Misiorowski. He was in Chimera (2001), directed by Pappi Corsicato, with Iaia Forte and Tommaso Ragno. He has appeared in more than 40 films, ranging from large budget Hollywood Studio pictures to Independent films in both the U.S. and Europe. His studio pictures include L.A. Confidential (1997) (as Bruening, a rogue cop), The Bodyguard (1992) (as Portman, Kevin Costner's antagonist and Whitney Houston's assassin), The Hunt for Red October (1990) (as Loginov, the Russian Saboteur), Tombstone (1993), and First Kid (1996).
He played Lazarus in Martin Scorsese's controversial The Last Temptation of Christ (1988). He was also featured in the Sundance-developed Wildflowers (1999), an independent film by Melissa Painter starring Clea DuVall and Daryl Hannah. Arana has played leading and supporting roles in over 30 European productions including films by directors such as Lina Wertmüller, Liliana Cavani, Carlo Verdone, Michele Soavi and with one of Japan's most successful directors: Koreyoshi Kurahara in the Toho production See You (1988). In theatre, Arana was the producer as well as a leading actor in the internationally acclaimed Theatre Company Falso Movimento, based in Naples, Italy. Under Arana and the artistic director Mario Martone (now a major Italian Film Director), Falso Movimento won many awards including Best Play of the Year, Best Set Design and the prestigious Mondello Prize. The company toured worldwide for more than nine years at major International Festivals including London, Frankfurt, New York, Los Angeles, Madrid, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Jerusalem, and others. Tomas Arana grew up in San Francisco and studied classical theatre at its prestigious American Conservatory Theatre, afterwards relocating to New York and acting in off-Broadway productions. He then hitchhiked throughout Europe and ended up living in Naples, Italy, where he worked in the Lucio Amelio Art Gallery, working with such artists as Warhol, Rauschenberg, Beuys, Richter, Longobardi, Clemente, Gilbert & George, etc. Andy Warhol painted his portrait, which is now part of his extensive art collection. He has both U.S. and Italian citizenship. He is married and has two sons.
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- 2000 Gladiator as Quintus
- 1992 The Bodyguard as Greg Portman
- 1986 Incidente di percorso
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- 2004 The Bourne Supremacy as Martin Marshall
- 2004 Frankenfish as Jeff
- 1989 The Church as Evan
- 1999 Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 as Stranger (segment "Bad Girl")
- 1992 Body Puzzle as Inspector Michele
- 2004 This Girl's Life as Aronson
- 1988 The Last Temptation of Christ as Lazarus / Crowd Member
- 2000 Wildflowers as Wade
- 1991 The Sect as Damon
- 2002 Outpatient as Dr. Herb Kowalski
- 2002 Derailed as Mason Cole
- 2011 The Roommate as Rebecca's Dad
- 2010 Mission London as Munroe
- 1976 The Taming of the Shrew as Clown
- 2007 Bats: Human Harvest as Dr. Benton Walsh
- 2007 Rabbit Troubles
- 2024 Naples to New York as Captain
- 1997 La villa dei misteri
- 1997 Last Cut as Vincent
- 1989 The Prince of Terror as Vincent Omen
- 2004 Legami sporchi as Raymond Toom
- 2001 Chimera as Tomas
- 2013 The President's Staff as President Harry Carrey
- 1988 Domino as Gavros
- 2004 The Hungarian Servant as August Dailermann
- 2012 Twins as Marc Douglas
- 2011 Limitless as Man in Tan Coat
- 2008 Defiance as Ben Zion Gulkowitz
- 2014 The Possession of Michael King as Augustine
- 2006 Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders as Angelo
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- 1990 The Hunt for Red October as Igor Loginov (Cook, Red October)
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- 1986 Prologo a Ritorno ad Alphaville
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- 2024 Global Harmony as President
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- 1997 L.A. Confidential as Breuning - Dudley's Guy
- 2012 The Dark Knight Rises as Wayne's Lawyer
- 2004 Lonely Place
- 2013 Romeo & Juliet as Lord Montague
- 1993 Tombstone as Frank Stillwell
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- 1988 Intimacy as Porter
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- 2016 Incarnate as Felix
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- 2005 Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' as Self
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- 2004 Justice League Unlimited ( 1 episode ) as Tharok (voice)
- 2014 Intelligence ( 10 episodes ) as DNI Adam Weatherly
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