Tomas Arana

Tomas Arana

  • Birthday: 1955-04-03
  • Place of birth: Auburn, California, USA
  • Also know as: Thomas Clifford Arana

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. IMDb Mini Biography By: anonymous

Filmography

The Prince of Terror

1989

As Vincent Omen

Legami sporchi

2004

As Raymond Toom

The Hungarian Servant

2004

As August Dailermann

The Final Scoop

1993

As Marco

Bats: Human Harvest

2007

As Dr. Benton Walsh

The Church

1989

As Evan

Body Puzzle

1992

As Inspector Michele

Derailed

2002

As Mason Cole

Mission London

2010

As Munroe

Gladiator of Pompeii

2007

As Massimo

Lonely Place

2004

As

Rosso di sera

1989

As Pais

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99

1999

As Stranger (segment "Bad Girl")

Wildflowers

2000

As Wade

Last Cut

1997

As Vincent

Chimera

2001

As

Private Property

2005

As Nigel

Intimacy

1988

As Porter

Out of Control

1992

As The Warden

Twins

2012

As Marc Douglas

Branchie: An Indian Dream

1999

As Subotnik

Domino

1988

As Gavros

Ustica: The Missing Paper

2016

As onorevole Fragalà

The Three-Legged Fox

2004

As The General

La signora della città

1996

As Rod Playton

Outpatient

2002

As Dr. Herb Kowalski

Frankenfish

2004

As Jeff

Love Strikes

2010

As Lorenzo Fieschi

Soldato sotto la luna

2022

As Alcide

The Bodyguard

1992

As Greg Portman

My Sister and I

1987

As Gabor

Panama Sugar

1990

As

Are they still shooting?

1993

As Father Miro

Il migliore dei mondi

2023

As Stefano Lavori

This Girl's Life

2004

As Aronson

The Roommate

2011

As Rebecca's Dad

Limitless

2011

As Man in Tan Coat

Defiance

2008

As Ben Zion Gulkowitz

The Sect

1991

As Damon

Romeo & Juliet

2013

As Lord Montague

Echoes of the Past

2021

As General von Le Suire

Global Harmony

2024

As President

Gladiator

2000

As Quintus

Don't Stop Me Now

2019

As Eden Bauen

La divina cometa

2023

As Virgilio

The Bourne Supremacy

2004

As Martin Marshall

Incarnate

2016

As Felix

See You

1988

As

Bella Mafia

1997

As

Tombstone

1993

As Frank Stillwell

The Last Temptation of Christ

1988

As Lazarus / Crowd Member

The Hunt for Red October

1990

As Loginov

American Satan

2017

As Washington DC Reporter

The Skin

1981

As U.S. Soldier (uncredited)

Guardians of the Galaxy

2014

As Kree Ambassador

Heartwood

1998

As Jordan Barrett

L.A. Confidential

1997

As Breuning - Dudley's Guy

Pearl Harbor

2001

As Vice Admiral Frank J. Fletcher

The Dark Knight Rises

2012

As Wayne's Lawyer

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