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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 3, 1955
Place of Birth
Auburn, California, USA
Also Known As
- Thomas Clifford Arana
- Thomas Arana
Tomas Arana
0.7 Popularity
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
Known For
7.2
Captain
Naples to New York
2024
7.5
Philip Bongiorno
Mike
2024
6.4
Stephen
Limonov: The Ballad
2024
6.0
The King
Django Undisputed
2024
0.0
Sonny
Non Aprite Quella Bara
2024
5.0
President
Global Harmony
2024
6.2
Stefano Lavori
Il migliore dei mondi
2023
3.3
Virgilio
La divina cometa
2023
0.0
Dottor Bennet
Quel posto nel tempo
2022
1.0
Alcide
Soldato sotto la luna
2022
Credits
Naples to New York
as Captain
2024
7.2
Mike
as Philip Bongiorno
2024
7.5
Limonov: The Ballad
as Stephen
2024
6.4
Django Undisputed
as The King
2024
6.0
Non Aprite Quella Bara
as Sonny
2024
0.0
Global Harmony
as President
2024
5.0
Il migliore dei mondi
as Stefano Lavori
2023
6.2
La divina cometa
as Virgilio
2023
3.3
Quel posto nel tempo
as Dottor Bennet
2022
0.0
Soldato sotto la luna
as Alcide
2022
1.0
Echoes of the Past
as General von Le Suire
2021
6.6
The New Pope
as Thomas Altbruck
2020
7.6
Don't Stop Me Now
as Eden Bauen
2019
6.3
Succession
as Laurie
2018
8.3
American Satan
as Washington DC Reporter
2017
7.2
MMA: Love Never Dies
as Rocco
2017
6.0
Incarnate
as Felix
2016
5.4
Ustica: The Missing Paper
as onorevole Fragalà
2016
5.5
The Possession of Michael King
as Augustine
2014
6.1
Guardians of the Galaxy
as Kree Ambassador
2014
7.9
Intelligence
as DNI Adam Weatherly
2014
6.5
Project: S.E.R.A.
as Corvallis
2013
5.3
The President's Staff
as President Harry Carrey
2013
2.7
Romeo & Juliet
as Lord Montague
2013
6.7
Crime Stories
as Unknown Man
2013
6.1
The Dark Knight Rises
as Wayne's Lawyer
2012
7.8
Twins
as Marc Douglas
2012
0.0
6 passi nel giallo
as Marc Douglas
2012
5.5
Limitless
as Man in Tan Coat
2011
7.2
The Roommate
as Rebecca's Dad
2011
5.4
Mission London
as Munroe
2010
6.8
Love Strikes
as Lorenzo Fieschi
2010
3.6
Defiance
as Ben Zion Gulkowitz
2008
6.8
Tutti pazzi per amore
as Riccardo Balestrieri
2008
7.4
Rebecca, la prima moglie
2008
7.0
Bats: Human Harvest
as Dr. Benton Walsh
2007
4.5
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses
as Rene De Leon
2007
7.4
Rabbit Troubles
2007
0.0
Gladiator of Pompeii
as Massimo
2007
6.0
Crimes
as Zen
2006
7.0
Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders
as Angelo
2006
5.4
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
as Self
2005
0.0
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
as Self
2005
7.3
🎬
Private Property
as Nigel
2005
0.0
This Girl's Life
as Aronson
2004
4.9
Frankenfish
as Jeff
2004
5.7
🎬
Lonely Place
2004
0.0
Justice League Unlimited
as Tharok (voice)
2004
8.3
The Bourne Supremacy
as Martin Marshall
2004
7.3
The Hungarian Servant
as August Dailermann
2004
4.3
The Three-Legged Fox
as The General
2004
7.5
🎬
Legami sporchi
as Raymond Toom
2004
2.7
The Accidental Detective
as Matt Brandon
2003
0.0
Outpatient
as Dr. Herb Kowalski
2002
3.5
Without a Trace
as Chuck
2002
7.2
CSI: Miami
as Mr. Davis
2002
7.7
Derailed
as Mason Cole
2002
5.1
Spooks
as Herman Joyce
2002
7.7
24
as Dave Conlon
2001
7.8
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Rudy Langer
2001
7.6
Crossing Jordan
as Father Casnelli
2001
7.2
Chimera
as Tomas
2001
0.0
Pearl Harbor
as Vice Admiral Frank J. Fletcher
2001
6.9
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Joseph Diamond
2000
7.6
Wildflowers
as Wade
2000
4.4
Gladiator
as Quintus
2000
8.2
Branchie: An Indian Dream
as Subotnik
1999
5.0
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
as Stranger (segment "Bad Girl")
1999
7.5
Heartwood
as Jordan Barrett
1998
3.0
Bella Mafia
1997
6.6
Last Cut
as Vincent
1997
4.5
L.A. Confidential
as Breuning - Dudley's Guy
1997
7.8
The Hunger
as Rick McCabe
1997
5.9
La villa dei misteri
1997
0.0
First Kid
as Harold
1996
5.7
Passage to Paradise
as Harrison
1996
0.0
La signora della città
as Rod Playton
1996
0.0
ER
as State's Attorney Rifkin
1994
7.8
The Final Scoop
as Marco
1994
4.8
Tombstone
as Frank Stillwell
1993
7.6
Are They Still Shooting?
as Father Miro
1993
0.0
The Bodyguard
as Greg Portman
1992
6.7
Out of Control
as The Warden
1992
3.0
Body Puzzle
as Inspector Michele
1992
5.1
The Sect
as Damon
1991
6.2
Panama Sugar
as Mato
1990
4.0
The Hunt for Red October
as Igor Loginov (Cook, Red October)
1990
7.4
The Church
as Evan
1989
6.1
Rosso di sera
as Pais
1989
7.0
The Prince of Terror
as Vincent Omen
1989
5.8
Domino
as Gavros
1988
4.6
The Last Temptation of Christ
as Lazarus / Crowd Member
1988
7.2
Umi e, See You
as Antonio Vázquez
1988
0.0
Intimacy
as Porter
1988
5.1
My Sister and I
as Gabor
1987
6.5
Prologo a Ritorno ad Alphaville
1986
0.0
🎬
Incidente di percorso
1986
0.0
Miami Vice
as Walter Stevens
1984
7.5
The Skin
as U.S. Soldier (uncredited)
1981
6.3
The Taming of the Shrew
as Clown
1976
6.9