Tomas Arana
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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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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Known for
Limonov: The Ballad
Non Aprite Quella Bara
Global Harmony
Il migliore dei mondi
La divina cometa
Quel posto nel tempo
Soldato sotto la luna
Echoes of the Past
The New Pope
Don't Stop Me Now
Succession
American Satan
MMA: Love Never Dies
Incarnate
Ustica: The Missing Paper
The Possession of Michael King
Guardians of the Galaxy
Intelligence
Project: S.E.R.A.
The President's Staff
Romeo & Juliet
Crime Stories
The Dark Knight Rises
Twins
6 passi nel giallo
Limitless
The Roommate
Mission London
Love Strikes
Defiance
Tutti pazzi per amore
Rebecca, la prima moglie
Bats: Human Harvest
Pompei, ieri, oggi, domani (Gladiator of Pompeii)
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses
Rabbit Troubles
Crimini
Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
This Girl's Life
Frankenfish
Justice League Unlimited
The Bourne Supremacy
The Hungarian Servant
The Three-Legged Fox
Without a Trace
CSI: Miami
Derailed
Spooks
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Crossing Jordan
Pearl Harbor
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Gladiator
Wildflowers
Branchie: An Indian Dream
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
Heartwood
Bella Mafia
Last Cut
L.A. Confidential
The Hunger
La villa dei misteri
La signora della città
ER
Tombstone
Are they still shooting?
The Final Scoop
The Bodyguard
Out of Control
Body Puzzle
The Sect
Panama Sugar
The Hunt for Red October
The Church
Rosso di sera
The Prince of Terror
Domino
The Last Temptation of Christ
See You
Intimacy
My Sister and I
Prologo a Ritorno ad Alphaville
The Skin
The Taming of the Shrew