Tomas Arana

He costarred as Quintus in Ridley Scotts Gladiator 2000 the DreamworksUniversal movie and winner of five Oscars including Best Picture costarring Russell Crowe Joaquin Phoenix Connie Nielsen Richard Harris Derek Jacobi and Oliver Reed Three of Tomas Aranas more recent films are La volpe a tre zampe 2005 directed by Sandro Dionisio a Teatri Uniti Angelo CurtiCattelya Production that costars Miranda Otto Angela Luce and Nadja Uhl Outpatient 2002 directed by Alec Carlin with Justin Kirk and Catherine Kellner and the JeanClaude 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 US and Europe His studio pictures include LA Confidential 1997 as Bruening a rogue cop The Bodyguard 1992 as Portman Kevin Costners antagonist and Whitney Houstons assassin The Hunt for Red October 1990 as Loginov the Russian Saboteur Tombstone 1993 and First Kid 1996 He played Lazarus in Martin Scorseses controversial The Last Temptation of Christ 1988 He was also featured in the Sundancedeveloped 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 Japans 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 offBroadway 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 US and Italian citizenship He is married and has two sons IMDb Mini Biography By anonymous