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Tomas Arana(I)

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He is co-starring in the film LIMONOV, based on the Emanuele Carrere book, directed by Kirill Serebrennikov, starring Ben Whishaw, to be released in 2023. Arana has multiple independent films awaiting release, including INFERNO LA DIVINA COMETA by the artist Mimmo Paladino and QUEL POSTO NEL TEMPO di Giuseppe Alessio Nuzzo and he also was in two episodes of the HBO show SUCCESSION, winner of multiple Emmy Awards and a worldwide success. He was in 6 episodes of the HBO-SKY-Canal Plus miniseries THE NEW POPE, by Oscar winner Paolo Sorrentino, starring Jude Law, John Malkovich and Silvio Orlando. Also arriving in 2020 is the film ECHOES OF THE PAST, a WW2 drama starring Max Von Sydow & Richard Chamberlain. He also co-starred in 2019 in the Italian box office smash hit MA COSA CI DICE IL CERVELLO.

He co-starred as Quintus in Ridley Scott's GLADIATOR, the Dreamworks-Universal movie and winner of five Oscars, including Best Picture, starring Russell Crowe & Joaquin Phoenix. He has appeared in more than 70 films, ranging from large budget Hollywood Studio pictures to Independent films in both the U.S. and Europe. His studio pictures include THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, LIMITLESS, THE BOURNE SUPREMACY, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, LA CONFIDENTIAL, THE BODYGUARD (as Portman, Kevin Costner's antagonist), HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (as Loginov, the Russian Saboteur), among others. He played Lazarus in Martin Scorsese's controversial LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, starring Willem Dafoe & Harvey Keitel.

In Television he was a regular in the Michael Seitzman ABC/CBS Network show INTELLIGENCE, starring Josh Holloway & Marg Helgenberger as well as appearing as a guest star on more than 30 Network TV shows. In Europe, he was also a regular on the smash hit Italian RAI TV series TUTTI PAZZI PER AMORE and the outstanding German ZDF TV drama VERBRECHEN.

Arana has played leading and supporting roles in over 30 European movie productions including films by directors such as Lina Wertmuller, Liliana Cavani, Sergio Corbucci, Riccardo Milani, Lamberto Bava, Carlo Verdone, Michele Soavi and with one of Japan's most successful directors: Koreyoshi Kurahara , in the Toho production SEE YOU, about the Paris-Dakar Race.

In Theatre, Arana was the producer as well as one of the three leading actors in the internationally acclaimed theatre company Falso Movimento, based in Naples, Italy. Their shows included TANGO GLACIALE, OTELLO & RETURN TO ALPHAVILLE. Under Arana and the artistic director Mario Martone (now also a major Italian Film & Opera 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 International Festivals including London, Frankfurt, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Madrid, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Jerusalem, and many others. The company evolved into TEATRI UNITI, produced now by Angelo Curti and its Artistic Director is Toni Servillo (2 European Film Awards for Best Actor and the star of THE GREAT BEAUTY, the Oscar winning film by Paolo Sorrentino). Arana was also the creator and first Artistic Director of the MILANO OLTRE Theatre & Dance Festival in Milan, now in its 33rd year. He was also the producer of the Italian Avantgarde Theatre Festival, BENVENUTO, at the La MaMa Theatre in NYC, under Ellen Stewart.

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 for five years in the famous Lucio Amelio Art Gallery, working with such artists as Warhol, Rauschenberg, Beuys, Richter, Longobardi, Paladino, Kounellis, Clemente, Twombly, Pistoletto, Gilbert & George, etc. Andy Warhol painted his portrait, which is now part of his extensive art collection.

He was an award winning athlete as a youth in San Francisco and has practiced for many years Aikido, Judo, Japanese Sword, Fencing as well as advanced dance and movement techniques.

He has both U.S. and Italian citizenship. He has three sons.
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Tomas Arana as "Tan Coat" in LIMITLESS
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DEFIANCE DANIEL CRAIG, TOMAS ARANA, LIEV SHREIBER
Tomas Arana in  GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
Tomas Arana as Greg Portman in  THE BODYGUARD
GLADIATOR TOMAS ARANA as QUINTUS
Tomas Arana in The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Tomas Arana in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Joaquin Phoenix and Tomas Arana in Gladiator (2000)
Joaquin Phoenix and Tomas Arana in Gladiator (2000)
Tomas Arana in Gladiator (2000)
Joaquin Phoenix and Tomas Arana in Gladiator (2000)

Known for

Russell Crowe in Gladiator (2000)
Gladiator
8.5
  • Quintus
  • 2000
Jude Law and John Malkovich in The New Pope (2019)
The New Pope
8.1
TV Mini Series
  • Tomas Altbruck
Matt Damon in The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
The Bourne Supremacy
7.7
  • Martin Marshall
  • 2004
Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Anna Friel, and Johnny Whitworth in Limitless (2011)
Limitless
7.4
  • Man in Tan Coat
  • 2011

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  • Non Aprite Quella Bara
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  • Limonov: The Ballad of Eddie
    • Post-production
  • La Divina Cometa (2022)
    La Divina Cometa
  • Imma Tataranni - Deputy Prosecutor (2019)
    Imma Tataranni - Deputy Prosecutor
  • Quel posto nel tempo (2022)
    Quel posto nel tempo
  • Soldato sotto la luna (2022)
    Soldato sotto la luna
  • Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Brian Cox, Matthew Macfadyen, Jeremy Strong, Nicholas Braun, and Sarah Snook in Succession (2018)
    Succession
  • Echoes of the Past (2021)
    Echoes of the Past
  • The Final Fight (2020)
    The Final Fight
  • Jude Law and John Malkovich in The New Pope (2019)
    The New Pope
  • Don't Stop Me Now (2019)
    Don't Stop Me Now
  • The President's Staff (2019)
    The President's Staff
  • American Satan (2017)
    American Satan
  • Incarnate (2016)
    Incarnate
  • Rob Lowe, Marcia Gay Harden, Luis Guzmán, and Boris Kodjoe in Code Black (2015)
    Code Black
  • Ustica (2016)
    Ustica
  • When Bette Met Mae (2014)
    When Bette Met Mae
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    • April 3
    • Auburn, California, USA
    • ? - present (3 children)
  • Played a one-night-stand in Madonna's "Bad Girl" music video
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    His paternal grandfather was of Spanish Basque origin, and his paternal grandmother was of Latvian ancestry. His mother's ancestry was German and Swedish.
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    With style or without style, but always with style. (Amsterdam, 1983).
    • usually portrays villains

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