Tomas Arana
Thomas Clifford Arana (born April 3, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films The Hunt for Red October (1990), The Bodyguard (1992), L.A. Confidential (1997), Gladiator (2000), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), Limitless (2011) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012).
Thomas Arana | |
|---|---|
| Born | Thomas Clifford Arana April 3, 1955 Auburn, California, U.S. |
| Education | American Conservatory Theater City College of San Francisco |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Spouse(s) | Price Arana |
| Children | 3 |
Career
Arana has played leading and supporting roles in over 30 European productions including films by directors Lina Wertmüller, Liliana Cavani, Carlo Verdone and Michele Soavi, and with the Japanese director Koreyoshi Kurahara in the Toho production See You. He appeared as Quintus in Ridley Scott's Gladiator, Michael Bruening in Curtis Hanson's L.A. Confidential and in the second film of the Bourne series, The Bourne Supremacy. In theatre, Arana was the producer and a leading actor in the theatre company Falso Movimento, based in Naples, Italy. Under Arana and artistic director Mario Martone (now an Italian film director), Falso Movimento won many awards including Best Play of the Year and Best Set Design, as well as the Mondello Prize.
Arana also played the GRU sleeper agent Loginov in the 1990 film adaptation of Tom Clancy's novel The Hunt for Red October, the would-be killer in 1992's The Bodyguard starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston, a Belarusian resistance leader in Edward Zwick's 2008 film Defiance, and The Man In The Tan Coat in 2011's Limitless alongside Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro. He appeared in the third installment of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises, as Bruce Wayne's lawyer. In 2013 Arana appeared in the miniseries Crimes of the German television broadcaster ZDF. In 2014, Arana appeared as a Kree ambassador in Guardians of the Galaxy.
Personal life
Arana divides his time between Italy and Hollywood and has three sons. He is fluent in English and Italian, and speaks conversational French and Spanish. He is a kendo practitioner.[1]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Blood Feud | Fascist | Uncredited role |
| 1979 | Atrocious Tales of Love and Death | Walter Navarro | |
| 1981 | The Skin | American G.I. | |
| 1986 | Incidente di percorso | Rebelsky | |
| 1987 | Io e mia sorella | Gábor | |
| 1988 | Intimacy | Porter | |
| The Last Temptation of Christ | Lazarus | ||
| Umi e | Juan Vasquez | ||
| Domino | Gavros | ||
| 1989 | The Church | Evan | |
| Francesco | Learned brother | Uncredited role | |
| 1990 | The Hunt for Red October | Matrose Igor Loginov | |
| 1991 | The Sect | Damon | |
| Shadows and Fog | Confessing Man | Uncredited role | |
| 1992 | Body Puzzle | Michael | |
| The Bodyguard | Greg Portman | ||
| Out of Control | The Warden | ||
| 1993 | Tombstone | Frank Stillwell | |
| 1996 | First Kid | Harold | |
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential | Det. Sgt. Michael Breuning | |
| 1998 | Passage to Paradise | Harrison | |
| Heartwood | Jordan Barrett | ||
| 1999 | Branchie | Subotnik | |
| Wildflowers | Wade | ||
| 2000 | Gladiator | Quintus | |
| 2001 | Chimera | Tomas Berti | |
| Pearl Harbor | Vice Adm. Frank J. Fletcher | ||
| 2002 | Derailed | Mason Cole | |
| 2003 | The Accidental Detective | Matt Brandon | |
| This Girl's Life | Aronson | ||
| 2004 | La volpe a tre zampe | Il generale | |
| Il servo ungherese | August Dailerman | ||
| The Bourne Supremacy | Martin Marshall | ||
| Legami sporchi | Raymond Toom | ||
| 2005 | Private Property | Nigel | |
| 2006 | Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders | Angelo Buono | |
| 2008 | Defiance | Ben Zion Gulkowitz | |
| 2010 | Mission London | Munroe | |
| 2011 | The Roommate | Jeff Evans | |
| Limitless | Man in Coat | ||
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Ward Neeley | |
| 2013 | The President's Staff | President Harry Carrey | |
| Romeo & Juliet | Lord Montague | ||
| 2014 | The Possession of Michael King | Augustine | |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | Kree Ambassador | ||
| 2016 | Ustica: The Missing Paper | Fragalà | |
| Incarnate | Felix | ||
| 2017 | American Satan | Reporter | |
| 2019 | Don't Stop Me Now | Eden Bauen |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | The Taming of the Shrew | Clown | Television film |
| 1985 | Otello | Iago | |
| Perfidi incanti | F. Scott Fitzgerald | ||
| 1987 | Il cespuglio delle bacche velenose | Andrea | |
| 1988 | The Prince of Terror | Vincent Omen | |
| 1989 | Miami Vice | Walter Stevens | 1 episode |
| 1990 | Blue Blood | Ugo Mancini | |
| 1996 | Seduced by Madness | Leon | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| The Lazarus Man | Andrew Hawthorne | 1 episode | |
| 1997 | The Burning Zone | Prof. Herbert Tobler | |
| The Hunger | Rick McCabe | ||
| 1998 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Jackson Mandell | |
| Players | Andrew Pickett | ||
| 2001 | ER | Rifkin | |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Rudy Langer | ||
| Thieves | Honigger | ||
| 2002 | Il Comissario | L'americano | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| Without a Trace | Chuck | 1 episode | |
| 2003 | CSI: Miami | Mr. Davis | |
| Skin | Garret | ||
| 2003-04 | Spooks | Herman Joyce | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Crossing Jordan | Father Casnelli | 1 episode |
| Frankenfish | Jeff | Television film | |
| 2005 | 24 | Dave Conlon | 2 episodes |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Joseph Diamond | 1 episode | |
| 2006 | In Justice | Detective Ben Dryer | |
| Justice League Unlimited | Tharok | ||
| 2007 | Pompeii | Massimo | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses | Rene De Leon | Television film | |
| Bats: Human Harvest | Dr. Benton Walsh | ||
| 2008 | Rebecca, la prima moglie | Jack Favell | |
| 2008-09 | Tutti pazzi per amore | Riccardo Balstrieri | 12 episodes |
| 2009 | Lie to Me | Judge Simon | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Crimini | Zen | |
| Colpo di fulmine | Lorenzo Fieschi | Television film | |
| 2012 | 6 passi nel giallo | Marc Douglas | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Project S.E.R.A. | Corvallis | Web series; 6 episodes |
| Crime Stories | Unbekannter Mann | 1 episode | |
| 2014 | Intelligence | DNI Adam Weatherly | 10 episodes |
| 2016 | Code Black | Admiral Stark | 1 episode |
| 2020 | The New Pope | Tomas Altbruck |
References
- "e-TALENTA". www.e-talenta.eu. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
