Tomas Aranais an American actor. He appeared in the filmsThe Hunt for Red October(1990),The Bodyguard(1992),L.A. Confidential(1997),Gladiator(2000),The Bourne Supremacy(2004),Limitless(2011) andThe Dark Knight Rises(2012).
Career
editArana has played leading and supporting roles in over 30 European productions including films by directorsLina Wertmüller,Liliana Cavani,Carlo VerdoneandMichele Soavi,and with the Japanese directorKoreyoshi Kuraharain theTohoproductionSee You.He appeared as Quintus inRidley Scott'sGladiator,Michael Bruening inCurtis Hanson'sL.A. Confidentialand in the second film of the Bourne series,The Bourne Supremacy.
Arana also played theGRUsleeper agent Loginov in the 1990film adaptationofTom Clancy's novelThe Hunt for Red October,the would-be killer in 1992'sThe BodyguardstarringKevin CostnerandWhitney Houston,a Belarusian resistance leader inEdward Zwick's 2008 filmDefiance,and The Man In The Tan Coat in 2011'sLimitlessalongsideBradley CooperandRobert De Niro.He appeared in the third installment ofChristopher Nolan'sBatmantrilogy,The Dark Knight Rises,asBruce Wayne's lawyer. In 2013, Arana appeared in the miniseriesCrimesof the German television broadcasterZDF.In 2014, Arana appeared as a Kree ambassador inGuardians of the Galaxy.[1]
In theatre, Arana was a producer and leading actor in the theatre companyFalso Movimento,based inNaples, Italy.Under Arana and artistic directorMario Martone,Falso Movimento won many awards including Best Play of the Year and Best Set Design, as well as theMondello Prize.[citation needed]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Blood Feud | Fascist | Uncredited role |
| 1979 | Atrocious Tales of Love and Death | Walter Navarro | Uncredited role |
| 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 | MatroseIgor Loginov | |
| 1991 | The Sect | Damon | |
| Shadows and Fog | Confessing Man | Uncredited role | |
| 1992 | Body Puzzle | Michael | |
| The Bodyguard | Greg Portman | ||
| 1993 | Over the Line | The Warden | |
| Tombstone | Frank Stilwell | ||
| 1996 | First Kid | Harold | |
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential | Detective Sergeant 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 Admiral 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 | CIA Director 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 | KreeAmbassador | ||
| 2016 | Ustica: The Missing Paper | Fragalà | |
| Incarnate | Felix | ||
| 2017 | American Satan | Reporter | |
| 2019 | Don't Stop Me Now | Eden Bauen | |
| 2021 | Echoes of the Past | General von Le Suire | |
| 2024 | Limonov: The Ballad | Steven | [2] |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | The Taming of the Shrew | Clown | TV film |
| 1985 | Otello | Iago | TV film |
| Perfidi incanti | F. Scott Fitzgerald | TV film | |
| 1987 | Il cespuglio delle bacche velenose | Andrea | TV film |
| 1988 | The Prince of Terror | Vincent Omen | TV film |
| 1989 | Miami Vice | Walter Stevens | Episode: "Over the Line" |
| 1990 | Blue Blood | Ugo Mancini | 1 episode |
| 1996 | Seduced by Madness | Leon | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| The Lazarus Man | Andrew Hawthorne | Episode: "Killer" | |
| 1997 | The Burning Zone | Professor Herbert Tobler | Episode: "Midnight of the Carrier" |
| The Hunger | Rick McCabe | Episode: "Red Light" | |
| 1998 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Jackson Mandell | Episode: "Tribe" |
| Players | Andrew Pickett | Episode: "Con-undrum" | |
| 2001 | ER | Rifkin | Episode: "Fear of Commitment" |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Rudy Langer | Episode: "Art" | |
| Thieves | Honigger | Episode: "Bad Moon Rising" | |
| 2002 | Il Comissario | L'Americano | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| Without a Trace | Chuck | Episode: "Midnight Sun" | |
| 2003 | CSI: Miami | Mr. Davis | Episode: "Evidence of Things Unseen" |
| Skin | Garret | Episode: "Secrets & Lies" | |
| 2003–2004 | Spooks | Herman Joyce | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Crossing Jordan | Father Casnelli | Episode: "Til Death Do Us Part" |
| Frankenfish | Jeff | TV film | |
| 2005 | 24 | Dave Conlon | 2 episodes |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Joseph Diamond | Episode: "Shooting Stars" | |
| 2006 | In Justice | Detective Ben Dryer | Episode: "Pilot" |
| Justice League Unlimited | Tharok | Voice, episode: "Far From Home" | |
| 2007 | Pompeii | Massimo | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses | Rene De Leon | TV film | |
| Bats: Human Harvest | Dr. Benton Walsh | TV film | |
| 2008 | Rebecca, la prima moglie | Jack Favell | TV film |
| 2008–2009 | Tutti pazzi per amore | Riccardo Balstrieri | 12 episodes |
| 2009 | Lie to Me | Judge Simon | Episode: "The Core of It" |
| 2010 | Crimini | Zen | 1 episode |
| Colpo di fulmine | Lorenzo Fieschi | TV film | |
| 2012 | 6 passi nel giallo | Marc Douglas | Episode: "Gemelle" |
| 2013 | Project S.E.R.A. | Corvallis | Web series,6 episodes |
| Crime Stories | Unbekannter Mann | Episode: "Notwehr" | |
| 2014 | Intelligence | DNI Adam Weatherly | 10 episodes |
| 2016 | Code Black | Admiral Stark | Episode: "What Lies Beneath" |
| 2020 | The New Pope | Tomas Altbruck | |
| 2021 | Succession | Laurie | 2 episodes |
| 2024 | Mike | Philip Bongiorno | TV film |
References
edit- ^Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) - IMDb.Retrieved10 June2024– via www.imdb.com.
- ^AlloCine.Limonov, la ballade(in French).Retrieved25 August2024– via www.allocine.fr.