Tomas Arana

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Tomas Arana is an American actor. He appeared 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).

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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 .

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 .[ citation needed ]

In theatre, Arana was a producer and leading actor in the theatre company Falso Movimento, based in Naples, Italy. Under Arana and artistic director Mario Martone, Falso Movimento won many awards including Best Play of the Year and Best Set Design, as well as the Mondello Prize.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1978 Blood Feud FascistUncredited role
1979Atrocious Tales of Love and DeathWalter Navarro
1981 The Skin American G.I.
1986Incidente di percorsoRebelsky
1987 Io e mia sorella Gábor
1988IntimacyPorter
The Last Temptation of Christ Lazarus
Umi eJuan Vasquez
Domino Gavros
1989 The Church Evan
Francesco Learned BrotherUncredited role
1990 The Hunt for Red October Matrose Igor Loginov
1991 The Sect Damon
Shadows and Fog Confessing ManUncredited role
1992 Body Puzzle Michael
The Bodyguard Greg Portman
Out of Control The Warden
1993 Tombstone Frank Stilwell
1996 First Kid Harold
1997 L.A. Confidential Detective Sergeant Michael Breuning
1998Passage to ParadiseHarrison
HeartwoodJordan Barrett
1999 Branchie Subotnik
Wildflowers Wade
2000 Gladiator Quintus
2001 Chimera Tomas Berti
Pearl Harbor Vice Admiral Frank J. Fletcher
2002 Derailed Mason Cole
2003The Accidental DetectiveMatt Brandon
This Girl's Life Aronson
2004La volpe a tre zampeIl Generale
Il servo unghereseAugust Dailerman
The Bourne Supremacy CIA Director Martin Marshall
Legami sporchiRaymond Toom
2005Private PropertyNigel
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
2013The President's StaffPresident Harry Carrey
Romeo & Juliet Lord Montague
2014 The Possession of Michael King Augustine
Guardians of the Galaxy Kree Ambassador
2016Ustica: The Missing PaperFragalà
Incarnate Felix
2017 American Satan Reporter
2019 Don't Stop Me Now Eden Bauen

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1976The Taming of the ShrewClown Television film
1985Otello Iago
Perfidi incanti F. Scott Fitzgerald
1987Il cespuglio delle bacche velenoseAndrea
1988The Prince of TerrorVincent Omen
1989 Miami Vice Walter StevensEpisode: "Over the Line"
1990Blue BloodUgo Mancini1 episode
1996 Seduced by Madness LeonMiniseries; 2 episodes
The Lazarus Man Andrew HawthorneEpisode: "Killer"
1997 The Burning Zone Professor Herbert ToblerEpisode: "Midnight of the Carrier"
The Hunger Rick McCabeEpisode: "Red Light"
1998 Walker, Texas Ranger Jackson MandellEpisode: "Tribe"
Players Andrew PickettEpisode: "Con-undrum"
2001 ER RifkinEpisode: "Fear of Commitment"
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Rudy LangerEpisode: "Art"
Thieves HoniggerEpisode: "Bad Moon Rising"
2002Il ComissarioL'AmericanoMiniseries; 2 episodes
Without a Trace ChuckEpisode: "Midnight Sun"
2003 CSI: Miami Mr. DavisEpisode: "Evidence of Things Unseen"
Skin GarretEpisode: "Secrets & Lies"
2003-2004 Spooks Herman Joyce2 episodes
2004 Crossing Jordan Father CasnelliEpisode: "Til Death Do Us Part"
Frankenfish Jeff Television film
2005 24 Dave Conlon2 episodes
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Joseph DiamondEpisode: "Shooting Stars"
2006 In Justice Detective Ben DryerEpisode: "Pilot"
Justice League Unlimited Tharok Voice, episode: "Far From Home"
2007 Pompeii  [ es ]MassimoMiniseries, 2 episodes
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses Rene De Leon Television film
Bats: Human Harvest Dr. Benton Walsh
2008Rebecca, la prima moglieJack Favell
2008-2009Tutti pazzi per amoreRiccardo Balstrieri12 episodes
2009 Lie to Me Judge SimonEpisode: "The Core of It"
2010 Crimini Zen1 episode
Colpo di fulmineLorenzo FieschiTelevision film
20126 passi nel gialloMarc DouglasEpisode: "Gemelle"
2013 Project S.E.R.A. Corvallis Web series, 6 episodes
Crime StoriesUnbekannter MannEpisode: "Notwehr"
2014 Intelligence DNI Adam Weatherly10 episodes
2016 Code Black Admiral StarkEpisode: "What Lies Beneath"
2020 The New Pope Tomas Altbruck
2021 Succession Laurie2 episodes

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