Arnold Vosloo
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Arnold Vosloo is a South African American actor, best-known for playing Imhotep in The Mummy
(1999) and its 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns
, as well as the role of the superhero Darkman
in the sequel Darkman II: The Return of Durant (1994) and its 1996 sequel, Darkman III: Die Darkman Die. and more recently, a South African Mercenary named Colonel Coetzee (loosely based on Eeben Barlow
) in the film Blood Diamond
, a Middle Eastern terrorist named Habib Marwan in the television series 24
, and Zartan
in the film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and it's upcoming 2012 sequel, G.I. Joe: Retaliation
.
, into an acting family, his parents (Johan J. Daniel Vosloo; Johanna Petronella Vorster Vosloo) having been stage-actors, and the family moved around quite a lot. They lived in Despatch, where his father ran a drive-in theater, and Alberton
. He has one sister, Nadia. His acting talent was already discovered quite early in a school play. After Highschool and military service (from which he had to be released due to medical reasons ) he inscribed at the Pretoria Technikon for drama courses.
, Hamlet
, and Môre is 'n Lang Dag (Tomorrow is a Long Day) and he quickly became a regular at Pretoria
's State Theatre. He also starred in Torch Song Trilogy
and won another award for the TV show, Meisie van Suid-Wes (Girl from South-West-Africa).
In 1984, he moved on to film where he continued Dalro Award-winning performances in films such as Boetie gaan Border toe (Little brother goes to the border, a comedy about the Border War
) acting alongside fellow South African actor Frank Opperman
, and Circles in a Forest (based on the book Kringe in 'n Bos by author Dalene Matthee
) in 1990. Vosloo also starred in the "Boetie" sequel, Boetie op maneuvers (Boetie on maneuvers) in 1986. Vosloo also starred in Morenga (1985), Saturday Night at the Palace
(based on the play by Paul Slabolepszy
about racism in South Africa), Skeleton Coast (1987) and The Rutanga Tapes (1990). Upon arriving in the U.S., Vosloo returned to the theatre where he appeared in Born In The R.S.A. at Chicago's Northlight Theatre and in the NY's Circle In The Square Uptown's short-lived production of Salomé
(1992) together with Al Pacino
.
His American film debut was in 1492: Conquest of Paradise
(1992). He later appeared in the two less successful sequels to the 1990 film Darkman
— Darkman II: The Return of Durant (1994) and Darkman III: Die Darkman Die (1996), filling the shoes of Liam Neeson
as the titular character Darkman. He also starred in the John Woo
film Hard Target
, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
. Vosloo appeared in the title role of the 1999 film The Mummy
(starring Brendan Fraser
), as well as its 2001 sequel, The Mummy Returns
. In both films he played Imhotep
, an ancient Egypt
ian high priest and the main antagonist. Vosloo also played the main villain François Molay in 2003 film Agent Cody Banks
.
In 2004, The Revenge of the Mummy
: The Ride opened in both Universal Studios
theme parks in Orlando
and Hollywood. Vosloo and Fraser were there at both openings to promote the new rides, in which both of them star, as well as featuring a life size image of Vosloo as The Mummy.
Alongside his film career, he guest-starred in several TV series including The Red Shoe Diaries, American Gothic
(1995), Nash Bridges
(1995), Charmed
(2000), Alias
(2004) and NCIS
(2009) He was one of the main characters in Veritas: The Quest
(2003). He also had a major role in the fourth season of 24 (2005), as terrorist leader Habib Marwan. Vosloo appeared in three episodes of Chuck
in 2009 as Fulcrum
agent Vincent.
In 2004, Vosloo returned to South Africa to make Forgiveness, about an ex-policeman who seeks out the family of the anti-Apartheid activist that he killed. His most recent film role was his role as the mercenary, Colonel Coetzee, in the 2006 film Blood Diamond
which was partially filmed in South Africa. Recently, Vosloo has been involved in video games: His likeness, as well as his voice, was chosen for main hero (Saul Myers) of video game Boiling Point: Road to Hell
, published in summer of 2005 by ATARI
. Vosloo portrayed the Cobra mercenary and master of disguise, Zartan, in the summer 2009 release G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.
United States citizen after marrying his Act of Piracy co-star Nancy Mulford; they divorced three years later. On October 16, 1998, he married Southern California native Silvia Ahí, a Mexican-American marketing director. Vosloo and Ahí are spokespersons for the International Fund For Animal Welfare (IFAW, an Animal Rights and Rescue group), this according to the group's website.
In an interview with Charlie Rose
, Vosloo noted he looked similar to American actor Billy Zane
. According to Vosloo, when people came asking him if he was "the guy in Titanic", he replied "of course, of course!" as a joke.
Projects in Production and Development
The Mummy (1999 film)
The Mummy is a 1999 American adventure film written and directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah and Kevin J. O'Connor, with Arnold Vosloo in the title role as the reanimated mummy. The film features substantial dialogue in ancient Egyptian language, spoken...
(1999) and its 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns
The Mummy Returns
The Mummy Returns is a 2001 American adventure film written and directed by Stephen Sommers, starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr, Patricia Velásquez and Freddie Boath. The film is a sequel to the 1999 film The Mummy...
, as well as the role of the superhero Darkman
Darkman
Darkman is a 1990 superhero action film directed by Sam Raimi. It is based on a short story Raimi wrote that paid homage to Universal's horror films of the 1930s...
in the sequel Darkman II: The Return of Durant (1994) and its 1996 sequel, Darkman III: Die Darkman Die. and more recently, a South African Mercenary named Colonel Coetzee (loosely based on Eeben Barlow
Eeben Barlow
Lt-Col. Eeben Barlow is a former member of the apartheid-era South African Defence Force and was the second-in-command of its elite special forces 32 Battalion Reconnaissance Wing. He later served in Military Intelligence as an agent handler and later as an operative and region commander in the...
) in the film Blood Diamond
Blood Diamond (film)
Blood Diamond is a 2006 political thriller film co-produced and directed by Edward Zwick and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou...
, a Middle Eastern terrorist named Habib Marwan in the television series 24
24 (TV series)
24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
, and Zartan
Zartan
Zartan is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, by Hasbro. He is a mercenary who often worked directly for Cobra Commander, and is one of the main villains in the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comic and animated series. His character was voiced by Zack Hoffman in the 1985 TV...
in the film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and it's upcoming 2012 sequel, G.I. Joe: Retaliation
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
G.I. Joe: Retaliation is an upcoming science fiction action film directed by Jon Chu. It is a sequel to 2009's G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.-Plot:...
.
Early life
Vosloo was born in PretoriaPretoria
Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...
, into an acting family, his parents (Johan J. Daniel Vosloo; Johanna Petronella Vorster Vosloo) having been stage-actors, and the family moved around quite a lot. They lived in Despatch, where his father ran a drive-in theater, and Alberton
Alberton, Gauteng
Alberton is a town situated on the East Rand of the Gauteng Province in South Africa which celebrated its centenary year in 2005. it had a population of 202,202 inhabitants. It is known as a typical bedroom community, a community primarily residential in character, with most of its workers...
. He has one sister, Nadia. His acting talent was already discovered quite early in a school play. After Highschool and military service (from which he had to be released due to medical reasons ) he inscribed at the Pretoria Technikon for drama courses.
Career
Vosloo began his acting career in the South African theatre where he won several Dalro Awards for his performances in such plays as Don JuanDon Juan
Don Juan is a legendary, fictional libertine whose story has been told many times by many authors. El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra by Tirso de Molina is a play set in the fourteenth century that was published in Spain around 1630...
, Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
, and Môre is 'n Lang Dag (Tomorrow is a Long Day) and he quickly became a regular at Pretoria
Pretoria
Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...
's State Theatre. He also starred in Torch Song Trilogy
Torch Song Trilogy
Torch Song Trilogy is a collection of three plays by Harvey Fierstein rendered in three acts: International Stud, Fugue in a Nursery, and Widows and Children First! The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a torch song-singing Jewish drag queen living in New York City in the late 1970 and 1980s...
and won another award for the TV show, Meisie van Suid-Wes (Girl from South-West-Africa).
In 1984, he moved on to film where he continued Dalro Award-winning performances in films such as Boetie gaan Border toe (Little brother goes to the border, a comedy about the Border War
South African Border War
The South African Border War, commonly referred to as the Angolan Bush War in South Africa, was a conflict that took place from 1966 to 1989 in South-West Africa and Angola between South Africa and its allied forces on the one side and the Angolan government, South-West Africa People's...
) acting alongside fellow South African actor Frank Opperman
Frank Opperman
In 1993 he moved to America for a few years but later returned to South Africa to become co-owner of a Jazz club called Bassline in Johannesburg. He also released a rock album called Serial Boyfriend....
, and Circles in a Forest (based on the book Kringe in 'n Bos by author Dalene Matthee
Dalene Matthee
Dalene Matthee was a South African author who wrote mainly in Afrikaans, although her books were translated into fourteen other languages, including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew and Icelandic....
) in 1990. Vosloo also starred in the "Boetie" sequel, Boetie op maneuvers (Boetie on maneuvers) in 1986. Vosloo also starred in Morenga (1985), Saturday Night at the Palace
Saturday Night at the Palace
Saturday Night at the Palace is a play by South Africa's Paul Slabolepszy and Bill Flynn.-Plot:The play relates the story of two working class whites who arrive at an isolated roadhouse just as it is closing....
(based on the play by Paul Slabolepszy
Paul Slabolepszy
Paul Slabolepszy , or Paul "Slab", is a South African actor and playwright.-Overview:Slabolepszy was born in Bolton, England. His mother was English and his father was a Polish refugee. The family then emigrated to South Africa....
about racism in South Africa), Skeleton Coast (1987) and The Rutanga Tapes (1990). Upon arriving in the U.S., Vosloo returned to the theatre where he appeared in Born In The R.S.A. at Chicago's Northlight Theatre and in the NY's Circle In The Square Uptown's short-lived production of Salomé
Salome (play)
Salome is a tragedy by Oscar Wilde.The original 1891 version of the play was in French. Three years later an English translation was published...
(1992) together with Al Pacino
Al Pacino
Alfredo James "Al" Pacino is an American film and stage actor and director. He is famous for playing mobsters, including Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy, Tony Montana in Scarface, Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice in Dick Tracy and Carlito Brigante in Carlito's Way, though he has also appeared...
.
His American film debut was in 1492: Conquest of Paradise
1492: Conquest of Paradise
1492: Conquest of Paradise is an epic 1992 European adventure/drama film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Roselyne Bosch, which tells the story of the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus and the effect this had on the indigenous people...
(1992). He later appeared in the two less successful sequels to the 1990 film Darkman
Darkman
Darkman is a 1990 superhero action film directed by Sam Raimi. It is based on a short story Raimi wrote that paid homage to Universal's horror films of the 1930s...
— Darkman II: The Return of Durant (1994) and Darkman III: Die Darkman Die (1996), filling the shoes of Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson
Liam John Neeson, OBE is an Irish actor who has been nominated for an Oscar, a BAFTA and three Golden Globe Awards.He has starred in a number of notable roles including Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List, Michael Collins in Michael Collins, Peyton Westlake in Darkman, Jean Valjean in Les...
as the titular character Darkman. He also starred in the John Woo
John Woo
John Woo Yu-Sen SBS is a Hong Kong-based film director and producer. Recognized for his stylised films of highly choreographed action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and use of slow-motion, Woo has directed several notable Hong Kong action films, among them, A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Hard...
film Hard Target
Hard Target
Hard Target is a 1993 American action film directed by Chinese director John Woo. The film stars Jean-Claude Van Damme as Chance Boudreaux, an out-of-work Cajun merchant seaman who saves a young woman, Natasha Binder , from a gang of thugs in New Orleans...
, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg , professionally known as Jean-Claude Van Damme, is a Belgian martial artist and actor, best known for his martial arts action films, the most successful of which include Bloodsport , Kickboxer , Double Impact , Universal Soldier , Hard Target , Timecop ,...
. Vosloo appeared in the title role of the 1999 film The Mummy
The Mummy (1999 film)
The Mummy is a 1999 American adventure film written and directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah and Kevin J. O'Connor, with Arnold Vosloo in the title role as the reanimated mummy. The film features substantial dialogue in ancient Egyptian language, spoken...
(starring Brendan Fraser
Brendan Fraser
Brendan James Fraser is a Canadian-American film and stage actor. Fraser portrayed Rick O'Connell in the three-part Mummy film series , and is known for his comedic and fantasy film leading roles in major Hollywood films, including Encino Man , George of the Jungle , Dudley Do-Right , Monkeybone ,...
), as well as its 2001 sequel, The Mummy Returns
The Mummy Returns
The Mummy Returns is a 2001 American adventure film written and directed by Stephen Sommers, starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr, Patricia Velásquez and Freddie Boath. The film is a sequel to the 1999 film The Mummy...
. In both films he played Imhotep
Imhotep (character)
Imhotep is a fictional character and the titular antagonist in the 1932 film The Mummy, and later featured in its 1999 remake and its sequel The Mummy Returns again as one of the main antagonists...
, an ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
ian high priest and the main antagonist. Vosloo also played the main villain François Molay in 2003 film Agent Cody Banks
Agent Cody Banks
Agent Cody Banks is an American action comedy film directed by Harald Zwart. Its story follows the adventures of the 15-year-old title character, played by Frankie Muniz, who has to finish his chores, avoid getting grounded, and save the world by going undercover for the CIA as a James Bond type...
.
In 2004, The Revenge of the Mummy
Revenge of the Mummy
Revenge of the Mummy is an enclosed steel roller coaster featured at Universal Studios Florida. The roller coaster is based upon the popular Mummy movie franchise directed by Stephen Sommers. It opened on May 21, 2004 and was built by Premier Rides. The ride was reputed to be built at a cost of...
: The Ride opened in both Universal Studios
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
theme parks in Orlando
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
and Hollywood. Vosloo and Fraser were there at both openings to promote the new rides, in which both of them star, as well as featuring a life size image of Vosloo as The Mummy.
Alongside his film career, he guest-starred in several TV series including The Red Shoe Diaries, American Gothic
American Gothic (TV series)
American Gothic is an American horror series created by Shaun Cassidy and executive produced by Sam Raimi. The show first aired on CBS on September 22, 1995, and was cancelled after a single season on July 11, 1996.-Plot:...
(1995), Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges is an American television police drama created by Carlton Cuse. The show starred Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with the San Francisco Police Department's Special Investigations Unit. The show ran for six seasons on CBS from March 29, 1996 to May 4, 2001 with a total of...
(1995), Charmed
Charmed
Charmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on the now defunct The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M...
(2000), Alias
Alias (TV series)
Alias is an American action television series created by J. J. Abrams which was broadcast on ABC for five seasons, from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006...
(2004) and NCIS
NCIS (TV series)
NCIS, formerly known as NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural drama television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S...
(2009) He was one of the main characters in Veritas: The Quest
Veritas: The Quest
Veritas: The Quest is a television program that aired in 2003. It follows a rebellious but intelligent teenager, Nikko Zond, discovering that his father Solomon's profession is much more mystical and adventurous than he previously thought...
(2003). He also had a major role in the fourth season of 24 (2005), as terrorist leader Habib Marwan. Vosloo appeared in three episodes of Chuck
Chuck (TV series)
Chuck is an action-comedy/spy-drama television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central...
in 2009 as Fulcrum
Fulcrum (Chuck)
Fulcrum is the codename of a fictional hostile espionage organization on the television series Chuck. Fulcrum serves as the series' main antagonists up until the end of season two, though their specific goals beyond acquiring the Intersect have not yet been fully revealed.-History:Very little...
agent Vincent.
In 2004, Vosloo returned to South Africa to make Forgiveness, about an ex-policeman who seeks out the family of the anti-Apartheid activist that he killed. His most recent film role was his role as the mercenary, Colonel Coetzee, in the 2006 film Blood Diamond
Blood Diamond (film)
Blood Diamond is a 2006 political thriller film co-produced and directed by Edward Zwick and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou...
which was partially filmed in South Africa. Recently, Vosloo has been involved in video games: His likeness, as well as his voice, was chosen for main hero (Saul Myers) of video game Boiling Point: Road to Hell
Boiling Point: Road to Hell
Boiling Point: Road to Hell is a video game developed by the Ukrainian based game studio Deep Shadows and published in 2005 by Atari. Boiling Point's gameplay is a combination of both FPS and RPG mechanics. Critical response upon its release was, with few exceptions, lukewarm...
, published in summer of 2005 by ATARI
Atari
Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA . The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in...
. Vosloo portrayed the Cobra mercenary and master of disguise, Zartan, in the summer 2009 release G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.
Personal life
In 1988, Vosloo became a naturalizedNaturalization
Naturalization is the acquisition of citizenship and nationality by somebody who was not a citizen of that country at the time of birth....
United States citizen after marrying his Act of Piracy co-star Nancy Mulford; they divorced three years later. On October 16, 1998, he married Southern California native Silvia Ahí, a Mexican-American marketing director. Vosloo and Ahí are spokespersons for the International Fund For Animal Welfare (IFAW, an Animal Rights and Rescue group), this according to the group's website.
In an interview with Charlie Rose
Charlie Rose
Charles Peete "Charlie" Rose, Jr. is an American television talk show host and journalist. Since 1991 he has hosted Charlie Rose, an interview show distributed nationally by PBS since 1993...
, Vosloo noted he looked similar to American actor Billy Zane
Billy Zane
William George "Billy" Zane, Jr. is an American actor, producer and director. He is probably best known for his roles as Caledon Hockley in Titanic, The Phantom from The Phantom, John Wheeler in Twin Peaks and Mr...
. According to Vosloo, when people came asking him if he was "the guy in Titanic", he replied "of course, of course!" as a joke.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Funny People II | himself | Prank movie Hidden camera A hidden camera is a still or video camera used to film people without their knowledge. The camera is "hidden" because it is either not visible to the subject being filmed, or is disguised as another object... in the genre of Candid Camera Candid Camera Candid Camera is a hidden camera/practical joke reality television series created and produced by Allen Funt, which initially began on radio as Candid Microphone June 28, 1947... ; Vosloo is one of the victims in the japanese meeting situation |
| 1984 | Boetie gaan border toe (Little Brother Goes to the Border) | Boetie | |
| 1985 | Morenga Morenga Morenga is a 1985 German drama film directed by Egon Günther. It was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Jacques Breuer as Gottschalk* Edwin Noel as Wenstrup* Jürgen Holtz as v. Kageneck* Manfred Seipold as v. Koppy... |
Schiller | |
| 1987 | Skeleton Coast | Blade | |
| Saturday Night at the Palace | Dougie | ||
| Steel Dawn Steel Dawn Steel Dawn is a 1987 American post-apocalyptic feature film, with elements of western science fiction.-Plot:An enigmatic swordsman named Nomad , wanders through the remains of a post-World War III world... |
Makker | ||
| 1988 | Act of Piracy Act of Piracy Act of Piracy is a 1990 American thriller film directed by John Cardos and starring Gary Busey, Belinda Bauer and Ray Sharkey. While enjoying an exotic cruise to Australia, a family yacht is taken over by terrorists... |
Sean Stevens | |
| Gor | Norman | ||
| 1989 | Reason to Die | Wilson | |
| The Revenger | Mackie | ||
| 1990 | Circles in a Forest Circles in a Forest Circles in a Forest is a 1990 South African drama film directed by Regardt van den Bergh and starring Ian Bannen, Brion James and Joe Stewardson. Saul Barnard befriends an elephant as a child, and later goes back to rescue it as a man. The film is adapted from a novel by Dalene Matthee.-Cast:* Ian... |
Saul | |
| Living to Die | Jimmy | ||
| The Rutanga Tapes | Assad | ||
| Buried Alive | Ken Wade | ||
| 1992 | The Finishing Touch | Mikael Gant | |
| 1492: Conquest of Paradise 1492: Conquest of Paradise 1492: Conquest of Paradise is an epic 1992 European adventure/drama film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Roselyne Bosch, which tells the story of the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus and the effect this had on the indigenous people... |
Guevara | ||
| 1993 | Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare | Bill | |
| Hard Target Hard Target Hard Target is a 1993 American action film directed by Chinese director John Woo. The film stars Jean-Claude Van Damme as Chance Boudreaux, an out-of-work Cajun merchant seaman who saves a young woman, Natasha Binder , from a gang of thugs in New Orleans... |
Pick van Cleaf | ||
| 1994 | Darkman II: The Return of Durant | Darkman/Dr. Peyton Westlake | Direct-to-video film |
| 1995 | American Gothic American Gothic (TV series) American Gothic is an American horror series created by Shaun Cassidy and executive produced by Sam Raimi. The show first aired on CBS on September 22, 1995, and was cancelled after a single season on July 11, 1996.-Plot:... |
Rafael Santo | Television series, Guest star in A Tree Grows in Trinity |
| Fallen Angels Fallen Angels (TV series) Fallen Angels was an American neo-noir anthology television series that ran from 1993 to 1995 on the Showtime pay cable station and was produced by Propaganda Films. No first-run episodes were shown in 1994.... |
MacMan | Television series, Guest star in Fly Paper | |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges Nash Bridges Nash Bridges is an American television police drama created by Carlton Cuse. The show starred Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with the San Francisco Police Department's Special Investigations Unit. The show ran for six seasons on CBS from March 29, 1996 to May 4, 2001 with a total of... |
Alex Abe | Television series, Guest star in Genesis |
| Darkman III: Die, Darkman, Die | Darkman/Dr. Peyton Westlake | Direct-to-video film | |
| 1997 | Zeus and Roxanne Zeus and Roxanne Zeus and Roxanne is a 1997 family comedy/adventure film directed by George T. Miller. The film revolves around the friendship between the title characters, a dog and a dolphin, respectively. The film stars Steve Guttenberg and Kathleen Quinlan.-Cast:... |
Claude Carver | |
| 1998 | Rough Draft | Stefan | |
| Progeny Progeny (film) Progeny is an American science fiction film released in 1999. It was directed by Brian Yuzna and written by Aubrey Solomon and Stuart Gordon. The film stars Arnold Vosloo as Dr. Craig Burton, Jillian McWhirter as Sherry Burton, Brad Dourif as Dr. Bert Clavell and Lindsay Crouse as Dr... |
Dr. Craig Burton | ||
| 1999 | Strange World | Dark-Haired Man | Television series, Guest star in Pilot and Spirit Falls |
| The Mummy The Mummy (1999 film) The Mummy is a 1999 American adventure film written and directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah and Kevin J. O'Connor, with Arnold Vosloo in the title role as the reanimated mummy. The film features substantial dialogue in ancient Egyptian language, spoken... |
Imhotep Imhotep Imhotep , fl. 27th century BC was an Egyptian polymath, who served under the Third Dynasty king Djoser as chancellor to the pharaoh and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis... |
main antagonist | |
| 2000 | Charmed Charmed Charmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on the now defunct The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M... |
Darklighter | Television series, Guest star in Murphy's Luck |
| 2001 | The Red Phone: Manhunt | Wolf | Television Film |
| The Mummy Returns The Mummy Returns The Mummy Returns is a 2001 American adventure film written and directed by Stephen Sommers, starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr, Patricia Velásquez and Freddie Boath. The film is a sequel to the 1999 film The Mummy... |
Imhotep Imhotep Imhotep , fl. 27th century BC was an Egyptian polymath, who served under the Third Dynasty king Djoser as chancellor to the pharaoh and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis... |
main antagonist | |
| 2002 | Endangered Species Endangered Species (2002 film) Endangered Species is a 2002 science fiction horror film directed by Kevin Tenney. It follows a cop, Mike Sully Eric Roberts trying to find out who is behind a series of killings at the local gyms, eventually realising that the killer is actually an indestructible alien, who has come to make... |
Warden | |
| Con Express Con Express Con Express is a 2002 direct-to-video action film with a political adge, starring by Arnold Vosloo, Sean Patrick Flanery, and Tim Thomerson. It was produced by Samantha Manson and directed by Terry Cunningham.-Plot:... |
Anton Simeonov | ||
| Warrior Angels | Luke | ||
| Global Effect | Dr. Richard Hume | ||
| 2003 | Veritas: The Quest Veritas: The Quest Veritas: The Quest is a television program that aired in 2003. It follows a rebellious but intelligent teenager, Nikko Zond, discovering that his father Solomon's profession is much more mystical and adventurous than he previously thought... |
Vincent Siminou | Television series, Series Regular |
| Agent Cody Banks Agent Cody Banks Agent Cody Banks is an American action comedy film directed by Harald Zwart. Its story follows the adventures of the 15-year-old title character, played by Frankie Muniz, who has to finish his chores, avoid getting grounded, and save the world by going undercover for the CIA as a James Bond type... |
François Molay | ||
| The Red Phone: Checkmate | Wolf | Television Film | |
| 2004 | Alias Alias (TV series) Alias is an American action television series created by J. J. Abrams which was broadcast on ABC for five seasons, from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006... |
Mr. Zisman | Television series, Guest star in Crossings |
| Meltdown | Khalid/Sands | Television Film | |
| Forgiveness | Tertius Coetzee | ||
| 2005 | 24 24 (TV series) 24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration... |
Habib Marwan | Television series, recurring character, main antagonist of season 4. He also has the distinction of being the most recurring actor in the "Big Bad" role, with 17/24 episodes including one voice-over in episode 4x20. |
| Im Auftrag des Vatikans (Death Train) Death Train (2005) Death Train is a 2005 action film, starring by Arnold Vosloo and Mathis Landwehr. It was produced by Hermann Joha and directed by Diethard Küster.- Plot :... |
Lennart | Television Film | |
| 2006 | Blood Diamond Blood Diamond (film) Blood Diamond is a 2006 political thriller film co-produced and directed by Edward Zwick and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou... |
Colonel Coetzee | |
| 2007 | Living & Dying Living & Dying Living & Dying is a 2007 film starring Edward Furlong and Michael Madsen. The film was shot on location in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. It was released on DVD in the US on December 25, 2007. Living & Dying tells the story of two killers who turn the tables on a group of bank robbers after a... |
Detective Rick Devlin | |
| Shark Shark (TV series) Shark is an American legal drama created by Ian Biederman that originally aired on CBS from September 21, 2006 to May 20, 2008. The series stars James Woods.-Synopsis:... |
Andre Zitofsky | Television series, Guest star in "Gangster Movies" | |
| 2008 | Odysseus and the Isle of the Mists | Odysseus Odysseus Odysseus or Ulysses was a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle.... |
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| Shark Shark (TV series) Shark is an American legal drama created by Ian Biederman that originally aired on CBS from September 21, 2006 to May 20, 2008. The series stars James Woods.-Synopsis:... |
Andre Zitofsky | Television series, Guest star in "Gangster Movies" | |
| 2009 | Chuck Chuck (TV series) Chuck is an action-comedy/spy-drama television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central... |
Vincent | Television series, Guest star in "Chuck Versus the Predator Chuck Versus the Predator "Chuck Versus the Predator" is the seventeenth episode of the second season of Chuck. It originally aired on March 23, 2009. Chuck Bartowski reluctantly tells his handlers that he has been contacted by Orion, the mastermind behind the Intersect computer and the person who can erase the Intersect... ," "Chuck Versus the Dream Job Chuck Versus the Dream Job "Chuck Versus the Dream Job" aired on April 6, 2009. It is the 19th episode of the series' second season. Chuck interviews at Roark Industries to investigate a possible virus, while his father, Stephen J. Bartowski, returns home.-Plot summary:... " and "Chuck Versus the Colonel Chuck Versus the Colonel "Chuck Versus the Colonel" is the 21st episode of Chuck's second season, and the 34th episode overall. It aired on April 20, 2009. Chuck and Sarah go on the run in an effort to locate Chuck's father. At the Buy More, Morgan becomes a pariah among his coworkers after Big Mike's demotion.-Main... " |
| Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles Fire & Ice is a 2008 action film by MediaPro Pictures and the Sci Fi Channel directed by Jean-Christophe Comar.The special effects and the CGI were entirely created in Romania.-Cast:* Amy Acker - Princess Luisa* Tom Wisdom as Gabriel... |
King Augustin | ||
| NCIS NCIS (TV series) NCIS, formerly known as NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural drama television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S... |
Mossad Officer Amit Hadar | Television series, Guest star in "Aliyah" and "Enemies Foreign NCIS (season 8) This is a list of episodes for the eighth season of the police procedural drama NCIS. The eighth season of NCIS premiered on September 21, 2010 in the same time slot as the previous season and the second season of NCIS: Los Angeles premiered afterwards... " |
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| G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Zartan Zartan Zartan is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, by Hasbro. He is a mercenary who often worked directly for Cobra Commander, and is one of the main villains in the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comic and animated series. His character was voiced by Zack Hoffman in the 1985 TV... |
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| 2011 | Bones Bones (TV series) Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent... |
Jacob Ripkin Broadsky | Television series, guest star, 3 episodes |
| Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam is a 2010 short animated film, directed by Joaquim Dos Santos and written by Michael Jelenic, featuring George Newbern and Jerry O'Connell reprising their roles from Justice League Unlimited as Superman and Captain Marvel who team-up to do battle with the... |
Black Adam Black Adam Black Adam is a fictional comic book character, created in 1945 by Otto Binder & C. C. Beck for Fawcett Comics. Originally created as a one-shot villain for Fawcett Comics' Marvel Family team of superheroes, Black Adam was revived as a recurring supervillain after DC Comics began publishing Captain... |
Animated direct-to-video short | |
| All-Star Superman All-Star Superman (film) All-Star Superman is a direct-to-video animated film based on the acclaimed comic book series All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. The film is the tenth in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies line released by Warner Premiere and Warner Bros. Animation and the first in the... |
Bar-El | Animated direct-to-video film | |
| Young Justice Young Justice (TV series) Young Justice is an American animated television series created by Greg Weisman and Brandon Vietti for Cartoon Network. Despite its title, it is not an adaptation of Todd Dezago and Todd Nauck's Young Justice comic series, but rather an adaptation of the entire DC Universe with a focus on young... |
Kobra Kobra (comics) Kobra is the name used by two fictional supervillains published by DC Comics. The Jeffrey Burr Kobra first appeared in Kobra #1 , and was created by Martin Pasko, Steve Sherman, Jack Kirby, and Pablo Marcos... |
Projects in Production and Development
| Planned release date | Title | Role | Notes |
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| ? | Four Saints | Baron T'Saerclaes | WWI-Drama after the novel of J.P. Isbouts |
| ? | Vanilla Gorilla | Wicking | Family movie about a girl rescuing a white gorilla from poachers |
| 2011 | Sara's Cell | Assad | Horror |
| 2012 | G.I. Joe: Retaliation G.I. Joe: Retaliation G.I. Joe: Retaliation is an upcoming science fiction action film directed by Jon Chu. It is a sequel to 2009's G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.-Plot:... |
Zartan Zartan Zartan is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, by Hasbro. He is a mercenary who often worked directly for Cobra Commander, and is one of the main villains in the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comic and animated series. His character was voiced by Zack Hoffman in the 1985 TV... |
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| 2012 | The Precious One | Kevin Stent | Biographical drama about the athlete Precious McKenzie |
| 2012 | Odd Thomas | ? | Horror after the novel of Dean Koontz |
External links
- Arnold Vosloo Tribute Page with filmography, reviews, interviews, screencaps and more.