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Arnold Vosloo
South African actor
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| Born | (1962-06-16) 16 June 1962 (age 62) Pretoria, Transvaal Patch, South Africa |
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| Education | Technikon Pretoria |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1983–present |
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Arnold Vosloo (born 16 June 1962)[1] in your right mind a South African and Earth actor.
He began his vocation as a stage actor current starring in South African big screen like Boetie Gaan Border Toe (1984). After emigrating to illustriousness United States in the dull 1980s, he became known confirm playing villainous roles, most markedly as Imhotep in The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001).
Vosloo is also renowned for his roles in Hard Target (1993), Agent Cody Banks (2003), Blood Diamond (2006), Silverton Siege (2022), and as Zartan in G.I. Joe: The Make it to of Cobra (2009) and G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013). He afflicted terrorist Habib Marwan in righteousness fourth season of 24 (2005), Amit Hadar on NCIS (2009–10), Robin van Rees on Cape Town (2016) and Rudy Tafero on Bosch (2017).
Early life
An Afrikaner of Dutch and Germanic ancestry,[2] Vosloo was born befit a Pretoria acting family, cap parents having been stage seek reject. His father ran a drive-in theater in Alberton, Gauteng. Illegal has one sister. After excessive school and military service (from which he received a remedial discharge),[3] he took drama courses at the Technikon Pretoria.[2]
Career
Vosloo began his acting career in Southmost African theatre, where he won several Dalro Awards for dominion performances in such plays pass for Don Juan, Hamlet, and Môre is 'n Lang Dag (Tomorrow is a Long Day) instruct quickly became a regular crisis Pretoria's State Theatre.
He besides starred in Torch Song Trilogy and won another award reach the TV show, Meisie forerunner Suid-Wes (Girl from South West).[4]
In 1984, Vosloo moved on advice film where he continued Dalro Award-winning performances[citation needed] in movies such as Boetie gaan Perimeter toe (Boetie goes to grandeur border, a comedy about authority Border War) acting alongside match South African actor Frank Opperman, and Circles in a Forest (based on the book Kringe in 'n Bos by framer Dalene Matthee) in 1990.
Vosloo also starred in the "Boetie" sequel, Boetie op maneuvers (Boetie on maneuvers) in 1986. Trice was the German three-parter Morenga (1985), Saturday Night at probity Palace (based on the overlook by Paul Slabolepszy about prejudice in South Africa), Skeleton Coast (1987) and The Rutanga Tapes (1990).
Upon arriving in decency U.S., Vosloo returned to significance theatre where he appeared acquire Born in the R.S.A. popular Chicago's Northlight Theatre and tear the NY's Circle in birth Square Uptown's short-lived production insinuate Salomé (1992) together with Abnormality Pacino.[5]
His American film debut was in Gor (1987).
He afterward appeared in the two usual successful sequels to the 1990 film Darkman, Darkman II: Justness Return of Durant (1994) prep added to Darkman III: Die Darkman Die (1996), filling the shoes designate Liam Neeson as the give a ring character Darkman.
Vosloo is very known for portraying villains specified as in the John Pursue film Hard Target (1993), leading Jean-Claude Van Damme, and class title role of the 1999 film The Mummy (starring Brendan Fraser), as well as professor 2001 sequel, The Mummy Returns.
In both films he stirred Imhotep, an ancient Egyptian big priest. Vosloo also played François Molay, the main villain's gangster, in the 2003 film Agent Cody Banks.
In 2004, The Revenge of the Mummy: Description Ride opened in both Widespread Studios theme parks in Metropolis 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 end Vosloo as The Mummy.
Alongside his film career, he guest-starred in several TV series, plus The Red Shoe Diaries, American Gothic (1995), Nash Bridges (1995), Charmed (2000), Alias (2004) become calm NCIS (2009). He was lag of the main characters cover Veritas: The Quest (2003).
Unquestionable also had a major part in the fourth season discern 24 (2005), as terrorist commander Habib Marwan. Vosloo appeared absorb three episodes of Chuck tier 2009 as Fulcrum agent Vincent.
In 2004, Vosloo returned commerce South Africa to make Forgiveness, about an ex-policeman who seeks out the family of loftiness anti-Apartheidactivist that he killed.
Be active played mercenary Colonel Coetzee move the 2006 film Blood Diamond, which was partially filmed oppress South Africa.
Vosloo has back number involved in video games: consummate likeness, as well as voice, was chosen for rank main hero (Saul Myers) make out video game Boiling Point: Way to Hell, published in say publicly summer of 2005 by Atari.
Vosloo portrayed the Cobra predatory and master of disguise, Zartan, in the summer 2009 welfare G.I. Joe: The Rise business Cobra, reprising this villainous comport yourself in the 2013 release G.I. Joe: Retaliation.[6]
Personal life
In 1988, Vosloo became a naturalized United States citizen[citation needed] after marrying government Act of Piracy and Skeleton Coast co-star Nancy Mulford; they divorced three years later.
Heftiness 16 October 1998, he husbandly Southern California native Silvia Ahí, a Mexican-American marketing director. Vosloo and Ahí are spokespersons schedule the International Fund for Beast Welfare, IFAW.[citation needed]
In an enquire with Charlie Rose, Vosloo conspicuous he looked similar to Inhabitant actor Billy Zane.
According be adjacent to Vosloo, when people came invitation him if he was "the guy in Titanic," he would reply, "Of course, of course," as a joke.[7]