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| Birth Name(s) : Arnold Vosloo |
Date of Birth: June 16, 1962 |
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Married
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Partner:
Sylvia Ahi |
| Profession:
Actor |
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Arnold Vosloo quickly established a fine reputation as an actor in his native South Africa, winning several awards there for his theatre work, including More Is In Lang Dag, Don Juan and Torch Song Trilogy. A regular performer with South Africa's State Theatre, he also played leading roles in Savages, Twelfth Night and Hamlet. His film career in the RSA brought him The Dalro Award as Best Actor for both Boetie gaan border toe (1984) and Circles in a Forest (1990), and the Dalro Best Actor Nomination for the film version of More Is 'n Lang Dag.
After moving to the United States, he appeared in 'Born In The R.S.A.' at Chicago's Northlight Theatre and starred with Al Pacino and Sheryl Lee in a Circle In The Square Uptown production of 'Salome' (his character's name was "Jokanaan"). The latter running for a total of 18 performances only between June 28, 1992 and July 2, 1992. Vosloo's film credits include Ridley Scott's 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), John Woo's Hard Target (1993) (produced by James Jacks and Sean Daniel), _Darkman II: The Return of Durant (1994)_ and _Darkman III: Die Darkman Die (1996)_ , both directed by Bradford May and George Miller's Zeus and Roxanne (1997). Equally at home on the television screen, Vosloo appeared in "American Gothic" (1995)for Fox and "Nash Bridges" (1996) for CBS. |
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Arnold Vosloo (born 16 June 1962) is a South African-born U.S. actor, known for playing the title role in the 1999 film The Mummy and its sequel, The Mummy Returns. More recently, he played a South African Mercenary named Colonel Coetzee in the film Blood Diamond.
Vosloo was born in Pretoria, South Africa into an acting family, his parents having been stage-actors, and the family moved around a bit. They lived in Port Elizabeth, where his father ran a drive-in theatre and Alberton. He has one sister, Nadia.
Vosloo began his acting career in the South African theatre where he won several Dalro Awards for his performances in such plays as Don Juan, 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), 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 movie 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 movie The Mummy (starring Brendan Fraser), as well as its 2001 sequel, The Mummy Returns. In both films he played Imhotep, an ancient Egyptian high priest.
Both movies were smash hits and a spin off (without Vosloo) named The Scorpion King was produced with The Rock in the title role. 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 movie career, he guest-starred in several TV shows including The Red Shoe Diaries, American Gothic (1995), Nash Bridges (1995), Charmed (2000), and Alias (2004). 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.
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.
In 1988, Vosloo became a naturalized United States citizen; and married his Act of Piracy co-star Nancy Mulford; they divorced after three years. In 1998, he remarried, this time to Silvia Ahí, a Mexican-American marketing director. His nicknames are "Arny", "Boetie" or "Boeta" (no doubt from his breakthrough role in South Africa). Vosloo is married to artist Sylvia Ahi whom he married 16 October, 1998. Both Vosloo and Ahi have become spokespersons for the Animal Rights and Rescue group IFAW, the International Fund For Animal Welfare, this according to the group's website.
Vosloo's father once worked as a carpenter and made a dinner table that seats 24, which was given as a gift to Queen Elizabeth II on her visit (she was still Princess Elizabeth then) to South Africa in 1947.
Vosloo also suffers from the blood disease Porphyria for which he was rejected by the South African Army and given an honourable discharge. The characteristics of porphyria is that if injured and given the wrong drugs, he could die.
In an interview with Charlie Rose, Vosloo noted he looked similar to an 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. |
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| I'm no Mr. Fitness, but I had done some exercise. When I finally got to London, they showed me my costume, and it was like the size of a postage stamp. -- on his costume in The Mummy |
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