Tomas Arana

• Name — Tomas Arana • Birth Name — Thomas Clifford Arana • Born — 3 April 1955 • Birthplace — Auburn, California, U.S. • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1976 — Present

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 Umi e, 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. 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.

• 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 (miniseries) — 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

Tomas Arana was recorded at birth as Thomas Clifford Arana. The authorities additionally record the heading Tomas Clifford Arana. His recorded languages were English and Italian.

Tomas Arana is recorded as actor.