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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''.

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Biography

Early life

Career

Personal life

Filmography

External links

Biography

Early life

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.

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 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 '' (1992). He later appeared in the two less successful sequels to the 1990 film ''Darkman'' — '' (1994) and '' (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 '' (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 '', published in summer of 2005 by ATARI.

Personal life

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'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.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	''Boetie gaan border toe'' (Little Brother Goes to the Border)	Boetie
1985	''Morenga ''	Schiller
1987	''Skeleton Coast''	Blade
	''Saturday Night at the Palace ''	Dougie
	''Steel Dawn''	Makker
1988	''Act of Piracy ''	Sean Stevens
	''Gor''	Norman
1989	''Reason to Die ''	Wilson
	''The Revenger ''	Mackie
1990	''Circles in a Forest ''	Saul
	''Living to Die''	Jimmy
	''The Rutanga Tapes''	Assad
	''Buried Alive''	Ken Wade
1992	''The Finishing Touch ''	Mikael Gant
	''	Guevara
1993	''	Bill
	''Hard Target''	Pick van Cleaf
1994	''	Darkman/Dr. Peyton Westlake	Direct-to-video film
1995	''American Gothic''	Rafael Santo	Television series, Guest star in ''A Tree Grows in Trinity''
	''Fallen Angels''	MacMan	Television series, Guest star in ''Fly Paper''
1996	''Nash Bridges''	Alex Abe	Television series, Guest star in ''Genesis''
	''	Darkman/Dr. Peyton Westlake	Direct-to-video film
1997	''Zeus and Roxanne''	Claude Carver
1998	''Rough Draft''	Stefan
	''Progeny''	Dr. Craig Burton
1999	''Strange World''	Dark-Haired Man	Television series, Guest star in ''Pilot'' and ''Spirit Falls''
	''The Mummy''	High Priest Imhotep
2000	''Charmed''	Darklighter	Television series, Guest star in ''Murphy's Luck''
2001	''The Red Phone: Manhunt ''	Wolf	Television Film
	''The Mummy Returns''	High Priest Imhotep
2002	''Endangered Species''	Warden
	''Con Express''	Anton Simeonov
	''Warrior Angels''	Luke
	''Global Effect ''	Dr. Richard Hume
2003	''Veritas: The Quest''	Vincent Siminou	Television series, Guest star in ''Heist'', ''Skulls'', ''Antarctica'', ''Reunion'' and ''Avalon ''
	''Agent Cody Banks ''	Francois Molay
	''The Red Phone: Checkmate''	Wolf	Television Film
2004	''Alias (TV series)''	Mr. Zisman	Television series, Guest star in ''Crossings''
	''Meltdown ''	Khalid/Sands	Television Film
	''Forgiveness''	Tertius Coetzee
2005	''24 (TV series)''	Habib Marwan	Television series, recurring character
2006	''Im Auftrag des Vatikans'' (Death Train)	Lennart	Television Film
	''Blood Diamond''	Colonel Coetzee
2007	''Living & Dying ''	Detective Rick Devlin
	''Hidden Camera ''	Natas	Television Film; (post-production)

External links

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★ Susi's Arnold Vosloo Fansite