Arnold Vosloo is a South African-born American actor.
He is best known for his roles as Imhotep in The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, Pik van
Cleef in Hard Target, Dr. Peyton Westlake/Darkman in Darkman II and Darkman III, and Zartan
in G.I.
Joe: The Rise of Cobra and its sequel.
Early life An Afrikaner of Dutch and German ancestry,
Vosloo was born into a Pretoria acting family, his parents having been stage-actors.
They lived in Despatch, where his father ran a drive-in theater, and Alberton.
He has one sister.
His acting talent was discovered quite early in a school play.
After high school and military service, he took drama courses at the Pretoria Technikon.
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 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.
In 1984, he moved on to film where he continued Dalro Award-winning performances in films
such as Boetie gaan Border toe acting alongside fellow South African actor Frank Opperman,
and Circles in a Forest in 1990.
Vosloo also starred in the "Boetie" sequel, Boetie op maneuvers in 1986.
Vosloo also starred in Morenga, Saturday Night at the Palace, Skeleton Coast and The Rutanga
Tapes.
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 together with Al Pacino.
His American film debut was in 1492: Conquest of Paradise.
He later appeared in the two less successful sequels to the 1990 film Darkman — Darkman
II: The Return of Durant and Darkman III: Die Darkman Die, filling the shoes of Liam
Neeson as the titular character Darkman.
He also known for portraying villains such in the John Woo film Hard Target, starring
Jean-Claude Van Damme.
the title role of the 1999 film The Mummy, as well as its 2001 sequel, The Mummy Returns.
In both films he played Imhotep, an ancient Egyptian high priest and the main antagonist.
Vosloo also played François Molay, the main villain's henchman, in the 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, Nash Bridges, Charmed, Alias and NCIS.
He was one of the main characters in Veritas: The Quest.
He also had a major role in the fourth season of 24, 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.
He played mercenary Colonel Coetzee, in the 2006 film Blood Diamond which was partially
filmed in South Africa.
Vosloo has been involved in video games: His likeness, as well as his voice, was chosen
for main hero 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.
Personal life In 1988, Vosloo became a naturalized United
States citizen after marrying his Act of Piracy and Skeleton Coast co-star Nancy Mulford;
they divorced three years later.
On 16 October 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.
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.
Filmography Projects in Production and Development
References
External links Arnold Vosloo at the Internet Movie Database
Arnold Vosloo at AllMovie Arnold Vosloo Tribute Page with filmography,
reviews, interviews, screencaps and more.
Works by or about Arnold Vosloo in libraries