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Today you`ll see how actors of the movie Gladiator have changed. You`ll know their original names
and age. I will show you how they looked then, in 2000, and what`s with them now, in 2021.
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Connie Nielsen is educated as a musician, dancer and actress. Connie went on to secure
a role as the daughter of Satan in “The Devil’s Advocate”, which was her breakout
film. She later received international recognition in Gladiator. In the film Nielsen (Lucilla)
was a daughter of the Emperor of Rome by the time of 180 CE.
Djimon Hounsou is a Beninese-American actor and model. For several years he was homeless,
sleeping under bridges, searching garbage cans for food, begging for money and washing
in a public fountain near the Pompidou Centre. In the film he played Juba, a Numidian tribesman
who was enslaved and purchased by Antonius Proximo.
Joaquin Phoenix nearly stole the Roman epic Gladiator from star Russell Crowe with his
turn as the twisted, jealous emperor Commodus. His work netted him nominations for many of
the acting profession's most prestigious awards, including the Oscars. In the film he played
Commodus, the son of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
Actor Spencer Treat Clark rose to prominence for his role in the film Gladiator. In the
film he played Lucius Verus. Lucius Verus II was the son of Roman Empress Lucilla and
Lucius Verus who is deceased. Lucius was nearly thirteen in the year 180 CE. He was the co-ruler
during the reign of his uncle, Roman Emperor Commodus.
Ralf Moeller is a German-American actor and former competitive bodybuilder. In the film
he played Hagen. He was a Barbarian from Germania who was sold to Proximo, a wealthy slave owner.
Being a talented fighter, he was designated by Proximo to test any new slave's fighting
ability. He later befriended Juba and Maximus.
Famous Irish actor Richard Harris. In the film he played Marcus Aurelius, the Emperor
of the Roman Empire (Caesar). He was murdered by his son, Commodus, because Marcus had instead
appointed Maximus to be his successor. Harris died shortly after the film was released in
2002, he had been suffering from Hodgkin's disease.
Actor Tomas Arana is known for his unconventional roles in action films. In the Gladiator he
played Quintus. He was a friend of General Maximus, and he was his Second-in-Command
General. Quintus sided with the usurper by following through the execution order of Maximus,
adding that his family would see him in the afterlife.﻿
Tommy Flanagan is an actor from Scotland has been very hardworking in the film and entertainment
industry. He has also played significant roles in several films, which have been the best-selling
in the market. In the film he played Cicero, the servant of Roman General Maximus. He was
later betrayed by Lucilla and was killed as a result.
John Shrapnel who has died aged 77 after suffering from cancer, was instantly recognizable on
stage or screen over the past 50 years. In the film he played Gaius, a senator. When
Commodus became Emperor, Gaius was a major leader in the government of the Roman Empire.
Commodus has killed him, by having a snake put into his bed.
Costa Rican actress Giannina Facio first worked with director Ridley Scott in Gladiator; as
of then, she has been Scott's partner. In the film she played Maximus' Wife is the wife
of the great Roman General Maximus Meridius. She was killed and crucified by the Roman
Cavalrymen sent by Emperor Commodus to burn their farm.
Sir Derek Jacobi is English actor whose shy, self-effacing private demeanor belied his
forceful, commanding stage presence. In the film he played Gracchus. Gracchus was a senator
of the Roman Empire around 180 AD. He first was a senator under Marcus Aurelius. His distrust
of Commodus led him to defect to the side of Maximus.
Oliver Reed passed away while filming for the ‘Gladiator’. The world lost one of
the most gripping and spellbinding on-screen and off-screen personalities. In the film
he played Antonius Proximo who was a wealthy slave owner who owned Ex-Roman General Maximus.
He himself was a Gladiator who was freed by the Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
Omid Djalili is a British-Iranian stand-up comedian, actor, presenter. Broke through
in acting at the end of the 1990s in The Mummy and The World Is Not Enough. In the film he
played Slave Trader. An ugly character, a person who trades of slaves from all regions
and to any wallet. He was the man who found Maximus unconscious.
David Schofield is an English actor. Over the course of his life, Schofield had enjoyed
success on stage, films and television. In the film he played Falco, a Roman Senator
loyal to the Roman Emperor Commodus. Falco was very close to Commodus. He gave him a
strategy to defeat Maximus based on an old tale of a sea serpent.
Giorgio Cantarini, known for his childhood roles in the Oscar-winning movies Gladiator
and Life Is Beautiful, he was the 1998 recipient of a Young Artist Award. In the film he played
Maximus' Son. Commodus ordered cavalrymen to ride up to the farm of Maximus in Trujillo
and burn it. He ran up and was trampled by the horsemen.
David Hemmings was an English singer, actor and director. At the age of 62 Hemmings passed
away on the film set of ‘Blessed’ after suffering a heart attack. In the film he played
Cassius, the announcer and head of the main Colosseum in Zucchabar Province, Algeria.
He likes to wear a red wig to cover his white hair.
Russell Crowe known for his commitment, intensity and ruggedly handsome good looks. He won an
Academy Award for Gladiator. In the film he played Maximus. Maximus was a high ranking
Roman general in command of multiple Roman legions who served under the Roman Emperor
Marcus Aurelius. He later served as a Gladiator in the arena.
Sven-Ole Thorsen won Denmark's Strongest Man in 1983. Thanks to his stature, he often plays
imposing giants and villains in films who are somehow beaten by smaller opponents in
a David and Goliath manner. In the film he played Tigris of Gaul, a gladiator who was
"undefeated" heading into his match with Maximus Meridius.
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