Arnold Vosloo

'Arnold Vosloo' (qv) was born in Pretoria, South Africa, to stage actor parents, Johanna Petronella Vorster and Johannes J. Daniel Vosloo. He is an Afrikaaner (of mostly Dutch, as well as German, Swiss-German, Danish, and French, descent).Vosloo quickly established a fine reputation as an actor in his native South Africa, winning several awards there for his theater work, including "More Is 'n 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)_ (qv) and _Circles in a Forest (1989)_ (qv), 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' (qv) and 'Sheryl Lee' (qv) 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' (qv)'s _1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)_ (qv), 'John Woo' (qv)'s _Hard Target (1993)_ (qv) (produced by 'James Jacks' (qv) and 'Sean Daniel' (qv)), _Darkman II: The Return of Durant (1995)_ (qv) and _Darkman III: Die Darkman Die (1996)_ (qv), both directed by 'Bradford May' (qv), and 'George Miller' (qv)'s _Zeus and Roxanne (1997)_ (qv). Equally at home on the television screen, Vosloo appeared in _American Gothic (1995)_ (qv) for Fox and _Nash Bridges (1996)_ (qv) for CBS.::Universal Studios