| Arnold Vosloo Quick Info | |
|---|---|
| Height | 6 ft 1½ in |
| Weight | 80 kg |
| Date of Birth | June 16, 1962 |
| Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
| Hair Color | Salt and Pepper |
Arnold Vosloo is a South African actor, theatre artist, producer, and voice actor whose film credits include Boetie Gaan Border Toe, Morenga, Saturday Night at the Palace, Steel Dawn, Gor, Skeleton Coast, Act of Piracy, 1492: Conquest of Paradise, Circles in a Forest, Hard Target, Darkman II: The Return of Durant, Darkman III: Die Darkman Die, Zeus and Roxanne, The Mummy, Con Express, Progeny, The Mummy Returns, Agent Cody Banks, Waist Deep, Forgiveness, Endangered Species, Boetie Op Manoeuvres, Blood Diamond, Living & Dying, Odysseus: Voyage to the Underworld, Fire & Ice: The Dragon Chronicles, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam, Killer Instinct, All-Star Superman, Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, Odd Thomas, Meltdown, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Fire & Ice, Silverton Siege, The Finishing Touch, Buried Alive, and Reason to Die. In addition to that, he has also been cast in a variety of shows such as Red Shoe Diaries, Nash Bridges, Fallen Angels, Veritas: The Quest, Strange World, Charmed, Chuck, American Gothic, NCIS, Bosch, Young Justice, Elementary, Bones, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Voltron: Legendary Defender, Cape Town, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, and The Blacklist.
Born Name
Arnold Vosloo
Nick Names
Arny, Boetie or Boeta
Sun Sign
Gemini
Born Place
Pretoria, South Africa
Nationality
Education
Arnold Vosloo got enrolled at Technikon Pretoria (a higher education institution in South Africa) and took drama lessons.
Occupation
Actor, Theatre Artist, Producer, Voice Actor
Family
- Father – Johannes J. Daniel Vosloo (Stage Actor, Ran a drive-in theater in Alberton, Gauteng)
- Mother – Johanna Petronella Vorster (Stage Actor)
- Siblings – He has a sister.
- Others – Arnoldus Francois Vosloo (Paternal Grandfather), Maria Petronella van der Mescht (Paternal Grandmother), Johannes Wagenaar Vorster (Maternal Grandfather), Johanna Catharina Nel (Maternal Grandmother)
Manager
Arnold Vosloo has been signed with Agency for the Performing Arts, Talent and Literary Agency, Los Angeles, California, United States.
Net Worth
According to CelebrityNetWorth.com, his net worth has been $4 Million.
Build
Athletic
Height
6 ft 1½ in or 186.5 cm
Weight
80 kg or 176.5 lbs
Girlfriend / Spouse
Arnold Vosloo has dated –
- Nancy Mulford (1987-1991) – He started going out with his Act of Piracy and Skeleton Coast co-star Nancy Mulford in 1987 and they married the following year. The marriage ended in divorce in 1991.
- Sylvia Ahí (1997-Present) – In 1997, Arnold Vosloo began dating Southern California native Silvia Ahí (a Mexican-American marketing director) and they got married on October 16, 1998.
Race / Ethnicity
Mixed (White and Asian)
Arnold Vosloo is of Afrikaner (Dutch, some German and Swiss-German, Belgian Flemish, distant Danish, remote French, Norwegian, Indonesian, Indian, Malagasy, and Angolan) descent.
Hair Color
Salt and Pepper
Eye Color
Blue-Brown
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
- Deep authoritative voice
- Muscular physique
- Shaved head
- Resemblance to American actor Billy Zane
Brand Endorsements
Arnold Vosloo has served as a spokesperson for the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).
Arnold Vosloo Facts
- He was born into a Pretoria-acting family.
- He served in the military and eventually received a medical discharge.
- His last name is pronounced as “Fos-Loo”.
- In 1988, Arnold Vosloo became a naturalized United States citizen after he married actor Nancy Mulford.
- Along with Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Kevin J. O’Connor, and Jonathan Hyde, Arnold Vosloo co-starred as the main antagonist named Imhotep in the 1999 action-adventure film The Mummy.
- He was cast as Colonel Coetzee in the political action thriller film Blood Diamond in 2006. He co-starred in the film alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou, and Michael Sheen.
- Arnold Vosloo brought to life the character of Zartan (a disguise expert who serves Destro) in the military science fiction action film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra in 2009. The 1st installment in the G.I. Joe film series, it stars Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lee Byung-hun, Sienna Miller, Rachel Nichols, Jonathan Pryce, Saïd Taghmaoui, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, and Dennis Quaid.
- He stated in an interview with Charlie Rose that due to his resemblance to Billy Zane, people have come asking him if he was “the guy in Titanic” and he would reply, “Of course, of course,” as a joke.
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