Arnold Vosloo

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Arnold Vosloo played Season 4's mastermind villian Habib Marwan.

This was somewhat accidental; Marwan was originally intended to only appear in six episodes, but the producers were so impressed by Vosloo's performance that Marwan became the season's main villain.

Vosloo has mentioned in interviews that his performance as Marwan was based on his impression after seeing a picture of 9/11 highjacker Mohammed Atta. Vosloo believed his face conveyed a total commitment to his cause and attempted to convey the same commitment in Marwan. Kiefer Sutherland has noted this makes Marwan the mirror image of Jack Bauer, who has also demonstrated great commitment to his beliefs.

[edit] Biography

He is a South African actor, now a naturalized American, best known for playing the title role in the 1999 film The Mummy, and its sequel, The Mummy Returns.

He began his acting career in the South Africa theatre where he won several Dalro awards for plays such as Don Juan, Hamlet, and More is in Land Dang and he quickly became a regular in South Africa's State Theatre. In 1984, he moved on to the film scene where he continued Dalro award winning performances in movies such as Boetie gaan border toe (1984) and Circles in a Forest (1990).

In 1988, Vosloo became naturalized American citizen and married his Act of Piracy (1988) co-star Nancy Mulford. The couple divorced after three years.

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 Circle In The Square Uptown's short-lived production of Salomé (1992) together with Al Pacino. In 1998, he remarried, this time to Sylivia Ahi, a Mexican-American marketing director.

His American movie debut was in 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992). He later appeared in the two less successful sequels to the 1990 horror blockbuster Darkman — Darkman II: The Return of Durant (1994) and Darkman III: Die Darkman Die) filling the shoes of Liam Neeson as Darkman.

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 Mummy: The Ride opened in both Universal Studios theme parks in Hollywood and Orlando. Vosloo and Fraser were there to promote the new ride, which features a life size image of Vosloo as the Mummy.

Alongside his movie career, he guest starred in several TV shows including American Gothic (1995), Nash Bridges (1995), Charmed (2000), and Alias (2004).

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 Boiling Point: Road to Hell, published in summer of 2005 by ATARI.

In 2006, he co-stars in Edward Zwick's movie "Blood Diamond" with Leonardo DiCaprio. It's a tale of civil war and diamond thievery in Sierra Leone in the 1990s and was released in December 2006.