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Biography
Arnold Vosloo (born June 16, 1962 in Pretoria, South Africa) 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. (Darkman is a scientist named Peyton Westlake scarred and badly burnt, who wears synthetic skin that dissolves in light. As a result of his accident, the doctors were forced to remove his nerve endings thus giving him the inability to feel pain and unbelievable strength. Thus he becomes Darkman, a superhero of sorts who seeks to avenge mobster Robert Durant (played by Larry Drake) who was responsible for destroying his life.)
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. (Imhotep has an affair with the Pharaoh's mistress Anck Su Namun and eventually kills the Pharaoh himself when the supreme ruler discovers the fact. For this he is mummified alive and cursed. Years later he is accidentally awakened and becomes a destructive force attempting to bring his beloved back to life. In the sequel the mummy is awaken once again, this time on purpose, in order to defeat another ancient evil by the name of The Scorpion King, played by pro wrestler The Rock. He who defeats the scorpion king will gain control of his armies and rule the world.)
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), Alias (2004) and had a major role in the fourth season of 24, as a terrorist leader.
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.
