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Tomas Milian

1933 - 2017

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Tomás Quintín Rodríguez-Varona Milián Salinas de la Fé y Álvarez de la Campa (3 March 1933 – 22 March 2017) was a Cuban-born actor with American and Italian citizenship, known for the emotional intensity and humor he brought to starring roles in European genre films. A student of Lee Strasberg's, Milian studied method acting at the Actors Studio in New York City. In Italy, he was discovered by director Mauro Bolognini and appeared in supporting roles in several drama films during the late 1950s and early 1960s, including Bad Girls Don't Cry (1959) and as Raphael in Carol Reed's The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965). Throughout the late-1960s and early-1970s, Milian established himself as a dynamic leading actor in a series of Spaghetti Western films, most notably The Big Gundown (1966), Django Kill... Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tomas Milian is the 1,631st most popular actor (down from 1,002nd in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Cuba (down from 24th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Cuban Actor.

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Among actors, Tomas Milian ranks 1,631 out of 13,578. Before him are Henry Calvin, Matt LeBlanc, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Marianne Koch, Tracy Morgan, and Fritz Wepper. After him are Jenna Dewan, Amrish Puri, Anny Ondra, Rob Schneider, Edward Herrmann, and Jon Favreau.

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Among people born in 1933, Tomas Milian ranks 154. Before him are Laura Mancinelli, Viktor Patsayev, Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria, Wendell R. Anderson, Josef Kadraba, and Bernadette Chirac. After him are Gregory III Laham, Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Azeglio Vicini, Mátyás Szűrös, Hannelore Kohl, and Michel Camdessus. Among people deceased in 2017, Tomas Milian ranks 130. Before him are Richard Hatch, Juan Goytisolo, William H. Keeler, Lyudmila Chernykh, Anne Golon, and Miguel Ferrer. After him are Marjorie Boulton, Bruce McCandless II, Kate Millett, Jerry Fodor, Raymond Smullyan, and Brian Aldiss.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Tomas Milian ranks 39 out of 300. Before him are Mel Martínez (1946), Nicolás Guillén (1902), Alberto Juantorena (1950), Leo Brouwer (1939), Omara Portuondo (1930), and Huber Matos (1918). After him are Carlos Puebla (1917), Steven Bauer (1956), Ana de Armas (1988), Pérez Prado (1916), Carlos Finlay (1833), and Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (1942).

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Among ACTORS In Cuba

Among actors born in Cuba, Tomas Milian ranks 2. Before him are Andy García (1956). After him are Steven Bauer (1956), Ana de Armas (1988), María Conchita Alonso (1957), Ninón Sevilla (1929), Chelo Alonso (1933), William Levy (1980), Desi Arnaz (1917), César Évora (1959), Tony Plana (1952), and Millard Mitchell (1903).

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