Tomas Milian

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... If You Live, Shoot!'' (1967), as well as Sergio Corbucci's parody of the genre ''The White, the Yellow, and the Black'' (1975). Dennis Hopper also cast Milian in his 1971 art-house film, ''The Last Movie''.

Following a decline in the popularity of Spaghetti Westerns, Milian transitioned to roles in ''poliziottesco'' films. After receiving acclaim for his performance as a psychotic killer in ''Almost Human'' (1974), he made appearances in ''Emergency Squad'' (1974), ''The Tough Ones'' (1976) and ''The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist'' (1977). After returning to the United States in 1985, Milian continued to perform supporting roles in film productions, including ''JFK'' (1991), ''Amistad'' (1997), ''Traffic'' (2000) and ''The Lost City'' (2005). Provided by Wikipedia