Tomas Milian
Birthday: 3 March 1933, Havana, Cuba
Birth Name: Tomás Quintín Rodríguez Milián
Height: 183 cm
Tomas Milian, an American actor born in Cuba; was trained at the Actors Studio. He appeared in a few plays on Broadway, as well as in a show by Jean Cocteau in Spoleto. Mauro Bolognini noticed him and ...Show More
[gesturing to torso] In here... in here, is everything, from A to Z. Okay? I could be... a good pers Show more
[gesturing to torso] In here... in here, is everything, from A to Z. Okay? I could be... a good person, I could be an evil son of a bitch, I could be anything. I could be funny, I could be very dramatic, I can make you cry, if you want. Hide
[on how he would play a character] I just believed it.
[on how he would play a character] I just believed it.
I don't like to intellectualize what I do. Because the intellect... it was ruining my instinct. And Show more
I don't like to intellectualize what I do. Because the intellect... it was ruining my instinct. And I live out of instinct. Hide
During my first year in Italy, I made mainly intellectual movies where I was bored to death.
During my first year in Italy, I made mainly intellectual movies where I was bored to death.
[on his appearances in "political" Spaghetti Westerns] I didn't care, really, about politics. I was Show more
[on his appearances in "political" Spaghetti Westerns] I didn't care, really, about politics. I was ignorant as Cuchillo [from La resa dei conti (1966) and Corri uomo corri (1968)] was. That's why I was so good at [that] stuff. The actors are being used, so... you don't have to be political, you have to be like [an] ideological whore. Hide
I'd get bored if I'd have to be good-looking all the time. I would prefer to work in a bank.
I'd get bored if I'd have to be good-looking all the time. I would prefer to work in a bank.
[on appearing in a play in University] I saw the play's poster with my name on it, and said, "What t Show more
[on appearing in a play in University] I saw the play's poster with my name on it, and said, "What the hell am I doing here? I'm losing time." Hide
Tomas Milian's FILMOGRAPHY - Page 2
as Actor (69)
Tomas Milian'S roles
Leopoldo
Ricardo Alvarez
Cesar
Manny Huerta
Don Federico Fellove
