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Tomas Milian

1933 - 2017

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Tomas Milian (born 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tomas Milian has received more than 512,319 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Tomas Milian is the 1,002nd most popular actor (up from 1,017th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Cuba (up from 25th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Cuban Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tomas Milian ranks 1,002 out of 13,578Before him are Carrie-Anne Moss, Michael Gough, Geneviève Bujold, Renato Salvatori, Patrick Macnee, and Peter Coyote. After him are Brenda Blethyn, Lea Massari, Brion James, Conrad Veidt, Madeleine Stowe, and June Carter Cash.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Tomas Milian ranks 98Before him are Jeremy Brett, Walter Kasper, David Hamilton, Hisataka Okamoto, Sacha Distel, and Renato Salvatori. After him are Lea Massari, Manu Dibango, Elem Klimov, Elizabeth Montgomery, Narriman Sadek, and Joan Rivers. Among people deceased in 2017, Tomas Milian ranks 88Before him are Anita Pallenberg, Nicolai Gedda, Anne Wiazemsky, René Préval, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, and Fats Domino. After him are Hans Rosling, Colin Dexter, Paolo Villaggio, Karin Dor, Tom Regan, and Juan Goytisolo.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Tomas Milian ranks 24 out of 300Before him are Sergio Oliva (1941), Javier Sotomayor (1967), Ibrahim Ferrer (1927), Alicia Alonso (1920), Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1956), and Teófilo Stevenson (1952). After him are Gerardo Machado (1871), Juanita Castro (1933), Alberto Juantorena (1950), Aleida March (1936), Wifredo Lam (1902), and Vilma Espín (1930).

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Among ACTORS In Cuba

Among actors born in Cuba, Tomas Milian ranks 2Before him are Andy García (1956). After him are Ana de Armas (1988), Steven Bauer (1956), María Conchita Alonso (1957), Chelo Alonso (1933), Ninón Sevilla (1929), William Levy (1980), Desi Arnaz (1917), César Évora (1959), Mario Cimarro (1971), and Tony Plana (1952).