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name: "Tomas Milian"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 March 1933"
died: "22 March 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
updated: "2026-09-16T21:17:29.478106+00:00"
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# Tomas Milian

Actor. Born 3 March 1933 in Havana, Cuba. Died 22 March 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 March 1933, Havana, Cuba
- **Died:** 22 March 2017
- **Active:** 1991–2000
- **Also known as:** Tomás Quintín Rodríguez, Томас Милиан, توماس میلیان

## Biography

Tomas Milian (1933–2017) was a Cuban-born actor who held American and Italian citizenship. Born in Havana, he left Cuba in the 1950s and trained at the Actors Studio in New York before beginning his career in Italy in the late 1950s.

He appeared in numerous Italian films, including spaghetti westerns such as *The Big Gundown* (1966) and *Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot!* (1967), as well as crime films and comedies. He later returned to the United States and took supporting roles in films including *JFK* (1991), *Amistad* (1997) and *Traffic* (2000), in which he played Gen. Arturo Salazar. He also appeared in television series such as *Oz* and *Law & Order*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Traffic* (2000), Fi1m 82, as Gen. Arturo Salazar — [page](https://film.one/film/traffic.md)
- *JFK* (1991), Fi1m 80, as Leopoldo — [page](https://film.one/film/jfk.md)

## Also known for

- *Amistad* (1997), Calderon
- *Law & Order* (1990), Colonel Emilio Pantoya
- *Fools Rush In* (1997), Tomas
- *The Yards* (2000), Manuel Sequiera
- *Revenge* (1990), Cesar
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), Enrico Montejano
- *Don't Torture a Duckling* (1972), Andrea Martelli
- *The Big Gundown* (1967), Manuel 'Cuchillo' Sanchez

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