Tomas Milian
1933–2017 · Cuban-born American and Italian actor
Tomás Quintín Rodríguez-Varona Milián Salinas de la Fé y Álvarez de la Campa was a Cuban-born actor and musician, who worked extensively in American and Italian films. Born in Havana and educated at the Actors Studio in New York, Milian began his acting career in the United States before moving to Italy in the late 1950s, where he became best known for the emotional intensity and humor he brought to starring roles in genre films.
Tomas Milian, in order
- 1959 Bad Girls Don't Cry: acted · directed by Mauro Bolognini
- 1960 I Delfini: acted · directed by Francesco Maselli
- 1960 Il bell'Antonio: acted · directed by Mauro Bolognini
- 1961 A Day for Lionhearts: acted · directed by Nanni Loy
- 1961 Day by Day, Desperately: acted · directed by Alfredo Giannetti
- 1961 L'imprevisto: acted · directed by Alberto Lattuada
- 1961 Laura nuda: acted · directed by Nicolò Ferrari
- 1962 Boccaccio '70: acted · directed by Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti · critics 56%, audiences 78% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
- 1962 Disorder: acted · directed by Franco Brusati
- 1962 La banda Casaroli: acted · directed by Florestano Vancini
- 1962 The Attic: acted · directed by Gianni Puccini
- 1962 The Job: acted · directed by Luchino Visconti
- 1963 Curd Cheese: acted · directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
- 1963 Mad Sea: acted · directed by Renato Castellani
- 1963 Ro.Go.Pa.G.: acted · directed by Jean-Luc Godard and Pier Paolo Pasolini
- 1963 The Shortest Day: acted · directed by Sergio Corbucci
- 1964 Gli indifferenti: acted · directed by Francesco Maselli · audiences 20%
- 1965 I Kill, You Kill: acted · directed by Gianni Puccini
- 1965 I soldi: acted · directed by Gianni Puccini
- 1965 The Agony and the Ecstasy: acted · directed by Carol Reed
- 1965 The Camp Followers: acted · directed by Valerio Zurlini
- 1966 Madamigella di Maupin: acted · directed by Mauro Bolognini
- 1966 The Big Gundown: acted · directed by Sergio Sollima
- 1966 The Bounty Killer: acted · directed by Eugenio Martín
- 1967 Django Kill: acted · directed by Giulio Questi
- 1967 Faccia a faccia: acted · directed by Sergio Sollima
- 1968 A Fine Pair: acted · directed by Francesco Maselli
- 1968 Bandits in Milan: acted · directed by Carlo Lizzani
- 1968 Crónica de un atraco: acted · directed by Jaime Jesús Balcázar
- 1968 Death Sentence: acted · directed by Mario Lanfranchi
- 1968 Run, Man, Run!: acted · directed by Sergio Sollima
- 1968 Tetepango: acted · directed by Giulio Petroni · audiences 55%
- 1969 The Conspiracy of Torture: acted · directed by Lucio Fulci
- 1969 Where Are You Going All Naked?: acted · directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile
- 1970 Compañeros: acted · directed by Sergio Corbucci
- 1970 I cannibali: acted · directed by Gianni Amelio and Liliana Cavani
- 1970 L'amore coniugale: acted · directed by Dacia Maraini
- 1970 Viva Cangaceiro: acted · directed by Giovanni Fago
- 1971 The Designated Victim: acted · directed by Maurizio Lucidi
- 1971 The Last Movie: acted · directed by Dennis Hopper · critics 50%, audiences 51% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Plex
- 1972 Don't Torture a Duckling: acted · directed by Lucio Fulci
- 1972 Life Is Tough: acted · directed by Giulio Petroni
- 1972 Ripped Off: acted · directed by Franco Prosperi · streaming on Prime Video, Fawesome
- 1972 Sonny and Jed: acted · directed by Sergio Corbucci
- 1973 Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza?: acted · directed by Alberto De Martino
- 1973 Counselor at Crime: acted · directed by Alberto De Martino
- 1974 Almost Human: acted · directed by Umberto Lenzi
- 1974 Emergency Squad: acted · directed by Stelvio Massi
- 1975 Four of the Apocalypse: acted · directed by Lucio Fulci
- 1975 Mad Enough to Kill: acted · directed by Yves Boisset
- 1975 Silent Action: acted · directed by Sergio Martino
- 1975 Syndicate Sadists: acted · directed by Umberto Lenzi
- 1975 The White, the Yellow, and the Black: acted · directed by Sergio Corbucci
- 1976 Free Hand for a Tough Cop: acted · directed by Umberto Lenzi
- 1976 Rome Armed to the Teeth: acted · directed by Umberto Lenzi
- 1976 Sex with a Smile: acted · directed by Sergio Martino
- 1976 Squadra antifurto: acted · directed by Bruno Corbucci
- 1976 The Cop in Blue Jeans: acted · directed by Bruno Corbucci
- 1976 The Twist: acted · directed by Claude Chabrol
- 1976 Young, Violent, Dangerous: acted · directed by Romolo Guerrieri
- 1977 Brothers Till We Die: acted · directed by Umberto Lenzi
- 1977 Destruction Force: acted · directed by Stelvio Massi
- 1977 Messalina, Messalina!: acted · directed by Bruno Corbucci
- 1977 Swindle: acted · directed by Bruno Corbucci
- 1977 The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist: acted · directed by Umberto Lenzi
- 1977 The Son of the Sheik: acted · directed by Bruno Corbucci
- 1978 Closed Circuit: acted · directed by Giuliano Montaldo
- 1978 Little Italy: acted · directed by Bruno Corbucci
- 1979 Assassinio sul Tevere: acted · directed by Bruno Corbucci
- 1979 La Luna: acted · directed by Bernardo Bertolucci · critics 54%, audiences 69%
- 1979 The Gang That Sold America: acted · directed by Bruno Corbucci
- 1979 Winter Kills: acted · directed by William Richert · critics 86%, audiences 52% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV
- 1980 Delitto a Porta Romana: acted · directed by Bruno Corbucci
- 1980 Il lupo e l'agnello: acted · directed by Francesco Massaro
- 1981 Delitto al ristorante cinese: acted · directed by Bruno Corbucci
- 1981 Manolesta: acted · directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile
- 1981 Uno contro l'altro: acted · directed by Bruno Corbucci
- 1982 Crime on the Highway: acted · directed by Bruno Corbucci
- 1982 Identification of a Woman: acted · directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
- 1982 Monsignor: acted · directed by Frank Perry
- 1983 Il diavolo e l'acquasanta: acted · directed by Bruno Corbucci
- 1983 Thieves and Robbers: acted · directed by Bruno Corbucci
- 1984 Crime in Formula One: acted · directed by Bruno Corbucci
- 1984 Delitto al Blue Gay: acted · directed by Bruno Corbucci
- 1985 King David: acted · directed by Bruce Beresford
- 1986 Salome: acted · directed by Claude d'Anna
- 1987 Distant Lights: acted · directed by Aurelio Chiesa
- 1989 Cat Chaser: acted · directed by Abel Ferrara
- 1989 Massacre Play: acted · directed by Damiano Damiani
- 1990 Havana: acted · directed by Sydney Pollack
- 1990 Revenge: acted · directed by Tony Scott · critics 30%, audiences 54% · streaming on Roku Channel, Fawesome, Tubi
- 1990 Voglia di vivere (TV movie): acted · directed by Lodovico Gasparini
- 1991 JFK: acted · directed by Oliver Stone · critics 84%, audiences 88% · streaming on Prime Video, YouTube (free)
- 1991 Money: acted · directed by Steven Hilliard Stern
- 1993 Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage: acted · directed by John Patterson
- 1993 Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair (TV movie): acted · directed by Bradford May
- 1994 The Cowboy Way: acted · directed by Gregg Champion
- 1997 Amistad: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 78%, audiences 79% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
- 1997 Fools Rush In: acted · directed by Andy Tennant
- 2000 For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (TV movie): acted · directed by Joseph Sargent
- 2000 The Yards: acted · directed by James Gray · critics 65%, audiences 51% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Roku Channel
- 2000 Traffic: acted · directed by Steven Soderbergh · critics 93%, audiences 85%
- 2002 Washington Heights: acted · directed by Alfredo De Villa
- 2005 The Feast of the Goat: acted · directed by Luis Llosa
- 2005 The Lost City: acted · directed by Andy Garcia
- 2023 Roma nuda: wrote, acted · directed by Giuseppe Ferrara