Photo: Tomas_Milian_1974.jpg: Enerzone at the Italian Wikipedia project. derivative work: Cavarrone / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Tomas Milian fascinates me because his story crosses three film cultures. A Cuban who trained at the Actors Studio in New York, then planted himself in Italy in the late 1950s, he became a fixture of Italian cinema while keeping ties to American work. That Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor signals he wasn't just a transplanted face but someone Italian critics genuinely respected. I read the long list of crafts here, actor, screenwriter, voice work, as the mark of a restless performer who refused to be boxed in. Living until 2017, he had decades to build that reputation, and the relocation gamble clearly paid off.
Overview
Tomás Quintín Rodríguez-Varona Milián Salinas de la Fé y Álvarez de la Campa (March 3, 1933 – March 22, 2017) 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 humo…
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tomas Milian
- Name (Japanese)
- トーマス・ミリアン
- Reading
- とーます・みりあん
- Born
- March 3, 1933 – March 22, 2017
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Rooster
- Origin
- Havana, Havana Province, Cuba
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / television actor / screenwriter / stage actor / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Film actor — see all → · Television actor — see all → · More people from Cuba →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.