Arana has played leading and supporting roles in over 30 European productions including films by directors
Lina Wertmüller,
Liliana Cavani,
Carlo Verdone and
Michele Soavi, and with the Japanese director
Koreyoshi Kurahara in the
Toho production
Umi e, See You. He appeared as Quintus in
Ridley Scott's
Gladiator, Michael Bruening in
Curtis Hanson's
L.A. Confidential and in the second film of the Bourne series,
The Bourne Supremacy. Arana also played the
GRU sleeper agent Loginov in the 1990
film adaptation of
Tom Clancy's novel
The Hunt for Red October, the would-be killer in 1992's
The Bodyguard starring
Kevin Costner and
Whitney Houston, a Belarusian resistance leader in
Edward Zwick's 2008 film
Defiance, and The Man In The Tan Coat in 2011's
Limitless alongside
Bradley Cooper and
Robert De Niro. He appeared in the third installment of
Christopher Nolan's
Batman trilogy,
The Dark Knight Rises, as
Bruce Wayne's lawyer. In 2013, Arana appeared in the miniseries
Crimes of the German television broadcaster
ZDF. In 2014, Arana appeared as a Kree ambassador in
Guardians of the Galaxy. In theatre, Arana was a producer and leading actor in the theatre company , based in
Naples, Italy. Under Arana and artistic director
Mario Martone, Falso Movimento won many awards including Best Play of the Year and Best Set Design, as well as the
Mondello Prize. ==Filmography==