Arnold Vosloo was born on June 16, 1962, and is a South African actor, known for playing the title role in the 1999 film The Mummy and its 2001 sequel, The Mummy Returns. More recently, he played a South African Mercenary named Colonel Coetzee in the film Blood Diamond. In 2004, Arnold returned to South Africa to make Forgiveness, about an ex-policeman who seeks out the family of the anti-Apartheid activist that he killed. His most recent film role was his role as the mercenary, Colonel Coetzee, in the 2006 film Blood Diamond which was partially filmed in South Africa. Recently, Arnold has been involved in video games; his likeness, as well as his voice, was chosen for main hero Saul Myers of video game Boiling Point: Road to Hell, published in summer of 2005 by ATARI. Arnold will portray the Cobra mercenary and master of disguise, Zartan, in the summer 2009 release of G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra.