He began his career as a stage actor and starring in South African films like Boetie Gaan Border Toe (1984).

He played terrorist Habib Marwan in the fourth season of 24 (2005), Amit Hadar on NCIS (2009–10), Robin van Rees on Cape Town (2016) and Rudy Tafero on Bosch (2017).

An Afrikaner of Dutch and German ancestry,[2] Vosloo was born into a Pretoria acting family, his parents having been stage actors.

He also starred in Torch Song Trilogy and won another award for the TV show, Meisie van Suid-Wes (Girl from South West).

Next was the German three-parter Morenga (1985), Saturday Night at the Palace (based on the play by Paul Slabolepszy about racism in South Africa), Skeleton Coast (1987) and The Rutanga Tapes (1990).

Alongside his film career, he guest-starred in several TV series, including The Red Shoe Diaries, American Gothic (1995), Nash Bridges (1995), Charmed (2000), Alias (2004) and NCIS (2009).

[6] In 1988, Vosloo became a naturalized United States citizen[citation needed] after marrying his Act of Piracy and Skeleton Coast co-star Nancy Mulford; they divorced three years later.

[citation needed] In an interview with Charlie Rose, Vosloo noted he looked similar to American actor Billy Zane.