Career
Born in Miami, Florida, Aranha appeared in and written numerous stage productions. Aranha also wrote and toured in a one-man show, I Am Black, and later appeared as "Jim Bono" in Fences. In addition to stage work, Aranha appeared in various film and television roles.
In 1990, he co-starred in the short-lived American Broadcasting Company series Married People.
After the series was canceled in 1991, he appeared in yet another short-lived series The Heights in 1992. Aranha has since had roles in Are You Afraid of the Dark?, New York Undercover, and Law & Order, and has roles in Dead Manitoba Walking (1995), Deconstructing Harry (1997), and Maid in Manhattan (2002).
On October 9, 2011, Aranha died at the age of 72 from a stroke.
