Denis Arndt, the Tony Award-nominated actor whose many
onscreen roles included starring in "S.W.A.T."(2003) and
famously interrogating Sharon Stone in "Basic Instinct,"
(1992) has died.

According to an obituary published Wednesday, Arndt died
"peacefully in his bed" at his longtime cabin home in Ashland,
Oregon on Tuesday, March 25. 

Denis Arndt served in the Vietnam War as a United States
Army helicopter pilot, earning a Purple Heart and Medal of
Commendation

After the war, Arndt flew helicopters in Alaska for several
years before completing a degree at the University of
Washington.

He joined the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland,
Oregon where he completed 15 seasons and was a charter
member of Seattle‘s Intiman Theatre.