An American actor best known for his work in Bringing Out the Dead, Pulp Fiction, Baby Boy, Don King: Only in America, and the Mission: Impossible film series. Rhames was born in New York City, New York, he entered New York’s School of Performing Arts, where he discovered his love of acting. After high school, he studied drama at SUNY Purchase where he met fellow actor Stanley Tucci, who gave him his nickname “Ving”. He later transferred to Juilliard, where he began his career in New York theater. Rhames first appeared on Broadway in the play The Winter Boys in 1984. Ving continued his rise to fame through his work in soap operas. He found work as a supporting actor, and came to the attention of the general public by playing the role of Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction (1994). Rhames was also getting public exposure on television as Peter Benton’s brother-in-law on the medical drama ER, a recurring role he filled for 3 seasons. Not long after, Rhames was cast with Tom Cruise as the ace computer hacker Luther Stickell in Brian De Palma’s Mission: Impossible (1996). With solid performances in two of these highly popular productions, his face was now known to moviegoers; the work offers began rolling in more frequently and he can been seen in several popular films such as Con Air and Dawn of the Dead. Rhames won a Golden Globe in 1998 for best actor in a TV miniseries for his performance in HBO’s Don King: Only in America. At the ceremony Rhames gave his award to fellow nominee Jack Lemmon (who is White), saying “I feel that being an artist is about giving, and I’d like to give this to you.” Lemmon was clearly touched by the gesture as was the celebrity audience who gave Lemmon a standing ovation. Lemmon, who tried unsuccessfully to give the award back to Rhames said it was “one of the sweetest moments I’ve ever known in my life.” The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced later that they would have a duplicate award prepared for Rhames.
Ving Rhames Biography / Wiki
| Name | Ving Rhames |
| Also Know | ë¹™ ë ˆìž„ìŠ¤, Irving Rameses “Ving” Rhames, Ирвинг Ð Ð°Ð¼Ð·ÐµÑ Ð ÑÐ¹Ð¼Ñ , Винг Ð ÑÐ¹Ð¼Ñ |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1959-05-12 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 63 |
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Ving Rhames Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Animal | Animal | 2005-05-01 | His name: infamous. His reputation: ruthless. But when James “Animal”Allen is locked up in a maximum security prison, he meets a revolutionary who cha… |
| The Bridge to Nowhere | Drug Dealer | 2009-08-17 | A group of 20-something blue-collar workers in Pittsburgh cook up a scheme to make extra money that involves prostitution. Their business takes off, t… |
| The Tournament | Joshua Harlow | 2009-05-01 | Every ten or seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world’s deadliest assassins. The last … |
| Don King: Only in America | Don King | 1997-11-15 | A cinematic portrait of the famous fight promoter and boxing manager…. |
| Rosewood | Mann | 1997-02-21 | Spurred by a white woman’s lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923…. |
| Animal 2 | James ‘Animal’ Allen | 2007-09-04 | Now serving a life sentence for murder, James “Animal” Allen returns to fighting for cash in order to help his troubled son on the outside. However, w… |
| Evil Angel | Carruthers | 2009-02-05 | Set in present day Chicago, the ancient avenging demon Lilith, attempts to destroy a young paramedic’s life while destroying anyone who interferes wit… |
| Saving God | Armstrong Cane | 2008-10-14 | Ex Con Armstrong Cane (Ving Rhames) returns to home a changed man looking to take over his father’s old church and congregation. The neighborhood thou… |
| Beef | Narrator | 2003-08-03 | A documentary on the evolution of MC battles from verbal one-upmanship to street warfare…. |
| King of the Avenue | Norman / De’Sha | 2010-09-17 | A drug dealer sells his soul to the devil to become the top drug dealer on the block…. |
| Phantom Punch | Sonny Liston | 2008-09-01 | From his discovery by a priest while serving time at the Missouri State Penitentiary to the infamous ‘Phantom Punch’ by Cassius Clay which effectively… |
| American Tragedy | Johnnie Cochran | 2000-11-12 | Johnnie Cochran defends O.J. Simpson who is on trial for his wife’s murder…. |
| Zombie Apocalypse | Henry | 2011-10-29 | Months after a zombie plague has wiped out 90 percent of the American population, a small group of survivors fight their way cross-country to a rumore… |
| Holiday Heart | Holiday Heart | 2000-12-10 | After losing his police officer lover, Christian drag queen Holiday Heart meets 12-year-old Niki and her drug-addicted mother, Wanda. Heart finds reli… |
| Little John | John Morgan | 2002-05-05 | The unmarried daughter of a Texas rancher gives birth to an unwanted child. She puts the child up for adoption and moves away from home. Without her k… |
| Mafia | Renzo Wes | 2011-01-01 | A renegade cop skirts the law in order to capture a ruthless crime boss…. |
| Pimp Bullies | Miguel | 2011-06-30 | Five suspects holding a piece of the truth behind an unsolved crime…. |
| The Wrath of Cain | Cain | 2010-11-16 | A former kingpin of the streets, Miles “Cain†Skinner is doing life in prison. He is feared and respected among the inmates. When Cain learns that… |
| Dawn of the Dead | Kenneth | 2004-03-19 | A group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies…. |
| Art of Submission | Gene | 2012-09-21 | Johnny Sanchez has a troubled past which manifests in the dissonance between him and his family, particularly with his father and son. As Johnny gets … |
| Give ’em Hell, Malone | Boulder | 2009-01-01 | A tough as nails private investigator (Malone) squares off with gangsters and their thugs to protect a valuable secret. Malone goes through hell to pr… |
| Undisputed | George ‘Iceman’ Chambers | 2002-07-17 | Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. I… |
| Sin | Eddie Burns | 2003-01-01 | Retired cop Eddie Burns gave 15 years and the use of his left arm to the Reno homicide squad. When his wayward sister, Kassie, goes missing Eddie Burn… |
| The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | Jibby Newsome | 2009-05-29 | Don Ready is many things, but he is best-known as an extraordinary salesman. When a car dealership in Temecula teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, he … |
| 7 Below | Jack | 2012-04-16 | The story centers on a group of strangers trapped in a time warp house where a terrible event transpired exactly 100 years prior…. |
| Master Harold… and the Boys | Sam | 2010-03-17 | This movie is of Hally, an adolescent white South African. He is stuck between his intolerant father’s outlook of him and those of his caretaker, Sam…. |
| Soldiers of Fortune | Grimaud | 2012-06-07 | Wealthy thrill-seekers pay huge premiums to have themselves inserted into military adventures, only this time things don’t go exactly to plan…. |
| Death Race: Inferno | Weyland | 2013-01-04 | Carl Lucas / Frankenstein has won four of his races and needs to win one more to win his freedom. Before his final race, Lucas and his team, car and a… |
| A Day Late and a Dollar Short | Cecil | 2014-04-19 | When irascible matriarch Viola Price learns that her next asthma attack will likely kill her, she is determined to fix her fractured family before she… |
| Mission: Impossible III | Luther Stickell | 2006-05-03 | Retired from active duty to train new IMF agents, Ethan Hunt is called back into action to confront sadistic arms dealer, Owen Davian. Hunt must try t… |
| Out of Sight | Buddy Bragg | 1998-06-26 | Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the ri… |
| Back in the Day | J-Bone | 2005-05-24 | A young man slides back into a life of crime after reuniting with a shady acquaintance from his past…. |
| Shooting Gallery | Cue Ball Carl Bridgers | 2005-12-26 | A street-smart pool player falls in with a pack of hustlers. As he rises in the underground circuit, he lands in the middle of a match between his bos… |
| Echelon Conspiracy | Agent Dave Grant | 2009-02-27 | Mysterious cell phone messages promise a young American engineer untold wealth – then make him the target of a deadly international plot. Dangerous se… |
| The River Murders | Captain Langley | 2011-06-30 | The sins of the past are not forgotten in this chilling suspense thriller. When the first body was discovered, it seemed a coincidence. But now homici… |
| Patty Hearst | Cinque | 1988-09-23 | The true story of a rich girl who was abducted by American revolutionaries in the 1970’s. Her time spent with her captors made her question herself an… |
| Dangerous Ground | Muki | 1997-02-12 | Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy to bury his father. He meets up with his brother Ernest, who tells him their … |
| Won’t Back Down | Principal Thompson | 2012-09-28 | Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission t… |
| Drop Squad | Garvey | 1994-10-28 | Controversial film about an underground organization that kidnaps and ‘deprograms’ African Americans who sell out or deny their cultural heritage. Spi… |
| Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct: Lightning | Detective Artie Brown | 1995-03-19 | In New York two detectives of the 87th precinct are initially baffled by the brutal, ritualistic slayings of several young women. Through good detecti… |
| Jamesy Boy | Conrad | 2014-01-03 | Based on the true story of teenager James Burns who goes from a suburban street gang to a maximum-security prison cell surrounded by hardened criminal… |
| Force of Execution | Ice Man | 2013-12-31 | Seagal stars as mob kingpin Mr. Alexander, an old-school boss who rules his criminal empire with both nobility and brutality. For a simple prison hit,… |
| Aquaman | McCaffery | 2006-07-24 | A young twenty-something diver living in the Florida Keys discovers he has the power to breathe underwater…. |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Sgt. Ryan Whitaker (voice) | 2001-07-02 | Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the plane… |
| Operator | Richard | 2015-08-21 | When the daughter of veteran 911 call center operator Pamela, and her estranged husband Jeremy, a Senior Police Officer, is kidnapped and held hostage… |
| Deadly Whispers | Det. Jackson | 1995-05-10 | Tom Acton: a strict but loving father whose only wish is for a safe, kind world for his family. His main worry: his l9·year old daughter, Kathy, a pr… |
| Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Luther Stickell | 2018-07-13 | When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the C… |
| Mission: Impossible II | Luther Stickell | 2000-05-24 | With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former… |
| Body Count | Pike | 1998-04-28 | A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul o… |
| A Broken Life | The Vet | 2007-09-23 | Max Walker is a suicidal man who selects an aspiring young filmmaker to record the end of his life. On the agenda for his last day on Earth: telling o… |
| Bringing Out the Dead | Marcus | 1999-10-22 | Once called Father Frank for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything … |
| Striptease | Shad | 1996-06-28 | Bounced from her job, Erin Grant needs money if she’s to have any chance of winning back custody of her child. But, eventually, she must confront the … |
| The People Under the Stairs | Leroy | 1991-11-01 | Poindexter “Fool” Williams, his brother Leroy, and their family face eviction from their rented home in South Central Los Angeles. Their landlords are… |
| Baby Boy | Melvin ‘Mel’ | 2001-06-27 | The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitment… |
| The Long Walk Home | Herbert Cotter | 1990-12-21 | Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luth… |
| A Sunday Horse | Mr. Valentine | 2016-02-15 | After a near-fatal accident, on a horse the experts thought was nothing special, a determined rider from the wrong side of the tracks defies all the o… |
| Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | Luther Stickell | 2023-07-12 | The seventh instalment of the Mission: Impossible franchise…. |
| Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two | Luther Stickell | 2024-06-26 | The eighth instalment of the Mission: Impossible franchise…. |
| Pulp Fiction | Marsellus Wallace | 1994-09-10 | A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster’s moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime cape… |
| Mission: Impossible | Luther Stickell | 1996-05-22 | When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated… |
| Con Air | Nathan “Diamond Dog” Jones | 1997-06-05 | When the government puts all its rotten criminal eggs in one airborne basket, it’s asking for trouble. Before you can say, “Pass the barf bag,” the cr… |
| Entrapment | Aaron Thibadeaux | 1999-04-29 | Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end up falling in love…. |
| I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry | Fred G. Duncan | 2007-07-12 | Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy’s guys, loyal to the core—which is why when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his gay lover so… |
| Dark Blue | Arthur Holland | 2002-12-14 | Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his … |
| Dave | Duane Stevenson | 1993-05-07 | A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the Pre… |
| Love Chronicles: Secrets Revealed | Mike | 2010-07-12 | Love Chronicles, a romantic “dramedyâ€, is set at Los Angeles radio station KLUV, where callers air their dirty laundry over the airwaves for all t… |
| RFK | Judge Jones | 2002-01-01 | Following the death of his brother John, Robert Kennedy is forced to rise to the challenge of leading his country and carrying on his brother’s vision… |
| Surrogates | Prophet | 2009-09-24 | Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time i… |
| Death Race 2 | Weyland | 2010-11-12 | In the world’s most dangerous prison, a new game is born: Death Race. The rules of this adrenaline-fueled blood sport are simple, drive or die. When r… |
| Julia X | The Man | 2011-09-24 | Meeting a man on the Internet, Julia decides to see him in person, only to get abducted and branded with the letter “x” by that guy. A game of cat and… |
| The Saint of Fort Washington | Little Leroy | 1993-11-03 | Matthew, a young schizophrenic, finds himself out on the street when a slumlord tears down his apartment building. Soon, he finds himself in even more… |
| Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | Luther Stickell | 2015-07-23 | Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet—eradicating ‘The Syndicate’, an International and highly-skilled rogue organisation committ… |
| Rising Son | Ed | 1990-07-23 | A factory foreman with 36 years experience becomes despondent after being laid off by his company which has just been taken over by a Japanese conglom… |
| When You Remember Me | 1990-10-07 | Fact-based story of Mike Mills, a teen with muscular dystrophy, who is placed in a state nursing home by his destitute single mother. There he must co… | |
| Ascension Day | 2007-02-02 | A drama focused on Nat Turner and the 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia…. | |
| Terror on Track 9 | Jellyroll | 1992-09-20 | A New York detective tracks a serial killer who injects his victims with poison at Grand Central Station…. |
| Garfield | (voice) | 2024-05-24 | Animated feature film based on the popular comic strip about a sarcastic, lasagna-loving cat…. |
| Casualties of War | Lt. Reilly | 1989-08-18 | During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager…. |
| Lilo & Stitch | Cobra Bubbles (voice) | 2002-06-21 | As Stitch, a runaway genetic experiment from a faraway planet, wreaks havoc on the Hawaiian Islands, he becomes the mischievous adopted alien “puppy” … |
| Piranha 3D | Deputy Fallon | 2010-08-20 | Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, a… |
| Father Figures | Rod Hamilton | 2017-12-21 | Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in or… |
| In Security | Officer Hall | 2014-04-28 | The owners of a failing security company start robbing houses to boost business…. |
| Con Man | Peanut | 2018-01-30 | The story of Barry Minkow, a young and charismatic figure in business who reaches CEO status by lying and scheming his way to the top…. |
| Kiss of Death | Omar | 1995-04-21 | Jimmy Kilmartin is an ex-con trying to stay clean and raise a family. When his cousin Ronnie causes him to take a fall for driving an illegal transpor… |
| Operation: Endgame | Judgement | 2010-07-20 | A battle ensues among two government spy teams in an underground facility after their boss is assassinated…. |
| Homicide | Robert Randolph | 1991-05-28 | A Jewish homicide detective investigates a seemingly minor murder and falls in with a Zionist group as a result…. |
| Stitch! The Movie | Cobra Bubbles (voice) | 2003-08-26 | The continuing adventures of Lilo, a little Hawaiian girl, and Stitch, the galaxy’s most wanted extraterrestrial. Stitch, Pleakley, and Dr. Jumba are … |
| Jacob’s Ladder | George | 1990-11-02 | After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rap… |
| Day of the Dead | Captain Rhodes | 2008-04-08 | When a small Colorado town is overrun by the flesh hungry dead, a small group of survivors try to escape in a last ditch effort to stay alive…. |
| Flight of the Intruder | McRae | 1991-01-18 | U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Jake Grafton and his bombardier buddy, Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Cole, are two soldiers embedded in the Vietnam War growing frustrated by t… |
| Wendell & Wild | Buffalo Belzer (voice) | 2022-10-21 | Two demon brothers enlist the aid of Kat Elliot — a tough teen with a load of guilt — to summon them to the Land of the Living. But what Kat deman… |
| Percentage | Porter | 2013-04-24 | After a drug deal gone wrong, two New York City hustlers relocate to Miami, where they set up a lucrative credit card fraud operation. Unfortunately, … |
| Go Tell It on the Mountain | Young Gabriel | 1984-01-01 | This film adaptation of James Baldwin’s celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rural South to “big city” Harlem seeking both salvatio… |
| Leroy & Stitch | Cobra Bubbles (voice) | 2006-06-23 | Lilo, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley have finally caught all of Jumba’s genetic experiments and found the one true place where each of them belongs. Stitc… |
| Native Son | Jack | 1986-12-24 | In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teen… |
| Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | Mr. Stereo | 1992-02-21 | A tough police sergeant’s mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she bu… |
| The Star | Thaddeus (voice) | 2017-11-15 | A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the greatest story ever told, the first Christmas…. |
| Idlewild | Spats | 2006-08-25 | A musical set in the Prohibition-era American South, where a speakeasy performer and club manager Rooster must contend with gangsters who have their e… |
| Bound by Honor | Ivan | 1993-02-05 | Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It … |
| The Story Room: The Making of ‘Lilo & Stitch’ | Himself | 2005-08-22 | An in-depth look at the making of Lilo & Stitch (2002)…. |
| Jimmy Neutron: Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion | Chief (voice) | 2003-10-13 | Jimmy is enlisted as a spy by the Big Top Secret Organization. His mission: find and rescue Agent X – who turns out to be Jimmy’s movie hero, Jet Fusi… |
| Piranha 3DD | Deputy Fallon (uncredited) | 2012-05-11 | After the events at Lake Victoria, the prehistoric school of blood-thirsty piranhas make their way into swimming pools, plumbing, and a newly opened w… |
| Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | Luther Stickell (uncredited) | 2011-12-07 | Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch c… |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Charlie-27 | 2017-04-19 | The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill’s true parentage…. |
Ving Rhames Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Animal | Executive Producer | 2005-05-01 | His name: infamous. His reputation: ruthless. But when James “Animal”Allen is locked up in a maximum security prison, he meets a revolutionary who cha… |
| Back in the Day | Executive Producer | 2005-05-24 | A young man slides back into a life of crime after reuniting with a shady acquaintance from his past…. |
| Phantom Punch | Producer | 2008-09-01 | From his discovery by a priest while serving time at the Missouri State Penitentiary to the infamous ‘Phantom Punch’ by Cassius Clay which effectively… |
| Ascension Day | Producer | 2007-02-02 | A drama focused on Nat Turner and the 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia…. |
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