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Irving Rameses Rhames (/ ˈreɪmz /; born May 12, 1959) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying IMF Agent Luther Stickell in the Mission: Impossible film series (1996–present) and crime boss Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction (1994).
Ving Rhames. Actor: Pulp Fiction. Strikingly featured and muscular American actor Ving Rhames was born Irving Rameses Rhames in Harlem, New York, to Reather, a homemaker, and Ernest Rhames, an auto mechanic. A good student, Ving entered the New York High School of Performing Arts, where he discovered his love of acting.
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- Lilo & Stitch (2002) 86% While Rhames isn't typically known for his voice-over roles in animated features, he struck a chord with audiences as Cobra Bubbles in the beloved kid's movie Lilo & Stitch.
- The Long Walk Home (1990) 87% The Long Walk Home chronicles the 1955 bus boycott in Alabama led by Civil Rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. Sissy Spacek and Whoopi Goldberg star as a pair of women from radically different backgrounds who must decide how to respond to the event.
- Rosewood (1997) 87% Rhames gives one of the few lead performances of his career as Mann in Rosewood, a movie that recounts the horrors of a 1923 lynch-mob against African American citizens.
- Homicide (1991) 91% In David Mamet's Homicide, Rhames plays a drug-dealing cop-killer named Robert Randolph who is put on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List.
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- 'Pulp Fiction' (1994) When it comes to roles that define what Rhames does so well, it’s hard to get more definitive than the character of Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction.
- The 'Mission: Impossible' Series. While Tom Cruise deserves credit for risking his life and limb for the sake of the seven Mission: Impossible movies, Ethan Hunt would never get anything done if it wasn’t for his best friend (and the world’s greatest hacker), Luther (Rhames).
- 'Casualties of War' (1989) Casualties of War is just about as politically minded as any 1980s film about the Vietnam War, but given that it comes from director Brian De Palma, it also pushes the line when it comes to violent and disturbing content.
- 'Con Air' (1997) Of all the 1990s action films that could be described as a version of “Die Hard on a plane,” Con Air is certainly the most fun (and certainly the most ridiculous).
Oct 28, 2011 · Ving Rhames: No. Well, I just think this. I’ll put it this way. Not all movie stars are actors, you see. And of course, not all actors are movie stars, but every now and then you get someone like a – let me see, I’ll use like Sean Penn. Someone who’s an extremely good actor but is a “movie star.”
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Ving Rhames. Actor: Pulp Fiction. Strikingly featured and muscular American actor Ving Rhames was born Irving Rameses Rhames in Harlem, New York, to Reather, a homemaker, and Ernest Rhames, an auto mechanic. A good student, Ving entered the New York High School of Performing Arts, where he discovered his love of acting.
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Oct 16, 2024 · A true character actor who trained at Julliard, Rhames’ big moment of industry recognition came at the 1998 Golden Globes, where Rhames won Best Actor for his portrayal of Don King in the TV miniseries, Don King: Only in America.
