American actor

Irving Rameses “Ving” Rhames ( born May 12, 1959 ) is an american actor. He is full known for his starring function as IMF Agent Luther Stickell in the Mission: Impossible film series and his supporting function as gang kingbolt Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction. He besides appeared in Jacob’s Ladder ( 1990 ), Striptease ( 1996 ), Con Air ( 1997 ), entirely in America ( 1997 ), Out of Sight ( 1998 ), Entrapment ( 1999 ), Bringing Out the Dead ( 1999 ), and Dawn of the Dead ( 2004 ). He voiced Cobra Bubbles in the inspire films Lilo & Stitch ( 2002 ), Stitch! The Movie ( 2003 ), Lilo & Stitch: The Series ( 2003–2006 ), and Leroy & Stitch ( 2006 ) .

early life and education [edit ]

Rhames yield and grew up in Harlem, New York City. [ 1 ] He was named after NBC diarist Irving R. Levine. [ 2 ]

Rhames enter New York ‘s high School of Performing Arts, where he developed his love of acting. After high gear school, he studied drama at SUNY Purchase, where mate act student Stanley Tucci gave him his nickname “ Ving ”. Rhames later transferred to the Juilliard School ‘s Drama Division ( Group 12 : 1979–1983 ) [ 3 ] where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1983. [ 4 ]

career [edit ]

Rhames first appeared on Broadway in the act The Boys of Winter in 1984. He started out in film in Wes Craven ‘s The People Under the Stairs ( 1991 ) as Leroy, watched over Kevin Kline as Secret Service agent Duane Stevensen in Dave ( 1993 ), and played Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction ( 1994 ). He besides played the buddy of George Clooney in Out of Sight ( 1998 ). Rhames played Dr. Peter Benton ‘s brother-in-law on the television receiver aesculapian drama ER, a recurring role he filled for three seasons. He played allied command europe calculator hacker Luther Stickell opposite Tom Cruise in Brian De Palma ‘s Mission: Impossible ( 1996 ). In 1997, Rhames portrayed the character of Nathan ‘Diamond Dog ‘ Jones in the popular film Con Air, and Muki in the Ice Cube film Dangerous Ground. Rhames won a Golden Globe in 1998 for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film in HBO ‘s Don King: Only in America. At the ceremony he gave his award to fellow campaigner Jack Lemmon, saying, “ I feel that being an artist is about giving, and I ‘d like to give this to you. ” Lemmon was distinctly touched by the gesticulate as was the fame hearing who gave Lemmon a standing ovation. Lemmon, who tried unsuccessfully to give the award rear to Rhames, said it was “ one of the nicest, sweetest moments I ‘ve always known in my life sentence. ” The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced belated that they would have a double award prepared for Rhames. That moment was # 98 on east ! ‘s 101 amazing Moments in Entertainment. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The New York Times lauded Rhames for the act, writing that in doing indeed he “ demonstrated his capacity for abundant generosity. ” [ 7 ] Rhames appeared in Striptease ( 1996 ) as the wisecracking bodyguard Shad, Jesus-praising paramedic Marcus in Bringing Out the Dead ( 1999 ), and reprised his Luther Stickell function for Mission: Impossible 2 ( 2000 ). He played Johnnie Cochran in American Tragedy ( 2000 ), the ex-con boyfriend of Jodie ‘s mother in the John Singleton film Baby Boy, portrayed a cheery drag queen in the television movie Holiday Heart, contributed his voice for the character of Cobra Bubbles in Lilo & Stitch ( 2002 ) and the subsequent television receiver series, and played a stoic bull fighting zombi hordes in Dawn of the Dead ( 2004 ) and Day of the Dead ( 2008 ) remakes. Rhames has besides appeared in a series of television receiver commercials for RadioShack, normally performing with Vanessa L. Williams. In March 2005, Rhames played the leash function on a new Kojak series, on the USA Network cable channel ( and on ITV4 in the UK ). The bald head, lollipops, and “ Who loves ya, child ? ” catchphrase remained integral, but little else remained from the Telly Savalas-starring original. Rhames voiced the part of Tobias Jones in the computer game Driver 3. Reprising his Luther Stickell function, Rhames co-star in Mission: Impossible III ( 2006 ), had a cameo appearance in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol ( 2011 ), and played a major function in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation ( 2015 ) and Mission: Impossible – Fallout ( 2018 ), the one-fifth and sixth installments in the Mission Impossible film series, respectively. [ 8 ] He is the lone actor besides Tom Cruise to appear in all six Mission: Impossible films. It was announced that he would have a function in the Aquaman -based prove Mercy Reef ; however, due to the integration of The WB and UPN for the newfangled net, CW, Mercy Reef was not picked up. Rhames played a homosexual – and possibly besides homicidal – fireman who comes out of the closet in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. He narrates the BET television series American Gangster.

In the 2008 film Saving God, he played an ex-con who is released from prison a changed man, looking to take over his father ‘s former church congregation in a devolve region. Rhames stars in Phantom Punch, a biopic of boxer Sonny Liston, released immediately to DVD, a well as The Tournament, portraying a combatant out to win a no-rules tournament. Rhames makes an appearance in Ludacris ‘s song “ southern Gangstas ” on his album Theater of the Mind. Rappers Playaz Circle and Rick Ross are besides featured on the track. He filmed the movie The Red Canvas with Ernie Reyes Jr., UFC lightweight rival Gray Maynard, and Randy Couture. In 2010, he filed a lawsuit against the film ‘s producer, [ 9 ] claim that he had alone been paid $ 175,000 of a $ 200,000 condense. In 2015, he filmed a series of commercials for The ADT Corporation. Rhames is one of the narrators for UFC. Rhames narrated the team introductions for the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI in February 2017. Since 2014, Rhames has provided the narration for numerous Arby ‘s commercials, with the motto “ Arby ‘s : We have the meats ! ” [ 10 ]

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