Ving Rhames

. In 2004, he starred in the movie Paparazzi. A keen fitness & weight lifting enthusiast, Rhames is also well known for his strong spiritual beliefs and benevolent attitude towards other people. Sizemore, who had long battled drug addiction, was convicted in 2003 of assault and battery against his girlfriend, Heidi Fleiss. The talented actor then contributed attention grabbing performances in Bringing Out the Dead (1999), reprised his Luther Stickell role for Mission: Impossible II (2000), contributed his deep bass voice for the character of Cobra Bubbles in Lilo & Stitch (2002), and played a burly cop fighting cannibal zombie hordes in Dawn of the Dead (2004). It was cancelled mid-way through its first season. 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. In 2002, Sizemore starred in the well-reviewed but short-lived television drama series Robbery Homicide Division.

At the ceremony Rhames gave his award to Jack Lemmon 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. Sizemore continued to play leading and character parts in many films, notably Saving Private Ryan, HBO's Witness Protection, Pearl Harbor, and Black Hawk Down. 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". His first major leading role was in 1997's The Relic. With solid performances in both these highly popular productions, his face was now well known to movie goers, and the work offers began rolling in more frequently. A succession of well-received supporting parts followed. Not long after, Rhames was cast alongside Tom Cruise as the ace computer hacker, Luther Stickell in Brian de Palma's Mission: Impossible (1996). One of his first film roles was in Oliver Stone's Born on the Fourth of July in 1989.

He found work as a supporting actor, and came to the attention of the general public in Pulp Fiction as Marsellus Wallace (1994). He subsequently moved to New York City to pursue an acting career. Ving continued his rise to fame through his work in soap operas. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Sizemore attended Wayne State University and earned a Master's Degree in theater from Temple University in 1986. He first appeared on Broadway in the play "The Winter Boys" in 1984. Tom Sizemore (born September 29, 1961) is an American film and television actor. He studied at the Julliard School of Drama, and began his career in New York theater.

A good student, Ving entered the New York High School of Performing Arts, where he discovered his love of acting. He was born in New York City, New York, and grew up in Harlem, Manhattan. Irving "Ving" Rhames (born 1959) is an American actor.