Tom Sizemore

In 2004, he starred in the movie Paparazzi. He died in New York City. Sizemore, who had long battled drug addiction, was convicted in 2003 of assault and battery against his girlfriend, Heidi Fleiss. Tibbett was pictured on a set of United States postage stamps in the "Legends of American Music series", celebrating opera singers. It was cancelled mid-way through its first season. He sang the roles of Porgy and Jake in the first album of selections from George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. In 2002, Sizemore starred in the well-reviewed but short-lived television drama series Robbery Homicide Division. His Hollywood career was brief, although he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his first film, The Rogue Song, in 1930. He sang the title role in the original production of Louis Gruenberg's opera The Emperor Jones, based on Eugene O'Neill's play.

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. Born in Bakersfield, California, he became a singer at the Metropolitan Opera in 1923. His first major leading role was in 1997's The Relic. Lawrence Mervil Tibbett (November 16, 1896 - July 15, 1960) was an American actor and singer. A succession of well-received supporting parts followed. One of his first film roles was in Oliver Stone's Born on the Fourth of July in 1989.

He subsequently moved to New York City to pursue an acting career. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Sizemore attended Wayne State University and earned a Master's Degree in theater from Temple University in 1986. Tom Sizemore (born September 29, 1961) is an American film and television actor.