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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).
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.
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Learn about the life and career of Ving Rhames, a striking and muscular American actor who starred in Pulp Fiction, Mission: Impossible and Don King. Find out his birth name, height, family, awards, trivia and quotes.
- May 12, 1959
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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).
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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.
Learn about Ving Rhames, an American actor known for his roles in Mission: Impossible, Pulp Fiction, and Lilo & Stitch. See his full filmography, awards, and personal details on The Movie Database.
While actor Ving Rhames won a Golden Globe Award for his starring role as the infamous boxing promoter in "Don King: Only in America" (HBO, 1997), he was generally known as a supporting...