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Ving Rhames, born Irving Rameses Rhames on May 12, 1959, in New York City, is an American actor, voice actor, character actor, and stage actor. He began his professional work period in 1984. Rhames is a United States citizen who resides in Santa Monica and speaks English. He has three children and was named after Irving R. Levine.
Rhames received his education at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, the State University of New York at Purchase, and the Juilliard School. His acting career spans drama fiction and action film genres. He has received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film. One of his works is *Ed McBain's 87th Precinct*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Ed McBain's 87th Precinct
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Film & TV
Acting · New York City, New York, USA
Irving Rameses Rhames (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).
Known for
- History's Deadliest with Ving Rhames — Narrator/Self2026
- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning — Luther Stickell2025
- Uppercut — Elliott Duffond2025
- Dope Thief — Bartram 'Bart' Driscoll2025
- The Instigators — Frank Toomey2024
- The Garfield Movie — Otto (voice)2024
- The Wild Robot — Thunderbolt (voice)2024
- The Locksmith — Frank2023
- Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One — Luther Stickell2023
- Legacy — Guy Simmons2023
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 109
- Total plays
- 198
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Identification and Characterization of Inhibitors of Multidrug Resistance Efflux Pumps in
<i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>
: Novel Agents for Combination Therapy
· 2001 · cited 767x
- Inhibitors of Efflux Pumps in <i>Pseudomonas </i><i>a</i><i>eruginosa</i> Potentiate the Activity of the Fluoroquinolone Antibacterial Levofloxacin
· 1999 · cited 218x
- Venous smooth muscle contains vasoconstrictor ETB-like receptors
· 1992 · cited 208x
- Use of a Genetic Approach To Evaluate the Consequences of Inhibition of Efflux Pumps in
<i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>
· 1999 · cited 171x
- RNA Interference With Zilebesiran for Mild to Moderate Hypertension
· 2024 · cited 122x
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Key facts
- Born
- Irving Rameses Rhames , ( 1959-05-12 ) May 12, 1959 (age 67) , New York City , U.S.
- Education
- Juilliard School ( BFA )
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1983–present
- Spouses
- Valerie Scott ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1994 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1999 ) Deborah Reed, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2000 )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Irving Rameses Rhames (/ˈreɪmz/ RAYMZ; born May 12, 1959) is an American actor. Born and raised in Harlem, New York City, he studied drama at SUNY Purchase before transferring to the Juilliard School, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1983. After early stage work in Shakespeare and contemporary plays, he made his screen debut in 1985 and gained attention through roles in Jacob's Ladder (1990), The People Under the Stairs (1991), and as Marsellus Wallace in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction (1994). Rhames achieved further recognition as Luther Stickell in the Mission: Impossible film series, appearing in all eight installments.
His other notable work includes Con Air (1997), Rosewood (1997), Out of Sight (1998), Dawn of the Dead (2004), and voicing Cobra Bubbles in Disney’s Lilo & Stitch (2002). In 1998, he won a Golden Globe for portraying boxing promoter Don King in Don King: Only in America, memorably giving the award to fellow nominee Jack Lemmon. Alongside film and television, Rhames has worked extensively in theater, voice acting, and commercial narration.
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