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 Name: Irving RhamesDate of Birth: May 12, 1959
Place of Birth: New York, USA
Nationality: American
Profession: Actor
The prolific, multi-talented Ving Rhames reprises his role of tech expert Luther Strickell after creating the role in the first two “Mission: Impossible” films.
Most recently seen in “Dawn of the Dead,” Rhames received an Emmy nomination and won a Golden Globe for his role as Don King in the telefilm “Don King: Only In America.” He was also awarded the Golden Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Martin Scorsese's “Bringing Out the Dead,” in which he starred opposite Nicolas Cage, and received a Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in “Entrapment,” with Catherine Zeta Jones and Sean Connery.
Recent productions include “Back in the Day,” “Three-Fifths of a Man,” and headlining as the titular legendary boxer in “The Sonny Liston Story.”
Having gone down in pop culture history for his role as Marsellus “we're gonna get medieval on your ass” Wallace in Quentin Tarantino's seminal “Pulp Fiction,” Rhames has continued to win fans with such performances as Shad in “Striptease,” Mann in “Rosewood” (for which he won an Image Award for Best Actor), Mel in “Baby Boy,” Nathan `Diamond Dog' Jones in “Con Air,” Buddy Bragg in “Out of Sight,” and Deputy Chief Arthur Holland in “Dark Blue.”
On the small screen, Rhames recently appeared in the title role of “Kojak,” on which he also served as executive producer. Rhames was nominated for a Best Actor Image Award for his role as Garrick Jones in the television movie, “Sins of the Father.” He also starred as John Morgan in “Little John” and Judge Jones in “RFK.” In the television series “UC: Undercover,” he starred as Quito Real and received his second Image Award. The actor also lent his voice (as narrator) to the television documentary “Robert F. Kennedy: A Memoir”.
Starring as the voice of Cobra Bubbles in the animated film “Lilo & Stitch” has won Rhames a new set of fans among the younger generation. He was also the voice of Sergeant Ryan Whitaker in the computer-animated feature “Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.”
Ving Rhames was born in New York City, New York, and grew up in Harlem, New York. A good student, Ving entered the New York High School of Performing Arts, where he discovered his love of acting. He studied at the Juilliard School of Drama, and began his career in New York theater. He first appeared on Broadway in the play “The Winter Boys” in 1984. Ving continued his rise to fame through his work in soap operas. He found work as a supporting actor, and came to the attention of the general public in “Pulp Fiction.”
 Career Milestones1984 First major film role, "Go Tell It On the Mountain" (broadcast on PBS after festival screenings)
1985 Acted on Broadway in "The Boys of Winter", a Vietnam drama
1986 Notable TV guest spot, "Crime Story"
1988 Breakthrough feature role, Field Marshall Cinque in Paul Schrader's "Patty Hearst"
1989 Debut as a TV series regular, "Men", a short-lived ABC drama
1990 TV-movie debut, "Rising Son", on TNT
1994 Had featured role of Marcellus Ward in "Pulp Fiction"
1996 Co-starred in the hit film "Mission: Impossible"
1997 Starred in the HBO TV-movie "Don King: Only in America"
1999 Co-starred in "Bringing Out the Dead"
2000 Reprised role in "M:I-2", the John Woo-directed sequel to "Mission: Impossible"
2001 Had recurring role as a drug dealer on the NBC fall series "UC: Undercover"
2001 Portrayed the somewhat shady boyfriend of the title character's mother in "Baby Boy"
2003 Played an officer in the L.A.P.D. during the 1992 riots in "Dark Blue"
2004 Starred with Mekhi Phifer in the remake of the 1978 horror film "Dawn of the Dead"
2005 Cast in the USA series "Kojack" as Lieutenant Theo Kojack, a remake of the original 70's series, which starred Telly Savalas
Acted in regional theater
Acted on daytime soaps, "The Guiding Light" and "Another World"
Grew up on Harlem's 126th Street
Played the antagonistic general in director Peter Sellars' English tour of Sophocles' "Ajax"
Portrayed Hasting Persuivant in the New York Shakespeare Festival's production of "Richard II"
FilmographyActor Credits
Idlewild (2006)
Mission: Impossible III (2006) Luther Stickel
Back in the Day (2005)
Shooting Gallery (2005)
Animal (2004)
Dawn of the Dead (2004) Kenneth
Deadly Whispers (2004)
Envy (2004)
The Secret Window (2004)
Dark Blue (2003) Deputy Chief Arthur Holland
Sin (2003)
Lilo and Stitch (2002) Voice of of Cobra Bubbles
Little John (2002)
RFK (2002)
Undisputed (2002) Iceman Chambers
Baby Boy (2001) Melvin
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) Voice of of Ryan Wittaker
American Tragedy (2000)
Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) Luther Strickell
Bringing Out the Dead (1999) Marcus
Entrapment (1999) Thibadeaux
Out of Sight (1998) Buddy Bragg
Body Count (1997)
Con Air (1997) Diamond Dog
Dangerous Ground (1997) Muki
Rosewood (1997)
Mann87th Precinct (1996)
Mission: Impossible (1996) Luther Strickell
Striptease (1996) Shad
Kiss of Death (1995) Omar
DROP Squad (1994) Garvey
Pulp Fiction (1994) Marsellus Wallace
Bound By Honor (1993) Ivan
Dave (1993) Duane Stevenson
The Saint of Fort Washington (1993)
Little LeroyStop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) Bab Guy
Flight of the Intruder (1991) Chief Petty Officer Frank McRae
Homicide (1991) Randolph
The People Under the Stairs (1991) LeRoy
Jacob's Ladder (1990) George
Rising Son (1990)
The Long Walk Home (1990) Herbert Cotter
Casualties of War (1989) Lieutenant Reilly
Patty Hearst (1988) Cinque
Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985)
Animal Animal
Pool Hall Prophets
Producer Credits
Animal Executive Producer
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