Ving Rhames

  • Name: Ving Rhames
  • Date of Birth: May 12, 1959
  • Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Mini-bio: Irving Christopher "Ving" Rhames is a Golden Globe winning American actor. he studied dramatic arts at the New York High School of Performing Arts and then at the Julliard School of Drama. After gra...( read more)duating from Julliard, he went on to perform in Shakespeare in the Park productions. His first on screen role was Go Tell it on the mountain a made for tv movie, he was then cast in minor roles in popular TV shows including Miami Vice, Tour of Duty and Crime Story. whilst filming in New York in 1993, he was introduced to a homeless man, who turned out to be his long lost, older brother, Junior, who had lost contact with the family after serving in Vietnam. The thrilled Rhames immediately assisted his brother and moved him into his own apartment.His most famous roles include Marcelles Wallis in Pulp Fiction and Luther Stickell in Mission Impossible.At the 1998 Golden Globe Awards he picked up the award for Best Actor in a Mini Series, but he handed over the award to fellow nominee Jack Lemmon as he felt Lemmon was a more deserving winner! He has starred in Shaft, the series, Dawn of the Dead and Bringing Out the Dead, to name a few others.He is a keen fitness & weight lifting enthusiast and is also well known for his strong spiritual beliefs and benevolent attitude towards other people.
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Replace this image with an actor photoVing Rhames mini-bio: Irving Christopher "Ving" Rhames is a Golden Globe winning American actor. he studied dramatic arts at the New York High School of Performing Arts and then at the Julliard School of Drama. After graduating from Julliard, he went on to perform in Shakespeare in the Park productions. His first on screen role was Go Tell it on the mountain a made for tv movie, he was then cast in minor roles in popular TV shows including Miami Vice, Tour of Duty and Crime Story. whilst filming in New York in 1993, he was introduced to a homeless man, who turned out to be his long lost, older brother, Junior, who had lost contact with the family after serving in Vietnam. The thrilled Rhames immediately assisted his brother and moved him into his own apartment.His most famous roles include Marcelles Wallis in Pulp Fiction and Luther Stickell in Mission Impossible.At the 1998 Golden Globe Awards he picked up the award for Best Actor in a Mini Series, but he handed over the award to fellow nominee Jack Lemmon as he felt Lemmon was a more deserving winner! He has starred in Shaft, the series, Dawn of the Dead and Bringing Out the Dead, to name a few others.He is a keen fitness & weight lifting enthusiast and is also well known for his strong spiritual beliefs and benevolent attitude towards other people.

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  • krustykirkyackles
    krustykirkyackles
    loved how he did the naked dance in the shower lol luved him in dawn of the dead 2
    posted 505 days ago
  • pthomas30
    pthomas30
    Ving baby Keep making it do what it do baby... Love ya
    posted 673 days ago
  • HopesAndExpectations
    HopesAndExpectations
    you were so fucking awesome in pulp fiction and dawn. rock on <3
    posted 695 days ago
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