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| caption = Rhames in 2010 | | caption = Rhames in 2010 | ||
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| birth_name = Irving Rameses Rhames | | birth_name = Irving Rameses Rhames | ||
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|5|12}} | | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|5|12}} | ||
| birth_place = [[New York City]], U.S. | | birth_place = [[New York City]], U.S. | ||
| education = [[State University of New York, Purchase]]<br/>[[Juilliard School]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]]) | |||
| education = [[State University of New York, Purchase]]<br>[[Juilliard School]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]]) | |||
| occupation = Actor | | occupation = Actor | ||
| years_active = | | years_active = 1983–present | ||
| spouse = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|Valerie Scott|1994|1999|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|Deborah Reed<br />|2000}}}} | | spouse = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|Valerie Scott|1994|1999|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|Deborah Reed<br />|2000}}}} | ||
| children = 3{{ | | children = 3{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Irving Rameses Rhames''' ({{IPAc-en|'|r|eɪ|m|z}} {{respell|RAYMZ}}; born May 12, 1959) is an<!--awards and nominations don't belong here--> American actor. | |||
'''Irving Rameses Rhames''' ({{IPAc-en|'|r|eɪ|m|z}} {{respell|RAYMZ}}; born May 12, 1959) is an<!--awards and nominations don't belong here--> 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 film)|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 (film)|Rosewood]]'' (1997), ''[[Out of Sight]]'' (1998), [[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|''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. | |||
==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
Rhames was born and raised in [[Harlem]], New York City.<ref> | Rhames was born and raised in [[Harlem]], [[New York City]], the son of Reather, a religious stay-at-home mom raising him and his brother Junior, and Ernest Rhames, an auto mechanic whose parents were [[South Carolina]] [[sharecroppers]].<ref name="WPreel" /><ref name="PBse">{{cite journal |title=Ving Rhames (Doc) |journal=The Playbill |date=1985 |issue=1985 |page=46 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CXU3AAAAIAAJ |access-date=7 July 2025 |publisher=New York Theatre Program Corporation |location=University of California}}</ref><ref name="NYPkojak">{{Cite web|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/813477951.html?dids=813477951:813477951&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+20%2C+2005&author=ADAM+BUCKMAN&pub=New+York+Post&desc=WHO+LOVES+YA%2C+BABY%3F+%27KOJAK%27S%27+BACK+-+AND+THIS+TIME%2C+HE%27S+BLACK&pqatl=google|title=Who Loves Ya, Baby? 'Kojak's' Back – And This Time, He'S Black |author-last1=Buckman|author-first1=Adam|date=20 March 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726010427/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/813477951.html?dids=813477951:813477951&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+20%2C+2005&author=ADAM+BUCKMAN&pub=New+York+Post&desc=WHO+LOVES+YA%2C+BABY%3F+%27KOJAK%27S%27+BACK+-+AND+THIS+TIME%2C+HE%27S+BLACK&pqatl=google |archive-date=July 26, 2013 }}</ref> He was named "Irving" after [[NBC]] journalist [[Irving R. Levine]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100825125319/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4569728/ Newsmakers – Newsweek Entertainment – MSNBC.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> | ||
Rhames | Unlike many of his childhood friends, Rhames neither took drugs nor succumbed to easy street money, but rather played football for Covent Avenue Baptist Church in the [[Hamilton Heights Historic District]].<ref name="WPreel" /> One of Rhames' junior high school teachers praised his poetry reading.<ref name="WPreel" /> On a whim, he applied to New York's [[High School of Performing Arts]], where he developed his love of acting.<ref name="WPreel" /> After high school, he studied drama at [[SUNY Purchase]], where fellow acting student [[Stanley Tucci]] gave him his nickname "Ving". Rhames later transferred to the [[Juilliard School]]'s Drama Division (''[[List of Juilliard School people|Group 12]]'': 1979–1983)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.juilliard.edu/alumni/news/news_decades/2009-2010/1004/index.php|title=Alumni News|publisher=[[The Juilliard School]]|date=April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111120938/http://juilliard.edu/alumni/news/news_decades/2009-2010/1004/index.php|archive-date=November 11, 2011}}</ref> where he graduated with a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] degree in 1983, and began acting in [[Shakespeare in the Park (New York City)|Shakespeare in the Park]] the following Monday.<ref name="WPreel" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/59836/Ving-Rhames/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071125002437/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/59836/Ving-Rhames/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 25, 2007|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Sandra|last=Brennan|date=2007|title=Ving Rhames|access-date=April 4, 2012}}</ref> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Rhames | ===Stage=== | ||
Rhames' training in the classics gained him roles as early as 1983 at [[Shakespeare in the Park (New York City)|Shakespeare in the Park]] in ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]''. He has also appeared in the classics ''[[Richard II (play)|Richard II]]'', and [[Sophocles]]' play ''[[Ajax (play)|Ajax]]'',<ref name="WPreel" /> as well as [[off-Broadway]] productions such as ''Map of the World'' and ''Ascension Day'', and regionally in plays by [[Henrik Ibsen]] and [[Molière]].<ref name="CBbio">{{cite book |last1=Mabunda |first1=L. Mpho |title=Contemporary Black Biography |date=April 1997 |publisher=Cengage Gale |page=181 |isbn=978-0-7876-0953-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=STvzEapHo7sC |access-date=7 July 2025}}</ref> | |||
Rhames played the role of amateur boxer Omar in the [[Second Stage Theater]] 1984-85 revival of [[Miguel Piñero]]'s 1974 prison drama ''[[Short Eyes (play)|Short Eyes]]'' directed by [[Kevin Conway (actor)|Kevin Conway]], alongside [[Paul Calderón|Paul Calderon]] and [[Laurence Fishburne]], among others.<ref name="PBse" /><ref name="2Seyes">{{cite web |title=Season 6 (1984-1985): ''Short Eyes'' by Miguel Piñero |url=https://2st.com/past-shows/season-6 |website=2nd Stage |publisher=[[Second Stage Theater]] |access-date=7 July 2025}}</ref> | |||
On [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] appeared in [[John Pielmeier]]'s play ''The Boys of Winter'' directed by [[Michael Lindsay-Hogg]] in December 1985 at the [[Biltmore Theatre (Broadway)|Biltmore Theatre]].<ref name="IBDBbio">{{cite web |title=Ving Rhames |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/ving-rhames-86386 |website=[[Internet Broadway Database]] |publisher=[[The Broadway League]] |access-date=7 July 2025}}</ref><ref name="BWbio">{{cite web |title=Ving Rhames |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Ving-Rhames/ |website=[[BroadwayWorld]] |publisher=Wisdom Digital Media |access-date=7 July 2025}}</ref> | |||
In an interview, Rhames commented about screen versus stage roles, "I don't give [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] the power to limit me," and "I can always do theater, I can do [[Henrik Ibsen|Ibsen]], I can do ''[[Macbeth]]'', I can do [[Anton Chekhov|Chekhov]], I can do [[Molière]], ''[[Othello|Othello]]'', I can do [[Richard III (play)|''Richard III'']]."<ref name="WPreel" /> | |||
===Screen=== | |||
====1985–1989: Early television and film appearances==== | |||
Rhames' screen debut came in January 1985 in the role of Young Gabriel on the [[PBS]] anthology series ''[[American Playhouse]]'' in the television film ''[[Go Tell It on the Mountain (film)|Go Tell It on the Mountain]]'', which was followed by small roles in television and film.<ref name="WPreel" /><ref name="EMson" /> Rhames' theatrical film debut came next in 1986 as Jack in ''[[Native Son (1986 film)|Native Son]]'', based on the [[Native Son|1940 novel]] by [[Richard Wright (author)|Richard Wright]].<ref name="EMson">{{cite journal |title=Ving Rhames |journal=[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]] |date=August 2002 |volume=57 |issue=10 |page=154 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pdUDAAAAMBAJ |access-date=7 July 2025 |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |issn=0012-9011}}</ref> | |||
Other 80s film appearances include roles in [[Paul Schrader]]'s biographical crime drama ''[[Patty Hearst (film)|Patty Hearst]]'' (1988) as [[Donald DeFreeze|Donald "Cinque Mtume" DeFreeze]], and as Lieutenant Reilly in [[Brian De Palma]]'s drama ''[[Casualties of War]]'' (1989).<ref name="WPreel" /> | |||
On television, Rhames had two guest appearances on ''[[Miami Vice]]''; as Georges in "The Maze" (February 1985), and as Walker Monroe in "Child's Play" (1987).<ref name="ATV">{{cite web |title=Ving Rhames |url=https://tv.apple.com/us/person/ving-rhames/umc.cpc.4cu91o4xr0j2lqq0jultst4h4 |website=Apple TV+ |access-date=7 July 2025}}</ref> In 1986 he appeared on another [[Michael Mann]] show, ''[[Crime Story (American TV series)|Crime Story]]'' in the 1986 episode, "Abrams for the Defense" in which he portrayed Hector Lincoln, a poor Chicago tenant who assaults his landlord after Hector's son is bitten by a rat, and must therefore be defended by [[Stephen Lang]]'s character, David Abrams.<ref name="MMcr">{{cite book |last1=Thoret |first1=Jean-Baptiste |last2=Bowd |first2=Gavin |title=Michael Mann: A Contemporary Retrospective |date=21 May 2024 |publisher=White Lion Publishing |isbn=9780711294127 |pages=121–122 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AXv9EAAAQBAJ |access-date=7 July 2025}}</ref> He played Czaja Carnek on the soap opera ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'' for several episodes in 1986.<ref name="PPLaw">{{cite book |author1=[[People (magazine)]] |title=People Entertainment Almanac |date=2000 |publisher=Time |isbn=9781929049073 |page=175 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s9RmfR3KoQgC |access-date=7 July 2025}}</ref> He played [[Specialist 4|SP4]] Tucker in the ''[[Tour of Duty (TV series)|Tour of Duty]]'' episode "Burn Baby, Burn" (1987).<ref name="Viet24">{{cite book |last1=Devine |first1=Jeremy M. |title=Vietnam at 24 Frames a Second: A Critical and Thematic Analysis of 360 Films About the Vietnam War |date=25 August 2017 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476605357 |page=337 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WKYyDwAAQBAJ |access-date=7 July 2025}}</ref> Rhames played Henry Brown on ''[[Spenser: For Hire]]'' in the episode "McAllister" (1988).<ref name="PLEXsfh">{{cite web |title=''Spenser: For Hire'' - McAllister |url=https://watch.plex.tv/show/spenser-for-hire/season/3/episode/20 |website=Plex |date=April 30, 1988 |access-date=7 July 2025}}</ref> | |||
====1990–1999: Breakout roles==== | |||
Rhames | During the 1990s, Rhames' theatrical film appearances included George in [[Adrian Lyne]]'s psychological horror ''[[Jacob's Ladder (1990 film)|Jacob's Ladder]]'' (1990), and [[Wes Craven]]'s comedy horror film ''[[The People Under the Stairs]]'' (1991) as Leroy. Also in 1991, he played Frank McRae, the [[master chief petty officer]] in [[John Milius]]' Vietnam war film ''[[Flight of the Intruder]]''.<ref name="Viet24" /> As Secret Service agent Duane Stevensen, he watched over [[Kevin Kline]]'s character in the political comedy film ''[[Dave (film)|Dave]]'' (1993). He played street hustler "Little Leroy" in [[Tim Hunter (director)|Tim Hunter]]'s drama ''[[The Saint of Fort Washington]]'' (1993).<ref name="WPreel" /> | ||
One of Rhames' breakout roles includes [[Pulp Fiction (film)#Cast|Marsellus Wallace]] which came in [[Quentin Tarantino]]'s 1994 crime film ''[[Pulp Fiction (film)|Pulp Fiction]]''.<ref name="EMson" /> Another breakout, and recurring, role came in 1996 as ace computer hacker [[Luther Stickell]] opposite [[Tom Cruise]] in [[Brian De Palma]]'s film adaptation, ''[[Mission: Impossible (film)|Mission: Impossible]]''.<ref name="EMson" /> Due to its success, Rhames reprises the character in subsequent films. In 1997, Rhames portrayed the character of Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones in the popular film ''[[Con Air]]''. | |||
Rhames | Other film roles during the 90s include FBI Agent Omar in ''[[Kiss of Death (1995 film)|Kiss of Death]]'' (1995), the wisecracking bouncer/bodyguard Shad in ''[[Striptease (film)|Striptease]]'' (1996), and a starring role as West African drug dealer Muki in the action thriller ''[[Dangerous Ground (1997 film)|Dangerous Ground]]'' (1997) with [[Ice Cube]] and [[Elizabeth Hurley]]. In [[John Singleton]]'s 1997 historical drama ''[[Rosewood (film)|Rosewood]]'', Rhames played Mann, a veteran of [[World War I|WWI]] who is now a drifter falsely accused of assault by a white woman, eliciting a [[lynch mob]]. Although Rhames' character is fictional, ''Rosewood'' is based on a true story of the 1923 [[Rosewood massacre]].<ref name="WPreel" /> In 1998, he played Pike in the crime thriller ''[[Body Count (1998 film)|Body Count]]'',<ref name="WPreel" /> and Buddy Bragg in the action comedy ''[[Out of Sight (film)|Out of Sight]]''. He played Jesus-praising paramedic Marcus in the drama film ''[[Bringing Out the Dead]]'' (1999) directed by [[Martin Scorsese]]. | ||
On television, Rhames played Dr. Peter Benton's brother-in-law on the medical drama ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', a recurring role he filled for three seasons from 1994 to 1996. Rhames won a [[Golden Globe]] in 1998 for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film|Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film]] in [[HBO]]'s ''[[Don King: Only in America]]'' (1997).<ref name="EMson" /> At the ceremony he gave his award to fellow nominee [[Jack Lemmon]], saying, "I feel that being an artist is about giving, and I'd like to give this to you." Lemmon was clearly touched by the gesture as was the celebrity audience who gave Lemmon a standing ovation. Lemmon, who tried unsuccessfully to give the award back to Rhames, said it was "one of the nicest, sweetest moments I've ever known in my life." The [[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]] announced later that they would have a duplicate award prepared for Rhames. That moment was #98 on E!'s 101 Awesome Moments in Entertainment.<ref name="google6">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IlcS25xYsC4C&q=golden+globe+black+actor&pg=PA187|title=Black masculinity and the U.S. South: from Uncle Tom to gangsta|isbn=978-0-8203-2890-4|publisher=University of Georgia Press|year=2007|first=Riché|last=Richardson|access-date=February 24, 2011|archive-date=May 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513164547/https://books.google.com/books?id=IlcS25xYsC4C&q=golden+globe+black+actor&pg=PA187|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fe6z86wQD_YC&q=golden+globe+&pg=PA107|title=Diasporic Lives: Alienation and Violence as Themes in African American Jamaican Cultural Texts|isbn=978-3-643-10574-5|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster|year=2010|first=Marlene|last=Calvin|access-date=February 24, 2011|archive-date=May 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508011852/https://books.google.com/books?id=Fe6z86wQD_YC&q=golden+globe+&pg=PA107|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nytimes1">{{cite web|last=Gerston|first=Jill|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/59836/Ving-Rhames/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726012132/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/59836/Ving-Rhames/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 26, 2013|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2013|title=Ving Rhames – About This Person|access-date=February 24, 2011}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' lauded Rhames for the act, writing that in doing so he "demonstrated his capacity for abundant generosity".<ref name="nytimes1"/> | |||
====2000 to the present==== | |||
Rhames | Rhames reprises his role as Luther Stickell beginning in ''[[Mission: Impossible 2]]'' (2000). He co-starred in ''[[Mission: Impossible III]]'' (2006), had a cameo appearance in ''[[Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol]]'' (2011), and played a major role in ''[[Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation]]'' (2015), ''[[Mission: Impossible – Fallout]]'' (2018), ''[[Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One]]'' (2023) and ''[[Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning]]'' (2025), the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth installments in the ''Mission Impossible'' film series, respectively.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ving Rhames Returns for Mission: Impossible 5|url=http://www.superherohype.com/news/312893-ving-rhames-returns-for-mission-impossible-5|access-date=August 17, 2014|publisher=www.superherohype.com|date=August 17, 2014|archive-date=August 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090253/http://www.superherohype.com/news/312893-ving-rhames-returns-for-mission-impossible-5|url-status=live}}</ref> He is the only actor besides Tom Cruise to appear in all eight ''Mission: Impossible'' films. | ||
Other theatrical film roles include [[Johnnie Cochran]] in ''[[American Tragedy (film)|American Tragedy]]'' (2000), and the ex-con boyfriend of Jody's mother in the [[John Singleton]] film ''[[Baby Boy (film)|Baby Boy]]'' (2001). He contributed his voice for the character of [[Cobra Bubbles]] in the [[Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney]] animated feature film ''[[Lilo & Stitch]]'' (2002) and the subsequent television series. Rhames played police Sergeant Kenneth Hall, a stoic cop and former Marine, fighting zombie hordes in the 2004 remake of ''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]''. He played a different character, military Captain Kenneth Rhodes, in the 2008 remake of ''[[Day of the Dead (2008 film)|Day of the Dead]]''. Rhames played a gay (and possibly also homicidal) firefighter who comes out of the closet in ''[[I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry]]'' (2007). In the 2008 film ''[[Saving God]]'', he played an ex-con who is released from prison a changed man, looking to take over his father's former church congregation in a deteriorating neighborhood. Rhames stars in ''[[Phantom Punch (film)|Phantom Punch]]'' (2008), a biopic of boxer [[Sonny Liston]], released directly to DVD, as well as the British independent action/thriller film ''[[The Tournament (2009 film)|The Tournament]]'' (2009), portraying a fighter out to win a no-rules tournament. | |||
In | On television Rhames portrayed a [[gay]] [[drag queen]] in the television film ''[[Holiday Heart]]'' (2000). He played John Morgan in [[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'s film ''[[List of Hallmark Hall of Fame episodes#ep213|Little John]]'' (2002).<ref name="EMson" /> In March 2005, Rhames played the lead role on a new ''[[Kojak (2005 TV series)|Kojak]]'' series, on the [[USA Network]] cable channel (and on ITV4 in the UK). The bald head, lollipops, and "Who loves ya, baby?" catchphrase remained intact, but little else remained from the [[Kojak|Telly Savalas-starring original]]. It was announced that he would have a role in the 2006 [[Aquaman]]-based show ''[[Aquaman (TV program)|Mercy Reef]]''; however, due to the integration of [[The WB Television Network|The WB]] and [[UPN]] for the new network, [[The CW Television Network|CW]], ''Mercy Reef'' was not picked up. He narrated the [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]] television series ''[[American Gangster (TV series)|American Gangster]]'' (2006–2009). | ||
Rhames | ===Other works=== | ||
Rhames makes an appearance in [[Ludacris]]'s song "Southern Gangstas" on his 2008 album ''[[Theater of the Mind]]''. Rappers [[Playaz Circle]] and [[Rick Ross]] are also featured on the track. | |||
Rhames voiced the part of Tobias Jones in the video game ''[[Driver 3]]'' (2004). | |||
He filmed ''[[The Red Canvas]]'' (2009) with [[Ernie Reyes Jr.]], UFC lightweight contender [[Gray Maynard]], and [[Randy Couture]]. In 2010, he filed a lawsuit against the film's producer,<ref name="autogenerated1">[http://www.tmz.com/2010/02/20/ving-rhames-lawsuit-sued-money-red-canvas-kenneth-chamitoff/ Ving Rhames to Producer: Do I Look Like a Bitch?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323184814/http://www.tmz.com/2010/02/20/ving-rhames-lawsuit-sued-money-red-canvas-kenneth-chamitoff |date=March 23, 2010 }}. TMZ.com. Retrieved on August 28, 2010.</ref> claiming that he had only been paid $175,000 of a $200,000 contract. | |||
Since 2014, Rhames has provided the narration for numerous [[Arby's]] commercials, with the slogan "Arby's: We have the meats!"<ref>{{Cite web|last=Felix|first=Maria|date=2021-06-26|title=Who Is The Narrator For The Arby's Commercials?|url=https://www.looper.com/447423/who-is-the-narrator-for-the-arbys-commercials/|access-date=2021-11-16|website=Looper.com|archive-date=November 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116205357/https://www.looper.com/447423/who-is-the-narrator-for-the-arbys-commercials/|url-status=live}}</ref> | Since 2014, Rhames has provided the narration for numerous [[Arby's]] commercials, with the slogan "Arby's: We have the meats!"<ref>{{Cite web|last=Felix|first=Maria|date=2021-06-26|title=Who Is The Narrator For The Arby's Commercials?|url=https://www.looper.com/447423/who-is-the-narrator-for-the-arbys-commercials/|access-date=2021-11-16|website=Looper.com|archive-date=November 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116205357/https://www.looper.com/447423/who-is-the-narrator-for-the-arbys-commercials/|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
In 2015, he filmed a series of commercials for [[The ADT Corporation]].{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} Rhames has also appeared in a series of television commercials for [[RadioShack]], usually performing with [[Vanessa L. Williams]]. | |||
Rhames is one of the narrators for [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]]. | |||
Rhames narrated the team introductions for the [[New England Patriots]] and [[Atlanta Falcons]] in [[Super Bowl LI]] in February 2017.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} | |||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
Rhames is a [[Christians|Christian]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Howe|first=Desson|title=Reel Action Hero|date=February 21, 1997|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/review97/fvingrhames.htm|accessdate=May 5, 2022|archive-date=May 6, 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970506020553/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/review97/fvingrhames.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kimball|first=Josh|title=Ving Rhames Stars in Newly Released Christian Film|date=October 17, 2008|newspaper=The Christian Post|url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/ving-rhames-stars-in-newly-released-christian-film.html|accessdate=May 5, 2022|archive-date=May 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526034818/https://www.christianpost.com/amp/ving-rhames-stars-in-newly-released-christian-film.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | Rhames is a [[Christians|Christian]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Howe|first=Desson|title=Reel Action Hero|date=February 21, 1997|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/review97/fvingrhames.htm|accessdate=May 5, 2022|archive-date=May 6, 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970506020553/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/review97/fvingrhames.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kimball|first=Josh|title=Ving Rhames Stars in Newly Released Christian Film|date=October 17, 2008|newspaper=The Christian Post|url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/ving-rhames-stars-in-newly-released-christian-film.html|accessdate=May 5, 2022|archive-date=May 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526034818/https://www.christianpost.com/amp/ving-rhames-stars-in-newly-released-christian-film.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1994 he married Valerie Scott, a former movie publicist.<ref name="WPreel">{{cite news |last1=Howe |first1=Desson |title=Reel Action Hero: From 'Pulp Fiction' to 'Rosewood,' Ving Rhames is a Powerful Figure |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/02/21/reel-action-hero/97e3a01d-4c92-4bad-bec1-7d05a936826b/ |access-date=7 July 2025 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=20 February 1997}}</ref> He has since divorced, and has been married to Deborah Reed since 2000.<ref>{{cite web|last=Nordine|first=Michael|title=Ving Rhames Was Held at Gunpoint by Cops in His Own Home After a Neighbor Reported a 'Large Black Man' Breaking In|date=July 28, 2018|website=IndieWire|url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/ving-rhames-police-gunpoint-1201988775/|accessdate=May 5, 2022|archive-date=May 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505211031/https://www.indiewire.com/2018/07/ving-rhames-police-gunpoint-1201988775/amp/|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
==Filmography== | ==Filmography== | ||
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===Film=== | ===Film=== | ||
{|class="wikitable sortable" | {|class="wikitable sortable" | ||
! Year | |+ {{Screen reader-only|Ving Rhames film credits}}<!-- [[WP:ACCESSIBILITY]] & [[MOS:TABLECAPTION]] --> | ||
! Title | ! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable"| Notes | ||
! Role | ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| 1986 | | 1986 | ||
| ''[[Native Son (1986 film)|Native Son]]'' | | ''[[Native Son (1986 film)|Native Son]]'' | ||
| Jack | | Jack | ||
| | | Theatrical film debut | ||
| | | <ref name="EMson" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1988 | | 1988 | ||
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| [[Donald DeFreeze|Cinque Mtume]] | | [[Donald DeFreeze|Cinque Mtume]] | ||
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| | | <ref name="WPreel" /><ref name="ATV" /> | ||
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| 1989 | | 1989 | ||
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| Lieutenant Reilly | | Lieutenant Reilly | ||
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| | | <ref name="WPreel" /><ref name="ATV" /> | ||
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| rowspan="2" | 1990 | | rowspan="2" | 1990 | ||
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| Herbert Cotter | | Herbert Cotter | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Jacob's Ladder (1990 film)|Jacob's Ladder]]'' | | ''[[Jacob's Ladder (1990 film)|Jacob's Ladder]]'' | ||
| George | | George | ||
| | | | ||
| | | <ref name="WPreel" /><ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="3" | 1991 | | rowspan="3" | 1991 | ||
| ''[[Flight of the Intruder]]'' | | ''[[Flight of the Intruder]]'' | ||
| Chief Petty Officer Frank McRae | | Chief Petty Officer Frank McRae | ||
| | | | ||
| | | <ref name="Viet24" /><ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Homicide (1991 film)|Homicide]]'' | | ''[[Homicide (1991 film)|Homicide]]'' | ||
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| Leroy | | Leroy | ||
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| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
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| 1992 | | 1992 | ||
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| Duane Stevenson | | Duane Stevenson | ||
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| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[The Saint of Fort Washington]]'' | | ''[[The Saint of Fort Washington]]'' | ||
| Leroy "Little Leroy" | | Leroy "Little Leroy" | ||
| | | | ||
| | | <ref name="WPreel" /><ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="2" | 1994 | | rowspan="2" | 1994 | ||
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| Marsellus Wallace | | Marsellus Wallace | ||
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| ''[[Drop Squad]]'' | | ''[[Drop Squad]]'' | ||
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| FBI Agent Omar | | FBI Agent Omar | ||
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| | | <ref name="WPreel" /> | ||
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| rowspan="2" | 1996 | | rowspan="2" | 1996 | ||
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| [[Luther Stickell]] | | [[Luther Stickell]] | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Striptease (film)|Striptease]]'' | | ''[[Striptease (film)|Striptease]]'' | ||
| "Shad" | | "Shad" | ||
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| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
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| rowspan="3" | 1997 | | rowspan="3" | 1997 | ||
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| Muki | | Muki | ||
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| | | <ref name="WPreel" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Rosewood (film)|Rosewood]]'' | | ''[[Rosewood (film)|Rosewood]]'' | ||
| Mann | | Mann | ||
| | | | ||
| | | <ref name="WPreel" /><ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Con Air]]'' | | ''[[Con Air]]'' | ||
| Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones | | Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones | ||
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| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
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| rowspan="2" | 1998 | | rowspan="2" | 1998 | ||
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| Pike | | Pike | ||
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| ''[[Out of Sight]]'' | | ''[[Out of Sight]]'' | ||
| Buddy Bragg | | Buddy Bragg | ||
| | | | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="2" | 1999 | | rowspan="2" | 1999 | ||
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| FBI Agent Aaron Thibadeaux | | FBI Agent Aaron Thibadeaux | ||
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| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Bringing Out the Dead]]'' | | ''[[Bringing Out the Dead]]'' | ||
| Marcus | | Marcus | ||
| | | | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
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| 2000 | | 2000 | ||
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| Luther Stickell | | Luther Stickell | ||
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| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
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| rowspan="2" | 2001 | | rowspan="2" | 2001 | ||
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| Melvin | | Melvin | ||
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| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within]]'' | | ''[[Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within]]'' | ||
| Ryan Whittaker | | Ryan Whittaker | ||
| | | | ||
| <ref name="btva2">{{cite web |title=Ving Rhames (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Ving-Rhames/ |access-date=December 5, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref><ref name="ATV" /> | |||
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| rowspan="3" | 2002 | | rowspan="3" | 2002 | ||
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| George "The Iceman" Chambers | | George "The Iceman" Chambers | ||
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| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
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| ''[[Lilo & Stitch]]'' | | ''[[Lilo & Stitch]]'' | ||
| Cobra Bubbles (voice) | | Cobra Bubbles (voice) | ||
|<ref name="btva2" /> | | | ||
| <ref name="btva2" /><ref name="ATV" /> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Dark Blue (film)|Dark Blue]]'' | | ''[[Dark Blue (film)|Dark Blue]]'' | ||
| Deputy Chief Arthur Holland | | Deputy Chief Arthur Holland | ||
| | | | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="2" | 2003 | | rowspan="2" | 2003 | ||
| ''[[Stitch! The Movie]]'' | | ''[[Stitch! The Movie]]'' | ||
| Cobra Bubbles (voice) | | Cobra Bubbles (voice) | ||
| Direct-to-video<ref name="btva2" /> | | Direct-to-video | ||
| <ref name="btva2" /> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Sin (2003 film)|Sin]]'' | | ''[[Sin (2003 film)|Sin]]'' | ||
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| Sergeant Kenneth Hall | | Sergeant Kenneth Hall | ||
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| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
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| rowspan="3" | 2005 | | rowspan="3" | 2005 | ||
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| Joe "J-Bone" Brown | | Joe "J-Bone" Brown | ||
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| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Animal (2005 film)|Animal]]'' | | ''[[Animal (2005 film)|Animal]]'' | ||
| James "Animal" Allen | | James "Animal" Allen | ||
| Video | | Video | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''Shooting Gallery'' | | ''Shooting Gallery'' | ||
| Carl "Cue Ball Carl" Bridgers | | Carl "Cue Ball Carl" Bridgers | ||
| Video | | Video | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="3" | 2006 | | rowspan="3" | 2006 | ||
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| Luther Stickell | | Luther Stickell | ||
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| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Leroy & Stitch]]'' | | ''[[Leroy & Stitch]]'' | ||
| Cobra Bubbles (voice) | | Cobra Bubbles (voice) | ||
| Direct-to-video | | Direct-to-video | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Idlewild (film)|Idlewild]]'' | | ''[[Idlewild (film)|Idlewild]]'' | ||
| "Spats" | | "Spats" | ||
| | | | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="3" | 2007 | | rowspan="3" | 2007 | ||
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| Fred G. Duncan | | Fred G. Duncan | ||
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| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''A Broken Life'' | | ''A Broken Life'' | ||
| Vet | | Vet | ||
| | | | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="4" | 2008 | | rowspan="4" | 2008 | ||
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| James "Animal" Allen | | James "Animal" Allen | ||
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| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Day of the Dead (2008 film)|Day of the Dead]]'' | | ''[[Day of the Dead (2008 film)|Day of the Dead]]'' | ||
| Captain Kenneth Rhodes | | Captain Kenneth Rhodes | ||
| Video | | Video | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Phantom Punch (film)|Phantom Punch]]'' | | ''[[Phantom Punch (film)|Phantom Punch]]'' | ||
| [[Sonny Liston]] | | [[Sonny Liston]] | ||
| | | | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Saving God]]'' | | ''[[Saving God]]'' | ||
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| "Boulder" | | "Boulder" | ||
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| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard]]'' | | ''[[The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard]]'' | ||
| "Jibby" Newsome | | "Jibby" Newsome | ||
| | | | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[The Bridge to Nowhere]]'' | | ''[[The Bridge to Nowhere]]'' | ||
| Nate | | Nate | ||
| | | | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[The Tournament (2009 film)|The Tournament]]'' | | ''[[The Tournament (2009 film)|The Tournament]]'' | ||
| Joshua Harlow | | Joshua Harlow | ||
| | | | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Surrogates (film)|Surrogates]]'' | | ''[[Surrogates (film)|Surrogates]]'' | ||
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| Sam | | Sam | ||
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| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''Love Chronicles: Secrets Revealed'' | | ''Love Chronicles: Secrets Revealed'' | ||
| Mike | | Mike | ||
| Video | | Video | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Operation: Endgame]]'' | | ''[[Operation: Endgame]]'' | ||
| "Judgement" | | "Judgement" | ||
| | | | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Piranha 3D]]'' | | ''[[Piranha 3D]]'' | ||
| Deputy Fallon | | Deputy Fallon | ||
| | | | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[King of the Avenue]]'' | | ''[[King of the Avenue]]'' | ||
| Norman De'Sha | | Norman De'Sha | ||
| | | | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''The Wrath of Cain'' | | ''The Wrath of Cain'' | ||
| Miles "Cain" Skinner | | Miles "Cain" Skinner | ||
| | | | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
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| ''[[Red Canvas]]'' | | ''[[Red Canvas]]'' | ||
| | | Gene | ||
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| R. H. Weyland | | R. H. Weyland | ||
| Video | | Video | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
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| rowspan="4" | 2011 | | rowspan="4" | 2011 | ||
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| Captain Art Langley | | Captain Art Langley | ||
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| ''Pimp Bullies'' | | ''Pimp Bullies'' | ||
| Miguel | | Miguel | ||
| | | | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Julia X 3D|Julia X]]'' | | ''[[Julia X 3D|Julia X]]'' | ||
| The Man | | The Man | ||
| | | | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
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| ''[[Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol]]'' | | ''[[Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol]]'' | ||
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| rowspan=" | | rowspan="8" | 2012 | ||
| ''[[Seven Below]]'' | | ''[[Seven Below]]'' | ||
| Jack | | Jack | ||
| | | | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Piranha 3DD]]'' | | ''[[Piranha 3DD]]'' | ||
| Deputy Fallon | | Deputy Fallon | ||
| | | | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Soldiers of Fortune (2012 film)|Soldiers of Fortune]]'' | | ''[[Soldiers of Fortune (2012 film)|Soldiers of Fortune]]'' | ||
| Grimaud "Grim Reaper" Tourneur | | Grimaud "Grim Reaper" Tourneur | ||
| | | | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |||
| ''Money Fight'' | |||
| Gene | |||
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| <ref name="ATV" /> | |||
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| ''Art of Submission'' | | ''Art of Submission'' | ||
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| Principal Thompson | | Principal Thompson | ||
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| ''Mafia'' | | ''Mafia'' | ||
| Renzo Wes | | Renzo Wes | ||
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| ''Btd'' | | ''Btd'' | ||
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| R. H. Weyland | | R. H. Weyland | ||
| Video | | Video | ||
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| ''Armed Response'' | | ''Armed Response'' | ||
| Officer Hall | | Officer Hall | ||
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| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Force of Execution]]'' | | ''[[Force of Execution]]'' | ||
| "Ice Man" | | "Ice Man" | ||
| Video | | Video | ||
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| 2014 | | 2014 | ||
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| Conrad | | Conrad | ||
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| rowspan="2" | 2015 | | rowspan="2" | 2015 | ||
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| Luther Stickell | | Luther Stickell | ||
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| ''[[Operator (2015 film)|Operator]]'' | | ''[[Operator (2015 film)|Operator]]'' | ||
| Richard | | Richard | ||
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=The Deadline |date=2014-08-22 |title=Ving Rhames Boards ''Operator''; ''Threshold'' Ramps Up; Five Join ''Clavius'' |url=https://deadline.com/2014/08/ving-rhames-operator-threshold-clavius-823149/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> | | | ||
| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=The Deadline |date=2014-08-22 |title=Ving Rhames Boards ''Operator''; ''Threshold'' Ramps Up; Five Join ''Clavius'' |url=https://deadline.com/2014/08/ving-rhames-operator-threshold-clavius-823149/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="ATV" /> | |||
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| rowspan="3" | 2017 | | rowspan="3" | 2017 | ||
| ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2]]'' | | ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2]]'' | ||
| [[Charlie-27]] | | [[Charlie-27]] | ||
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| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Daniell |first=Mark |date=April 25, 2017 |title=Sylvester Stallone's ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'' character has a big future in the MCU |url=https://www.thewhig.com/2017/04/25/sylvester-stallones-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-character-has-a-big-future-in-the-mcu |access-date=December 5, 2024 |website=The Whig}}</ref> | | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Daniell |first=Mark |date=April 25, 2017 |title=Sylvester Stallone's ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'' character has a big future in the MCU |url=https://www.thewhig.com/2017/04/25/sylvester-stallones-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-character-has-a-big-future-in-the-mcu |access-date=December 5, 2024 |website=The Whig}}</ref> | ||
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| ''[[The Star (2017 film)|The Star]]'' | | ''[[The Star (2017 film)|The Star]]'' | ||
| Thaddeus (voice) | | Thaddeus (voice) | ||
|<ref name="btva2" /> | | | ||
| <ref name="btva2" /><ref name="ATV" /> | |||
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| ''[[Father Figures]]'' | | ''[[Father Figures]]'' | ||
| Rod Hamilton | | Rod Hamilton | ||
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Busch |first=Anita |date=2015-08-18 |title=Ving Rhames Joins Growing Comedy Cast Of ''Bastards'' |url=https://deadline.com/2015/08/ving-rhames-bastards-comedy-owen-wilson-jk-simmons-ed-helms-terry-bradshaw-1201500989/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> | | | ||
| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Busch |first=Anita |date=2015-08-18 |title=Ving Rhames Joins Growing Comedy Cast Of ''Bastards'' |url=https://deadline.com/2015/08/ving-rhames-bastards-comedy-owen-wilson-jk-simmons-ed-helms-terry-bradshaw-1201500989/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="ATV" /> | |||
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| rowspan="2" | 2018 | | rowspan="2" | 2018 | ||
| ''[[Con Man (film)|Con Man]]'' | | ''[[Con Man (film)|Con Man]]'' | ||
| "Peanut" | | "Peanut" | ||
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barber |first=James |date=2018-03-20 |title=''Con Man'' is the Weirdest Movie of the Year |url=https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2018/03/20/con-man-weirdest-movie-year.html |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Military.com |language=en}}</ref> | | | ||
| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Barber |first=James |date=2018-03-20 |title=''Con Man'' is the Weirdest Movie of the Year |url=https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2018/03/20/con-man-weirdest-movie-year.html |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Military.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name="ATV" /> | |||
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| ''[[Mission: Impossible – Fallout]]'' | | ''[[Mission: Impossible – Fallout]]'' | ||
| Luther Stickell | | Luther Stickell | ||
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=2017-06-13 |title=Michelle Monaghan to Reunite With Tom Cruise for ''Mission: Impossible 6'' |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/michelle-monaghan-mission-impossible-6-1202464612/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> | | | ||
| <ref>{{Cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=2017-06-13 |title=Michelle Monaghan to Reunite With Tom Cruise for ''Mission: Impossible 6'' |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/michelle-monaghan-mission-impossible-6-1202464612/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="ATV" /> | |||
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| 2022 | | 2022 | ||
| ''[[Wendell & Wild]]'' | | ''[[Wendell & Wild]]'' | ||
| Buffalo Belzer (voice) | | Buffalo Belzer (voice) | ||
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| <ref>{{cite web |last=King |first=Jack |date=March 14, 2022 |title=''Wendell & Wild'' Teaser Announces Ving Rhames, David Harewood, and More Joining Voice Cast |url=https://collider.com/wendell-and-wild-cast-ving-rhames-david-harewood-netflix/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006033005/https://collider.com/wendell-and-wild-cast-ving-rhames-david-harewood-netflix/ |archive-date=October 6, 2022 |access-date=March 14, 2022 |website=Collider}}</ref> | | <ref>{{cite web |last=King |first=Jack |date=March 14, 2022 |title=''Wendell & Wild'' Teaser Announces Ving Rhames, David Harewood, and More Joining Voice Cast |url=https://collider.com/wendell-and-wild-cast-ving-rhames-david-harewood-netflix/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006033005/https://collider.com/wendell-and-wild-cast-ving-rhames-david-harewood-netflix/ |archive-date=October 6, 2022 |access-date=March 14, 2022 |website=Collider}}</ref> | ||
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| ''[[The Locksmith (film)|The Locksmith]]'' | | ''[[The Locksmith (film)|The Locksmith]]'' | ||
| Frank | | Frank | ||
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=2021-11-02 |title=AFM: Ryan Phillippe, Kate Bosworth, Ving Rhames Board Joe Russo Co-Penned Thriller ''The Locksmith'' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ryan-phillippe-kate-bosworth-ving-rhames-the-locksmith-1235040699/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> | | | ||
| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=2021-11-02 |title=AFM: Ryan Phillippe, Kate Bosworth, Ving Rhames Board Joe Russo Co-Penned Thriller ''The Locksmith'' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ryan-phillippe-kate-bosworth-ving-rhames-the-locksmith-1235040699/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
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| ''[[Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One]]'' | | ''[[Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One]]'' | ||
| Luther Stickell | | Luther Stickell | ||
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| rowspan="3" | 2024 | | rowspan="3" | 2024 | ||
| ''[[The Garfield Movie]]'' | | ''[[The Garfield Movie]]'' | ||
| Otto (voice) | | Otto (voice) | ||
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=2022-08-17 |title=''Garfield'': Ving Rhames, Nicholas Hoult, Hannah Waddingham & Cecily Strong Board Animated Feature From Alcon Entertainment |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/garfield-adds-ving-rhames-nicholas-hoult-hannah-waddingham-cecily-strong-1235094576/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="btva2" /> | | | ||
| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=2022-08-17 |title=''Garfield'': Ving Rhames, Nicholas Hoult, Hannah Waddingham & Cecily Strong Board Animated Feature From Alcon Entertainment |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/garfield-adds-ving-rhames-nicholas-hoult-hannah-waddingham-cecily-strong-1235094576/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="btva2" /><ref name="ATV" /> | |||
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| ''[[The Instigators]]'' | | ''[[The Instigators]]'' | ||
| Frank Toomey | | Frank Toomey | ||
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=2023-03-28 |title=Ving Rhames, Alfred Molina And Ron Perlman Join Apple's ''The Instigators'' |url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/ving-rhames-alfred-molina-ron-perlman-apple-the-instigators-1235311856/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> | | | ||
| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=2023-03-28 |title=Ving Rhames, Alfred Molina And Ron Perlman Join Apple's ''The Instigators'' |url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/ving-rhames-alfred-molina-ron-perlman-apple-the-instigators-1235311856/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="ATV" /> | |||
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| ''[[The Wild Robot]]'' | | ''[[The Wild Robot]]'' | ||
| Thunderbolt (voice) | | Thunderbolt (voice) | ||
| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Reul |first=Katie |date=2024-03-05 |title=''The Wild Robot'', Animated Film Starring Lupita Nyong'o and Pedro Pascal, Gets Gorgeous First Trailer |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/the-wild-robot-animated-film-starring-lupita-nyongo-and-pedro-pascal-gets-gorgeous-first-trailer |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref><ref name="btva2" /> | | | ||
| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Reul |first=Katie |date=2024-03-05 |title=''The Wild Robot'', Animated Film Starring Lupita Nyong'o and Pedro Pascal, Gets Gorgeous First Trailer |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/the-wild-robot-animated-film-starring-lupita-nyongo-and-pedro-pascal-gets-gorgeous-first-trailer |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref><ref name="btva2" /><ref name="ATV" /> | |||
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| rowspan="2" |2025 | | rowspan="2" |2025 | ||
| ''[[Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning]]'' | | ''[[Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning]]'' | ||
| Luther Stickell | | Luther Stickell | ||
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Galuppo |first=Mia |date=2024-04-22 |title=''Severance'' Actor Tramell Tillman Joins Next ''Mission: Impossible'' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/severance-tramell-tillman-mission-impossible-1235878900/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> | | | ||
| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Galuppo |first=Mia |date=2024-04-22 |title=''Severance'' Actor Tramell Tillman Joins Next ''Mission: Impossible'' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/severance-tramell-tillman-mission-impossible-1235878900/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
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| ''[[Uppercut (film)|Uppercut]]'' | |||
|Elliott Duffond<ref>{{Cite web |last=Massoto |first=Erick |date=2024-11-21 |title=Ving Rhames Goes Rocky Balboa in ''Uppercut'' Trailer [Exclusive] |url=https://collider.com/uppercut-trailer-ving-rhames/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref> | | Elliott Duffond | ||
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| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Massoto |first=Erick |date=2024-11-21 |title=Ving Rhames Goes Rocky Balboa in ''Uppercut'' Trailer [Exclusive] |url=https://collider.com/uppercut-trailer-ving-rhames/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref><ref name="ATV" /> | |||
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| TBA | | TBA | ||
| style="background:#FFFFCC;" | ''[[The Mongoose (film)|The Mongoose]]'' {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}} | | style="background:#FFFFCC;" | ''[[The Mongoose (film)|The Mongoose]]'' {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}} | ||
| Tanker<ref>{{cite web|last=Wiseman|first=Andreas|title=Liam Neeson Chase Pic 'The Mongoose' Underway In Australia With Marisa Tomei, Ving Rhames & Michael Chiklis Joining Cast|date=February 11, 2025|website=Deadline Hollywood|url=https://deadline.com/2025/02/liam-neeson-film-mongoose-filming-australia-marisa-tomei-ving-rhames-michael-chiklis-1236285534/|accessdate=February 11, 2025}}</ref> | | Tanker | ||
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| <ref>{{cite web|last=Wiseman|first=Andreas|title=Liam Neeson Chase Pic 'The Mongoose' Underway In Australia With Marisa Tomei, Ving Rhames & Michael Chiklis Joining Cast|date=February 11, 2025|website=Deadline Hollywood|url=https://deadline.com/2025/02/liam-neeson-film-mongoose-filming-australia-marisa-tomei-ving-rhames-michael-chiklis-1236285534/|accessdate=February 11, 2025}}</ref> | |||
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===Television=== | ===Television=== | ||
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| | | 1985 | ||
| ''[[Go Tell It on the Mountain (film)|Go Tell It on the Mountain]]'' | | ''[[Go Tell It on the Mountain (film)|Go Tell It on the Mountain]]'' | ||
| Young Gabriel Grimes | | Young Gabriel Grimes | ||
| Television film | | Television film. [[PBS]] ''[[American Playhouse]]'' (aired 1/14/1985) (screen debut) | ||
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| Georges | | Georges | ||
| Episode: "The Maze" | | Episode: "The Maze" | ||
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| rowspan="2" | 1986 | | rowspan="2" | 1986 | ||
| ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'' | | ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'' | ||
| Czaja Carnek | | Czaja Carnek | ||
| Regular cast | | Regular cast (8 episodes) | ||
| | | <ref name="PPLaw" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Crime Story (American TV series)|Crime Story]]'' | | ''[[Crime Story (American TV series)|Crime Story]]'' | ||
| Hector Lincoln | | Hector Lincoln | ||
| Episode: "Abrams for the Defense" | | Episode: "Abrams for the Defense" | ||
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| rowspan="2" | 1987 | | rowspan="2" | 1987 | ||
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| Walker Monroe | | Walker Monroe | ||
| Episode: "[[List of Miami Vice episodes|Child's Play]]" | | Episode: "[[List of Miami Vice episodes|Child's Play]]" | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Tour of Duty (TV series)|Tour of Duty]]'' | | ''[[Tour of Duty (TV series)|Tour of Duty]]'' | ||
| SP4 Tucker | | SP4 Tucker | ||
| Episode: "Burn Baby, Burn" | | Episode: "Burn Baby, Burn" | ||
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| 1988 | | 1988 | ||
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| Henry Brown | | Henry Brown | ||
| Episode: "McAllister" | | Episode: "McAllister" | ||
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| rowspan="2" | 1989 | | rowspan="2" | 1989 | ||
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| Walter Robbins | | Walter Robbins | ||
| Recurring cast (season 1–3) | | Recurring cast (season 1–3) | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="3" | 1995 | | rowspan="3" | 1995 | ||
| ''Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning'' | | ''[[87th Precinct#Other media|Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning]]'' | ||
| Detective Artie Brown | | Detective Artie Brown | ||
| Television film | | Television film | ||
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| Max Villareal | | Max Villareal | ||
| Episode: "Olde Thyme Religion" | | Episode: "Olde Thyme Religion" | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Deadly Whispers (1995 television movie)|Deadly Whispers]]'' | | ''[[Deadly Whispers (1995 television movie)|Deadly Whispers]]'' | ||
| Detective Jackson | | Detective Jackson | ||
| Television film | | Television film | ||
| | | <ref name="ATV" /> | ||
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| 1997 | | 1997 | ||
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| [[Don King]] | | [[Don King]] | ||
| Television film | | Television film | ||
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| rowspan="2" | 2000 | | rowspan="2" | 2000 | ||
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| "Holiday" Heart | | "Holiday" Heart | ||
| Television film | | Television film | ||
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| ''Little John'' | | ''[[List of Hallmark Hall of Fame episodes#ep213|Little John]]'' | ||
| John Morgan | | John Morgan | ||
| Television film | | Television film. [[Hallmark Hall of Fame]] | ||
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| ''[[RFK (film)|RFK]]'' | | ''[[RFK (film)|RFK]]'' | ||
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| Cobra Bubbles{{efn|Experiment 300, also known as Spooky, disguised as Cobra Bubbles}} (voice) | | Cobra Bubbles{{efn|Experiment 300, also known as Spooky, disguised as Cobra Bubbles}} (voice) | ||
| Episode: "Spooky" | | Episode: "Spooky" | ||
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| ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius]]'' | | ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius]]'' | ||
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| Television film | | Television film | ||
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| "Dogg" McFee | | "Dogg" McFee | ||
| Main cast | | Main cast | ||
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| rowspan="2" | 2011 | | rowspan="2" | 2011 | ||
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| Henry Everlen | | Henry Everlen | ||
| Television film | | Television film | ||
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| ''Black Jack'' | | ''Black Jack'' | ||
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| Dr. Jorge Villanueva | | Dr. Jorge Villanueva | ||
| Main cast | | Main cast | ||
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| Cecil Price | | Cecil Price | ||
| Television film | | Television film | ||
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| ''[[Legacy (2023 American TV series)|Legacy]]'' | |||
| Guy Simmons | |||
| Television miniseries. [[BET+]] | |||
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| 2025 | | 2025 | ||
| ''[[Dope Thief]]'' | | ''[[Dope Thief]]'' | ||
| Bart | | Bart | ||
| | | Television miniseries | ||
| <ref name="ATV" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=2023-02-13 |title=''Sinking Spring'': Ving Rhames, Dustin Nguyen, Nesta Cooper, 3 Others Round Out Cast Of Apple's Crime Drama Series |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/sinking-spring-casts-ving-rhames-dustin-nguyen-four-others-1235257921/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
|} | |} | ||
===Video games=== | ===Video games=== | ||
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| 2003 || ''[[Mission: Impossible – Operation Surma]]'' || IMF Agent Luther Stickell ||<ref name="btva2" /> | | 2003 || ''[[Mission: Impossible – Operation Surma]]'' || IMF Agent Luther Stickell || || <ref name="btva2" /> | ||
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| 2004 || ''[[Driver 3]]'' || Tobias Jones || <ref name="btva2" /> | | 2004 || ''[[Driver 3]]'' || Tobias Jones || || <ref name="btva2" /> | ||
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| 2017 || |''[[Call of Duty: WWII]]'' || Jefferson Potts || | | 2017 || |''[[Call of Duty: WWII]]'' || Jefferson Potts || || | ||
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Irving Rameses Rhames (Template:IPAc-en Script error: No such module "Respell".; 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.
Early life and education
Rhames was born and raised in Harlem, New York City, the son of Reather, a religious stay-at-home mom raising him and his brother Junior, and Ernest Rhames, an auto mechanic whose parents were South Carolina sharecroppers.[1][2][3] He was named "Irving" after NBC journalist Irving R. Levine.[4]
Unlike many of his childhood friends, Rhames neither took drugs nor succumbed to easy street money, but rather played football for Covent Avenue Baptist Church in the Hamilton Heights Historic District.[1] One of Rhames' junior high school teachers praised his poetry reading.[1] On a whim, he applied to New York's High School of Performing Arts, where he developed his love of acting.[1] After high school, he studied drama at SUNY Purchase, where fellow acting student Stanley Tucci gave him his nickname "Ving". Rhames later transferred to the Juilliard School's Drama Division (Group 12: 1979–1983)[5] where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1983, and began acting in Shakespeare in the Park the following Monday.[1][6]
Career
Stage
Rhames' training in the classics gained him roles as early as 1983 at Shakespeare in the Park in Richard III. He has also appeared in the classics Richard II, and Sophocles' play Ajax,[1] as well as off-Broadway productions such as Map of the World and Ascension Day, and regionally in plays by Henrik Ibsen and Molière.[7]
Rhames played the role of amateur boxer Omar in the Second Stage Theater 1984-85 revival of Miguel Piñero's 1974 prison drama Short Eyes directed by Kevin Conway, alongside Paul Calderon and Laurence Fishburne, among others.[2][8]
On Broadway appeared in John Pielmeier's play The Boys of Winter directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg in December 1985 at the Biltmore Theatre.[9][10]
In an interview, Rhames commented about screen versus stage roles, "I don't give Hollywood the power to limit me," and "I can always do theater, I can do Ibsen, I can do Macbeth, I can do Chekhov, I can do Molière, Othello, I can do Richard III."[1]
Screen
1985–1989: Early television and film appearances
Rhames' screen debut came in January 1985 in the role of Young Gabriel on the PBS anthology series American Playhouse in the television film Go Tell It on the Mountain, which was followed by small roles in television and film.[1][11] Rhames' theatrical film debut came next in 1986 as Jack in Native Son, based on the 1940 novel by Richard Wright.[11]
Other 80s film appearances include roles in Paul Schrader's biographical crime drama Patty Hearst (1988) as Donald "Cinque Mtume" DeFreeze, and as Lieutenant Reilly in Brian De Palma's drama Casualties of War (1989).[1]
On television, Rhames had two guest appearances on Miami Vice; as Georges in "The Maze" (February 1985), and as Walker Monroe in "Child's Play" (1987).[12] In 1986 he appeared on another Michael Mann show, Crime Story in the 1986 episode, "Abrams for the Defense" in which he portrayed Hector Lincoln, a poor Chicago tenant who assaults his landlord after Hector's son is bitten by a rat, and must therefore be defended by Stephen Lang's character, David Abrams.[13] He played Czaja Carnek on the soap opera Another World for several episodes in 1986.[14] He played SP4 Tucker in the Tour of Duty episode "Burn Baby, Burn" (1987).[15] Rhames played Henry Brown on Spenser: For Hire in the episode "McAllister" (1988).[16]
1990–1999: Breakout roles
During the 1990s, Rhames' theatrical film appearances included George in Adrian Lyne's psychological horror Jacob's Ladder (1990), and Wes Craven's comedy horror film The People Under the Stairs (1991) as Leroy. Also in 1991, he played Frank McRae, the master chief petty officer in John Milius' Vietnam war film Flight of the Intruder.[15] As Secret Service agent Duane Stevensen, he watched over Kevin Kline's character in the political comedy film Dave (1993). He played street hustler "Little Leroy" in Tim Hunter's drama The Saint of Fort Washington (1993).[1]
One of Rhames' breakout roles includes Marsellus Wallace which came in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 crime film Pulp Fiction.[11] Another breakout, and recurring, role came in 1996 as ace computer hacker Luther Stickell opposite Tom Cruise in Brian De Palma's film adaptation, Mission: Impossible.[11] Due to its success, Rhames reprises the character in subsequent films. In 1997, Rhames portrayed the character of Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones in the popular film Con Air.
Other film roles during the 90s include FBI Agent Omar in Kiss of Death (1995), the wisecracking bouncer/bodyguard Shad in Striptease (1996), and a starring role as West African drug dealer Muki in the action thriller Dangerous Ground (1997) with Ice Cube and Elizabeth Hurley. In John Singleton's 1997 historical drama Rosewood, Rhames played Mann, a veteran of WWI who is now a drifter falsely accused of assault by a white woman, eliciting a lynch mob. Although Rhames' character is fictional, Rosewood is based on a true story of the 1923 Rosewood massacre.[1] In 1998, he played Pike in the crime thriller Body Count,[1] and Buddy Bragg in the action comedy Out of Sight. He played Jesus-praising paramedic Marcus in the drama film Bringing Out the Dead (1999) directed by Martin Scorsese.
On television, Rhames played Dr. Peter Benton's brother-in-law on the medical drama ER, a recurring role he filled for three seasons from 1994 to 1996. Rhames won a Golden Globe in 1998 for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film in HBO's Don King: Only in America (1997).[11] At the ceremony he gave his award to fellow nominee Jack Lemmon, saying, "I feel that being an artist is about giving, and I'd like to give this to you." Lemmon was clearly touched by the gesture as was the celebrity audience who gave Lemmon a standing ovation. Lemmon, who tried unsuccessfully to give the award back to Rhames, said it was "one of the nicest, sweetest moments I've ever known in my life." The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced later that they would have a duplicate award prepared for Rhames. That moment was #98 on E!'s 101 Awesome Moments in Entertainment.[17][18][19] The New York Times lauded Rhames for the act, writing that in doing so he "demonstrated his capacity for abundant generosity".[19]
2000 to the present
Rhames reprises his role as Luther Stickell beginning in Mission: Impossible 2 (2000). He co-starred in Mission: Impossible III (2006), had a cameo appearance in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), and played a major role in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025), the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth installments in the Mission Impossible film series, respectively.[20] He is the only actor besides Tom Cruise to appear in all eight Mission: Impossible films.
Other theatrical film roles include Johnnie Cochran in American Tragedy (2000), and the ex-con boyfriend of Jody's mother in the John Singleton film Baby Boy (2001). He contributed his voice for the character of Cobra Bubbles in the Walt Disney animated feature film Lilo & Stitch (2002) and the subsequent television series. Rhames played police Sergeant Kenneth Hall, a stoic cop and former Marine, fighting zombie hordes in the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead. He played a different character, military Captain Kenneth Rhodes, in the 2008 remake of Day of the Dead. Rhames played a gay (and possibly also homicidal) firefighter who comes out of the closet in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007). In the 2008 film Saving God, he played an ex-con who is released from prison a changed man, looking to take over his father's former church congregation in a deteriorating neighborhood. Rhames stars in Phantom Punch (2008), a biopic of boxer Sonny Liston, released directly to DVD, as well as the British independent action/thriller film The Tournament (2009), portraying a fighter out to win a no-rules tournament.
On television Rhames portrayed a gay drag queen in the television film Holiday Heart (2000). He played John Morgan in Hallmark Hall of Fame's film Little John (2002).[11] In March 2005, Rhames played the lead role on a new Kojak series, on the USA Network cable channel (and on ITV4 in the UK). The bald head, lollipops, and "Who loves ya, baby?" catchphrase remained intact, but little else remained from the Telly Savalas-starring original. It was announced that he would have a role in the 2006 Aquaman-based show Mercy Reef; however, due to the integration of The WB and UPN for the new network, CW, Mercy Reef was not picked up. He narrated the BET television series American Gangster (2006–2009).
Other works
Rhames makes an appearance in Ludacris's song "Southern Gangstas" on his 2008 album Theater of the Mind. Rappers Playaz Circle and Rick Ross are also featured on the track.
Rhames voiced the part of Tobias Jones in the video game Driver 3 (2004).
He filmed The Red Canvas (2009) with Ernie Reyes Jr., UFC lightweight contender Gray Maynard, and Randy Couture. In 2010, he filed a lawsuit against the film's producer,[21] claiming that he had only been paid $175,000 of a $200,000 contract.
Since 2014, Rhames has provided the narration for numerous Arby's commercials, with the slogan "Arby's: We have the meats!"[22]
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Rhames is one of the narrators for UFC.
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Personal life
Rhames is a Christian.[23][24] In 1994 he married Valerie Scott, a former movie publicist.[1] He has since divorced, and has been married to Deborah Reed since 2000.[25]
Filmography
| Template:Dagger | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Native Son | Jack | Theatrical film debut | [11] |
| 1988 | Patty Hearst | Cinque Mtume | [1][12] | |
| 1989 | Casualties of War | Lieutenant Reilly | [1][12] | |
| 1990 | The Long Walk Home | Herbert Cotter | [12] | |
| Jacob's Ladder | George | [1][12] | ||
| 1991 | Flight of the Intruder | Chief Petty Officer Frank McRae | [15][12] | |
| Homicide | Robert Randolph | |||
| The People Under the Stairs | Leroy | [12] | ||
| 1992 | Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | "Mr. Stereo" | ||
| 1993 | Blood In Blood Out | Ivan | ||
| Dave | Duane Stevenson | [12] | ||
| The Saint of Fort Washington | Leroy "Little Leroy" | [1][12] | ||
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | Marsellus Wallace | [12] | |
| Drop Squad | Garvey | |||
| 1995 | Kiss of Death | FBI Agent Omar | [1] | |
| 1996 | Mission: Impossible | Luther Stickell | [12] | |
| Striptease | "Shad" | [12] | ||
| 1997 | Dangerous Ground | Muki | [1] | |
| Rosewood | Mann | [1][12] | ||
| Con Air | Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones | [12] | ||
| 1998 | Body Count | Pike | [1] | |
| Out of Sight | Buddy Bragg | [12] | ||
| 1999 | Entrapment | FBI Agent Aaron Thibadeaux | [12] | |
| Bringing Out the Dead | Marcus | [12] | ||
| 2000 | Mission: Impossible 2 | Luther Stickell | [12] | |
| 2001 | Baby Boy | Melvin | [12] | |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Ryan Whittaker | [26][12] | ||
| 2002 | Undisputed | George "The Iceman" Chambers | [12] | |
| Lilo & Stitch | Cobra Bubbles (voice) | [26][12] | ||
| Dark Blue | Deputy Chief Arthur Holland | [12] | ||
| 2003 | Stitch! The Movie | Cobra Bubbles (voice) | Direct-to-video | [26] |
| Sin | Eddie Burns | |||
| 2004 | Dawn of the Dead | Sergeant Kenneth Hall | [12] | |
| 2005 | Back in the Day | Joe "J-Bone" Brown | [12] | |
| Animal | James "Animal" Allen | Video | [12] | |
| Shooting Gallery | Carl "Cue Ball Carl" Bridgers | Video | [12] | |
| 2006 | Mission: Impossible III | Luther Stickell | [12] | |
| Leroy & Stitch | Cobra Bubbles (voice) | Direct-to-video | [12] | |
| Idlewild | "Spats" | [12] | ||
| 2007 | Ascension Day | Hark | Video | |
| I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry | Fred G. Duncan | [12] | ||
| A Broken Life | Vet | [12] | ||
| 2008 | Animal 2 | James "Animal" Allen | [12] | |
| Day of the Dead | Captain Kenneth Rhodes | Video | [12] | |
| Phantom Punch | Sonny Liston | [12] | ||
| Saving God | Armstrong Cane | |||
| 2009 | Echelon Conspiracy | FBI Agent Dave Grant | ||
| Give 'Em Hell, Malone | "Boulder" | [12] | ||
| The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | "Jibby" Newsome | [12] | ||
| The Bridge to Nowhere | Nate | [12] | ||
| The Tournament | Joshua Harlow | [12] | ||
| Surrogates | The Prophet | |||
| Evil Angel | Detective Carruthers | |||
| 2010 | Master Harold...and the Boys | Sam | [12] | |
| Love Chronicles: Secrets Revealed | Mike | Video | [12] | |
| Operation: Endgame | "Judgement" | [12] | ||
| Piranha 3D | Deputy Fallon | [12] | ||
| King of the Avenue | Norman De'Sha | [12] | ||
| The Wrath of Cain | Miles "Cain" Skinner | [12] | ||
| Red Canvas | Gene | |||
| Death Race 2 | R. H. Weyland | Video | [12] | |
| 2011 | The River Murders | Captain Art Langley | [12] | |
| Pimp Bullies | Miguel | [12] | ||
| Julia X | The Man | [12] | ||
| Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | Luther Stickell | Uncredited cameo | ||
| 2012 | Seven Below | Jack | [12] | |
| Piranha 3DD | Deputy Fallon | [12] | ||
| Soldiers of Fortune | Grimaud "Grim Reaper" Tourneur | [12] | ||
| Money Fight | Gene | [12] | ||
| Art of Submission | Gene | |||
| Won't Back Down | Principal Thompson | [12] | ||
| Mafia | Renzo Wes | [12] | ||
| Btd | Ken | Short | ||
| 2013 | Death Race 3: Inferno | R. H. Weyland | Video | [12] |
| Armed Response | Officer Hall | [12] | ||
| Force of Execution | "Ice Man" | Video | [12] | |
| 2014 | Jamesy Boy | Conrad | [12] | |
| 2015 | Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | Luther Stickell | [12] | |
| Operator | Richard | [27][12] | ||
| 2016 | A Sunday Horse | Mr. Valentine | [12] | |
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Charlie-27 | [28] | |
| The Star | Thaddeus (voice) | [26][12] | ||
| Father Figures | Rod Hamilton | [29][12] | ||
| 2018 | Con Man | "Peanut" | [30][12] | |
| Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Luther Stickell | [31][12] | ||
| 2022 | Wendell & Wild | Buffalo Belzer (voice) | [32] | |
| 2023 | The Locksmith | Frank | [33] | |
| Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | Luther Stickell | [12] | ||
| 2024 | The Garfield Movie | Otto (voice) | [34][26][12] | |
| The Instigators | Frank Toomey | [35][12] | ||
| The Wild Robot | Thunderbolt (voice) | [36][26][12] | ||
| 2025 | Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning | Luther Stickell | [37] | |
| Uppercut | Elliott Duffond | [38][12] | ||
| TBA | The Mongoose Template:Dagger | Tanker | Post-production | [39] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Go Tell It on the Mountain | Young Gabriel Grimes | Television film. PBS American Playhouse (aired 1/14/1985) (screen debut) | [1][11] |
| 1985 | Miami Vice | Georges | Episode: "The Maze" | [12] |
| 1986 | Another World | Czaja Carnek | Regular cast (8 episodes) | [14] |
| Crime Story | Hector Lincoln | Episode: "Abrams for the Defense" | [13] | |
| 1987 | Miami Vice | Walker Monroe | Episode: "Child's Play" | [12] |
| Tour of Duty | SP4 Tucker | Episode: "Burn Baby, Burn" | [15] | |
| 1988 | Spenser: For Hire | Henry Brown | Episode: "McAllister" | [16] |
| 1989 | Men | Charlie Hazard | Main cast | |
| The Equalizer | Luther Paxton | Episode: "Suicide Squad" | ||
| 1990 | Rising Son | Ed | Television film | |
| When You Remember Me | Leon | Television film | ||
| 1991 | ScreenPlay | Sergeant Blue | Episode: "Murder in Oakland" | |
| Iran: Days of Crisis | Charles Jones | Television film | ||
| 1992 | Terror on Track 9 | "Jellyroll" | Television film | |
| 1994 | Philly Heat | DeWitt Wardlaw | TV series | |
| 1994–1996 | ER | Walter Robbins | Recurring cast (season 1–3) | [1][12] |
| 1995 | Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning | Detective Artie Brown | Television film | |
| New York Undercover | Max Villareal | Episode: "Olde Thyme Religion" | [12] | |
| Deadly Whispers | Detective Jackson | Television film | [12] | |
| 1997 | Don King: Only in America | Don King | Television film | [11] |
| 2000 | American Tragedy | Johnnie Cochran | Television film | |
| Holiday Heart | "Holiday" Heart | Television film | [12] | |
| 2001 | UC: Undercover | Quito Real | Recurring cast | |
| 2002 | Sins of the Father | Garrick Jones | Television film | |
| Little John | John Morgan | Television film. Hallmark Hall of Fame | [11][12] | |
| RFK | Judge Thomas R. Jones | Television film | ||
| The Proud Family | Garrett Krebs (voice) | Episode: "A Hero for Halloween" | ||
| 2002–2003 | The District | Attorney General Troy Hatcher | Recurring cast (season 3) | |
| 2003 | Lilo & Stitch: The Series | Cobra BubblesTemplate:Efn (voice) | Episode: "Spooky" | [12] |
| The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | Chief (voice) | Episode: "Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion" | ||
| The System | Andre Charles | Main cast | ||
| Freedom: A History of US | Various Roles | TV documentary series | ||
| 2005 | Kojak | Lieutenant Theo Kojak | Main cast | |
| 2006 | Aquaman | McCaffery | Television film | [12] |
| 2007 | Football Wives | Frank Wallingford | Television film | |
| 2010 | Gravity | "Dogg" McFee | Main cast | [12] |
| 2011 | Zombie Apocalypse | Henry Everlen | Television film | [12] |
| Black Jack | Jack "Black Jack" | Television film | ||
| 2013 | Monday Mornings | Dr. Jorge Villanueva | Main cast | [12] |
| 2014 | A Day Late and a Dollar Short | Cecil Price | Television film | [12] |
| 2018 | Cagney and Lacey | Captain Stark | Television film | |
| 2019 | Voice Arts Awards | Himself - Icon Award | Television special | |
| 2023 | Legacy | Guy Simmons | Television miniseries. BET+ | [12] |
| 2025 | Dope Thief | Bart | Television miniseries | [12][40] |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Mission: Impossible – Operation Surma | IMF Agent Luther Stickell | [26] | |
| 2004 | Driver 3 | Tobias Jones | [26] | |
| 2017 | Call of Duty: WWII | Jefferson Potts |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Golden Globe Awards | Best Actor in Mini-Series or Motion Picture | Don King: Only in America | Won | [41] |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | Best Actor in Mini-Series or Movie | Don King: Only in America | Nominated | ||
| Acalpulco Black Film Festival | Best Actor | Rosewood | Nominated | ||
| Image Awards | Outstanding Actor in Motion Picture | Rosewood | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Actor in Television or Mini-Series | Don King: Only in America | Nominated | |||
| Satellite Awards | Best Actor - Mini-Series or TV Film | Don King: Only in America | Nominated | ||
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | Best Actor - Mini-Series or TV Film | Don King: Only in America | Nominated | ||
| 2000 | Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | Best Supporting Actor - Action | Entrapment | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | Best Supporting Actor - Comedy or Music | Bringing Out the Dead | Nominated | ||
| ShoWest Convention | Best Supporting Actor | Won | [42] | ||
| 2001 | Black Reel Awards | Best Actor - Network | Holiday Heart | Nominated | |
| Image Awards | Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture | Mission: Impossible 2 | Nominated | ||
| Locarno International Film Festival | Special Mention | Baby Boy | Won | ||
| 2002 | Black Reel Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Baby Boy | Nominated | |
| Image Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | UC: Undercover | Nominated | ||
| Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Baby Boy | Nominated | |||
| 2003 | Black Reel Awards | Best Actor - Mini-Series | Sins of the Father | Nominated | |
| Image Awards | Best Supporting Actor - Comedy | The Proud Family | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor - Mini-Series or TV Film | Sins of the Father | Nominated | |||
| 2004 | Black Reel Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Dark Blue | Nominated | |
| 2006 | Black Reel Awards | Best Actor - Television | Kojak | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Black Reel Awards | Best Actor - Television | A Day Late and a Dollar Short | Nominated | |
| Image Awards | Best Actor - Television | Nominated |
Notes
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