Ving Rhames Picture
STARmeter
Top 5000
Up 11 this week

Ving Rhames

Actor | Producer | Soundtrack

Strikingly featured and muscular African American actor who was born and raised in Harlem, New York. Irving "Ving" Rhames had studied dramatic arts at the New York High School of Performing Arts and then at the Julliard School of Drama. After graduating from Julliard, Rhames went on to perform in Shakespeare in the Park productions... See full bio »

Born:

Irving Rameses Rhames
in New York City, New York, USA
More at IMDbPro » Contact Info on IMDbPro Contact Info: View manager and agent
Add or change photos on IMDbPro Represent Ving Rhames? Add or change photos
Still of Ving Rhames in Monday Mornings Still of Ving Rhames in Echelon Conspiracy Ving Rhames at event of Entrapment Ethan & Luther Still of Ving Rhames in Idlewild Still of Ving Rhames, Dana Delany and Natasha Richardson in Patty Hearst
101 photos | 205 videos | 2100 news articles »

Quick Links:

Related News

Phase 4, XLrator Take Mary Louise-Parker’s ‘Jamesy Boy’
16 hours ago | Variety - Film News
Mission: Impossible 5 Gets Iron Man 3 Writer Drew Pearce
15 May 2013 9:11 AM, PDT | MovieWeb
14 Celebs You Had No Idea Were Once Roommates
12 May 2013 7:49 AM, PDT | newser
See all 2100 related articles »
Create a list  »

Related Lists

image of name
Separated at Birth. Fo shizzle!
a list of 756 people by hansle97 created 7 months ago
 
image of name
Celebrity Look A Like
a list of 616 people by Sunrit created 3 months ago
 
image of name
Actors Who Have Successfully Done Both Mainstream & Lower-Budgeted Entertainment
a list of 695 people by PunishU created 4 months ago
 
image of name
Twisted!
a list of 100 people by oakleybingham created 06 Jan 2011
 
image of name
Top 100 Male Actors
a list of 100 people by Greeleyguy55 created 27 Nov 2011
 
See all related lists »

Do you have a demo reel?

Add it to your IMDbPage

David H. Lawrence, XVII - Drama -- On-camera drama reel featuring David H. Lawrence XVII, in scenes from Heroes, The Unit, LOST, and more

David H. Lawrence, XVII - Drama

Franklin Ojeda Smith - -- "...back in the day the 'barb wire' was more visible" and early on I chose baseball over acting; then academia and not baseball. Now,"...the kids are grown, the dog is dead and now that I may, I choose acting." Please take a look: 1)Boardwalk Empire - Deacon Cuffy 2)Murder Incorporated - Sam Christenson 3)Cayman Went - Aniston Turnkey 4)Letting Go -Therapist 5)Footsteps in the Sand - Jim. Thank You! Franklin

Franklin Ojeda Smith -

Melanie Molnar - Reel -- No description provided.

Melanie Molnar - Reel

Francine Locke Film Reel -- Family Law (Best Actress, Gideon), Stealing Home (Best Supporting Actress-nom.) 168 Project, True Tale Monster (Albert P. Weisman Award), The Discarded (2011 Feature Release).

Francine Locke Film Reel

My Demo Reel -- Includes clips from GLORY DAZE, COMMUNITY and horror film URBAN EXPLORER.

My Demo Reel


Find out more at IMDbPro »

Connect with IMDb

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of Ving Rhames.
Won Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 18 nominations See more awards »

Known For


Show Show all  | 
Show by:
Edit

Filmography

Hide HideActor (122 titles)
???? Sleight of Hand (in production)
Nicky (rumored)
 
2015 Mission: Impossible 5 (announced)
Luther Stickell (rumored)
 
2013 Blame It on the Hustle (pre-production)
Biggah
 
???? Force of Execution (post-production)
Ice Man
 
2013 Jamesy Boy (completed)
Conrad
 
2012 Btd (short) (completed)
Ken
 
2013 Percentage
Porter
 
2013 Monday Mornings (TV series)
Dr. Jorge Villanueva
– Family Ties (2013) … Dr. Jorge Villanueva
– Wheels Within Wheels (2013) … Dr. Jorge Villanueva
– Truth or Consequences (2013) … Dr. Jorge Villanueva
– One Fine Day (2013) … Dr. Jorge Villanueva
– Communion (2013) … Dr. Jorge Villanueva
See all 10 episodes »
 
2013 In Security
Officer Hall
 
2012 Death Race: Inferno (video)
Weyland
 
2012 Won't Back Down
Principal Thompson
 
2012 Soldiers of Fortune
Grimaud
 
2012 Piranha 3DD
Deputy Fallon (uncredited)
 
2012 Seven Below
Jack
 
2011 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Luther Stickell (uncredited)
 
2011 Zombie Apocalypse (TV movie)
Henry
 
2011 Julia X
The Man
 
2011 Pimp Bullies
 
2011 The River Murders
Captain Langley
 
2011 Cubed (TV series)
Ving Rhames
– Episode #2.18 (2011) … Ving Rhames
 
2011 Black Jack (TV movie)
 
2011 Mafia
Renzo Wes
 
2011 Minkow
Peanut
 
2010 Death Race 2 (video)
Weyland
 
2010 Caged Animal
Cain
 
2010 King of the Avenue
Norman De'Sha
 
2010 Ving Rhames Wins Oscar for Piranha 3D (video short)
Ving Rhames
 
2010 Piranha
Deputy Fallon
 
2010 Operation: Endgame
Judgement
 
2010 Love Chronicles: Secrets Revealed (video)
Mike
 
2010 Gravity (TV series)
Dogg McFee
– Are We All Just Dead? (2010) … Dogg McFee
– Calemnity (2010) … Dogg McFee
– Damn Skippy (2010) … Dogg McFee
– Let It Mellow (2010) … Dogg McFee
– Dogg Day Afternoon (2010) … Dogg McFee
See all 10 episodes »
 
2010 'Master Harold' ... And the Boys
Sam
 
2009 Surrogates
The Prophet
 
2009 The Tournament
Joshua Harlow
 
2009 The Bridge to Nowhere
 
2009 The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Jibby Newsome
 
2009 Give 'em Hell Malone
Boulder
 
2009 The Red Canvas
Gene
 
2009 Echelon Conspiracy
Agent Dave Grant
 
2009 Evil Angel
Carruthers
 
2008 Saving God
Armstrong Cane
 
2008 Phantom Punch
Sonny Liston
 
2008 Day of the Dead
Captain Rhodes
 
2008 Animal 2
Animal
 
2007 I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Fred G. Duncan
 
2007 Ascension Day
Hark
 
2007 A Broken Life
Vet
 
2007 Football Wives (TV movie)
Frank Wallingford
 
2006 Idlewild
Spats
 
2006 Aquaman (TV short)
McCaffery
 
2006 Leroy & Stitch (video)
Additional Voices (voice)
 
2006 Mission: Impossible III
Luther Stickell
 
2005 Shooting Gallery (video)
Cue Ball Carl Bridgers
 
2005 Animal (video)
Animal
 
2005 Back in the Day
J-Bone
 
2005 Kojak (TV series)
Lieutenant Theo Kojak
– All Bets Off: Part 2 (2005) … Lieutenant Theo Kojak
– All Bets Off: Part 1 (2005) … Lieutenant Theo Kojak
– Music of the Night (2005) … Lieutenant Theo Kojak
– Kind of Blue (2005) … Lieutenant Theo Kojak
– Hitman (2005) … Lieutenant Theo Kojak
See all 9 episodes »
 
2004 Driv3r (Video Game)
Tobias Jones (voice)
 
2004 Dawn of the Dead
Kenneth
 
2003 Sin
Eddie Burns
 
2003 Mission: Impossible - Operation Surma (Video Game)
Luther Stickel (voice)
 
2003 The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (TV series)
Chief
– Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion (2003) … Chief (voice)
 
2003 Stitch! The Movie (video)
Cobra Bubbles (voice)
 
2002-2003 The District (TV series)
Attorney General Troy Hatcher
– Rage (2003) … Attorney General Troy Hatcher
– The Second Man (2002) … Attorney General Troy Hatcher
– Explicit Activities (2002) … Attorney General Troy Hatcher
– Oil and Water (2002) … Attorney General Troy Hatcher
– Resurrection (2002) … Attorney General Troy Hatcher
 
2003 The System (TV series)
Andre Charles
– A Deadly Game (2003) … Andre Charles
– Against All Odds (2003) … Andre Charles
– Casino Capers (2003) … Andre Charles
– Caught Redhanded (2003) … Andre Charles
– Danger on the Job (2003) … Andre Charles
See all 9 episodes »
 
2003 Freedom: A History of Us (TV series documentary)
E.E.B. DuBois / Josiah Benson / Petitioner / …
– A Fatal Contradiction (2003) … Josiah Benson
– Let Freedom Ring (2003) … W.E, B. DuBois
– Revolution (2003) … Petitioner
– Safe for Democracy (2003) … W.E.B. DuBois
– What Is Freedom? (2003) … E.E.B. DuBois
 
2002 Dark Blue
Arthur Holland
 
2002 The Proud Family (TV series)
Garrett Krebs
– A Hero for Halloween (2002) … Garrett Krebs (voice)
 
2002 RFK (TV movie)
Judge Jones
 
2002 Lilo & Stitch
Cobra Bubbles (voice)
 
2002 Undisputed
George 'Iceman' Chambers
 
2002 Little John (TV movie)
John Morgan
 
2002 Sins of the Father (TV movie)
Garrick Jones
 
2001 UC: Undercover (TV series)
Quito Real
– Nobody Rides for Free (2001) … Quito Real
– Honor Among Thieves (2001) … Quito Real
– Amerikaz Most Wanted (2001) … Quito Real
 
2001 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Ryan (voice)
 
2001 Baby Boy
Melvin 'Mel'
 
2000 Holiday Heart (TV movie)
Holiday Heart
 
2000 American Tragedy (TV movie)
Johnnie Cochran
 
2000 Mission: Impossible II
Luther Stickell
 
1999 Bringing Out the Dead
Marcus
 
1999 Entrapment
Aaron Thibadeaux
 
1998 Out of Sight
Buddy Bragg
 
1998 Body Count
Pike
 
1997 Don King: Only in America (TV movie)
Don King
 
1997 Con Air
Diamond Dog
 
1997 Rosewood
Mann
 
1997 Dangerous Ground
Muki
 
1994-1996 ER (TV series)
Walter Robbins
– Doctor Carter, I Presume (1996) … Walter Robbins
– The Right Thing (1996) … Walter Robbins
– Love Among the Ruins (1995) … Walter Robbins
– Sleepless in Chicago (1995) … Walter Robbins
– The Birthday Party (1995) … Walter Robbins
See all 8 episodes »
 
1996 Striptease
Shad
 
1996 Mission: Impossible
Luther Stickell
 
1995 Deadly Whispers (TV movie)
Det. Jackson
 
1995 Kiss of Death
Omar
 
1995 New York Undercover (TV series)
Max Villareal
– Olde Tyme Religion (1995) … Max Villareal
 
1995 Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning (TV movie)
Detective Artie Brown
 
1994 Drop Squad
Garvey
 
1994 Pulp Fiction
Marsellus Wallace
 
1994 Philly Heat (TV series)
DeWitt Wardlaw
 
1993 The Saint of Fort Washington
Little Leroy
 
1993 Dave
Duane Stevenson
 
1993 Blood In, Blood Out
Ivan
 
1992 Terror on Track 9 (TV movie)
Jellyroll
 
1992 Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Mr. Stereo
 
1991 The People Under the Stairs
Leroy
 
1991 L'Amérique en otage (TV movie)
Charles Jones
 
1991 Screenplay (TV series)
Sergeant Blue
– Murder in Oakland (1991) … Sergeant Blue
 
1991 Homicide
Randolph
 
1991 Flight of the Intruder
CPO Frank McRae
 
1990/I Jacob's Ladder
George
 
1990 When You Remember Me (TV movie)
 
1990 The Long Walk Home
Herbert Cotter
 
1990 Rising Son (TV movie)
Ed
 
1989 The Equalizer (TV series)
Luther 'Million' Paxton
– Suicide Squad (1989) … Luther 'Million' Paxton
 
1989 Casualties of War
Lt. Reilly
 
1989 Men (TV series)
Charlie Hazard
– Cupid Ms...Takes (1989) … Charlie Hazard
– When the Wind Blows (1989) … Charlie Hazard
– The Trouble with Harvey (1989) … Charlie Hazard
– Thomas (1989) … Charlie Hazard
– Baltimore (1989) … Charlie Hazard
See all 6 episodes »
 
1988 Patty Hearst
Cinque
 
1988 Spenser: For Hire (TV series)
Henry Brown
– McAllister (1988) … Henry Brown
 
1987 Tour of Duty (TV series)
SP4 Tucker
– Burn Baby, Burn (1987) … SP4 Tucker
 
1985-1987 Miami Vice (TV series)
Georges / Walker Monroe
– Child's Play (1987) … Walker Monroe
– The Maze (1985) … Georges
 
1986 Another World (TV series)
Czaja Carnek
 
1986 Native Son
Jack
 
1986 Crime Story (TV series)
Hector Lincoln
– Abrams for the Defense (1986) … Hector Lincoln
 
1985 American Playhouse (TV series)
Young Gabriel
– Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985) … Young Gabriel
 
1984 Go Tell It on the Mountain
Young Gabriel
 
Show ShowProducer (7 titles)
2010 King of the Avenue (executive producer, producer)
 
2008 Phantom Punch (producer)
 
2008 Animal 2 (executive producer)
 
2007 Ascension Day (producer)
 
2005 Animal (video) (executive producer)
 
2005 Back in the Day (co-executive producer)
 
2005 Kojak (TV series) (co-executive producer - 7 episodes)
– All Bets Off: Part 2 (2005) (co-executive producer)
– All Bets Off: Part 1 (2005) (co-executive producer)
– Music of the Night (2005) (co-executive producer)
– Kind of Blue (2005) (co-executive producer)
– Hitman (2005) (co-executive producer)
See all 7 episodes »
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
2009 The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (performer: "It Ain't Easy")
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
2005 Animal (video) (story)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1998 Inside 'Out of Sight' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (26 titles)
2012 UFC on FX (TV series)
Himself - Narrator
– Episode dated 4 August 2012 (2012) … Himself - Narrator
 
2011 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 January 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Don't Scream, Just Swim: Behind-the-Scenes of 'Piranha 3D' (video)
Himself
 
2010 Lopez Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 August 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2009 BET Awards 2009 (TV special)
Himself
 
2006-2007 American Gangster (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Frank Lucas (2007) … Narrator
– Lorenzo 'Fat Cat' Nichols (2007) … Narrator
 
1997-2006 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 December 2006 (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 21 October 1999 (1999) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 November 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
2006 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Idlewild (2006) … Himself
 
2006 The Tony Danza Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 May 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Catering Impossible: M:i:III (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 The Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Surviving the Dawn (video documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
2004 The N Word (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Beef (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2002 Rank (TV series documentary)
Himself
– 25 Toughest Stars (2002) … Himself
 
2000 Behind the Mission: The Making of 'M:I-2' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 The RDA (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (2000) … Himself
 
1998-1999 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 October 1999 (1999) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 June 1998 (1998) … Himself
 
1999 The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV documentary)
Himself - Presenter: Best Actress/Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
 
1998 Robert F. Kennedy: A Memoir (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1997-1998 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 May 1998 (1998) … Himself
– Episode dated 6 February 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
1998 The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
 
1998 Inside 'Out of Sight' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1997 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 January 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
1996 Gomorron (TV series)
Himself
– Om filmen 'Mission Impossible' (1996) … Himself
 
1995 The Way West (TV documentary)
Voice
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
2008 President Hollywood (TV documentary)
Duane Stevenson (uncredited)
 
2006 106 & Park Top 10 Live (TV series)
 
2004 'Pulp Fiction' on a Dime: A 10th Anniversary Retrospect (TV documentary short)
 
2003 VH1: All Access (TV series)
 
2002 Pulp Fiction: The Facts (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1997 You're Still Not Fooling Anybody (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 

Related Videos

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot -- Sylvester Stallone and Estelle Getty star in this action comedy about a detective whose life is turned upside down when his feisty mother witnesses a murder and becomes his unlikely partner. Miami Vice: Season 4: Episode 5 -- After shooting a boy during an investigation, a tormented Crockett (Don Johnson) tries to repair his relationship with his son. With Belinda Montgomery and Grammy winner Isaac Hayes. Operation: Endgame -- Operation Endgame Clip - Maggie Q
See all 205 »
Edit

Personal Details

Other Works:

(April 2012) TV commercial for the Buick Lease, as "Ving Rhames, Expert Negotiator" See more »

Publicity Listings:

4 Interviews  | 5 Articles  | 2 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
Edit

Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

"I'm not gay. I'm not homophobic. And I've never been raped. So it was acting. I look at it as the most powerful man in the movie being in one of the most vulnerable positions. And what that did was cause the audience to feel for him. It shows that no matter how hard-core you think you are, this could happen to you." - On his role as Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction. See more »

Trivia:

He credits his strong religious faith as a key to his success. See more »

Trademark:

Characters often use metaphors to explain their opinion or feelings (See: "a wave is crashing over me" from _I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2008)_, "You are adrift in the sea of my patience" in _Lilo And Stitch (2002)_.) See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus