See all of the incredible fashion at this year's Met Gala.

Met Gala 2025

See all of the incredible fashion at this year&#39;s Met Gala.

These actors totally transform for their roles. See them in some of their most memorable moments.

The Greatest Character Actors of All Time

From [link=/name/nm6180088/]Young Mazino[/link] in "[link=/title/tt3581920]The Last of Us[/link]" to [link=/name/nm12043107]Sarah Bock[/link] in "[link=/title/tt11280740]Severance[/link]," check out these popular and up-and-coming stars who are taking Hollywood by storm.

Asian Hollywood Stars to Watch

From <a class="ipc-md-link" href="/name/nm6180088/?ref_=nmmi_eds_right-7_lk">Young Mazino</a> in &quot;<a class="ipc-md-link" href="/title/tt3581920?ref_=nmmi_eds_right-7_lk">The Last of Us</a>&quot; to <a class="ipc-md-link" href="/name/nm12043107?ref_=nmmi_eds_right-7_lk">Sarah Bock</a> in &quot;<a class="ipc-md-link" href="/title/tt11280740?ref_=nmmi_eds_right-7_lk">Severance</a>,&quot; check out these popular and up-and-coming stars who are taking Hollywood by storm.

Ving Rhames in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)

Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, and Simon Pegg in Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

Ving Rhames and Susan Hatfield in Out of Sight (1998)

George Clooney, Ving Rhames, and Philip Perlman in Out of Sight (1998)

George Clooney, Ving Rhames, and Connie Sawyer in Out of Sight (1998)

George Clooney and Ving Rhames in Out of Sight (1998)

George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, and Steve Zahn in Out of Sight (1998)

Tom Cruise, Emmanuelle Béart, Jean Reno, and Ving Rhames in Mission: Impossible (1996)

Ving Rhames in Mission: Impossible II (2000)

Ving Rhames in Mission: Impossible (1996)

Ving Rhames, Garcelle Beauvais, and Philip Michael Thomas in Miami Vice (1984)

Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, and Simon Pegg in Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

Tom Cruise and Ving Rhames in Mission: Impossible II (2000)

Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg in Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

Ving Rhames and Kathy Griffin in Pulp Fiction (1994)

Ving Rhames in Mission: Impossible III (2006)

Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, and Simon Pegg in Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

Nicolas Cage, Ving Rhames, Charis Michelsen, Harper Simon, and Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas in Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

Ving Rhames and Scott Speedman in Dark Blue (2002)

Ving Rhames and Kurt Russell in Dark Blue (2002)

Tom Cruise and Ving Rhames in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)

Ving Rhames and Jeremy Renner in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)

Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Jeremy Renner, and Jermaine Liburd in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)

Ving Rhames and Derrick Redford in Btd (2012)

Demi Moore and Ving Rhames in Striptease (1996)

Uma Thurman and Ving Rhames in Pulp Fiction (1994)

Jean Reno and Ving Rhames in Mission: Impossible (1996)

Tom Cruise and Ving Rhames in Mission: Impossible (1996)

Ving Rhames and Spencer Rocco Lofranco in Jamesy Boy (2014)

Christian Slater, Sean Bean, James Cromwell, Ving Rhames, Oksana Korostyshevskaya, and Dominic Monaghan in Soldiers of Fortune (2012)

Ving Rhames, Dominic Monaghan, and Charlie Bewley in Soldiers of Fortune (2012)

Christian Slater, Sean Bean, James Cromwell, Ving Rhames, and Oksana Korostyshevskaya in Soldiers of Fortune (2012)

Sean Bean and Ving Rhames in Soldiers of Fortune (2012)

Ving Rhames and Paul Scheer in Piranha 3DD (2012)

Ving Rhames and Lesley-Ann Brandt in Zombie Apocalypse (2011)

Christian Slater, Ray Liotta, Ving Rhames, and Sarah Ann Schultz in The River Murders (2011)

Strikingly featured and muscular American actor Ving Rhames was born Irving Rameses Rhames in Harlem, New York, to Reather, a homemaker, and Ernest Rhames, an auto mechanic. A good student, Ving entered the New York High School of Performing Arts, where he discovered his love of acting. He studied at the Juilliard School of Drama, and began his career in New York theater and in Shakespeare in the Park productions. He first appeared on Broadway in the play "The Winter Boys", in 1984. Also that year, he appeared in front of the cameras for the first time in the TV movie Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985), and was then quickly cast in minor roles in several popular TV shows, including Miami Vice (1984), Tour of Duty (1987) and Crime Story (1986). Ving continued his rise to fame through his work in soap operas.

His big break came in 1994 when Quentin Tarantino cast him as the merciless drug dealer Marsellus Wallace in the mega hit Pulp Fiction (1994). Not long after, director Brian De Palma cast Rhames alongside Tom Cruise as the ace computer hacker Luther Stickell in Mission: Impossible (1996). With solid performances in both these highly popular productions, his face was now well known to moviegoers and the work offers began rolling in more frequently. His next career highlight was playing the lead role in the HBO production of Don King: Only in America (1997). Rhames' performance as the world's most infamous boxing promoter was nothing short of brilliant, and at the 1998 Golden Globe Awards he picked up the award for Best Actor in a Miniseries. However, in an incredible display of compassion, he handed over the award to fellow nominee Jack Lemmon, as he felt Lemmon was a more deserving winner. Rhames then made an attention-grabbing performance in Bringing Out the Dead (1999), reprised his role as Luther Stickell in Mission: Impossible II (2000), contributed his deep bass voice for the character of Cobra Bubbles in Lilo & Stitch (2002), and played a burly cop fighting cannibal zombie hordes in Dawn of the Dead (2004). A keen fitness and weightlifting enthusiast, Rhames is also well known for his strong spiritual beliefs and benevolent attitude towards other people.

In a remarkable turn of events whilst filming The Saint of Fort Washington (1993) in New York, he was introduced to a homeless man who turned out to be his long-lost older brother, Junior, who had lost contact with the family after serving in Vietnam. The thrilled Rhames immediately assisted his disheveled brother in getting proper food and clothing and moved him into his own apartment.

Ving Rhames at an event for I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)

Photos

Ving Rhames

More from this person

More to explore

Recently viewed