This physically imposing African-American character player, often with a shaved head and earring, has... (Learn more)
Top Projects: American Gangster, Kojak (USA), Dawn of the Dead (View All)
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Ving Rhames’s Milestones
| Acted in regional theater | |
| Acted on daytime soaps, "The Guiding Light" and "Another World" | |
| Grew up on Harlem's 126th Street | |
| Played the antagonistic general in director Peter Sellars' English tour of Sophocles' "Ajax" | |
| Portrayed Hasting Persuivant in the New York Shakespeare Festival's production of "Richard II" | |
| 1984 | First major film role, "Go Tell It On the Mountain" (broadcast on PBS after festival screenings) |
| 1985 | Acted on Broadway in "The Boys of Winter", a Vietnam drama |
| 1986 | Notable TV guest spot, "Crime Story" |
| 1988 | Breakthrough feature role, Field Marshall Cinque in Paul Schrader's "Patty Hearst" |
| 1989 | Debut as a TV series regular, "Men", a short-lived ABC drama |
| 1990 | TV-movie debut, "Rising Son", on TNT |
| 1994 | Had featured role of Marcellus Ward in "Pulp Fiction" |
| 1996 | Co-starred in the hit film "Mission: Impossible" |
| 1997 | Starred in the HBO TV-movie "Don King: Only in America" |
| 1999 | Co-starred in "Bringing Out the Dead" |
| 2000 | Reprised role in "M:I-2", the John Woo-directed sequel to "Mission: Impossible" |
| 2001 | Had recurring role as a drug dealer on the NBC fall series "UC: Undercover" |
| 2001 | Portrayed the somewhat shady boyfriend of the title character's mother in "Baby Boy" |
| 2003 | Played an officer in the L.A.P.D. during the 1992 riots in "Dark Blue" |
| 2004 | Starred with Mekhi Phifer in the remake of the 1978 horror film "Dawn of the Dead" |
| 2005 | Cast in the USA series "Kojack" as Lieutenant Theo Kojack, a remake of the original 70's series, which starred Telly Savalas |
| 2006 | Cast in "Idlewild" a musical set in the 1930's |
| 2006 | Reprised role for "Mission: Impossible III," opposite Tom Cruise |
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