ving rhames is an american actor producer and voice actor he's best known for his starring
role as imf agent luther stickle in the mission impossible film series and his supporting role as
gang kingpin marcellus wallace in pulp fiction he also appeared in jacob's ladder in 1990
dave in 1993 stripped tease in 1996 conair in 1997 only in america in 1997 out of sight in 1998
entrapment in 1999 bringing out the dead in 1999 and dawn of the dead in 2004 he voiced cobra
bubbles in the animated films lilo and stitch in 2002 stitched the movie in 2003 lilo and stitched
the series from 2003 to 2006 and leroy in stitch in 2006 ving rhames has an estimated net worth of
25 million us dollars about ving rhames early life irving ramses rhames was born on may 12
1959 in harlem new york city he's the son of rather rhames and ernest dreams he was named after
nbc journalist irving r levine ving rhames entered new york's high school of performing arts where
he developed his love of acting after high school he studied drama at s-u-n-y purchase where fellow
acting student stanley tucci gave him his nickname ving he later transferred to the juilliard
school's drama division group 12 where he graduated with a bachelor of fine arts degree in
ving rhames is six feet tall or 1.83 meters tall about ving rhames personal
life bing rhames married valerie scott on july 4th 1994 and they divorced in 1999.
he went on to wed deborah reed on christmas day in 2000 and they welcomed daughter rainbow raims that
year and son freedom reigns in 2002. bing rhames is also a stepfather to tiffany deborah reed's
daughter from a previous relationship ving rhames and deborah reed reportedly separated in 2011.
in 1993 ving reigns was reunited with his older brother junior reims he was a homeless army
veteran who had been estranged from the family during the filming of the saint of fort washington
bing raim's co-star matt dillon was approached by junior reims while filming at a homeless shelter
and later that day ving rhames saw his brother for the first time in years in a 1996 interview with
people magazine ving rhame stated i got him out of the shelter that day i put him up in my apartment
and helped him get a job now he lives with my parents in a home i bought in harlem in 2016 ving
reigns was held at gunpoint by police in his home after a neighbor reported that a large black man
was breaking into the house the santa monica police department apologized after recognizing the
actor and later organized a city-wide meet your neighbors program bing rhames is a christian about
vingram's career ving rhames first appeared on broadway in the play the boys of winter in 1984.
he started out in film in west craven's the people under the stairs in 1991 as leroy in 1993 ving
rhames starred as secret service agent dwayne stevenson in dave and played marcellus wallace
in pulp fiction in 1994. he also played the buddy of george clooney in out of sight in 1998. bing
rhames played dr peter benton's brother-in-law in the tv medical drama er a recurring role he
filled for three seasons in 1996 he played ace computer hacker luther stickel opposite tom
cruise and brian de palma's mission impossible in 1997 ving rhames portrayed the character of nathan
diamond dog jones in the popular film conair and mookie in the ice cube film dangerous ground
in 1998 ving rhames won a golden globe for best actor miniseries or television film
in hbo's don king only in america 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
lemon was clearly touched by the gesture as was the celebrity audience who gave lemon a standing
ovation lemon who tried unsuccessfully to give the award back to ving 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 ving rhames
that moment was number 98 on e's 101 awesome moments in entertainment the new york times
lauded bing rhames for the act writing that in doing so he demonstrated his capacity for
abundant generosity in 2000 bing reigns reprised his luther sticker role for mission impossible 2.
he played johnny cochran in american tragedy in 2000 and the ex-con boyfriend of jody's mother in
the john singleton film baby boy he also portrayed a gay drag queen in the television movie holiday
heart bing rhames played a stoic cop fighting zombie hordes in dawn of the dead in 2004 and day
of the dead in 2008 remakes bing rhames has also appeared in a series of television commercials
for radio shack usually performing with vanessa l williams in march 2005 wing range played the lead
role on the new kojak series on the usa network cable channel and on itv4 in the uk bing rhames
voiced the part of tobias jones in the computer game driver 3. reprising his luther stickle role
ving rhames co-starred in mission impossible 3 in 2006 had a cameo appearance in mission impossible
ghost protocol in 2011 and played a major role in mission impossible rogue nation in 2015
and mission impossible fallout in 2018. those were the fifth and sixth installments in the
mission impossible film series respectively he's the only actor besides tom cruise to appear in all
six mission impossible films ving rhames played a homosexual and possibly also homicidal firefighter
who comes out of the closet and i now pronounce you chuck and larry in the 2008 film saving god
he played an ex-con who's released from prison a changed man looking to take over his father's
former church congregation in a deteriorating neighborhood bing rhames stars in phantom punch a
biopic of boxer sunny liston released directly to dvd as well as the tournament portraying a fighter
who's out to win a no rules tournament he filmed the movie the red canvas with ernie reyes jr
ufc lightweight contender gray maynard and randy couture in 2010 he filed a lawsuit against the
film's producer claiming that he had only been paid 175 thousand dollars of a 200 000 contract in
2015 he filmed a series of commercials for the adt corporation since 2014 ving rhames has provided
the narration for numerous arby's commercials with the slogan arby's we have the meets
ving rhames is one of the narrators for ufc he also narrates the bet television series
american gangster in february 2017 bing raines narrated the team introductions for the new
england patriots and the atlanta falcons in super bowl 51. bing raims was named supporting actor
of the year at the 2000 show west convention and he received a dvd exclusive award for best actor
in a dvd premiere movie for animal in 2006. bing rhames has been nominated for six black real
awards eight naacp image awards and a blockbuster entertainment award and rosewood earned him a best
actor nomination in the 1998 acapulco black film festival about wing rams real estate in 2000 ving
rhames and deborah reed paid 4.8 million dollars for a 10 613 square foot seven bedroom estate in
los angeles then purchased the 5 900 square foot home next door for 6.4 million dollars in 2005.
the couple sold the second home for 5.5 million dollars in 2010. about bing raim's car collection
being reims owns or has owned a lexus ls460 a cadillac escalade and a range rover sport
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