Irving Rameses Rhames (born May 12, 1959) is an American actor. He is
best known for his starring role as Luther Stickell in the Mission:
Impossible film series and his supporting role as gang kingpin
Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction. He also appeared in Jacob's Ladder
(1990), Striptease (1996), Dawn of the Dead (2004) and Day of the Dead
(2008). He voiced Cobra Bubbles in the animated film Lilo & Stitch
(2002).Rhames was born on May 12, 1959 in Harlem, New York City, the
son of Reather, a homemaker, and Ernest Rhames, an auto mechanic. His
parents were raised as sharecroppers in South Carolina. He was named
after NBC journalist Irving R. Levine.He entered New York's High
School of Performing Arts, where he discovered his love of acting.
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:
1979â€"1983) where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in
1983.
best known for his starring role as Luther Stickell in the Mission:
Impossible film series and his supporting role as gang kingpin
Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction. He also appeared in Jacob's Ladder
(1990), Striptease (1996), Dawn of the Dead (2004) and Day of the Dead
(2008). He voiced Cobra Bubbles in the animated film Lilo & Stitch
(2002).Rhames was born on May 12, 1959 in Harlem, New York City, the
son of Reather, a homemaker, and Ernest Rhames, an auto mechanic. His
parents were raised as sharecroppers in South Carolina. He was named
after NBC journalist Irving R. Levine.He entered New York's High
School of Performing Arts, where he discovered his love of acting.
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:
1979â€"1983) where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in
1983.
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