![]() Rhames won a Golden Globe in 1998 for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film in HBO's Don King: Only in America. In 1997, Rhames portrayed the character of Nathan 'Diamond Dog' Jones in the popular film Con Air, and Muki in the Ice Cube film Dangerous Ground. He played ace computer hacker Luther Stickell opposite Tom Cruise in Brian De Palma's Mission: Impossible (1996). Peter Benton's brother-in-law on the TV medical drama ER, a recurring role he filled for three seasons. He also played Buddy Bragg in Out of Sight (1998). He started out in film in Wes Craven's The People Under the Stairs (1991) as Leroy, watched over Kevin Kline as Secret Service agent Duane Stevensen in Dave (1993), and played Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction (1994). Rhames first appeared on Broadway in the play The Boys of Winter in 1984. Rhames later transferred to the Juilliard School's Drama Division ( Group 12: 1979–1983) where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1983. After high school, he studied drama at SUNY Purchase, where fellow acting student Stanley Tucci gave him his nickname "Ving". Rhames entered New York's High School of Performing Arts, where he developed his love of acting. He was named "Irving" after NBC journalist Irving R. Rhames was born and raised in Harlem, New York City. He voiced Cobra Bubbles in the animated films Lilo & Stitch (2002), Stitch! The Movie (2003), and Leroy & Stitch (2006). He also appeared in Jacob's Ladder (1990), Dave (1993), Striptease (1996), Con Air (1997), Only in America (1997), Out of Sight (1998), Entrapment (1999), Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Dawn of the Dead (2004), I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007), Jamesy Boy (2014). He is known for his supporting roles as IMF Agent Luther Stickell in the Mission: Impossible film series and gang kingpin Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction. Irving Rameses Rhames (born May 12, 1959) is an American actor. ![]()
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