Ving Rhames

Name: Ving Rhames
Date of Birth: May 12, 1959
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Mini-bio: Irving Christopher "Ving" Rhames is a Golden Globe winning American actor. he studied dramatic arts at the New York
High School of Performing Arts and then at the Julliard School of Drama. After
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Ving Rhames mini-bio: Irving Christopher "Ving" Rhames is a Golden Globe winning American actor. he studied dramatic arts at the New York High School of Performing Arts and then at the Julliard School of Drama.

After graduating from Julliard, he went on to perform in Shakespeare in the Park productions. His first on screen role was Go Tell it on the mountain a made for tv movie, he was then cast in minor roles in popular TV shows including Miami Vice, Tour of Duty and Crime Story. whilst filming in New York in 1993, 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 brother and moved him into his own apartment.His most famous roles include Marcelles Wallis in Pulp Fiction and Luther Stickell in Mission Impossible.

At the 1998 Golden Globe Awards he picked up the award for Best Actor in a Mini Series, but he handed over the award to fellow nominee Jack Lemmon as he felt Lemmon was a more deserving winner!

He has starred in Shaft, the series, Dawn of the Dead and Bringing Out the Dead, to name a few others.He is a keen fitness & weight lifting enthusiast and is also well known for his strong spiritual beliefs and benevolent attitude towards other people.

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Ving Rhames Information:

Eye color:light brown

Height: 6' (1.83 m)

Nickname(s):ving

Notable feature(s):bald head
deep voice

Education: New York's School of Performing Arts
SUNY Purchase

Family: parents Reatha and Ernest Rhames,
wife Deborah
Step-daughter, Tiffany 15 years old. Daughter, Reignbeau & Son, Freedom
brother

Resides in:los angeles & new york

Religious affiliations: he has strong spiritual beliefs

Political affiliation:

Personal interests/hobbies:A keen fitness & weight lifting enthusiast
boxing

Charities/Causes:

Other:Was given the nickname he goes by, "Ving," by his one time roomate Stanley Tucci, when together for a time at SUNY Purchase.

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krustykirkyackles

loved how he did the naked dance in the shower lol luved him in dawn of the dead 2

posted 838 days ago
pthomas30

Ving baby Keep making it do what it do baby... Love ya

posted 1005 days ago
HopesAndExpectations

you were so fucking awesome in pulp fiction and dawn. rock on <3

posted 1027 days ago

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Ving Rhames Movies

Surrogates (PG-13, 2009)
The Bridge to Nowhere (R, 2009)
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (R, 2009)
The Tournament (R, 2009)
Give'em Hell, Malone (Unrated, 2009)
Echelon Conspiracy (PG-13, 2009)
Phantom Punch (Unrated, 2008)
Saving God (PG-13, 2008)
A Broken Life (Unrated, 2008)
Day of the Dead (R, 2008)

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