Ving Rhames movies

A good student, Ving entered New Yorks High School of Performing Arts, where he discovered his love of acting. After high school he studied drama at SUNY Purchase where he met fellow actor Stanley Tucci, who gave him his nickname "Ving".

He later transferred to Juilliard, where he began his career in New York theater.
Rhames first appeared on Broadway in the play The Winter Boys in 1984. Ving continued his rise to fame through his work in soap operas. He found work as a supporting actor, and came to the attention of the general public in Pulp Fiction (1994) as Marsellus Wallace. Not long after, Rhames was cast with Tom Cruise as the ace computer hacker Luther Stickell in Brian de Palmas Mission: Impossible (1996). With solid performances in both these highly popular productions, his face was now well known to moviegoers, and the work offers began rolling in more frequently.Rhames won a Golden Globe in 1998 for best actor in a TV miniseries for his performance in HBOs Don King: Only in America. At the ceremony Rhames gave his award to fellow nominee Jack Lemmon, saying "I feel that being an artist is about giving, and Id like to give this to you." Lemmon was clearly touched by the gesture as was the celebrity audience who gave Lemmon a standing ovation.

Ving Rhames Movies

All movies starring Ving Rhames.

• Baby Boy
• Bringing Out the Dead
• Casualties of War
• Con Air
• Dave
• Day of the Dead
• Entrapment
• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
• Football Wives
• I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
• Idlewild
• Jacob's Ladder
• Kiss of Death
• Lilo & Stitch
• Mission: Impossible
• Mission: Impossible II
• Mission: Impossible III
• Out of Sight
• Pulp Fiction