Biography
Irving Rameses Rhames is an American actor. Born and raised in Harlem, New York City, he studied drama at SUNY Purchase before transferring to the Juilliard School, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1983. After early stage work in Shakespeare and contemporary plays, he made his screen debut in 1985 and gained attention through roles in Jacob's Ladder (1990), The People Under the Stairs (1991), and as Marsellus Wallace in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction (1994). Rhames achieved further recognition as Luther Stickell in the Mission: Impossible film series, appearing in all eight installments.
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Awards & recognition
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film · 1998
Filmography50+ titles
Aquaman
Pulp Fiction
The Wild Robot
Blood In, Blood Out
Tour of Duty
Icons
Crime Story
ER
The Proud Family
Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2
Lilo & Stitch
The Long Walk Home
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Jacob's Ladder
Miami Vice
New York Undercover
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Casualties of War
Monday Mornings
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Dawn of the Dead
Baby Boy
The Garfield Movie
Holiday Heart
Mission: Impossible
The District
Spenser: For Hire
Mission: Impossible III
Con Air
Out of Sight
The Saint of Fort Washington
Dave
Wendell & Wild
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Bringing Out the Dead
Dope Thief
The Star
Leroy & Stitch
Undisputed
Rosewood
The People Under the Stairs
Jamesy Boy
Stitch! The Movie
Little John
A Sunday Horse
Dark Blue
Homicide