Ving Rhames
May 12, 1959 (65 years old) in New York City, New York, USA
Irving Rameses Rhames (born May 12, 1959) is an American actor. 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 (1994). 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 voiced Cobra Bubbles in the animated films Lilo & Stitch (2002), Stitch! The Movie (2003), and Leroy & Stitch (2006).
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning as Luther Stickell
- 2025 · Dope Thief as Bart
- 2025 · Uppercut as Elliott Duffond
- 2024 · The Wild Robot as Thunderbolt (voice)
- 2024 · The Instigators as Frank Toomey
- 2024 · The Garfield Movie as Otto (voice)
- 2023 · Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One as Luther Stickell
- 2023 · Legacy as Guy Simmons
- 2023 · The Locksmith as Frank
- 2022 · Wendell & Wild as Buffalo Belzer (voice)
- 2019 · QT8: The First Eight as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Mission: Impossible - Fallout as Luther Stickell
- 2018 · Con Man as Peanut
- 2017 · Father Figures as Rod Hamilton
- 2017 · The Star as Thaddeus (voice)
- 2017 · Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as Charlie-27
- 2016 · A Sunday Horse as Mr. Valentine
- 2015 · Operator as Richard
- 2015 · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation as Luther Stickell
- 2014 · In Security as Officer Hall
- 2014 · A Day Late and a Dollar Short as Cecil
- 2014 · Force of Execution as Ice Man
- 2014 · Jamesy Boy as Conrad
- 2013 · Percentage as Porter
- 2013 · Monday Mornings as Dr. Jorge Villanueva
- 2013 · Death Race: Inferno as Weyland
- 2012 · Won't Back Down as Principal Thompson
- 2012 · Art of Submission as Gene
- 2012 · Soldiers of Fortune as Grimaud
- 2012 · Piranha 3DD as Deputy Fallon (uncredited)
- 2012 · 7 Below as Jack
- 2011 · Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol as Luther Stickell (uncredited)
- 2011 · Zombie Apocalypse as Henry
- 2011 · Julia X as The Man
- 2011 · The River Murders as Captain Langley
- 2011 · Pimp Bullies as Miguel
- 2011 · Mafia as Renzo Wes
- 2010 · The Wrath of Cain as Cain
- 2010 · Death Race 2 as Weyland
- 2010 · King of the Avenue as Norman / De'Sha
- 2010 · Piranha 3D as Deputy Fallon
- 2010 · Operation: Endgame as Judgement
- 2010 · Love Chronicles: Secrets Revealed as Mike
- 2010 · Gravity as Dogg McFee
- 2010 · Master Harold... and the Boys as Sam
- 2009 · Surrogates as Prophet
- 2009 · The Bridge to Nowhere as Drug Dealer
- 2009 · The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard as Jibby Newsome
- 2009 · The Tournament as Joshua Harlow
- 2009 · Echelon Conspiracy as Agent Dave Grant
- 2009 · Evil Angel as Carruthers
- 2009 · Give 'em Hell, Malone as Boulder
- 2008 · Saving God as Armstrong Cane
- 2008 · Phantom Punch as Sonny Liston
- 2008 · Day of the Dead as Captain Rhodes
- 2007 · A Broken Life as The Vet
- 2007 · Animal 2 as James 'Animal' Allen
- 2007 · I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry as Fred G. Duncan
- 2007 · Ascension Day as
- 2006 · American Gangster as
- 2006 · Idlewild as Spats
- 2006 · Aquaman as McCaffery
- 2006 · Aquaman as McCaffery
- 2006 · Leroy & Stitch as Cobra Bubbles (voice)
- 2006 · Mission: Impossible III as Luther
- 2006 · Tarantino's Mind as Marsellus Wallace (archive footage)
- 2005 · Shooting Gallery as Cue Ball Carl Bridgers
- 2005 · Back in the Day as J-Bone
- 2005 · Animal as Animal
- 2005 · Kojak as Theo Kojak
- 2004 · The Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch' as Himself
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self
- 2004 · Dawn of the Dead as Kenneth
- 2004 · On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Neutron: Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion as Chief (voice)
- 2003 · Lilo & Stitch: The Series as Cobra Bubbles (voice)
- 2003 · Stitch! The Movie as Cobra Bubbles (voice)
- 2003 · Beef as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Sin as Eddie Burns
- 2002 · Dark Blue as Arthur Holland
- 2002 · RFK as Judge Jones
- 2002 · The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius as Chief (voice)
- 2002 · Undisputed as George 'Iceman' Chambers
- 2002 · Lilo & Stitch as Cobra Bubbles (voice)
- 2002 · Little John as John Morgan
- 2002 · Icons as
- 2002 · Sins of the Father as Garrick Jones
- 2001 · UC: Undercover as
- 2001 · The Proud Family as Garrett Krebs (voice)
- 2001 · Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as Sgt. Ryan Whitaker (voice)
- 2001 · Baby Boy as Melvin 'Mel'
- 2000 · Holiday Heart as Holiday Heart
- 2000 · American Tragedy as Johnnie Cochran
- 2000 · The District as Attorney General Troy Hatcher
- 2000 · Mission: Impossible II as Luther Stickell
- 1999 · Bringing Out the Dead as Marcus
- 1999 · Entrapment as Aaron Thibadeaux
- 1998 · Out of Sight as Buddy Bragg
- 1998 · Body Count as Pike
- 1997 · Don King: Only in America as Don King
- 1997 · The Wonderful World of Disney as
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Con Air as Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones
- 1997 · Rosewood as Mann
- 1997 · Dangerous Ground as Muki
- 1996 · Striptease as Shad
- 1996 · Mission: Impossible as Luther
- 1995 · Deadly Whispers as Det. Jackson
- 1995 · Kiss of Death as Omar
- 1995 · Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning as Detective Artie Brown
- 1994 · Drop Squad as Garvey
- 1994 · ER as Walter Robbins
- 1994 · Pulp Fiction as Marsellus Wallace
- 1994 · New York Undercover as Max Villareal
- 1993 · The Saint of Fort Washington as Little Leroy
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Dave as Duane Stevenson
- 1993 · Bound by Honor as Ivan
- 1992 · Terror on Track 9 as Jellyroll
- 1992 · Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot as Mr. Stereo
- 1991 · The People Under the Stairs as Leroy
- 1991 · Iran: Days of Crisis as Charles Jones
- 1991 · Murder in Oakland as Sergeant Blue
- 1991 · Homicide as Robert Randolph
- 1991 · Flight of the Intruder as McRae
- 1990 · The Long Walk Home as Herbert Cotter
- 1990 · Jacob's Ladder as George
- 1990 · When You Remember Me as Leon
- 1990 · Rising Son as Ed
- 1989 · Casualties of War as Lt. Reilly
- 1989 · Men as Charlie Hazard
- 1988 · Patty Hearst as Cinque
- 1987 · Tour of Duty as Tucker
- 1986 · Native Son as Jack
- 1986 · Crime Story as Hector Lincoln
- 1985 · Spenser: For Hire as
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Luther 'Million' Paxton
- 1985 · Go Tell It on the Mountain as Young Gabriel
- 1984 · Miami Vice as
- 1984 · Miami Vice as Georges
- 1964 · Another World as
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as John Morgan