Ving Rhames
Highest Rated: 97% Mission: Impossible -- Fallout (2018)
Lowest Rated: 8% Dangerous Ground (1997)
Birthday: May 12, 1959
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
While actor Ving Rhames won a Golden Globe Award for his starring role as the infamous boxing promoter in "Don King: Only in America" (HBO, 1997), he was generally known as a supporting player on the big screen. Rhames' breakout role as crime kingpin Marsellus Wallace in Quentin Tarantino's unexpected cult hit, "Pulp Fiction" (1994), brought the actor his first major attention, while independent film fans had a taste of his imposing physicality and brooding air in earlier films, including "The Saint of Fort Washington" (1993) and David Mamet's "Homicide" (1991). The actor went on to enjoy a steady screen career and continuous acclaim for his multi-dimensional sidekicks, supporting Tom Cruise in the "Mission Impossible" franchise (1996, 2000, 2006), and giving strong performances in films like "Out of Sight" (1998) and "Con Air" (1997), where, among his strengths, was lending a philosophical bent to career criminals and imbuing figures of authority with realistic flaws.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
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| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mission: Impossible 7 | Luther Stickell (Character) | - | 2021 |
| 97% | 88% | Mission: Impossible -- Fallout | Luther Stickell (Character) | $220.1M | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 42% | Con Man | Peanut (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 17% | 25% | Father Figures | Rod Hamilton (Character) | $16.8M | 2017 |
| 42% | 70% | The Star | Thaddeus (Voice) | $40.4M | 2017 |
| 94% | 87% | Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation | Luther Stickell (Character) | - | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | A Sunday Horse | Mr. Valentine (Character) | - | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Operator | Caller (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 26% | 58% | Jamesy Boy | Conrad (Character) | - | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | A Day Late and a Dollar Short | Cecil (Character) | - | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | Force of Execution | Ice Man (Character) | - | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 23% | Percentage | Porter (Character) | - | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | Armed Response | Officer Hall (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 50% | 45% | Death Race 3: Inferno | Weyland (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 35% | 61% | Won't Back Down | Principal Thompson (Character) | $5.2M | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 5% | 7 Below | Jack (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 13% | 22% | Piranha 3DD | Deputy Fallon (Character) | $370.9K | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 18% | The Red Canvas | Gene Gunner (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 14% | 9% | Soldiers of Fortune | Grimaud (Character) | $38.8K | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | Zombie Apocalypse | Henry (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pimp Bullies | Miguel (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 18% | Julia X | The Man (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Mafia | Renzo Wes (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 9% | The River Murders | Captain Langley (Character) | - | 2011 |
| 40% | 25% | Operation: Endgame | Judgement (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 17% | 37% | Death Race 2 | Weyland (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 21% | The Wrath of Cain | Cain (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 74% | 43% | Piranha | Deputy Fallon (Character) | $25M | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Master Harold... and the Boys | Sam (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | Love Chronicles: Secrets Revealed | Mike (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | King of the Avenue | Norman De'Sha (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 37% | 38% | Surrogates | The Prophet (Character) | $38.5M | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 35% | Bridge to Nowhere | Nate (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | The Tournament | Joshua Harlow (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 27% | 37% | The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard. | Jibby Newsome (Character) | $15.1M | 2009 |
| 8% | 31% | Echelon Conspiracy | Agent Dave Grant (Character) | $500.2K | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 23% | Evil Angel | Carruthers (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 35% | Give 'Em Hell Malone | Boulder (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 31% | A Broken Life | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
| 13% | 22% | Day of the Dead | Captain Rhodes (Character) | - | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 54% | Saving God | Armstrong Cane (Character) | - | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 42% | Phantom Punch | Sonny Liston (Character) | - | 2008 |
| 15% | 69% | I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry | Duncan (Character) | $119.7M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 34% | Animal 2 | Animal (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 47% | 66% | Idlewild | Spats (Character) | $12.5M | 2006 |
| 71% | 69% | Mission: Impossible III | Luther Stickell (Character) | $133.4M | 2006 |
| 40% | 53% | Leroy & Stitch | Cobra Bubbles (Voice) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 21% | Animal |
Animal (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Shooting Gallery | Cue Ball Carl Bridgers (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | Back in the Day | J-Bone (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 75% | 77% | Dawn of the Dead | Kenneth (Character) | $58.9M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Sin | Eddie Burns (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 20% | 50% | Stitch! The Movie | Cobra Bubbles (Voice) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 41% | Little John | John Morgan (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 86% | 77% | Lilo & Stitch | Cobra Bubbles (Voice) | - | 2002 |
| 48% | 47% | Undisputed | Iceman Chambers (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 59% | 52% | Dark Blue | Arthur Holland (Character) | $9.1M | 2002 |
| 45% | 48% | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Ryan (Voice) | $32.1M | 2001 |
| 71% | 87% | Baby Boy | Melvin (Character) | $28.7M | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 92% | Holiday Heart | Holiday Heart (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 57% | 42% | Mission: Impossible 2 | Luther Stickell (Character) | $215.4M | 2000 |
| 72% | 70% | Bringing Out the Dead | Marcus (Character) | $16.6M | 1999 |
| 39% | 50% | Entrapment | Aaron Thibadeaux (Character) | $87.7M | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Body Count | Pike (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Split | Pike (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 93% | 74% | Out of Sight | Buddy Bragg (Character) | $37.5M | 1998 |
| 56% | 75% | Con Air | Nathan 'Diamond Dog' Jones (Character) | $101.1M | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 76% | Don King: Only in America | Don King (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 8% | 35% | Dangerous Ground | Muki (Character) | $5.1M | 1997 |
| 87% | 83% | Rosewood | Mann (Character) | $13.1M | 1997 |
| 11% | 24% | Striptease | Shad (Character) | $32.8M | 1996 |
| 64% | 71% | Mission: Impossible | Luther (Character) | $180.9M | 1996 |
| 68% | 37% | Kiss of Death | Omar (Character) | $14.7M | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 25% | Deadly Whispers | Det. Jackson (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 87th Precinct: Lightning | Detective Artie Brown (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 87th Precinct | Detective Artie Brown (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 14% | 46% | Drop Squad | Garvey (Character) | $595.7K | 1994 |
| 92% | 96% | Pulp Fiction | Marsellus Wallace (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 95% | 72% | Dave | Secret Service Agent Duane Stevenson (Character) | $61M | 1993 |
| 80% | 87% | The Saint of Fort Washington | Little Leroy, Fort Washington Bully (Character) | $100.9K | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Terror on Track 9 | Jellyroll (Character) | - | 1992 |
| 25% | 50% | Flight of the Intruder | CPO Frank McRae (Character) | $13.4M | 1991 |
| 68% | 58% | The People Under the Stairs | Leroy (Character) | $21.9M | 1991 |
| 91% | 74% | Homicide | Randolph (Character) | $1.9M | 1991 |
| 88% | 84% | The Long Walk Home | Herbert Cotter (Character) | $1.8M | 1990 |
| 73% | 84% | Jacob's Ladder | George (Character) | $24.8M | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Rising Son | Ed (Character) | - | 1990 |
| 83% | 75% | Casualties of War | Lt. Reilly (Character) | $17M | 1989 |
| 50% | 47% | Patty Hearst | Cinque (Character) | $984K | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | Go Tell It on the Mountain | Young Gabriel (Character) | - | 1984 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Entertainment Tonight Canada | Guest | 2015 |
| 52% | No Score Yet | Monday Mornings | Dr. Jorge Villanueva (Character) | 2013 |
| 45% | 60% | Gravity | Dogg McFee (Character) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | American Gangster | Narrator | 2006-2009 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Aquaman | McCaffery (Character) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | Lilo & Stitch | Unknown (Voice) | 2003-2005 |
| 33% | No Score Yet | Kojak | Lt. Theo Kojak (Character) | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The District | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002-2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Proud Family | Garrett Krebs (Guest Voice) | 2002 |
| 20% | No Score Yet | UC: Undercover | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | ER | Walter Robbins (Guest Star) | 1994-1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | New York Undercover | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Equalizer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tour of Duty | SP4 Tucker (Guest Star) | 1987 |
| 72% | No Score Yet | Miami Vice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 1985 |
QUOTES FROM Ving Rhames CHARACTERS
Ethan Hunt says: Benji!
Benji says: Ethan?
Ethan Hunt says: Open The Door!
Benji says: Ok!
William Brandt says: Benji Open That Door Right Now!
Luther Strickell says: Come On!
Principal Thompson says: This is a new day and we will take back our public schools.
Marsellus Wallace says: You see, this profession is filled to the brim with unrealistic motherfuckers. Motherfuckers who thought their ass would age like wine. If you mean it turns to vinegar, it does. If you mean it gets better with age, it don't.
Kenneth says: You sure you want to do this?
Kenneth says: Say something!
Ana says: Please.
Marsellus Wallace says: [seeing Butch in a car] Motherfucker!
Luther Stickwell says: That punk put a hole in my Versace!
Marsellus Wallace says: I ain;t through with you by a damn sight! I'm gonna get medevil on your ass!
Marsellus Wallace says: I ain't through with you by a damn sight. I'ma get medieval on your ass.
Leroy says: Maybe the president is gonna make me Secretary of Pussy. make me Secretary of Pussy.
Leroy says: Maybe the President's gonna make me Secretary of Pussy!
Deputy Fallon says: Chew on this motherfuckers! (starts killing the piranha with a boat motor)
Luther says: Are you sure we can do this?
Ethan Hunt says: We're going to do it. *Main theme plays*
Deputy Fallon says: Bring me my legs.
Judgement says: You're about as smooth as a three month old bikini wax.
Marsellus Wallace says: Night of the fight, you may feel a slight sting. That's pride fucking with you. Fuck pride! Pride only hurts, it never helps. You fight through that shit.
Marsellus Wallace says: Night of the fight, you get knocked out in the 5th round.
Marsellus Wallace says: YOu hear me talkin' , hillbilly boy? I'm gonna get Medieval on your ass!
Marsellus Wallace says: You hear me talkin', hillbilly boy? I ain't through with you by a damn sight. I'ma get medieval on your ass.
Marsellus Wallace says: I ain't through with you by a damn sight! I'm gonna get medieval on your ass.
Butch Coolidge says: Are you okay?
Marsellus Wallace says: Nah, man. I'm pretty fuckin' far from okay (Zed screams)
Marsellus Wallace says: Nah, man. I'm pretty fuckin' far from okay [Zed screams]
Butch Coolidge says: What now?
Marsellus Wallace says: What now? I'll tell you what now. I'm gonna call a couple of hard-pipe hittin' niggas to go to work on the homes here with a pair of pliers and a blow-torch. You hear me talkin', hillbilly boy?! I ain't through with you by a damn sight! I'ma get medieval on your ass!
Aki Ross says: This mission was well worth the lives of you and your men.
Jane Proudfoot says: Men?
Ryan Whittaker says: She thinks you're a man.
Jane Proudfoot says: I think she's an idiot.
Neil Fleming says: I know you're not a man.
Jane Proudfoot says: I think YOU'RE an idiot too.
Nani says: CIA?
Cobra Bubbles says: Former. Saved the planet, once. Convinced an alien race that mosquitoes were an endangered species.
Luther says: You really think we can do this.
Ethan Hunt says: We're going to do it.
Luther says: You really think we can do this.
Ethan Hunt says: We're going to do it.
Butch Coolidge says: You okay?
Marsellus Wallace says: Nah, man. I'm pretty fucking far from okay.
Butch Coolidge says: What now?
Marsellus Wallace says: What now? Let me tell you what now. I'm gonna call a couple of hard, pipe-hitting niggas to go to work on the homes here with a pair of pliers and a blow torch. [to Zed] You hear me talking, hillbilly boy? I ain't through with you by a damn sight. I'm gonna get medieval on your ass.
Butch Coolidge says: I meant, what now between me and you.
Marsellus Wallace says: Oh, that "what now". I tell you what now between me and you. There is no "me and you". Not no more.
Marsellus Wallace says: Oh, that 'what now'. I tell you what now between me and you. There is no "me and you". Not no more.
Butch Coolidge says: So we cool?
Marsellus Wallace says: Yeah, we cool. Two things: one, don't tell nobody about this. This shit is between me, you, and Mr. soon-to-be-living-the-rest-of-his-short-ass-life-in-agonizing-pain rapist here. It ain't nobody else's business. Two, you leave town tonight, right now, and when you gone, you stay gone, or you be gone. You lost all your L.A. privileges. Deal?
Butch Coolidge says: Deal.
Kenneth says: Is everyone there dead?
Steve says: Well, dead-ish.
Kenneth says: Is everyone there dead?!
Steve says: Yeah, in the sense that they all sort of, uh ... fell down ... and then got up ... and started eating each other.
Steve says: Yeah, in the sense that they all sort of, uh... fell down, and then got up, and started eating each other.
Marsellus Wallace says: On the 5th, your ass goes down.
Marsellus Wallace says: In the fifth, your ass goes down.
Leroy says: (talking to Fool about a noise he heard in the vents) - Something's in there...As a matter of fact, why don't you crawl in there and see what it is?
Leroy says: (talking to Fool about a noise he heard in the vents) Something's in there. As a matter of fact, why don't you crawl in there and see what it is?
Fool says: Turkey-brain! Are you hitting on me like I'm here to save your ass? You're gonna stick your dumb head in there and lose it, like Spenser!
Fool says: Listen Leroy, this breaking and entering might not be so smart. It's the first day of my thirteenth birthday...could be unlucky.
Fool says: Listen Leroy, this breaking and entering might not be so smart. It's the first day of my thirteenth birthday, could be unlucky.
Leroy says: Thirteenth birthday is unlucky anyway; too old to get tit, too young to get ass...
Leroy says: Thirteenth birthday is unlucky anyway, too old to get tit, too young to get ass.
Leroy says: You seen Spencer?
Fool says: I've seen Spencer, alright.
Leroy says: You find anything?
Fool says: Something found him. He's dead, Leroy. I think scared to death.
Leroy says: You sure?
Fool says: You thought he was white before, you should see that sucker now!
Leroy says: Nice to see the rich folks' got rats too.
Fool says: They've got padlocks on the outside of the house too...
Fool says: They've got padlocks on the outside of the house too.
Leroy says: Padlocks on the outside?!
Leroy says: (after cracking the door open) - We done popped this house's cherry.
Leroy says: (after cracking the door open) We done popped this house's cherry.
Leroy says: Yeah, and maybe the President will make me Secretary of Pussy.
Leroy says: Just because a man's lying down doesn't mean he's dead!
Leroy says: He came at me like an airplane or something!
The Prophet says: Look at yourselves. Unplug from your chairs, get up and look in the mirror. What you see is how God made you. We're not meant to experience the world through a machine.
Jules Winnfield says: I don't wanna hear about no motherfuckin' ifs. All I wanna hear from your ass is, You ain't got no problem, Jules. I'm on the motherfucker. Go back in there, chill them niggers out and wait for the calvary which should be coming directly.
Marsellus Wallace says: You ain't got no problem, Jules. I'm on the motherfucker. Go back in there, chill them niggers out and wait for the Wolf who should be coming directly.