Ving Rhames
Actor | Producer
Irving Rameses "Ving" Rhames is an American actor best known for his work in Bringing Out the Dead, Pulp Fiction, Baby Boy, Don King: Only in America, and the Mission: Impossible film series. Rhames was born in New York City, New York, he entered New York's 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 by playing the role of Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction (1994). Rhames was also getting public exposure on television as Peter Benton's brother-in-law on the medical drama ER, a recurring role he filled for 3 seasons. Not long after, Rhames ... Show more...
Irving Rameses "Ving" Rhames is an American actor best known for his work in Bringing Out the Dead, Pulp Fiction, Baby Boy, Don King: Only in America, and the Mission: Impossible film series. Rhames was born in New York City, New York, he entered New York's 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 by playing the role of Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction (1994). Rhames was also getting public exposure on television as Peter Benton's brother-in-law on the medical drama ER, a recurring role he filled for 3 seasons. Not long after, Rhames was cast with Tom Cruise as the ace computer hacker Luther Stickell in Brian De Palma's Mission: Impossible (1996). With solid performances in two of these highly popular productions, his face was now known to moviegoers; the work offers began rolling in more frequently and he can been seen in several popular films such as Con Air and Dawn of the Dead. Rhames won a Golden Globe in 1998 for best actor in a TV miniseries for his performance in HBO's Don King: Only in America. At the ceremony Rhames gave his award to fellow nominee Jack Lemmon (who is White), saying "I feel that being an artist is about giving, and I'd like to give this to you." Lemmon was clearly touched by the gesture as was the celebrity audience who gave Lemmon a standing ovation. Lemmon, who tried unsuccessfully to give the award back to Rhames said it was "one of the sweetest moments I've ever known in my life." The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced later that they would have a duplicate award prepared for Rhames. Show less...
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Mission: Impossible 8 (2023)
As: Luther Stickell
Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie
Stars: Shea Whigham | Ving Rhames | Henry Czerny | Tom Cruise | Rebecca Ferguson
Mission: Impossible 7 (2022)
As: Luther Stickell
Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie
Stars: Ving Rhames | Tom Cruise | Pom Klementieff | Rebecca Ferguson | Vanessa Kirby
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
As: Luther Stickell
When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfil his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.
Runtime: 147 min.
Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie
Stars: Ving Rhames | Simon Pegg | Henry Cavill | Tom Cruise | Rebecca Ferguson
Con Man (2018)
As: Peanut
The story of Barry Minkow, a young and charismatic figure in business who reaches CEO status by lying and scheming his way to the top.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Bruce Caulk
Stars: Armand Assante | Mark Hamill | Justin Baldoni | Talia Shire | Elisabeth Röhm
The Star (2017)
As: Thaddeus (voice)
A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the greatest story ever told, the first Christmas.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Timothy Reckart
Stars: Tyler Perry | Oprah Winfrey | Steven Yeun | Keegan-Michael Key | Aidy Bryant
Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (2017)
As: Charlie-27
The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.
Runtime: 136 min.
Directed by: James Gunn
Stars: Vin Diesel | Zoe Saldana | Bradley Cooper | Chris Pratt | Dave Bautista
Bastards (2016)
As: Rod Hamilton
Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in order to find him.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Lawrence Sher
Stars: Owen Wilson | J.K. Simmons | Ed Helms | Katt Williams | Terry Bradshaw
A Sunday Horse (2016)
As: Mr. Valentine
After a near-fatal accident, on a horse the experts thought was nothing special, a determined rider from the wrong side of the tracks defies all the odds to pursue her dreams of winning a national jumping championship.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Vic Armstrong
Stars: Ving Rhames | William Shatner | Linda Hamilton | Ryan Merriman | Nikki Reed
Operator (2015)
As: Caller
When the daughter of veteran 911 call center operator Pamela, and her estranged husband Jeremy, a Senior Police Officer, is kidnapped and held hostage, they are left desperate, with no choice but to follow the kidnapper's rules: send messages through dispatch for all police and fire units to scatter to remote locations throughout the city where they are met with chaos. Not knowing who or why, the one thing ...
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Amariah Olson | Obin Olson
Stars: Ving Rhames | Luke Goss | Michael Paré | Mischa Barton | Julie Guevara
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
As: Luther Stickell
Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.
Runtime: 131 min.
Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie
Stars: Ving Rhames | Simon Pegg | Jeremy Renner | Tom Cruise | Rebecca Ferguson
In Security (2014)
As: Officer Hall
The owners of a failing security company start robbing houses to boost business.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Adam Beamer | Evan Beamer
Stars: Cary Elwes | Adam Arkin | Ethan Embry | Clea DuVall | Michael Gladis
A Day Late and a Dollar Short (2014)
As: Cecil
When irascible matriarch Viola Price learns that her next asthma attack will likely kill her, she is determined to fix her fractured family before she leaves this world.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Stephen Tolkin
Stars: Ving Rhames | Whoopi Goldberg | Mekhi Phifer | Tichina Arnold | Anika Noni Rose
Jamesy Boy (2014)
As: Conrad
Based on the true story of teenager James Burns who goes from a suburban street gang to a maximum-security prison cell surrounded by hardened criminals. He turns his life around in prison thanks to the unexpected friendship he forms with a convicted murderer who becomes his mentor.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Trevor White
Stars: Ving Rhames | Mary-Louise Parker | James Woods | Taissa Farmiga | Spencer Lofranco
Force of Execution (2013)
As: Ice Man
Seagal stars as mob kingpin Mr. Alexander, an old-school boss who rules his criminal empire with both nobility and brutality. For a simple prison hit, he sends his best enforcer and protégé Roman Hurst (Foster). When the hit goes wrong, Hurst is forced to pay the price of his failure: banishment in the city that he almost once ruled. But a war is brewing for the soul of the city between ...
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Keoni Waxman
Stars: Danny Trejo | Steven Seagal | Ving Rhames | Jenny Gabrielle | David House
Percentage (2013)
As: Porter
After a drug deal gone wrong, two New York City hustlers relocate to Miami, where they set up a lucrative credit card fraud operation. Unfortunately, their new business not only attracts the police, but the city's top criminals -- and both want a percentage of the take.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Alex Merkin
Stars: Antoni Corone | Jesse Liebman | Antwon Tanner | Omar Gooding | Cam'ron
Death Race: Inferno (2012)
As: Weyland
Carl Lucas / Frankenstein has won four of his races and needs to win one more to win his freedom. Before his final race, Lucas and his team, car and all, are transferred to another prison where they will compete in a Death Race in the desert. Also, at the same time, Ceaser runs into a marketer who wants to franchise the Death Race program.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Roel Reiné
Stars: Danny Trejo | Ving Rhames | Tanit Phoenix | Luke Goss | Dougray Scott
Won't Back Down (2012)
As: Principal Thompson
Two determined mothers, one a teacher, look to transform their children's failing inner city school. Facing a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy, they risk everything to make a difference in the education and future of their children
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Daniel Barnz
Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal | Ving Rhames | Rosie Perez | Viola Davis | Lance Reddick
Soldiers of Fortune (2012)
As: Grimaud
Wealthy thrill-seekers pay huge premiums to have themselves inserted into military adventures, only this time things don't go exactly to plan.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Maksim Korostyshevsky
Stars: Ving Rhames | Colm Meaney | Charlie Bewley | Christian Slater | Freddy Rodríguez
Piranha 3DD (2012)
As: Deputy Fallon
After the events at Lake Victoria, the prehistoric school of blood-thirsty piranhas make their way into swimming pools, plumbing, and a newly opened water park.
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: John Gulager
Stars: Matt Bush | Danielle Panabaker | Katrina Bowden | David Koechner | Jean-Luc Bilodeau
7 Below (2012)
As: Jack
The story centers on a group of strangers trapped in a time warp house where a terrible event transpired exactly 100 years prior.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Kevin Carraway
Stars: Val Kilmer | Ving Rhames | Luke Goss | Bonnie Somerville | Matt Barr
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
As: Luther Stickell (uncredited)
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided ...
Runtime: 132 min.
Directed by: Brad Bird
Stars: Simon Pegg | Jeremy Renner | Michael Nyqvist | Tom Cruise | Paula Patton
Zombie Apocalypse (2011)
As: Henry
Months after a zombie plague has wiped out 90 percent of the American population, a small group of survivors fight their way cross-country to a rumored refuge on the island of Catalina.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Nick Lyon
Stars: Taryn Manning | Ving Rhames | Johnny Pacar | Lesley-Ann Brandt | Gary Weeks
Julia X (2011)
As: The Man
Meeting a man on the Internet, Julia decides to see him in person, only to get abducted and branded with the letter "x" by that guy. A game of cat and mouse follows, but the story has an unexpected twist.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: P.J. Pettiette
Stars: Ving Rhames | Kevin Sorbo | Alicia Leigh Willis | Joel David Moore | Valerie Azlynn
Pimp Bullies (2011)
As: Miguel
Five suspects holding a piece of the truth behind an unsolved crime.
Runtime: 78 min.
Directed by: Alfonso Rodríguez
Stars: Steven Bauer | Ving Rhames | Kristen Quintrall | Catalina Rodriguez | Chiquinquirá Delgado
The River Murders (2011)
As: Captain Langley
The sins of the past are not forgotten in this chilling suspense thriller. When the first body was discovered, it seemed a coincidence. But now homicide detective Jack Verdon has cause to worry: the victims of a series of brutal sex murders are all his former girlfriends. Suspected by the FBI agent who’s taken over the case and suspended by his captain, Jack must work outside the law if he’s to ...
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Rich Cowan
Stars: Sarah Ann Schultz | Ving Rhames | Ray Liotta | Christian Slater | Gisele Fraga
Mafia (2011)
As: Renzo Wes
Ving Rhames, Pam Grier, and Robert Patrick headline this throwback action thriller set in 1975, and following a renegade cop who skirts the law in order to capture a ruthless crime boss.
Runtime: 78 min.
Directed by: Ryan Combs
Stars: Ving Rhames | Robert Patrick | Pam Grier | Sean Derry | Casey Brown
Death Race 2 (2010)
As: Weyland
In the world's most dangerous prison, a new game is born: Death Race. The rules of this adrenaline-fueled blood sport are simple, drive or die. When repentant convict Carl Lucas discovers there's a price on his head, his only hope is to survive a twisted race against an army of hardened criminals and tricked-out cars.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Roel Reiné
Stars: Sean Bean | Danny Trejo | Ving Rhames | Tanit Phoenix | Luke Goss
The Wrath of Cain (2010)
As: Cain
A former kingpin of the streets, Miles “Cain” Skinner is doing life in prison. He is feared and respected among the inmates. When Cain learns that his sentence will be shortened only by brain cancer, his urgency to change his ways goes into overdrive.
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: Ryan Combs
Stars: Ving Rhames | Robert Patrick | Nipsey Hustle | Gillie Da Kid | Erick Nathan
King of the Avenue (2010)
As: Norman / De'Sha
A drug dealer sells his soul to the devil to become the top drug dealer on the block.
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: Ryan Combs
Stars: Ving Rhames | Simon Rex | Esai Morales | Isaac Santiago | Elizabeth Di Prinzio
Piranha 3D (2010)
As: Deputy Fallon
Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, an earthquake opens an underwater chasm, releasing an enormous swarm of ancient Piranha that have been dormant for thousands of years, now with a taste for human flesh. This year, there's something more to worry about than the usual hangovers and ...
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Alexandre Aja
Stars: Elisabeth Shue | Jerry O'Connell | Jessica Szohr | Kelly Brook | Steven R. McQueen
Operation: Endgame (2010)
As: Judgement
A battle ensues among two government spy teams in an underground facility after their boss is assassinated.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Fouad Mikati
Stars: Joe Anderson | Rob Corddry | Odette Annable | Maggie Q | Zach Galifianakis
Love Chronicles: Secrets Revealed (2010)
As: Mike
Love Chronicles, a romantic “dramedy”, is set at Los Angeles radio station KLUV, where callers air their dirty laundry over the airwaves for all to hear. Over the course of one crazy day, show host and "relationship expert" Darren (Rockmond Dunbar) and Janet (Vivica Fox) have had another one of their epic fights that threatens to end their marriage and make a joke of Darren's career. At the radio ...
Runtime: 81 min.
Directed by: Tyler Maddox-Simms
Stars: Mike Epps | Elise Neal | Vivica A. Fox | Ving Rhames | Rockmond Dunbar
Master Harold... and the Boys (2010)
As: Sam
This movie is of Hally, an adolescent white South African. He is stuck between his intolerant father's outlook of him and those of his caretaker, Sam. Sam is a black waiter and Hally's friend and teacher. Hally is required to laugh at his father's racist jokes, by contrast, Sam exposes Hally to uplifting experiences. One day Hally was terribly humiliated by his father and Sam shows Hally how to be proud of ...
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Lonny Price
Stars: Jennifer Steyn | Ving Rhames | Michael Maxwell | Patrick Mofokeng | Freddie Highmore
Surrogates (2009)
As: Prophet
Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Mostow
Stars: Rosamund Pike | Ving Rhames | Bruce Willis | James Cromwell | Radha Mitchell
The Bridge to Nowhere (2009)
As: Drug Dealer
A group of 20-something blue-collar workers in Pittsburgh cook up a scheme to make extra money that involves prostitution. Their business takes off, then gets way out of hand.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Blair Underwood
Stars: Ving Rhames | Thomas Ian Nicholas | Ben Crowley | Danny Masterson | Bijou Phillips
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009)
As: Jibby Newsome
Who is Don Ready? Salesman? Lover? Song Stylist? Semi-professional dolphin trainer? Ready is all of the above - except for a dolphin trainer. When he’s asked to help save an ailing local car dealership from bankruptcy, Ready and his ragtag crew descend on the town of Temecula like a pack of coyotes on a basket full of burgers.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Neal Brennan
Stars: Ving Rhames | James Brolin | Jeremy Piven | David Koechner | Kathryn Hahn
The Tournament (2009)
As: Joshua Harlow
Every ten or seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1, which itself carries the legendary million dollar a bullet price tag.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Scott Mann
Stars: Ving Rhames | Liam Cunningham | Robert Carlyle | Kelly Hu | Ian Somerhalder
Echelon Conspiracy (2009)
As: Agent Dave Grant
Mysterious cell phone messages promise a young American engineer untold wealth - then make him the target of a deadly international plot. Dangerous security operatives chase the engineer across the globe, while a powerful government official pursues a mysterious agenda that threatens the stability of the entire world.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Greg Marcks
Stars: Edward Burns | Ving Rhames | Shane West | Martin Sheen | Steven Elder
Evil Angel (2009)
As: Carruthers
Set in present day Chicago, the ancient avenging demon Lilith, attempts to destroy a young paramedic's life while destroying anyone who interferes with her plan.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Richard Dutcher
Stars: Ving Rhames | Richard Dutcher | Ava Gaudet | Kristopher Shepard | Bart Johnson
Money Fight (2009)
As: Gene
Johnny Sanchez has a troubled past which manifests in the dissonance between him and his family, particularly with his father and son. As Johnny gets released from prison, his father's garage is going to be shut down. The only way to save it is to fight in the Red Canvas tournament, an MMA event. Amidst preparing for an opponent who can't be defeated, Johnny must deal with the turmoil of his family and ...
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Kenneth Chamitoff | Adam Boster
Stars: Ving Rhames | John Savage | George Takei | Sara Downing | Ernie Reyes, Jr.
Give 'em Hell, Malone (2009)
As: Boulder
A tough as nails private investigator (Malone) squares off with gangsters and their thugs to protect a valuable secret. Malone goes through hell to protect the information but he dishes some hell as well...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
Stars: Leland Orser | Elsa Pataky | Ving Rhames | Thomas Jane | Doug Hutchison
Phantom Punch (2009)
As: Sonny Liston
From his discovery by a priest while serving time at the Missouri State Penitentiary to the infamous 'Phantom Punch' by Cassius Clay which effectively ended his career, the movie spans the years from 1950 to Liston's mysterious and untimely death in 1971.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Robert Townsend
Stars: David Proval | Ving Rhames | Nicholas Turturro | Stacey Dash | Bridgette Wilson
Saving God (2008)
As: Armstrong Cane
Ex Con Armstrong Cane (Ving Rhames) returns to home a changed man looking to take over his father's old church and congregation. The neighborhood though is full of drugs and gangs. Those who are able are leaving for more prosperous areas and falling in with a slick preacher (Ricardo Chivara). Even with a dangerous gang leader (Dean McDermott) threatening his flock, Armstrong won't give up.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Duane Crichton
Stars: Ving Rhames | Genelle Williams | Dean McDermott | Dwain Murphy | Ricardo Chavira
A Broken Life (2008)
As: The Vet
Max Walker is a suicidal man who selects an aspiring young filmmaker to record the end of his life. On the agenda for his last day on Earth: telling off his old boss, confessing some of his deepest secrets, and maybe even finding redemption.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Neil Coombs
Stars: Tom Sizemore | Grace Kosaka | Ving Rhames | Saul Rubinek | Corey Sevier
Day of the Dead (2008)
As: Captain Rhodes
Day of the Dead is a horror film which is nominally a quasi-remake of George A. Romero's classic zombie film of the same name, which was the third in Romero's Dead series. The film is directed by Steve Miner (who also directed Friday the 13th Part 2 & 3 and Halloween H20: 20 Years Later) and written by Jeffrey Reddick.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Steve Miner
Stars: Michael Welch | Ian McNeice | Nick Cannon | Mena Suvari | Stark Sands
Animal 2 (2007)
As: James 'Animal' Allen
Now serving a life sentence for murder, James "Animal" Allen returns to fighting for cash in order to help his troubled son on the outside. However, with his newfound fame as a fighter, Animal uncovers a jailhouse conspiracy that threatens to cause racial tensions to explode.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Ryan Combs
Stars: Ving Rhames | Vicellous Reon Shannon | Kevin Duhaney | Clé Bennett | K. C. Collins
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)
As: Fred G. Duncan
Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core – which is why, when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his gay lover so that he can get domestic partner benefits for his kids, his buddy agrees. However, things get dicey when a bureaucrat comes calling, and the boys are forced to present a picture of domestic bliss.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Dennis Dugan
Stars: Ving Rhames | Jessica Biel | Dan Aykroyd | Adam Sandler | Kevin James
Ascension Day (2007)
A drama focused on Nat Turner and the 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia.
Directed by: Akosua Busia
Stars: Ving Rhames | John Amos | Paul Benjamin | Rylee Fansler | Michael Bear
Idlewild (2006)
As: Spats
A musical set in the Prohibition-era American South, where a speakeasy performer and club manager Rooster must contend with gangsters who have their eyes on the club while his piano player and partner Percival must choose between his love, Angel or his obligations to his father.
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Bryan Barber
Stars: Faizon Love | Terrence Howard | Paula Patton | André Benjamin | Big Boi
Aquaman (2006)
As: McCaffery
A young twenty-something diver living in the Florida Keys discovers he has the power to breathe underwater.
Runtime: 42 min.
Directed by: Greg Beeman
Stars: Denise Quiñones | Ving Rhames | Justin Hartley | Corey Sevier | Adrianne Palicki
Leroy & Stitch (2006)
As: Cobra Bubbles
Lilo, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley have finally caught all of Jumba's genetic experiments and found the one true place where each of them belongs. Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley are offered positions in the Galactic Alliance, turning them down so they can stay on Earth with Lilo. But Lilo realizes her alien friends have places where they belong, and it's finally time to say "aloha."
Runtime: 73 min.
Directed by: Tony Craig | Roberts Gannaway
Stars: Tia Carrere | Daveigh Chase | Kevin McDonald | Zoe Caldwell | Chris Sanders
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
As: Luther Stickell
Retired from active duty to train new IMF agents, Ethan Hunt is called back into action to confront sadistic arms dealer, Owen Davian. Hunt must try to protect his girlfriend while working with his new team to complete the mission.
Runtime: 126 min.
Directed by: J.J. Abrams
Stars: Ving Rhames | Michelle Monaghan | Tom Cruise | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Billy Crudup
Shooting Gallery (2005)
As: Cue Ball Carl Bridgers
A street-smart pool player falls in with a pack of hustlers. As he rises in the underground circuit, he lands in the middle of a match between his boss and a crooked cop.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Keoni Waxman
Stars: Angus Macfadyen | Ving Rhames | Devon Sawa | Freddie Prinze Jr. | Roselyn Sánchez
Back in the Day (2005)
As: J-Bone
A young man slides back into a life of crime after reuniting with a shady acquaintance from his past.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: James Hunter
Stars: Ving Rhames | Lahmard J. Tate | Joe Morton | Tia Carrere | Ja Rule
Animal (2005)
As: Animal
His name: infamous. His reputation: ruthless. But when James "Animal"Allen is locked up in a maximum security prison, he meets a revolutionary who changes his life. Now a reformed man, James is released only to find that his own son has assumed a life of crime and violence. Can a father haunted by his past redeem his family from the very streets he created, or will he be forced to make the ultimate ...
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: David J. Burke
Stars: Ving Rhames | Chazz Palminteri | Jim Brown | Terrence Howard | Beverly Todd
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
As: Kenneth
A group of surviving people take refuge in a shopping center after the world has been over taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies. A remake of the 1978 zombie film of the same name.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Stars: Ty Burrell | Ving Rhames | Sarah Polley | Mekhi Phifer | Jake Weber
Sin (2003)
As: Eddie Burns
Retired cop Eddie Burns gave 15 years and the use of his left arm to the Reno homicide squad. When his wayward sister, Kassie, goes missing Eddie Burns finds himself subjected to a fiendish and ingenious campaign of revenge by the mysterious Charlie Strom. In order to protect his sister, Eddie - disabled, betrayed and alone - journeys into the heart of his own darkness: where he discovers that the reason ...
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Michael Stevens
Stars: Brian Cox | Gary Oldman | Kerry Washington | Ving Rhames | Alicia Coppola
Stitch! The Movie (2003)
As: Cobra Bubbles (voice)
The continuing adventures of Lilo, a little Hawaiian girl, and Stitch, the galaxy's most wanted extraterrestrial. Stitch, Pleakley, and Dr. Jumba are all part of the household now. But what Lilo and Stitch don't know is that Dr. Jumba brought one of his alien "experiments" to Hawaii.
Runtime: 60 min.
Directed by: Tony Craig | Roberts Gannaway
Stars: David Ogden Stiers | Tia Carrere | Daveigh Chase | Kevin McDonald | Chris Sanders
Beef (2003)
As: Narrator
A documentary on the evolution of MC battles from verbal one-upmanship to street warfare.
Runtime: 103 min.
Stars: 50 Cent | Ving Rhames | B-Real | Sean Combs | Bone Thugs n Harmony
Dark Blue (2002)
As: Arthur Holland
Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Ron Shelton
Stars: Brendan Gleeson | Kurt Russell | Ving Rhames | Scott Speedman | Michael Michele
Undisputed (2002)
As: George 'Iceman' Chambers
Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. Iceman Chambers is the heavyweight champion, who lost his title due to a rape conviction to ten years in Sweetwater. WHen these two giants collide in the same prison, they fight against each other disputing who is the real champion.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Walter Hill
Stars: Michael Rooker | Ving Rhames | Peter Falk | Wesley Snipes | Jon Seda
Lilo & Stitch (2002)
As: Cobra Bubbles (voice)
A lonely Hawaiian girl named Lilo is being raised by her older sister, Nani, after their parents die -- under the watch of social worker Cobra Bubbles. When Lilo adopts a funny-looking dog and names him "Stitch," she doesn't realize her new best friend is a wacky alien created by mad scientist Dr. Jumba.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Dean DeBlois | Chris Sanders
Stars: David Ogden Stiers | Tia Carrere | Daveigh Chase | Kevin McDonald | Chris Sanders
Little John (2002)
As: John Morgan
The unmarried daughter of a Texas rancher gives birth to an unwanted child. She puts the child up for adoption and moves away from home. Without her knowledge, her father took the boy and raised him. Twelve years later, she is now a successful family-court judge in L.A. Over the years, she has avoided her father and knows nothing of the child. That all changes when he decides that is time she ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Dick Lowry
Stars: Ving Rhames | Robert Bailey Jr. | Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Gloria Reuben | Adilah Barnes
RFK (2002)
As: Judge Jones
Following the death of his brother John, Robert Kennedy is forced to rise to the challenge of leading his country and carrying on his brother's vision of what America could be.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Robert Dornhelm
Stars: Ving Rhames | James Cromwell | Martin Donovan | David Paymer | Linus Roache
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
As: Sgt. Ryan Whitaker (voice)
Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid, Aki must save the Earth from its darkest hate and unleash the spirits within.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Hironobu Sakaguchi | Motonori Sakakibara
Stars: Ving Rhames | Steve Buscemi | Ming-Na Wen | Alec Baldwin | Peri Gilpin
Baby Boy (2001)
As: Melvin 'Mel'
The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two different women-Yvette and Peanut but still lives with his own mother. He can't seem to strike a balance or find direction in his chaotic life.
Runtime: 130 min.
Directed by: John Singleton
Stars: Taraji P. Henson | Ving Rhames | Snoop Dogg | Tyrese Gibson | Omar Gooding
Holiday Heart (2000)
As: Holiday Heart
A drag queen takes in a drug addict and her daughter and helps raise the daughter.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Robert Townsend
Stars: Mykelti Williamson | Ving Rhames | Alfre Woodard | Jesika Reynolds | Jonathan Wesley Wallace
American Tragedy (2000)
As: Johnnie Cochran
Johnnie Cochran defends O.J. Simpson who is on trial for his wife's murder.
Runtime: 170 min.
Directed by: Lawrence Schiller
Stars: Ving Rhames | Richard Cox | Christopher Plummer | Ron Silver | Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
As: Luther Stickell
With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, should Hunt choose to accept it, plunges him into the center of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: John Woo
Stars: Richard Roxburgh | Ving Rhames | Thandie Newton | Tom Cruise | Dougray Scott
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
As: Marcus
48 hours in the life of a burnt-out paramedic. Once called Father Frank for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls where he might have to face one more victim he couldn't help, yet cannot quit the job on his own.
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Tom Sizemore | Ving Rhames | John Goodman | Patricia Arquette
Entrapment (1999)
As: Aaron Thibadeaux
Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end up falling in love.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Jon Amiel
Stars: Sean Connery | Catherine Zeta-Jones | Will Patton | Ving Rhames | Maury Chaykin
Out of Sight (1998)
As: Buddy Bragg
Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if there's more between them than just the law. Variety hails Out of Sight as "a sly, sexy, vastly entertaining film."
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Stars: George Clooney | Ving Rhames | Jennifer Lopez | Mike Malone | Jim Robinson
Body Count (1998)
As: Pike
A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul of the law. Along the way, they meet up with a seductive con artist with ideas of her own.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Robert Patton-Spruill
Stars: Donnie Wahlberg | Ving Rhames | John Leguizamo | Linda Fiorentino | David Caruso
Don King: Only in America (1997)
As: Don King
A cinematic portrait of the famous fight promoter and boxing manager.
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: John Herzfeld
Stars: Ving Rhames | Jeremy Piven | Vondie Curtis-Hall
Con Air (1997)
As: "Diamond Dog"
When the government puts all its rotten criminal eggs in one airborne basket, it's asking for trouble. Before you can say, "Pass the barf bag," the crooks control the plane, led by creepy Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom. Watching his every move is the just-released Cameron Poe, who'd rather reunite with his family.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Simon West
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Colm Meaney | Steve Buscemi | John Malkovich | John Cusack
Rosewood (1997)
As: Mann
Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923.
Runtime: 140 min.
Directed by: John Singleton
Stars: Ving Rhames | Don Cheadle | Bruce McGill | Jon Voight | Loren Dean
Dangerous Ground (1997)
As: Muki
Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy to bury his father. He meets up with his brother Ernest, who tells him their other brother Stephen couldn't be contacted. Vusi goes to Johannesburg to find him, but at first can only find his neighbor/girlfriend, Karin, a stripper. Vusi proceeds to learn how conditions have changed since the end of apartheid, not always for the better ...
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Darrell James Roodt
Stars: Ice Cube | Elizabeth Hurley | Ving Rhames | Ron Smerczak | Thokozani Nkosi
Striptease (1996)
As: Shad
Bounced from her job, Erin Grant needs money if she's to have any chance of winning back custody of her child. But, eventually, she must confront the naked truth: to take on the system, she'll have to take it all off. Erin strips to conquer, but she faces unintended circumstances when a hound dog of a Congressman zeroes in on her and sharpens the shady tools at his fingertips, including blackmail and ...
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Andrew Bergman
Stars: Armand Assante | Ving Rhames | Robert Patrick | Demi Moore | Burt Reynolds
Mission: Impossible (1996)
As: Luther Stickell
When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the No. 1 suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Stars: Jean Reno | Henry Czerny | Emmanuelle Béart | Tom Cruise | Jon Voight
Deadly Whispers (1995)
As: Det. Jackson
Tom Acton: a strict but loving father whose only wish is for a safe, kind world for his family. His main worry: his l9·year old daughter, Kathy, a pretty and flirtatious girl who thinks nothing of having an affair with a married man. Even worse, she suspects that an old boyfriend is stalking her. Then one day, Kathy goes missing. Tom and his wife, Carol, are convinced that Kathy has been ...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Bill L. Norton
Stars: Ving Rhames | Tony Danza | Pamela Reed | Camryn Manheim | Heather Tom
Kiss of Death (1995)
As: Omar
Jimmy Kilmartin is an ex-con living in Astoria in the New York City borough of Queens, trying to stay clean and raising a family with his wife Bev. But when his cousin Ronnie causes him to take a fall for driving an illegal transport of stolen cars, a police officer named Calvin Hart is injured and Jimmy lands back in prison. In exchange for an early release, he is asked to help bring ...
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Helen Hunt | Samuel L. Jackson | Kathryn Erbe | David Caruso
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning (1995)
As: Detective Artie Brown
In New York two detectives of the 87th precinct are initially baffled by the brutal, ritualistic slayings of several young women. Through good detective work and clues left at the crime scenes by the psychopathic killer, they are able to deduce who the killer's next victim will be. A tense chase ensues as they try to prevent him from continuing his bloody rampage
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Bruce Paltrow
Stars: Ving Rhames | Randy Quaid | Alan Blumenfeld | Tracy Middendorf | Steven Flynn
Drop Squad (1994)
As: Garvey
Controversial film about an underground organization that kidnaps and 'deprograms' African Americans who sell out or deny their cultural heritage. Spike Lee is the Executive Producer.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: David C. Johnson
Stars: Ving Rhames | Eriq La Salle | Vondie Curtis-Hall | Kasi Lemmons | Leonard L. Thomas
Pulp Fiction (1994)
As: Marsellus Wallace
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Runtime: 154 min.
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Ving Rhames | Uma Thurman | Samuel L. Jackson | Bruce Willis | John Travolta
The Saint of Fort Washington (1993)
As: Little Leroy
Matthew, a young schizophrenic, finds himself out on the street when a slumlord tears down his apartment building. Soon, he finds himself in even more dire straits, when he is threatened by Little Leroy, a thug who is one of the tough denizens of the Fort Washington Shelter for Men. He reaches out to Jerry, a streetwise combat veteran, who takes Matthew under his wing as a son. The relationship between ...
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Tim Hunter
Stars: Danny Glover | Ving Rhames | Matt Dillon | Nina Siemaszko | Rick Aviles
Dave (1993)
As: Duane Stevenson
Bill Mitchell is the philandering and distant President of the United States. Dave Kovic is a sweet-natured and caring Temp Agency operator, who by a staggering coincidence looks exactly like the President. As such, when Mitchell wants to escape an official luncheon, the Secret Service hires Dave to stand in for him. Unfortunately, Mitchell suffers a severe stroke whilst having sex with one of his aides, ...
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Ivan Reitman
Stars: Ving Rhames | Kevin Kline | Kevin Dunn | Frank Langella | Sigourney Weaver
Bound by Honor (1993)
As: Ivan
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a ...
Runtime: 180 min.
Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Stars: Benjamin Bratt | Victor Rivers | Damian Chapa | Jesse Borrego | Enrique Castillo
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
As: Mr. Stereo
A tough cop's (Sylvester Stallone) seemingly frail mother (Estelle Getty) comes to stay with him and progressively interferes in his life. She buys him an illegal MAC-10 machine pistol and starts poking around in his police cases. Eventually, the film draws to a denouement involving the title of the film and the revelation that even though she seems frail and weak she is capable of strong actions in some ...
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode
Stars: Sylvester Stallone | JoBeth Williams | Martin Ferrero | Roger Rees | Estelle Getty
The People Under the Stairs (1991)
As: Leroy
When young Poindexter "Fool" Williams breaks into the creepy, immense old home of his family's greedy and uncaring landlords, he uncovers a disturbing scenario underneath the stairs.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Wes Craven
Stars: Ving Rhames | Brandon Quintin Adams | Sean Whalen | Everett McGill | A. J. Langer
Homicide (1991)
As: Robert Randolph
Bobby Gold is a career cop who is reassigned from a hunt for a cop killer to the investigation of the murder of an old Jewish woman in Baltimore, and in the process finds himself exploring his own sense of identity.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: David Mamet
Stars: William H. Macy | Ving Rhames | Rebecca Pidgeon | Joe Mantegna | J.J. Johnston
Flight of the Intruder (1991)
As: McRae
U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Jake Grafton and his bombardier buddy, Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Cole, are two soldiers embedded in the Vietnam War growing frustrated by the military's constraints on their missions. Despite the best efforts of their commanding officer, Cmdr. Frank Camparelli, to re-engage them, this disillusioned pair decide to take the war effort into their own hands with an explosive battle plan that could ...
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: John Milius
Stars: Tom Sizemore | Willem Dafoe | Danny Glover | Brad Johnson | Rosanna Arquette
The Long Walk Home (1990)
As: Herbert Cotter
Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott lead by Martin Luther King.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Richard Pearce
Stars: Ving Rhames | Whoopi Goldberg | Dwight Schultz | Sissy Spacek | Dorothy Love Coates
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
As: George
A traumatized Vietnam war veteran finds out that his post-war life isn't what he believes it to be when he's attacked by horned creatures in the subway and his dead son comes to visit him...
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Adrian Lyne
Stars: Tim Robbins | Danny Aiello | Matt Craven | Elizabeth Peña | Pruitt Taylor Vince
When You Remember Me (1990)
Fact-based story of Mike Mills, a teen with muscular dystrophy, who is placed in a state nursing home by his destitute single mother. There he must contend with being the only young person in the clinic and with an abusive head nurse.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Harry Winer
Stars: Kevin Spacey | Ellen Burstyn | Richard Jenkins | Ving Rhames | Fred Savage
Rising Son (1990)
As: Ed
A factory foreman with 36 years experience becomes despondent after being laid off by his company which has just been taken over by a Japanese conglomerate and is unable to find any other work. Meanwhile, his son uses his father's unemployment as an excuse to drop out of the pre-med program his father pressured him to enter.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: John David Coles
Stars: Brian Dennehy | Ving Rhames | Graham Beckel | Piper Laurie | Emily Longstreth
Casualties of War (1989)
As: Lt. Reilly
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager. Based on the actual events of an incident on Hill 192 in November, 1966.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Stars: John Leguizamo | John C. Reilly | Michael J. Fox | Don Harvey | Sean Penn
Patty Hearst (1988)
As: Cinque
The true story of a rich girl who was abducted by American revolutionaries in the 1970's. Her time spent with her captors made her question herself and her way of life and she joined forces with the cause that her abductors were fighting for. This created a US scandal and Patty Hearst has become a pop culture fixture. Written by Josh Pasnak
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Paul Schrader
Stars: William Forsythe | Ving Rhames | Frances Fisher | Natasha Richardson | Jodi Long
Native Son (1986)
As: Jack
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Jerrold Freedman
Stars: Matt Dillon | Elizabeth McGovern | Geraldine Page | Oprah Winfrey | Victor Love
Go Tell It On The Mountain (1984)
As: Young Gabriel
This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celbrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rural South to "big city" Harlem seeking both salvation and understanding and of a young boy struggling to earn the approval of a self-righteous and often unloving stepfather.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Stan Lathan
Stars: Paul Winfield | Rosalind Cash | Olivia Cole | James Bond III | Rodrick F. Wimberly