June Carter Cash
Musical Monikers
Madonna
Justin Bieber
My Ghost Story
I Survived
Babe Ruth
Johnny Cash
Georgia O'Keefe
I Survived
1 photo
Quick Facts
- NAME: Ving Rhames
- OCCUPATION: Film Actor
- BIRTH DATE: May 12, 1959 (Age: 54)
- EDUCATION: High School for the Performing Arts, The State University of New York, Purchase, The Juilliard School
- PLACE OF BIRTH: New York, New York
- Full Name: Irving Rameses Rhames
- AKA: Irving Rhames
- AKA: Ving Rhames
- ZODIAC SIGN: Taurus
Best Known For
Ving Rhames is an actor known for roles in such films as Pulp Fiction and the Mission: Impossible franchise.
Quiz
Think you know about Biography?
Answer questions and see how you rank against other players.
Play NowVing Rhames. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 11:26, May 21, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/ving-rhames-476242.
Ving Rhames. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/ving-rhames-476242 [Accessed 21 May 2013].
"Ving Rhames." 2013. The Biography Channel website. May 21 2013, 11:26 http://www.biography.com/people/ving-rhames-476242.
"Ving Rhames," The Biography Channel website, 2013, http://www.biography.com/people/ving-rhames-476242 [accessed May 21, 2013].
"Ving Rhames," The Biography Channel website, http://www.biography.com/people/ving-rhames-476242 (accessed May 21, 2013).
Ving Rhames [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 May 21] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/ving-rhames-476242.
Ving Rhames, http://www.biography.com/people/ving-rhames-476242 (last visited May 21, 2013).
Ving Rhames. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/ving-rhames-476242. Accessed May 21, 2013.
Instead, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced that they would have a duplicate award prepared for Rhames.
Rhames continued working in film throughout the 1990s, appearing in movies such as Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Mission: Impossible II (2000) and Dawn of the Dead (2004). In 2006, he reprised his role in Mission: Impossible III,
making him the only actor besides Tom Cruise to appear in all three films of the Mission: Impossible franchise.
In addition to his film credits, Rhames has continued to appear on TV over the years. His TV credits include the detective program Kojack, the medical drama E.R. and the series Football Wives.
Personal Life
In 1994, Ving Rhames married Valerie Scott. The couple divorced five years later, on February 9, 1999. In December 2000, Rhames wed actress Deborah Reed, with whom he has three children: daughter Reignbeau, son Freedom and Reed's daughter from a previous marriage, Tiffany.
© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
profile name: Ving Rhames profile occupation:
Your Connections
Sign in with Facebook to see how you and your friends are connected to famous icons.
Profile Connections
Included In These Groups
-
Names We Like
View groupSometimes a person's name just rolls off your tongue is such a satisfying way, you can't help but say it again—especially when you see it in the headlines day after day. Here is a collection of some of our favorites.
Names We Like 23 people in this group
-
Famous Taureans 515 people in this group
-
Famous Actors
View groupBrowse notable actors such as Woody Allen, John Belushi, and Steve Buscemi.
Famous Actors 940 people in this group
