This block contains the information about Ving Rhames and provides an insight into the life of the celebrity. From here you can also learn when, how and why the profession of an actor was chosen. Some interesting facts are waiting for you here.

Ving Rhames was born in Harlem (which is known as the worst location in New York). In 1983 he graduated the school of Art Performance and later the Gillard School in New York. After it he was performing in Broadway Theater. In the middle of eighties the actor was performing a lot on the television, where he performed his first main role of a father of James Baldwin’s character who was a writer in the movie “Go and tell to the mountains” in 1984. Also he is famous due to performing the role of Vietnamese veterans, especially in Broadway plays, such as “Winter Boys” in 1985 and “War Losses” which was directed by Bryan de Palma, and in ‘Jacob’s Stairs” movie. One of his most popular roles- was the role of Marcella’s Wallis in the movie “Pulp fiction” by Quentin Tarantino. Since the second half of eighties he performed a lot on the television, he performed in a few TV shows, but mostly some minor roles. In 2000 he won the prize on the ShoWest Convention” as the best supporting actor and in 2001 he got the Locarno’s prize, together with the “Baby Boy” ensemble. He performed in such movies, as “The final Fantasy” in 2001, “Mission Impossible 2” together with a Hollywood star Tom Cruise and in ‘Reincarnating the dead once”.

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Here you can learn about the movies Ving Rhames acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know.

Movies & Videos	Budget	Year	Opening weekend	US box Office
Mission: Impossible III - Luther	$150M	2006	$47.7M	$133M
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within - Ryan (voice)	$137M	2001	$11.4M	$32.1M
Mission: Impossible II - Luther Stickell	$125M	2000	$70.8M	$215M
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry - Fred G. Duncan	$85M	2007	$34.2M	$120M
Lilo & Stitch - Cobra Bubbles (voice)	$80M	2002	$35.3M	$146M
Mission: Impossible - Luther Stickell	$80M	1996	$804K	$181M
Surrogates - The Prophet	$80M	2009	$14.9M	$38.5M
Con Air - Nathan 'Diamond Dog' Jones	$75M	1997	$24.1M	$101M
Entrapment - Aaron Thibadeaux	$66M	1999	$20.1M	$87.7M
Out of Sight - Buddy Bragg	$48M	1998	$12M	$37.3M
Striptease - Shad	$40M	1996	$12.3M	$32.8M
Blood In, Blood Out - Ivan	$35M	1993		$4.5M
Bringing Out the Dead - Marcus	$32M	1999	$6.19M	$16.6M
Dawn of the Dead - Kenneth	$28M	2004	$26.7M	$58.9M
Rosewood - Mann	$25M	1997		$13.1M
Jacob's Ladder - George	$25M	1990		$26.1M
Piranha - Deputy Fallon	$24M	2010	$10.1M	$25M
Casualties of War - Lt. Reilly	$22.5M	1989		$18.7M
Undisputed - George 'Iceman' Chambers	$20M	2002	$4.55M	$12.4M
Day of the Dead - Captain Rhodes	$18M	2008