Ving Rhames
Ving Rhames
Irving Rameses "Ving" Rhamesis an American actor best known for his work in Bringing Out the Dead, Pulp Fiction, Out of Sight, Baby Boy, Don King: Only in America, Dawn of the Dead, Rosewood, Con Air, and as Luther Stickell in the Mission: Impossible film series...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth12 May 1959
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
family folks generation higher moved name offer south using
Using the Africanist model, each generation should take the family name to a higher place. My father's folks were sharecroppers in South Carolina. He went to Harlem. They were still poor, but they moved up. If my parents didn't do this and offer me this background, I wouldn't be here.
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You get Don King's point of view in what is almost a Shakespearean, classical technique. He comes across almost like a lovable rogue, like Iago in 'Othello' or Richard III. He's doing all these bad things, but I kind of like him. It's like 'Pulp Fiction': Everybody's a bad guy, yet you like them.
god matter within
I think God has blessed each of us with at least one gift. So I think it's a matter of do we find it within our lifetime.
base family life raise
I try to base my life on the principles of Christ. I try to raise my family on the principles of Christ. I don't know if that makes me religious.
acting interested junior playing seriously sports until
I was more interested in playing sports than acting. I didn't take acting too seriously until the end of my junior year.
exchange interested
I've always been interested in cross-cultural exchange with the youth.
known laurence twenty
I've known Laurence Fishburne for about twenty years.
few
In this industry, very few actors can control their career.
call miss performing school
Miss Goodblatt would call on me to read. She said I had a talent. So on a whim, I auditioned for the High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan.
basically type
'Mission: Impossible' is basically entertainment, and for what it is, it's fine. I don't think most actors become actors to do that type of film.
room slept until
My brother and I slept on the couch. I didn't get my own room until I was in college. We didn't even have a telephone until I was in college.
people
People often think I've played the villain more times than I have.
graduated since
Since I graduated college, all I have ever done for a living was acting.
associated normally
The character of the computer whiz is not one that would normally be associated with me.