Irving Rhames
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Rhames in 2014
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| Born |
Irving Rameses Rhames May 12, 1959 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education |
State University of New York, Purchase Juilliard School (BFA) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Valerie Scott (m. 1994; div. 1999) Deborah Reed (m. 2000) |
| Children | 3 |
Irving Rameses "Ving" Rhames (born May 12, 1959) is an American actor known for his roles in "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry", Bringing Out the Dead, Pulp Fiction, Out of Sight, Baby Boy, Don King: Only in America, Dawn of the Dead, Rosewood, Con Air, Dave, and as Luther Stickell in the Mission: Impossible film series.
Rhames was born in Harlem, New York City, New York, the son of Reather, a homemaker, and Ernest Rhames, an auto mechanic. His parents were raised as sharecroppers in South Carolina. Named after the late NBC journalist, Irving R. Levine, Irving Rhames also grew up in Harlem.
He entered New York's High School of Performing Arts, where he discovered his love of acting. After high school, he studied drama at SUNY Purchase, where fellow acting student Stanley Tucci gave him his nickname "Ving". Rhames later transferred to the Juilliard School's Drama Division (Group 12: 1979–1983) where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1983.
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