Ving Rhames

Biography

Born 05/12/1959

This physically imposing African-American character player, often with a shaved head and earring, has embodied complex and credible heavies and flawed men of authority on stage and screen. A native of NYC's Harlem, Rhames was educated at the High School of the Performing Arts and Juilliard before...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 2000, received ShoWest Award for Supporting Actor of the Year
In 1998, received Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV

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Highlights

In 2009, Played a cult figure who disdains surrogates, opposite Bruce Willis, in the film "Surrogates"
In 2009, Co-starred with Jeremy Piven in "The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard"
In 2008, Starred in the horror film remake "Day of the Dead"

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Family & Companions

Valerie Scott: wife (Married from 1994-1999)
brother: While filming "The Saint of Fort Washington" (1993) in New York, he was introduced to a homeless man who turned out to be his long-lost, older brother, Junior, who had lost contact with the family after serving in Vietnam; Rhames immediately helped his brother to get proper food and clothing, and moved him into his own apartment

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