Ving Rhames

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Ving Rhames
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May 12, 1959 in Harlem, New York, NY
Biography:A burly, bald black actor of stage, screen, and television, "Ving Rhames" specializes in playing villains and, indeed, having grown up on Harlem's meanest streets, is no stranger to violence. His onscreen persona, however, is no match for his real-life reputation as a deeply compassionate man, seriously dedicated to his profession. The actor ably demonstrated his capacity for abundant generosity during the 1998 Golden Globes ceremony when he handed over the award he had just won for portraying the title character of the cable film "Don King: Only in America" to fellow nominee "Jack Lemmon", simply because he felt Lemmon's contributions to film exceeded his own.

Though his upbringing in Harlem was rife with many temptations to engage in easy money criminal ventures, the deeply religious Rhames separated himself from street riffraff at a young age and focused his energies on school. It was his ninth... Full Biography

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Ving Rhames in "Idlewild"
Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg in "Mission: Impossible III"
Ving Rhames in "Mission: Impossible III"
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Maggie Q and Ving Rhames in "Mission: Impossible III"
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Ving Rhames, Tom Cruise and Maggie Q in "Mission: Impossible III"
Fellow firefighter Duncan (Ving Rhames, left) gets some advice from Chuck (Adam Sandler) in "I Now...
The survivors (left to right): Jake Weber, Sarah Polley, Mekhi Phifer, Ving Rhames and Lindy Booth
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