Ving Rhames

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Biography

Irving Rameses Rhames (born May 12, 1959) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying IMF Agent Luther Stickell in the Mission: Impossible film series (1996–present) and crime boss Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction (1994).

Known For

Pulp Fiction

Marsellus Wallace

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Charlie-27

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Luther Stickell (uncredited)

Mission: Impossible

Luther

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Luther Stickell

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Luther Stickell

Mission: Impossible III

Luther

Mission: Impossible II

Luther Stickell

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	History's Deadliest with Ving Rhames TV	Narrator/Self
2025	Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning MOVIE	Luther Stickell
2025	Dope Thief TV	Bartram 'Bart' Driscoll
2025	Uppercut MOVIE	Elliott Duffond
2024	The Wild Robot MOVIE	Thunderbolt (voice)
2024	The Instigators MOVIE	Frank Toomey
2024	The Garfield Movie MOVIE	Otto (voice)
2023	Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One MOVIE	Luther Stickell
2023	Legacy TV	Guy Simmons
2023	The Locksmith MOVIE	Frank
2022	Wendell & Wild MOVIE	Buffalo Belzer (voice)
2018	Mission: Impossible - Fallout MOVIE	Luther Stickell
2018	Con Man MOVIE	Peanut
2017	Father Figures MOVIE	Rod Hamilton
2017	The Star MOVIE	Thaddeus (voice)
2017	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 MOVIE	Charlie-27
2016	A Sunday Horse MOVIE	Mr. Valentine
2015	Operator MOVIE	Richard
2015	Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation MOVIE	Luther Stickell
2014	In Security MOVIE	Officer Hall
2014	A Day Late and a Dollar Short MOVIE	Cecil
2014	Force of Execution MOVIE	Ice Man
2014	Jamesy Boy MOVIE	Conrad
2013	Percentage MOVIE	Porter
2013	Monday Mornings TV	Dr. Jorge Villanueva
2013	Death Race: Inferno MOVIE	Weyland
2012	Won't Back Down MOVIE	Principal Thompson
2012	Art of Submission MOVIE	Gene
2012	Soldiers of Fortune MOVIE	Grimaud
2012	Piranha 3DD MOVIE	Deputy Fallon (uncredited)
2012	7 Below MOVIE	Jack
2011	Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol MOVIE	Luther Stickell (uncredited)
2011	Zombie Apocalypse MOVIE	Henry
2011	Julia X MOVIE	The Man
2011	The River Murders MOVIE	Captain Langley
2011	Pimp Bullies MOVIE	Miguel
2011	Mafia MOVIE	Renzo Wes
2010	The Wrath of Cain MOVIE	Cain
2010	Death Race 2 MOVIE	Weyland
2010	King of the Avenue MOVIE	Norman / De'Sha
2010	Piranha 3D MOVIE	Deputy Fallon
2010	Operation: Endgame MOVIE	Judgement
2010	Love Chronicles: Secrets Revealed MOVIE	Mike
2010	Gravity TV	Dogg McFee
2010	Master Harold... and the Boys MOVIE	Sam
2009	Surrogates MOVIE	Prophet
2009	The Bridge to Nowhere MOVIE	Drug Dealer
2009	The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard MOVIE	Jibby Newsome
2009	The Tournament MOVIE	Joshua Harlow
2009	Echelon Conspiracy MOVIE	Agent Dave Grant
2009	Evil Angel MOVIE	Carruthers
2009	Give 'em Hell, Malone MOVIE	Boulder
2008	Saving God MOVIE	Armstrong Cane
2008	Phantom Punch MOVIE	Sonny Liston
2008	Day of the Dead MOVIE	Captain Rhodes
2007	A Broken Life MOVIE	The Vet
2007	Animal 2 MOVIE	James 'Animal' Allen
2007	I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry MOVIE	Fred G. Duncan
2007	Ascension Day MOVIE	Self
2006	American Gangster TV	Self
2006	Idlewild MOVIE	Spats
2006	Aquaman MOVIE	McCaffery
2006	Aquaman TV	McCaffery
2006	Leroy & Stitch MOVIE	Cobra Bubbles (voice)
2006	Mission: Impossible III MOVIE	Luther
2005	Shooting Gallery MOVIE	Cue Ball Carl Bridgers
2005	Back in the Day MOVIE	J-Bone
2005	Animal MOVIE	Animal
2005	Kojak TV	Theo Kojak
2004	The Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch' MOVIE	Self
2004	The Tony Danza Show TV	Self
2004	Dawn of the Dead MOVIE	Kenneth
2004	On Air with Ryan Seacrest TV	Self
2003	Jimmy Neutron: Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion MOVIE	Chief (voice)
2003	Lilo & Stitch: The Series TV	Cobra Bubbles (voice)
2003	Stitch! The Movie MOVIE	Cobra Bubbles (voice)
2003	Beef MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2003	Sin MOVIE	Eddie Burns
2002	Dark Blue MOVIE	Arthur Holland
2002	Lilo & Stitch Read-Along MOVIE	Cobra Bubbles (voice)
2002	RFK MOVIE	Judge Jones
2002	Pulp Fiction: The Facts MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2002	Undisputed MOVIE	George 'Iceman' Chambers
2002	Lilo & Stitch MOVIE	Cobra Bubbles (voice)
2002	Little John MOVIE	John Morgan
2002	Icons TV	Self
2002	Sins of the Father MOVIE	Garrick Jones
2001	UC: Undercover MOVIE	Quito Real
2001	UC: Undercover TV	Self
2001	The Proud Family TV	Garrett Krebs (voice)
2001	Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within MOVIE	Sgt. Ryan Whitaker (voice)
2001	Baby Boy MOVIE	Melvin 'Mel'
2000	Holiday Heart MOVIE	Holiday Heart
2000	American Tragedy MOVIE	Johnnie Cochran
2000	The District TV	Attorney General Troy Hatcher
2000	Mission: Impossible II MOVIE	Luther Stickell
1999	Bringing Out the Dead MOVIE	Marcus
1999	Entrapment MOVIE	Aaron Thibadeaux
1998	Inside 'Out of Sight' MOVIE	Self
1998	Out of Sight MOVIE	Buddy Bragg
1998	Body Count MOVIE	Pike
1997	Don King: Only in America MOVIE	Don King
1997	The Wonderful World of Disney TV	Self
1997	The View TV	Self
1997	Con Air MOVIE	Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones
1997	Rosewood MOVIE	Mann
1997	Dangerous Ground MOVIE	Muki
1996	Striptease MOVIE	Shad
1996	Mission: Impossible MOVIE	Luther
1995	Deadly Whispers MOVIE	Det. Jackson
1995	Kiss of Death MOVIE	Omar
1995	Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning MOVIE	Detective Artie Brown
1994	Drop Squad MOVIE	Garvey
1994	ER TV	Walter Robbins
1994	Pulp Fiction MOVIE	Marsellus Wallace
1994	New York Undercover TV	Max Villareal
1993	The Saint of Fort Washington MOVIE	Little Leroy
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV	Self - Guest
1993	Late Show with David Letterman TV	Self - Guest
1993	Dave MOVIE	Duane Stevenson
1993	Bound by Honor MOVIE	Ivan
1992	Terror on Track 9 MOVIE	Jellyroll
1992	Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot MOVIE	Mr. Stereo
1991	The People Under the Stairs MOVIE	Leroy
1991	Iran: Days of Crisis TV	Charles Jones
1991	Murder in Oakland MOVIE	Sergeant Blue
1991	Homicide MOVIE	Robert Randolph
1991	Flight of the Intruder MOVIE	McRae
1990	The Long Walk Home MOVIE	Herbert Cotter
1990	Jacob's Ladder MOVIE	George
1990	When You Remember Me MOVIE	Leon
1990	Rising Son MOVIE	Ed
1989	Casualties of War MOVIE	Lt. Reilly
1989	Men TV	Charlie Hazard
1988	Patty Hearst MOVIE	Cinque
1987	Tour of Duty TV	Tucker
1986	Native Son MOVIE	Jack
1986	Crime Story TV	Hector Lincoln
1985	Spenser: For Hire TV	Self
1985	The Equalizer TV	Luther 'Million' Paxton
1984	Miami Vice TV	Walker Monroe
1984	Miami Vice TV	Georges
1984	Go Tell It on the Mountain MOVIE	Young Gabriel
1964	Another World TV	Self
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame TV	John Morgan
	Mongoose MOVIE	Tanker
	Painter MOVIE	Self

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