Editing Ving Rhames (section)

==Early life and education==
Rhames was born and raised in [[Harlem]], New York City.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130726010427/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/813477951.html?dids=813477951:813477951&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+20%2C+2005&author=ADAM+BUCKMAN&pub=New+York+Post&desc=WHO+LOVES+YA%2C+BABY%3F+%27KOJAK%27S%27+BACK+-+AND+THIS+TIME%2C+HE%27S+BLACK&pqatl=google WHO LOVES YA, BABY? 'KOJAK'S' BACK – AND THIS TIME, HE'S BLACK]</ref> He was named "Irving" after [[NBC]] journalist [[Irving R. Levine]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100825125319/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4569728/ Newsmakers – Newsweek Entertainment – MSNBC.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Rhames entered New York's [[High School of Performing Arts]], where he developed 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 (''[[List of Juilliard School people|Group 12]]'': 1979–1983)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.juilliard.edu/alumni/news/news_decades/2009-2010/1004/index.php|title=Alumni News|publisher=[[The Juilliard School]]|date=April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111120938/http://juilliard.edu/alumni/news/news_decades/2009-2010/1004/index.php|archive-date=November 11, 2011}}</ref> where he graduated with a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] degree in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/59836/Ving-Rhames/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071125002437/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/59836/Ving-Rhames/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 25, 2007|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Sandra|last=Brennan|date=2007|title=Ving Rhames|access-date=April 4, 2012}}</ref>