Editing Ving Rhames (section)

==Career==
Rhames first appeared on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in the play ''The Boys of Winter'' in 1984. He started out in film in [[Wes Craven]]'s ''[[The People Under the Stairs]]'' (1991) as Leroy, watched over [[Kevin Kline]] as Secret Service agent Duane Stevensen in ''[[Dave (film)|Dave]]'' (1993), and played [[Pulp Fiction (film)#Cast|Marsellus Wallace]] in ''[[Pulp Fiction (film)|Pulp Fiction]]'' (1994). He also played Buddy Bragg in ''[[Out of Sight (film)|Out of Sight]]'' (1998).

Rhames played Dr. Peter Benton's brother-in-law on the TV medical drama ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', a recurring role he filled for three seasons. He played ace computer hacker [[Luther Stickell]] opposite [[Tom Cruise]] in [[Brian De Palma]]'s ''[[Mission: Impossible (film)|Mission: Impossible]]'' (1996). In 1997, Rhames portrayed the character of Nathan 'Diamond Dog' Jones in the popular film ''[[Con Air]]'', and Muki in the Ice Cube film ''[[Dangerous Ground (1997 film)|Dangerous Ground]]''.

Rhames won a [[Golden Globe]] in 1998 for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film|Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film]] in [[HBO]]'s ''Don King: Only in America''. At the ceremony he gave his award to fellow nominee [[Jack Lemmon]], saying, "I feel that being an artist is about giving, and I'd like to give this to you." Lemmon was clearly touched by the gesture as was the celebrity audience who gave Lemmon a standing ovation. Lemmon, who tried unsuccessfully to give the award back to Rhames, said it was "one of the nicest, sweetest moments I've ever known in my life." The [[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]] announced later that they would have a duplicate award prepared for Rhames. That moment was #98 on E!'s 101 Awesome Moments in Entertainment.<ref name="google6">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IlcS25xYsC4C&q=golden+globe+black+actor&pg=PA187|title=Black masculinity and the U.S. South: from Uncle Tom to gangsta|isbn=978-0-8203-2890-4|publisher=University of Georgia Press|year=2007|first=Riché|last=Richardson|access-date=February 24, 2011|archive-date=May 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513164547/https://books.google.com/books?id=IlcS25xYsC4C&q=golden+globe+black+actor&pg=PA187|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fe6z86wQD_YC&q=golden+globe+&pg=PA107|title=Diasporic Lives: Alienation and Violence as Themes in African American Jamaican Cultural Texts|isbn=978-3-643-10574-5|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster|year=2010|first=Marlene|last=Calvin|access-date=February 24, 2011|archive-date=May 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508011852/https://books.google.com/books?id=Fe6z86wQD_YC&q=golden+globe+&pg=PA107|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nytimes1">{{cite web|last=Gerston|first=Jill|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/59836/Ving-Rhames/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726012132/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/59836/Ving-Rhames/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 26, 2013|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2013|title=Ving Rhames – About This Person|access-date=February 24, 2011}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' lauded Rhames for the act, writing that in doing so he "demonstrated his capacity for abundant generosity".<ref name="nytimes1"/>

Rhames appeared in ''[[Striptease (film)|Striptease]]'' (1996) as the wisecracking bodyguard Shad, Jesus-praising paramedic Marcus in ''[[Bringing Out the Dead]]'' (1999), and reprised his Luther Stickell role for ''[[Mission: Impossible 2]]'' (2000). He played [[Johnnie Cochran]] in ''[[American Tragedy (film)|American Tragedy]]'' (2000), the ex-con boyfriend of Jody's mother in the [[John Singleton]] film ''[[Baby Boy (film)|Baby Boy]]'', portrayed a [[gay]] [[drag queen]] in the television film ''[[Holiday Heart]]'', contributed his voice for the character of [[Cobra Bubbles]] in ''[[Lilo & Stitch]]'' (2002) and the subsequent TV series, and played a stoic cop fighting zombie hordes in ''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'' (2004) and ''[[Day of the Dead (2008 film)|Day of the Dead]]'' (2008) remakes. Rhames has also appeared in a series of television commercials for [[RadioShack]], usually performing with [[Vanessa L. Williams]].

In March 2005, Rhames played the lead role on a new ''[[Kojak (2005 TV series)|Kojak]]'' series, on the [[USA Network]] cable channel (and on ITV4 in the UK). The bald head, lollipops, and "Who loves ya, baby?" catchphrase remained intact, but little else remained from the [[Kojak|Telly Savalas-starring original]].

Rhames voiced the part of Tobias Jones in the video game ''[[Driver 3]]''.

Reprising his Luther Stickell role, Rhames co-starred in ''[[Mission: Impossible III]]'' (2006), had a cameo appearance in ''[[Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol]]'' (2011), and played a major role in ''[[Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation]]'' (2015), ''[[Mission: Impossible – Fallout]]'' (2018),  ''[[Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One]]'' (2023) and ''[[Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning ]]'' (2025), the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth installments in the ''Mission Impossible'' film series, respectively.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ving Rhames Returns for Mission: Impossible 5|url=http://www.superherohype.com/news/312893-ving-rhames-returns-for-mission-impossible-5|access-date=August 17, 2014|publisher=www.superherohype.com|date=August 17, 2014|archive-date=August 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090253/http://www.superherohype.com/news/312893-ving-rhames-returns-for-mission-impossible-5|url-status=live}}</ref> He is the only actor besides Tom Cruise to appear in all eight ''Mission: Impossible'' films. It was announced that he would have a role in the [[Aquaman]]-based show ''[[Aquaman (TV program)|Mercy Reef]]''; however, due to the integration of [[The WB Television Network|The WB]] and [[UPN]] for the new network, [[The CW Television Network|CW]], ''Mercy Reef'' was not picked up. Rhames played a gay – and possibly also homicidal – firefighter who comes out of the closet in ''[[I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry]]''. He narrates the [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]] television series ''[[American Gangster (TV series)|American Gangster]]''.

In the 2008 film ''[[Saving God]]'', he played an ex-con who is released from prison a changed man, looking to take over his father's former church congregation in a deteriorating neighborhood. Rhames stars in ''[[Phantom Punch (film)|Phantom Punch]]'', a biopic of boxer [[Sonny Liston]], released directly to DVD, as well as ''[[The Tournament (2009 film)|The Tournament]]'', portraying a fighter out to win a no-rules tournament.

Rhames makes an appearance in [[Ludacris]]'s song "Southern Gangstas" on his album ''[[Theater of the Mind]]''. Rappers [[Playaz Circle]] and [[Rick Ross]] are also featured on the track.

He filmed the film ''The Red Canvas'' with [[Ernie Reyes Jr.]], UFC lightweight contender [[Gray Maynard]], and [[Randy Couture]]. In 2010, he filed a lawsuit against the film's producer,<ref name="autogenerated1">[http://www.tmz.com/2010/02/20/ving-rhames-lawsuit-sued-money-red-canvas-kenneth-chamitoff/ Ving Rhames to Producer: Do I Look Like a Bitch?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323184814/http://www.tmz.com/2010/02/20/ving-rhames-lawsuit-sued-money-red-canvas-kenneth-chamitoff |date=March 23, 2010 }}. TMZ.com. Retrieved on August 28, 2010.</ref> claiming that he had only been paid $175,000 of a $200,000 contract.

In 2015, he filmed a series of commercials for [[The ADT Corporation]].{{fact|date=September 2024}}

Rhames is one of the narrators for [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]].

Rhames narrated the team introductions for the [[New England Patriots]] and [[Atlanta Falcons]] in [[Super Bowl LI]] in February 2017.{{fact|date=September 2024}}

Since 2014, Rhames has provided the narration for numerous [[Arby's]] commercials, with the slogan "Arby's: We have the meats!"<ref>{{Cite web|last=Felix|first=Maria|date=2021-06-26|title=Who Is The Narrator For The Arby's Commercials?|url=https://www.looper.com/447423/who-is-the-narrator-for-the-arbys-commercials/|access-date=2021-11-16|website=Looper.com|archive-date=November 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116205357/https://www.looper.com/447423/who-is-the-narrator-for-the-arbys-commercials/|url-status=live}}</ref>