Biography
Irving Rameses Rhames (/ˈreɪmz/; 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article about Ving Rhames, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
as Luther Stickell
Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe —...

Uppercut
2025
as Elliott Duffond
When Elliott, a tough ex-boxing champion, accepts the challenge to train Toni, the two mismatched characters form an unlikely alliance. Their sparring...

The Wild Robot
2024
as Thunderbolt (voice)
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's...

The Instigators
2024
as Frank Toomey
Rory and Cobby are unlikely partners thrown together for a heist. But when it goes awry, they team up with an unusual accomplice — Rory's therapist — ...

The Garfield Movie
2024
as Otto (voice)
Garfield, the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure! After an unexpected reunion with his ...

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023
as Luther Stickell
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it...

The Locksmith
2023
as Frank
A thief fresh out of prison, tries to work his way back into the life of his daughter and ex-fiancé. Determined, he is forced to use the skills he has...

Wendell & Wild
2022
as Buffalo Belzer (voice)
Two demon brothers enlist the aid of Kat Elliot — a tough teen with a load of guilt — to summon them to the Land of the Living. But what Kat demands i...

QT8: The First Eight
2019
as Self (archive footage)
A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the scanda...

Mission: Impossible - Fallout
2018
as Luther Stickell
When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the C...

Con Man
2018
as Peanut
The story of Barry Minkow, a young and charismatic figure in business who reaches CEO status by lying and scheming his way to the top.

Father Figures
2017
as Rod Hamilton
Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in or...

The Star
2017
as Thaddeus (voice)
A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the greatest story ever told: the first Christmas.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017
as Charlie-27
The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.

A Sunday Horse
2016
as Mr. Valentine
After a near-fatal accident, on a horse the experts thought was nothing special, a determined rider from the wrong side of the tracks defies all the o...

Operator
2015
as Richard
When the daughter of veteran 911 call center operator Pamela, and her estranged husband Jeremy, a Senior Police Officer, is kidnapped and held hostage...

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
2015
as Luther Stickell
Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet—eradicating 'The Syndicate', an International and highly-skilled rogue organization committed...

In Security
2014
as Officer Hall
The owners of a failing security company start robbing houses to boost business.

A Day Late and a Dollar Short
2014
as Cecil
When irascible matriarch Viola Price learns that her next asthma attack will likely kill her, she is determined to fix her fractured family before she...

Force of Execution
2014
as Ice Man
Seagal stars as mob kingpin Mr. Alexander, an old-school boss who rules his criminal empire with both nobility and brutality. For a simple prison hit,...

Jamesy Boy
2014
as Conrad
Based on the true story of teenager James Burns who goes from a suburban street gang to a maximum-security prison cell surrounded by hardened criminal...

Percentage
2013
as Porter
After a drug deal gone wrong, two New York City hustlers relocate to Miami, where they set up a lucrative credit card fraud operation. Unfortunately, ...

Death Race: Inferno
2013
as Weyland
Carl Lucas / Frankenstein has won four of his races and needs to win one more to win his freedom. Before his final race, Lucas and his team, car and a...

Won't Back Down
2012
as Principal Thompson
Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission t...

Art of Submission
2012
as Gene
Johnny Sanchez has a troubled past which manifests in the dissonance between him and his family, particularly with his father and son. As Johnny gets ...

Soldiers of Fortune
2012
as Grimaud
Wealthy thrill-seekers pay huge premiums to have themselves inserted into military adventures, only this time things don't go exactly to plan.

Piranha 3DD
2012
as Deputy Fallon (uncredited)
After the events at Lake Victoria, the prehistoric school of blood-thirsty piranhas make their way into swimming pools, plumbing, and a newly opened w...

7 Below
2012
as Jack
A group of strangers is trapped in a time warp house where a terrible event transpired exactly 100 years prior.

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011
as Luther Stickell (uncredited)
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch c...

Zombie Apocalypse
2011
as Henry
Months after a zombie plague has wiped out 90 percent of the American population, a small group of survivors fight their way cross-country to a rumore...

Julia X
2011
as The Man
Meeting a man on the Internet, Julia decides to see him in person, only to get abducted and branded with the letter "x" by that guy. A game of cat and...

The River Murders
2011
as Captain Langley
The sins of the past are not forgotten in this chilling suspense thriller. When the first body was discovered, it seemed a coincidence. But now homici...

Pimp Bullies
2011
as Miguel
Five suspects holding a piece of the truth behind an unsolved crime.

Mafia
2011
as Renzo Wes
A renegade cop skirts the law in order to capture a ruthless crime boss.

The Wrath of Cain
2010
as Cain
A former kingpin of the streets, Miles “Cain” Skinner is doing life in prison. He is feared and respected among the inmates. When Cain learns that his...

Death Race 2
2010
as Weyland
In the world's most dangerous prison, a new game is born: Death Race. The rules of this adrenaline-fueled blood sport are simple, drive or die. When r...

King of the Avenue
2010
as Norman / De'Sha
A drug dealer sells his soul to the devil to become the top drug dealer on the block.

Piranha 3D
2010
as Deputy Fallon
Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, a...

Operation: Endgame
2010
as Judgement
A battle ensues among two government spy teams in an underground facility after their boss is assassinated.

Love Chronicles: Secrets Revealed
2010
as Mike
Love Chronicles, a romantic “dramedy”, is set at Los Angeles radio station KLUV, where callers air their dirty laundry over the airwaves for all to he...

Master Harold... and the Boys
2010
as Sam
This movie is of Hally, an adolescent white South African. He is stuck between his intolerant father's outlook of him and those of his caretaker, Sam....

Surrogates
2009
as Prophet
Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time i...

The Bridge to Nowhere
2009
as Drug Dealer
A group of 20-something blue-collar workers in Pittsburgh cook up a scheme to make extra money that involves prostitution. Their business takes off, t...

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
2009
as Jibby Newsome
Don Ready is many things, but he is best-known as an extraordinary salesman. When a car dealership in Temecula teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, he ...

The Tournament
2009
as Joshua Harlow
Every ten years, in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man stan...

Echelon Conspiracy
2009
as Agent Dave Grant
Mysterious cell phone messages promise a young American engineer untold wealth - then make him the target of a deadly international plot. Dangerous se...

Evil Angel
2009
as Carruthers
Set in present day Chicago, the ancient avenging demon Lilith, attempts to destroy a young paramedic's life while destroying anyone who interferes wit...

Give 'em Hell, Malone
2009
as Boulder
A tough as nails private investigator (Malone) squares off with gangsters and their thugs to protect a valuable secret. Malone goes through hell to pr...

Saving God
2008
as Armstrong Cane
Ex Con Armstrong Cane (Ving Rhames) returns to home a changed man looking to take over his father's old church and congregation. The neighborhood thou...

Phantom Punch
2008
as Sonny Liston
From his discovery by a priest while serving time at the Missouri State Penitentiary to the infamous 'Phantom Punch' by Cassius Clay which effectively...

Phantom Punch
2008
Producer
From his discovery by a priest while serving time at the Missouri State Penitentiary to the infamous 'Phantom Punch' by Cassius Clay which effectively...

Day of the Dead
2008
as Captain Rhodes
When a small Colorado town is overrun by the flesh hungry dead, a small group of survivors try to escape in a last ditch effort to stay alive.

A Broken Life
2007
as The Vet
Max Walker is a suicidal man who selects an aspiring young filmmaker to record the end of his life. On the agenda for his last day on Earth: telling o...

Animal 2
2007
as James 'Animal' Allen
Now serving a life sentence for murder, James "Animal" Allen returns to fighting for cash in order to help his troubled son on the outside. However, w...

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007
as Fred G. Duncan
Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core—which is why when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his lover so that ...

Ascension Day
2007
A drama focused on Nat Turner and the 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia.

Ascension Day
2007
Producer
A drama focused on Nat Turner and the 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia.

Idlewild
2006
as Spats
A reticent piano player Percival, along with Rooster, his flamboyant lead performer and manager, struggle to keep their speakeasy, in the Prohibition-...

Aquaman
2006
as McCaffery
A young twenty-something diver living in the Florida Keys discovers he has the power to breathe underwater.

Leroy & Stitch
2006
as Cobra Bubbles (voice)
Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley have finally caught all of Jumba's genetic experiments and found the one true place where each of them belongs. Stit...

Mission: Impossible III
2006
as Luther
Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, ...

Tarantino's Mind
2006
as Marsellus Wallace (archive footage)
Two friends at a bar talking about theories involving Quentin Tarantino's movies.

Shooting Gallery
2005
as Cue Ball Carl Bridgers
A street-smart pool player falls in with a pack of hustlers. As he rises in the underground circuit, he lands in the middle of a match between his bos...

Back in the Day
2005
as J-Bone
A young man slides back into a life of crime after reuniting with a shady acquaintance from his past.

Back in the Day
2005
Executive Producer
A young man slides back into a life of crime after reuniting with a shady acquaintance from his past.

Animal
2005
as Animal
His name: infamous. His reputation: ruthless. But when James "Animal"Allen is locked up in a maximum security prison, he meets a revolutionary who cha...

Animal
2005
Executive Producer
His name: infamous. His reputation: ruthless. But when James "Animal"Allen is locked up in a maximum security prison, he meets a revolutionary who cha...

The Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch'
2004
as Self
An in-depth look at the making of Lilo & Stitch (2002).

Dawn of the Dead
2004
as Kenneth
A group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies.
Jimmy Neutron: Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion
2003
as Chief (voice)
Jimmy is enlisted as a spy by the Big Top Secret Organization. His mission: find and rescue Agent X - who turns out to be Jimmy's movie hero, Jet Fusi...

Stitch! The Movie
2003
as Cobra Bubbles (voice)
The continuing adventures of Lilo, a little Hawaiian girl, and Stitch, the galaxy's most-wanted extraterrestrial. Stitch, Pleakley, and Dr. Jumba are ...

Beef
2003
as Narrator (voice)
A documentary on the evolution of MC battles from verbal one-upmanship to street warfare.

Sin
2003
as Eddie Burns
Retired cop Eddie Burns gave 15 years and the use of his left arm to the Reno homicide squad. When his wayward sister, Kassie, goes missing Eddie Burn...

Dark Blue
2002
as Arthur Holland
Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his ...

Lilo & Stitch Read-Along
2002
as Cobra Bubbles (voice)
The movie story comes to life on-screen with words and pictures featuring word-for-word narration, original character voices, and vivid sound effects.

RFK
2002
as Judge Jones
Following the death of his brother John, Robert Kennedy is forced to rise to the challenge of leading his country and carrying on his brother's vision...

Pulp Fiction: The Facts
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Behind the scenes of the legendary classic film by Quentin Tarantino.

Undisputed
2002
as George 'Iceman' Chambers
Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. I...

Lilo & Stitch
2002
as Cobra Bubbles (voice)
As Stitch, a runaway genetic experiment from a faraway planet, wreaks havoc on the Hawaiian Islands, he becomes the mischievous adopted alien "puppy" ...

Little John
2002
as John Morgan
The unmarried daughter of a Texas rancher gives birth to an unwanted child. She puts the child up for adoption and moves away from home. Without her k...

Sins of the Father
2002
as Garrick Jones
In 1965 a bomb was planted in a Church in Alabama, killing four black girls. Thirty years later, Tom Cherry breaks his silence to discredit his father...

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001
as Sgt. Ryan Whitaker (voice)
Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the plane...

Baby Boy
2001
as Melvin 'Mel'
The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitment...

Holiday Heart
2000
as Holiday Heart
After losing his police officer lover, Christian drag queen Holiday Heart meets 12-year-old Niki and her drug-addicted mother, Wanda. Heart finds reli...

American Tragedy
2000
as Johnnie Cochran
Johnnie Cochran defends O.J. Simpson who is on trial for his wife's murder.

Mission: Impossible II
2000
as Luther Stickell
With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former...

Bringing Out the Dead
1999
as Marcus
Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried ev...

Entrapment
1999
as Aaron Thibadeaux
Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end up falling in love.

Out of Sight
1998
as Buddy Bragg
Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the ri...

Body Count
1998
as Pike
A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul o...

Don King: Only in America
1997
as Don King
A cinematic portrait of the famous fight promoter and boxing manager.

Con Air
1997
as Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones
Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" takin...

Rosewood
1997
as Mann
Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923.

Dangerous Ground
1997
as Muki
Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy to bury his father. He meets up with his brother Ernest, who tells him their ...

Striptease
1996
as Shad
Bounced from her job, Erin Grant needs money if she's to have any chance of winning back custody of her child. But, eventually, she must confront the ...

Mission: Impossible
1996
as Luther
When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated...

Deadly Whispers
1995
as Det. Jackson
Tom Acton, a devoted family man, has worked tirelessly in order to achieve success. However, his dreams are shattered when his teenage daughter Kathy ...

Kiss of Death
1995
as Omar
Jimmy Kilmartin's an ex-con who's trying to go straight. But he can't say no to a quick driving job because his so-called friend's life is threatened....

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning
1995
as Detective Artie Brown
In New York two detectives of the 87th precinct are initially baffled by the brutal, ritualistic slayings of several young women. Through good detecti...

Drop Squad
1994
as Garvey
Controversial film about an underground organization that kidnaps and 'deprograms' African Americans who sell out or deny their cultural heritage. Spi...

Pulp Fiction
1994
as Marsellus Wallace
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime cape...

The Saint of Fort Washington
1993
as Little Leroy
Matthew, a young schizophrenic, finds himself out on the street when a slumlord tears down his apartment building. Soon, he finds himself in even more...

Dave
1993
as Duane Stevenson
A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the Pre...

Bound by Honor
1993
as Ivan
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It ...

Terror on Track 9
1992
as Jellyroll
A New York detective tracks a serial killer who injects his victims with poison at Grand Central Station.

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
1992
as Mr. Stereo
A tough police sergeant's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she bu...

The People Under the Stairs
1991
as Leroy
Trapped inside a fortified home owned by a mysterious couple, a young boy quickly learns the true nature of the homicidal inhabitants, and secret crea...

Iran: Days of Crisis
1991
as Charles Jones
Follows the events of Iran hostage crisis of 1979 and people who were held as hostages in the US embassy in Tehran, Iran for over 400 days.

Murder in Oakland
1991
as Sergeant Blue
Oakland, California is the murder capital of the USA - there were 161 homicides in 1990 in a city the size of Cardiff. Blue and Eric are new additions...

Homicide
1991
as Robert Randolph
A Jewish homicide detective investigates a seemingly minor murder and falls in with a Zionist group as a result.

Flight of the Intruder
1991
as McRae
U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Jake Grafton and his bombardier buddy, Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Cole, are two soldiers embedded in the Vietnam War growing frustrated by t...

The Long Walk Home
1990
as Herbert Cotter
Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luth...

Jacob's Ladder
1990
as George
After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rap...

When You Remember Me
1990
as Leon
Fact-based story of Mike Mills, a teen with muscular dystrophy, who is placed in a state nursing home by his destitute single mother. There he must co...

Rising Son
1990
as Ed
Gus Robinson loves three things: his job, family, and country; but suddenly he's losing all three. When his factory shuts down, Gus faces unemployment...

Casualties of War
1989
as Lt. Reilly
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.

Patty Hearst
1988
as Cinque
The true story of a rich girl who was abducted by American revolutionaries in the 1970's. Her time spent with her captors made her question herself an...

Native Son
1986
as Jack
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teen...

Go Tell It on the Mountain
1985
as Young Gabriel
This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rural South to "big city" Harlem seeking both salvatio...
Mongoose
N/A
as Tanker
A falsely accused war hero with nothing to lose leads police on an epic televised cross-country car chase, helped by members of his former Special For...

Inside 'Out of Sight'
N/A
as Himself
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the 1998 movie "Out of Sight".