Discover
Irving Rameses Rhames is an American stage and screen actor. He is best known for his starring role as Luther Stickell in the Mission: Impossible film series and his supporting role as gang kingpin Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction. He also appeared in Jacob's Ladder (1990), Dave (1993), Striptease (1996), Don King: Only in America (1997), Rosewood (1997), Con Air (1997), Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Baby Boy (2001), Dawn of the Dead (2004), Day of the Dead (2008), Piranha 3D (2010), and Father Figures (2017). He voiced Cobra Bubbles in the animated film Lilo & Stitch (2002). Rhames is a Golden Globe Award winner, as well as an Emmy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominee.
Birth Name
Irving Rameses Rhames
Born
Tuesday, 12 May 1959
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
---|
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two | Luther Stickell | 2025 |
The Wild Robot | (voice) | 2024 |
The Garfield Movie | Otto / Otto (voice) | 2024 |
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | Luther Stickell | 2023 |
The Locksmith | Frank | 2023 |
Wendell & Wild | Buffalo Belzer / Buffalo Belzer (voice) | 2022 |
FRO Thizzle Reviews | Self | 2022 |
Mission: Impossible - Fallout | Luther Stickell | 2018 |
Con Man | Peanut | 2018 |
Father Figures | Rod Hamilton | 2017 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
---|
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two | Luther Stickell | 2025 |
The Wild Robot | (voice) | 2024 |
The Garfield Movie | Otto / Otto (voice) | 2024 |
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | Luther Stickell | 2023 |
The Locksmith | Frank | 2023 |
Wendell & Wild | Buffalo Belzer / Buffalo Belzer (voice) | 2022 |
FRO Thizzle Reviews | Self | 2022 |
Mission: Impossible - Fallout | Luther Stickell | 2018 |
Con Man | Peanut | 2018 |
Father Figures | Rod Hamilton | 2017 |
The Star | Thaddeus / Thaddeus (voice) | 2017 |
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Charlie-27 | 2017 |
A Sunday Horse | Mr. Valentine | 2016 |
Operator | Richard | 2015 |
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation | Luther Stickell | 2015 |
Armed Response | Officer Hall | 2014 |
A Day Late and a Dollar Short | Cecil | 2014 |
Unsung Hollywood | Self | 2014 |
Jamesy Boy | Conrad | 2014 |
Force of Execution | Ice Man | 2013 |
Percentage | Porter | 2013 |
Monday Mornings | Dr. Jorge Villanueva | 2013 |
Death Race: Inferno | Weyland | 2013 |
Won't Back Down | Principal Thompson | 2012 |
Soldiers of Fortune | Grimaud | 2012 |
Piranha 3DD | Deputy Fallon | 2012 |
7 Below | Jack | 2012 |
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | Luther Stickell | 2011 |
Zombie Apocalypse | Henry | 2011 |
Julia X | The Man | 2011 |
The River Murders | Captain Langley | 2011 |
Pimp Bullies | Miguel | 2011 |
Mafia | Renzo Wes | 2011 |
Death Race 2 | Weyland | 2010 |
Caged Animal | Cain | 2010 |
King of the Avenue | Norman / De'Sha | 2010 |
Piranha 3D | Deputy Fallon | 2010 |
Operation: Endgame | Judgement | 2010 |
Love Chronicles: Secrets Revealed | Mike | 2010 |
Gravity | Dogg McFee | 2010 |
'Master Harold' ... And the Boys | Sam | 2010 |
Surrogates | The Prophet / Prophet | 2009 |
Cubed | Ving Rhames | 2009 |
The Bridge to Nowhere | Drug Dealer / Nate | 2009 |
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | Jibby Newsome | 2009 |
Money Fight | Gene | 2009 |
The Tournament | Joshua Harlow | 2009 |
Echelon Conspiracy | Agent Dave Grant | 2009 |
Evil Angel | Carruthers | 2009 |
Malone | Boulder | 2009 |
Saving God | Armstrong Cane | 2008 |
Phantom Punch | Sonny Liston | 2008 |
Day of the Dead | Captain Rhodes | 2008 |
A Broken Life | Vet / The Vet | 2007 |
Animal 2 | James 'Animal' Allen / Animal | 2007 |
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry | Fred G. Duncan | 2007 |
Ascension Day | Hark | 2007 |
American Gangster | Narrator | 2006 |
Idlewild | Spats | 2006 |
Aquaman | McCaffery | 2006 |
Leroy & Stitch | Cobra Bubbles (voice) / Cobra Bubbles | 2006 |
Mission: Impossible III | Luther / Luther Stickell | 2006 |
The N Word | Self | 2006 |
Shooting Gallery | Cue Ball Carl Bridgers | 2005 |
The Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch' | Himself / Self | 2005 |
Back to You in the Days | J-Bone | 2005 |
Animal | Animal | 2005 |
Kojak | Lieutenant Theo Kojak | 2005 |
Dawn of the Dead | Kenneth | 2004 |
Lilo & Stitch: The Series | Cobra Bubbles | 2003 |
Stitch! The Movie | Cobra Bubbles (voice) / Cobra Bubbles | 2003 |
Beef | Narrator | 2003 |
Freedom: A History of US | W.E.B. DuBois / Petitioner / Josiah Benson | 2003 |
Dark Blue | Arthur Holland | 2003 |
Sin | Eddie Burns | 2003 |
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius | Chief | 2002 |
Lilo & Stitch | Cobra Bubbles / Cobra Bubbles (voice) | 2002 |
Undisputed | George 'Iceman' Chambers | 2002 |
Little John | John Morgan | 2002 |
Sins of the Father | Garrick Jones | 2002 |
RFK | Judge Jones | 2002 |
The Proud Family | Garrett Krebs | 2001 |
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Ryan / Sgt. Ryan Whitaker (voice) | 2001 |
Baby Boy | Melvin 'Mel' | 2001 |
UC: Undercover | Quito Real | 2001 |
Holiday Heart | Holiday Heart | 2000 |
American Tragedy | Johnnie Cochran | 2000 |
The District | Attorney General Troy Hatcher | 2000 |
Mission: Impossible II | Luther Strickell / Luther Stickell | 2000 |
Bringing Out the Dead | Marcus | 1999 |
Entrapment | Thibadeaux / Aaron Thibadeaux | 1999 |
Out of Sight | Buddy Bragg | 1998 |
Body Count | Pike | 1998 |
Don King: Only in America | Don King | 1997 |
Con Air | Nathan 'Diamond Dog' Jones / Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones | 1997 |
Rosewood | Mann | 1997 |
Dangerous Ground | Muki | 1997 |
You're Still Not Fooling Anybody | Self | 1997 |
Striptease | Shad | 1996 |
The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
Mission: Impossible | Luther / Luther Stickell | 1996 |
Deadly Whispers | Det. Jackson | 1995 |
Kiss of Death | Omar | 1995 |
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning | Detective Artie Brown | 1995 |
Drop Squad | Garvey | 1994 |
ER | Walter Robbins | 1994 |
Pulp Fiction | Marsellus Wallace | 1994 |
New York Undercover | Max Villareal | 1994 |
The Saint of Fort Washington | Little Leroy | 1993 |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself - Guest / Self - Guest | 1993 |
Dave | Duane Stevenson | 1993 |
Blood In, Blood Out | Ivan | 1993 |
Terror on Track 9 | Jellyroll | 1992 |
HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | Mr. Stereo | 1992 |
The People Under the Stairs | Leroy | 1991 |
Homicide | Robert Randolph / Randolph | 1991 |
Flight of the Intruder | McRae | 1991 |
The Long Walk Home | Herbert Cotter | 1990 |
Jacob's Ladder | George | 1990 |
Rising Son | Ed | 1990 |
Casualties of War | Lt. Reilly | 1989 |
Men | Charlie Hazard | 1989 |
Patty Hearst | Cinque | 1988 |
Tour of Duty | SP4 Tucker | 1987 |
Native Son | Jack | 1986 |
Crime Story | Hector Lincoln | 1986 |
Spenser: For Hire | Henry Brown | 1985 |
The Equalizer | Luther 'Million' Paxton | 1985 |
Miami Vice | Georges / Walker Monroe | 1984 |
Go Tell It on the Mountain | Young Gabriel | 1984 |
American Playhouse | Young Gabriel | 1982 |
Jeopardy! | Himself (archive footage) | 1964 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
---|
King of the Avenue | 2010 |
Phantom Punch | 2008 |
Animal 2 | 2007 |
Ascension Day | 2007 |
Back to You in the Days | 2005 |
Animal | 2005 |
Kojak | 2005 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
---|
1998 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Won |
1998 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated |