Ving Rhames (born Irving Rameses Rhames, May 12, 1959, Harlem, New York) is an American actor best known for playing crime boss Marsellus Wallace in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994) and IMF agent Luther Stickell across all eight Mission: Impossible films - the only actor besides Tom Cruise to appear in every installment. A Juilliard-trained stage veteran, he won a Golden Globe for his lead role in the HBO film Don King: Only in America (1997).
On April 29, 2026, Rhames collapsed in a restaurant in North Hollywood; paramedics took him to the hospital, from which he was discharged the same day - his manager confirmed that the actor is feeling well.
Rhames began hosting the new History Channel show History's Deadliest with Ving Rhames, in which he explores the most devastating natural disasters in history.
Rhames starred in the boxing drama Uppercut (premiere February 2025) and in the eight-part Apple TV+ series Dope Thief alongside Brian Tyree Henry.
In the film Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (premiere May 23, 2025), Rhames will play Luther Stickell for the last time - as the only actor alongside Tom Cruise, he has appeared in all eight installments of the series.
Rhames was cast in the action thriller Painter alongside Walton Goggins, with a screenplay written by Derek Kolstad from the John Wick series.
The eighth Mission: Impossible film stars Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt battling a dangerous nemesis and an AI bent on global domination.
Tarantino's cult classic Pulp Fiction returns to the screen at Biograf Kotva. The legendary film about interwoven stories from the criminal underworld.