Jack Lemmon's father was the president of a doughnut company. Jack attended Ward Elementary near his Newton, MA home. At age 9 he was sent to Rivers Country Day School, then located in nearby Brookline. After RCDS, he went to high school at Phillips Andover Academy. Jack was a member of the Harvard class of 1947, where he was in Navy ROTC and the Dramatic Club. After service as a Navy ensign, he worked in a beer hall (playing piano), on radio, off Broadway, TV and Broadway. His movie debut was with 'Judy Holliday' (qv) in _It Should Happen to You (1954)_ (qv). He won Best Supporting Actor as Ensign Pulver in _Mister Roberts (1955)_ (qv). He received nominations in comedy (_Some Like It Hot (1959)_ (qv), _The Apartment (1960)_ (qv)) and drama (_Days of Wine and Roses (1962)_ (qv), _The China Syndrome (1979)_ (qv), _Tribute (1980)_ (qv) and _Missing (1982)_ (qv)). He won the Best Actor Oscar for _Save the Tiger (1973)_ (qv) and the Cannes Best Actor award for "Syndrome" and "Missing". He made his debut as a director with _Kotch (1971)_ (qv) and in 1985 on Broadway in "Long Day's Journey into Night". In 1988 he received the Life Achievement Award of the American Film Institute.
birth name | John Uhler Lemmon III |
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birth date | February 08, 1925 |
birth place | Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
death date | June 27, 2001 |
death place | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
alma mater | Harvard University |
years active | 1949–2000 |
occupation | Actor |
spouse | Cynthia Stone (1950–1956; divorced; 1 child)Felicia Farr (1962–2001; his death; 1 child) }} |
John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor and musician. He starred in more than 60 films including ''Some Like It Hot'', ''The Apartment'', ''Mister Roberts'' (for which he won the 1955 Best Supporting Actor Academy Award), ''Days of Wine and Roses'', ''The Great Race'', ''Irma la Douce'', ''The Odd Couple'', ''Save the Tiger'' (for which he won the 1973 Best Actor Academy Award), ''The Out-of-Towners'', ''The China Syndrome'', ''Missing'' (for which he won 'Best Actor' at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival), ''Glengarry Glen Ross'', ''Grumpy Old Men'' and ''Grumpier Old Men''.
Early in Lemmon's career, Lemmon met Ernie Kovacs during the filming of ''Operation Mad Ball'' and co-starred with the comedian in this film. Lemmon and Kovacs became close friends and appeared together in two subsequent films - ''Bell, Book, and Candle''. and ''It Happened to Jane'' In 1977 PBS broadcast a compilation series of Kovacs' television work, and Lemmon served as the narrator of the series. Lemmon discussed his friendship with Kovacs in the documentary, ''Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius''.
He became a favorite actor of director Billy Wilder, starring in his films ''Some Like It Hot'', ''The Apartment'', ''Irma la Douce'', ''The Fortune Cookie'', ''Avanti!'', ''The Front Page'' and ''Buddy Buddy''. Wilder felt Lemmon had a natural tendency toward overacting that had to be tempered; the Wilder biography ''Nobody's Perfect'' quotes the director as saying, "Lemmon, I would describe him as a ham, a fine ham, and with ham you have to trim a little fat". The biography also quotes Jack Lemmon as saying, "I am particularly susceptible to the parts I play... If my character was having a nervous breakdown, I started to have one".
He also had a longtime working relationship with director Blake Edwards, starring in ''My Sister Eileen'' (1955), ''Days of Wine and Roses'' (1962), ''The Great Race'' (1965) and ''That's Life!'' (1986).
Lemmon recorded an album in 1958 while filming ''Some Like It Hot'' with Marilyn Monroe. Twelve jazz tracks were created for Lemmon and another twelve were added. Lemmon played the piano and recorded his own versions of Monroe's trademark songs, ''I Wanna Be Loved By You'' and ''I'm Through With Love'', for the album which was released in 1959 as ''A Twist of Lemmon/Some Like It Hot''.
Lemmon was awarded the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1956 for ''Mister Roberts'' (1955) and the Best Actor Oscar for ''Save the Tiger'' (1973), becoming the first actor to achieve this double. He was also nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his role in the controversial film ''Missing'' in 1982 and for his roles in ''Some Like it Hot'' (1959), ''The Apartment'' (1960), ''Days of Wine and Roses'' (1962), ''The China Syndrome '' (1979), and ''Tribute'' (1980). In 1988, the American Film Institute gave him its Lifetime Achievement Award.
''Days of Wine and Roses'' (1962) was one of his favorite roles. He portrayed Joe Clay, a young, fun-loving alcoholic businessman. In that film, Lemmon delivered the line, "My name is Joe Clay ... I'm an alcoholic." Three and a half decades later, he admitted on the television program, ''Inside the Actors Studio'', that he was not acting when he delivered that line, that he really was a recovering alcoholic at the end of his life.
Lemmon's production company JML produced ''Cool Hand Luke'' in 1967. Paul Newman was grateful to Lemmon for his support and offered him the role later made famous by Robert Redford in ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' but Lemmon turned it down. He did not like riding horses and he also felt he'd already played too many aspects of the Sundance Kid's character before.
Lemmon often appeared in films partnered with Walter Matthau. Among their pairings was 1968's ''The Odd Couple'', as Felix Ungar (Lemmon) and Oscar Madison (Matthau). They also starred together in ''The Fortune Cookie'' (for which Matthau won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor), ''The Front Page'' and ''Buddy Buddy''. In 1971, Lemmon directed Matthau in the comedy ''Kotch''. It was the only movie that Lemmon ever directed and Matthau was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for his performance.
Additionally, Lemmon and Matthau had small parts in Oliver Stone's 1991 film, ''JFK'' (the only film in which both appeared without sharing screen time). In 1993, the duo teamed up again to star in ''Grumpy Old Men''. The film was a surprise hit, earning the two actors a new generation of young fans. During the rest of the decade, they would go on to star together in ''Out to Sea'', ''Grumpier Old Men'' and the widely panned ''The Odd Couple II''.
Lemmon starred in ''Some Like it Hot'', for which he was awarded Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1982, he won another Cannes award for his performance in ''Missing'' (which received the Palme d'Or).
At the 1998 Golden Globe Awards, he was nominated for "Best Actor in a Made for TV Movie" for his role in ''Twelve Angry Men'' losing to Ving Rhames. After accepting the award, Rhames asked Lemmon to come on stage and, in a move that stunned the audience, gave his award to him. (The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which presents the Golden Globes, decided to have a second award made and sent to Rhames.).
He received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1988.
Lemmon was married twice. His son Chris Lemmon (b. 1954), was his first child by his first wife, actress Cynthia Stone (b. February 26, 1926, Peoria, Illinois, d. December 26, 1988). His second wife was the actress Felicia Farr, with whom he had a daughter, Courtney (b.1966).
Lemmon admitted that he was an alcoholic in the late 1960s. (Source: Los Angeles Tomes Obituary.)
Felicia Farr had another daughter from a previous relationship (her marriage to Lee Farr) called Denise, who would become Lemmon's stepdaughter.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1949 | '''' | Plasterer | Uncredited |
1954 | ''It Should Happen to You'' | Pete Sheppard | |
1954 | ''Phffft!'' | Robert Tracey | |
1955 | ''Three for the Show'' | Martin 'Marty' Stewart | |
1955 | Ens. Frank Thurlowe Pulver | Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role | |
1955 | Robert 'Bob' Baker | ||
1955 | ''Hollywood Bronc Busters'' | Himself | |
1956 | ''You Can't Run Away from It'' | Peter Warne | |
1957 | Tony | ||
1957 | ''Operation Mad Ball'' | Pvt. Hogan | |
1958 | Frank Harris | ||
1958 | Nicky Holroyd | ||
1959 | ''Some Like It Hot'' | Jerry - 'Daphne' | BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or ComedyNominated — Academy Award for Best Actor |
1959 | ''It Happened to Jane'' | George Denham | |
1960 | '''' | C.C. Baxter | BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or ComedyNominated — Academy Award for Best Actor |
1960 | ''Stowaway in the Sky'' | Narrator | voice |
1960 | Himself | Cameo appearance as Daphne | |
1960 | '''' | Lt. Rip Crandall | |
1962 | '''' | William 'Bill' Gridley | |
1962 | Joe Clay | San Sebastián International Film Festival Award for Best ActorNominated — Academy Award for Best ActorNominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | |
1963 | ''Irma la Douce'' | Nestor Patou / Lord X | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
1963 | ''Under the Yum Yum Tree'' | Hogan | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
1964 | ''Good Neighbor Sam'' | Sam Bissel | Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role |
1965 | ''How to Murder Your Wife'' | Stanley Ford | Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role |
1965 | '''' | Professor Fate / Prince Hapnick | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
1966 | '''' | Harry Hinkle | |
1967 | Harry Berlin | ||
1968 | ''There Comes a Day'' | ||
1968 | '''' | Felix Ungar | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
1969 | '''' | Howard Brubaker | |
1970 | '''' | George Kellerman | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
1971 | ''Kotch'' | Sleeping bus passenger | uncredited |
1972 | '''' | Peter Edward Wilson | |
1972 | ''Avanti!'' | Wendell Armbruster, Jr. | Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
1973 | ''Save the Tiger'' | Harry Stoner | Academy Award for Best ActorNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
1974 | '''' | Narrator | voice |
1974 | '''' | Hildy Johnson | David di Donatello for Best Actor Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
1975 | ''Wednesday'' | Jerry Murphy | |
1975 | '''' | Narrator | |
1975 | '''' | Mel Edison | |
1976 | ''Alex & the Gypsy'' | Alexander Main | |
1977 | ''Airport '77'' | Capt. Don Gallagher | |
1979 | '''' | Jack Godell | Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)David di Donatello for Best Actor BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleNominated — Academy Award for Best ActorNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
1980 | Scottie Templeton | ||
1981 | ''Buddy Buddy'' | Victor Clooney | |
1982 | Ed Horman | Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)Nominated — Academy Award for Best ActorNominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | |
1984 | Father Tim Farley | ||
1985 | Robert Traven | ||
1986 | Harvey Fairchild | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | |
1989 | Jake Tremont | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | |
1991 | Jack Martin | ||
1992 | ''Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy'' | Himself | also archive footage |
1992 | '''' | Himself | |
1992 | Shelley Levene | ||
1993 | ''Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman In Carver County'' | Himself | |
1993 | ''Short Cuts'' | Paul Finnigan | Golden Globe Award for Best Ensemble CastVolpi Cup |
1993 | John Gustafson | Nominated — American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture | |
1995 | '''' | Dr. Morris Ritz | |
1995 | ''Grumpier Old Men'' | John Gustafson | |
1996 | Max Mueller / Karl Luger | ||
1996 | ''My Fellow Americans'' | President Russell P. Kramer | |
1996 | Marcellus | ||
1997 | ''Out to Sea'' | Herb Sullivan | |
1997 | ''Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's'' | Himself | |
1998 | ''Puppies for Sale'' | Pet Shop Owner | |
1998 | '''' | Felix Ungar | |
2000 | '''' | Narrator / Old Hardy Greaves | uncredited |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1949–50 | ''That Wonderful Guy'' | Harold | |
1950 | ''Toni Twin Time'' | Host | Episode dated May 31, 1950 |
1951 | '''' | Celebrity Panelist | Ended after 5 episodes |
1951–52 | '''' | Newlywed | in 'The Couple Next Door' sketches |
1952 | ''Heaven for Betsy'' | Pete Bell | September 30, 1952 to December 23, 1952 |
1954 | '''' | Surgeon | cancelled after a few weeks |
1956 | '''' | John Wilkes Booth | February 11, 1956 |
1957 | ''What's My Line?'' | Mystery Guest | November 3, 1957 Episode # 388, Season 9, Ep 10 |
1957–58 | ''Alcoa Theatre'' | Henry CoyleSteve TylerWally MallLieutenant Tony CrawfordEdward King | Episode: "Disappearance"Episode: "Most Likely to Succeed"Episode: "Loudmouth"Episode: "The Days of November"Episode: "Souvenir" |
1976 | '''' | Archie Rice | |
1987 | ''Long Day's Journey Into Night'' | James Tyrone Sr. | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film |
1988 | '''' | Gov. John Slaton | Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a MovieNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film |
1992 | ''For Richer, for Poorer'' | Aram Katourian | |
1993 | '''' | Robert | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film |
1994 | ''Wild West'' | host | |
1996 | '''' | Bud Bailey | |
1997 | '''' | Frank Ormand | Voice role; Episode: "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" |
1997 | Juror #8 | Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a MovieNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television FilmNominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | |
1998 | '''' | Thomas Gerrin | |
1999 | Henry Drummond | Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television FilmNominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie | |
1999 | Morrie Schwartz | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a MovieScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television MovieNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film |
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name | Walter Matthau |
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birth name | Walter John Matthow |
birth date | October 01, 1920 |
birth place | New York City, New York, U.S. |
death date | July 01, 2000 |
death place | Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
occupation | Actor |
years active | 1948–2000 |
spouse | Grace Geraldine Johnson (1948–58; divorced; 2 children)Carol Grace (1959–2000; his death; 1 child) }} |
Walter Matthau (October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American actor best known for his role as Oscar Madison in ''The Odd Couple'' and his frequent collaborations with ''Odd Couple'' star Jack Lemmon, as well as his role as Coach Buttermaker in the 1976 comedy ''The Bad News Bears''. He won an Academy Award for his performance in the 1966 Billy Wilder film ''The Fortune Cookie.''
In 1952, Matthau appeared in the pilot of ''Mr. Peepers'' with Wally Cox. For reasons unknown he used the name Leonard Elliot. His role was of the gym teacher Mr. Wall. In 1955, he made his motion picture debut as a whip-wielding bad guy in ''The Kentuckian'' opposite Burt Lancaster.
Matthau appeared as a villain in subsequent movies, such as 1958's ''King Creole'' (in which he is beaten up by Elvis Presley). That same year, he made a western called ''Ride a Crooked Trail'' with Audie Murphy and ''Onionhead'' starring Andy Griffith and Erin O'Brien, which was a flop. Matthau had a featured role opposite Griffith in the well received drama ''A Face in the Crowd'', directed by Elia Kazan. Matthau also directed a low-budget 1960 movie called ''The Gangster Story''. In 1962, he was a sympathetic sheriff in ''Lonely are the Brave'', which starred Kirk Douglas. He appeared opposite Audrey Hepburn in ''Charade'', which also starred Cary Grant.
Appearances on television were common too, including two on ABC's police drama, ''Naked City'', as well as the 1963 episode "A Tumble from a Tall White House" of ''The Eleventh Hour''. He appeared eight times between 1962 and 1964 on ''The DuPont Show of the Week'' and as Franklin Gaer in 1964 in the episode "Man Is a Rock" on ''Dr. Kildare''. Lastly, he starred in the syndicated crime drama ''Tallahassee 7000'', as a Florida-based state police investigator, in the 1961-1962 season.
Comedies were rare in Matthau's work at that time. He was cast in a number of stark dramas, such as 1964's ''Fail-Safe'', in which he portrayed a White House adviser during a catastrophic global incident.
In 1965, however, a plum comedy role came Matthau's way when Neil Simon cast him in the hit play ''The Odd Couple'' playing the slovenly sportswriter Oscar Madison opposite Art Carney as Felix Unger. Matthau would later join Jack Lemmon in the movie version. Also in 1965, he played detective Ted Casselle in the Hitchcockian thriller ''Mirage'', with Gregory Peck and Diane Baker, a film directed by Edward Dmytryk, based on a novel by Howard Fast.
He achieved great film success in a 1966 comedy as a shyster lawyer called "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich starring opposite Lemmon in ''The Fortune Cookie'', the first of numerous collaborations with Billy Wilder, and a role that would earn him an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Filming had to be placed on a five-month hiatus after Matthau suffered a heart attack.
Matthau was visibly banged up during the Oscar telecast, having been involved in a bicycle accident, nonetheless he scolded actors who had not bothered to come to the ceremony, especially the other major award winners that night: Elizabeth Taylor, Sandy Dennis and Paul Scofield.
Oscar nominations would come Matthau's way again for 1972's ''Kotch'', directed by Lemmon, and 1975's ''The Sunshine Boys'', another Simon vehicle transferred from the stage, this one about a pair of former vaudeville stars. For the latter role he won a Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy.
Broadway hits turned into films continued to cast Matthau in the leads with 1969's ''Hello, Dolly!'' and that same year's ''Cactus Flower'', for which co-star Goldie Hawn received an Oscar. He played three different roles in the 1971 film version of Simon's ''Plaza Suite'' and was in the cast of its followup ''California Suite'' in 1978.
Matthau starred in three crime dramas in the mid-'70s, as a detective investigating a mass murder on a bus in ''The Laughing Policeman'', as a bank robber on the run from the Mafia and the law in ''Charley Varrick'' and as a New York transit cop in the action-adventure ''The Taking of Pelham One Two Three''. A change of pace about misfits on a Little League baseball team turned out to be a solid hit in 1976 when Matthau starred as coach Morris Buttermaker in the comedy ''The Bad News Bears''
He starred in Hopscotch(1980) He played Miles Kendig, who knows too much. One of the CIA's top international operatives, he's suddenly relegated to a desk job in an agency power play. Unwilling to go quietly, Kendig, aided by a Viennese widow (Glenda Jackson), begins writing a memoir that exposes the darkest secrets of every major intelligence agency in the world. The CIA wants Kendig dead, but he refuses to cooperate -- he's having too much fun.
In 1982, Matthau portrayed Herbert Tucker in ''I Ought to Be in Pictures''. There he worked with Ann-Margret and Dinah Manoff, the daughter of the actress whom Matthau starred with in ''Plaza Suite'', Lee Grant.
Matthau played Albert Einstein in the film "IQ", also starring Tim Robbins and Meg Ryan.
His partnership with Lemmon became one of the most successful pairings in Hollywood. They became lifelong friends after making ''The Fortune Cookie'' and would make a total of 10 movies together—11 counting Kotch, in which Lemmon has a cameo as a sleeping bus passenger. Aside from their many comedies, each appeared (though not on screen together) in the 1991 Oliver Stone drama about the presidential assassination, ''JFK''.
They had a surprise box-office hit in the comedy ''Grumpy Old Men'', reuniting for a sequel, ''Grumpier Old Men'', that co-starred Sophia Loren and Ann-Margret. That led to more pairings late in their careers, notably ''Out to Sea'' and a Simon-scripted sequel to one of their great successes, ''The Odd Couple II''. ''Hanging Up'', a 2000 film directed by Diane Keaton, was Matthau's final appearance on screen.
Less than a year later, remains of Jack Lemmon (who died of colon and bladder cancer) were buried at the same cemetery. After Matthau's death, Lemmon as well as other friends and relatives had appeared on ''Larry King Live'' in an hour of tribute and remembrance; many of those same people appeared on the show one year later, reminiscing about Lemmon.
Carol Marcus, also a native of New York, died of a brain aneurysm in 2003. Her remains are buried next to Matthau's.
The remains of actor George C. Scott are also buried next to those of Walter Matthau, in an unmarked grave.
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name | Ving Rhames |
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birth name | Irving Rameses Rhames |
birth date | May 12, 1959 |
birth place | New York City, New York, U.S. |
occupation | Actor |
years active | 1985–present |
spouse | Deborah Reed (2000–present) Valerie Scott (1994–1999) (divorced) }} |
A good student, he entered New York's School of Performing Arts, where he discovered his love of acting. After high school, he studied drama at SUNY Purchase. His fellow acting student Stanley Tucci gave him his nickname "Ving". Rhames later transferred to Juilliard, where he began his career in New York theater.
Rhames won a Golden Globe in 1998 for best actor in a TV miniseries for his performance in HBO's ''Don King: Only in America''. At the ceremony Rhames 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 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. ''The New York Times'' lauded Rhames for the act, writing that in doing so he "demonstrated his capacity for abundant generosity".
But Gary Dauphin, writing in ''Vibe'', described Rhames' effort to give away his Golden Globe Award as "a grateful Negro happy to be invited to the party". Sacha Jenkins, in her 2002 book ''Ego Trip's big book of racism'', called it "Best Example of a Negro Thinking Awards Grow on Trees". Riché Richardson wrote in ''Black masculinity and the U.S. South: from Uncle Tom to gangsta'' (2007) that the Spike Lee 2000 movie ''Bamboozled'' alludes to the 1999 Golden Globes ceremony incident. Richardson writes that when the character "Delacroix" tries similarly to give his own award to his white liberal boss in the movie, he is both reflecting on the Golden Globes Award ceremony incident and epitomizing the submissive-to-white-people Uncle Tom stereotype.
Rhames contributed attention-grabbing performances in ''Striptease'' (1996 as the wisecracking bodyguard Shad), ''Bringing Out the Dead'' (1999), reprised his Luther Stickell role for ''Mission: Impossible II'' (2000), playing Johnnie Cochran in ''American Tragedy'' (2000), as the ex-con boyfriend of Jodie's mother in the John Singleton film Baby Boy, portraying a gay drag queen in the television movie ''Holiday Heart'', contributed his deep bass 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) and the ''Day of the Dead'' 2008 "remake." 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" 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 Savalas original.
Rhames voiced the part of Tobias Jones in the computer game ''Driv3r''.
In 2006, Rhames reprised his role in ''Mission: Impossible III'', making him the only actor besides Tom Cruise to appear in all three ''Mission: Impossible'' films, and was announced that he would have a role in the Aquaman-based show ''Mercy Reef''. In the integrating of The WB and UPN for the new network, CW, ''Mercy Reef'' was not picked up. It is an early contender for a midseason replacement, but currently no plans to air the series have been announced. Rhames played a homosexual, possibly also homicidal, firefighter who comes out of the closet in ''I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry''. He narrates the BET television 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 also stars in ''Phantom Punch'', a biopic of boxer Sonny Liston released directly to DVD as well as ''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 is engaged in a lawsuit with the producer of a film titled ''Red Canvas''.
His next current release is movie is "Submission" with Ernie Reyes, Jr. and UFC lightweight contender Gray Maynard and Randy Couture.
Rhames has been linked with a possible appearance in the upcoming fourth installment of the ''Mission Impossible'' series of movies – scheduled for release in 2011.
Upcoming films include The River Sorrow, with Ray Liotta, and Soldiers of Fortune, with Sean Bean. Both have Rhames co-starring with Christian Slater as well. In 2010, Rhames starred in Piranha 3D as Deputy Fallon, and it is rumored that he will returned in the planned sequel. He also will appear as Deputy Fallon as a spin off character in the movie Shark Night 3D.
style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year | Film | Role | Notes |
1986 | ''Native Son'' | Jack | ||
1988 | ''Patty Hearst (film)Patty Hearst'' || | Cinque | ||
1989 | ''Casualties of War''| | Lt. Reilly | ||
rowspan=2>1990 | ''The Long Walk Home''| | Herbert Cotter | ||
''Jacob's Ladder (film) | Jacob's Ladder'' | George | ||
rowspan=3 | 1991 | ''Flight of the Intruder''| | CPO Frank McRae | |
''Homicide (1991 film) | Homicide'' | Robert Randolph | ||
''The People Under the Stairs'' | Leroy | |||
1992 | ''StopOr My Mom Will Shoot'' | Mr. Stereo | ||
rowspan=3 | 1993 | ''Blood in Blood Out''| | Ivan | |
''Dave (film) | Dave'' | Duane Stevenson | ||
''The Saint of Fort Washington'' | Little Leroy | |||
rowspan=2 | 1994 | ''Pulp Fiction''| | Marcellus Wallace | |
''Drop Squad'' | Garvey | |||
rowspan=3 | 1995 | ''Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning''| | Detective Artie Brown | TV film |
''Kiss of Death (1995 film) | Kiss of Death'' | Omar | ||
''Deadly Whispers'' | Det. Jackson | |||
rowspan=2 | 1996 | ''Mission: Impossible (film)Mission: Impossible'' || | Luther Stickell | |
''Striptease (film) | Striptease'' | Shad (bodyguard) | ||
rowspan=4 | 1997 | ''Dangerous Ground''| | Muki | |
''Rosewood (film) | Rosewood'' | Mann | ||
''Con Air'' | Nathan 'Diamond Dog' Jones | |||
''Don King: Only in America'' | Don King (boxing promoter)>Don King | |||
rowspan=2 | 1998 | ''Body Count''| | Pike | |
''Out of Sight'' | Buddy Bragg | |||
rowspan=2 | 1999 | ''Entrapment (film)Entrapment'' || | Aaron Thibadeaux | |
''Bringing Out the Dead'' | Marcus | |||
rowspan=3 | 2000 | ''Mission: Impossible II''| | Luther Stickell | |
''American Tragedy (film) | American Tragedy'' | Johnnie Cochran | ||
''Holiday Heart'' | Holiday Heart | |||
rowspan=2 | 2001 | ''Baby Boy (film)Baby Boy'' || | Melvin | |
''Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within'' | Ryan Whittaker | |||
rowspan=6 | 2002 | ''Sins of the Father (film)Sins of the Father'' || | Garrick Jones | TV film |
''Little John'' | John Morgan | |||
''Undisputed'' | George "Iceman" Chambers | |||
''Lilo & Stitch'' | Cobra Bubbles | |||
''RFK (film) | RFK'' | Judge Jones | ||
''Dark Blue (film) | Dark Blue'' | Arthur Holland | ||
rowspan=3 | 2003 | ''StitchThe Movie'' | Cobra Bubbles | |
''Mission: Impossible – Operation Surma'' | Luther Stickel | |||
''Sin'' | Eddie Burns | |||
rowspan=2 | 2004 | ''Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)Dawn of the Dead'' || | Sgt. Kenneth Hall | |
''Driv3r'' | Tobias Jones | |||
rowspan=4 | 2005 | ''Back in the Day (film)Back in the Day'' || | J-Bone | |
''Kojak (2005 TV series) | Kojak'' | Theo Kojak | ||
''Animal (2005 film) | Animal'' | James "Animal" Allen | ||
''Shooting Gallery (film) | Shooting Gallery'' | Cue Ball Carl Bridgers | ||
rowspan=3 | 2006 | ''Aquaman (TV program)Aquaman'' || | McCaffery | TV pilot |
''Mission: Impossible III'' | Luther Stickell | |||
''Idlewild (film) | Idlewild'' | Spats | ||
rowspan=2 | 2007 | ''Football Wives''| | Frank Wallingford | TV pilot |
''I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry'' | Fred G. Duncan | |||
rowspan=3 | 2008 | ''A Broken Life''| | Vet | |
''Day of the Dead (2008 film) | Day of the Dead'' | Capt. Rhodes | ||
''Saving God'' | Armstrong Cane | |||
rowspan=8 | 2009 | ''Echelon Conspiracy''| | Agent Dave Grant | |
''Phantom Punch (film) | Phantom Punch'' | Sonny Liston | ||
''The Bridge to Nowhere'' | Drug-dealer Nate | |||
''Evil Angel (film) | Evil Angel'' | Carruthers | ||
''The Tournament (film) | The Tournament'' | Joshua Harlow | ||
''The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard'' | Jibby Newsome | |||
''Surrogates (film) | Surrogates'' | The Prophet | ||
''Give 'Em Hell, Malone'' | Boulder | |||
rowspan=6 | 2010 | ''Rogue's Gallery (film)Rogue's Gallery'' || | Judgement | |
''Gravity (TV series) | Gravity'' | Dogg McFee | ||
''Caged Animal'' | Miles "Cain" Skinner | |||
''Master Harold...and the Boys (2010 film) | Master Harold...and the Boys'' | Sam | ||
''Piranha 3-D'' | Deputy Fallon | |||
''Red Canvas''< | ||||
rowspan=6>2011 | ''Death Race 2''| | Weyland | ||
''Soldiers of Fortune (film) | Soldiers of Fortune'' | Grimaud | ||
''The River Sorrow'' | Captain Langley | |||
''Piranha 3DD'' | Deputy Fallon | |||
''Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol'' | Luther Stickell |
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