Ving Rhames

Cast in "Idlewild" a musical set in the 1930's

Reprised role for "Mission: Impossible III," opposite Tom Cruise

Cast in the USA series "Kojack" as Lieutenant Theo Kojack, a remake of the original 70's series, which starred Telly Savalas

Starred with Mekhi Phifer in the remake of the 1978 horror film "Dawn of the Dead"

Played an officer in the L.A.P.D. during the 1992 riots in "Dark Blue"

Had recurring role as a drug dealer on the NBC fall series "UC: Undercover"

Portrayed the somewhat shady boyfriend of the title character's mother in "Baby Boy"

Reprised role in "M:I-2", the John Woo-directed sequel to "Mission: Impossible"

Co-starred in "Bringing Out the Dead"

Starred in the HBO TV-movie "Don King: Only in America"

Co-starred in the hit film "Mission: Impossible"

Had featured role of Marcellus Ward in "Pulp Fiction"

TV-movie debut, "Rising Son", on TNT

Debut as a TV series regular, "Men", a short-lived ABC drama

Breakthrough feature role, Field Marshall Cinque in Paul Schrader's "Patty Hearst"

Notable TV guest spot, "Crime Story"

Acted on Broadway in "The Boys of Winter", a Vietnam drama

First major film role, "Go Tell It On the Mountain" (broadcast on PBS after festival screenings)

Acted in regional theater

Acted on daytime soaps, "The Guiding Light" and "Another World"

Grew up on Harlem's 126th Street

Played the antagonistic general in director Peter Sellars' English tour of Sophocles' "Ajax"

Portrayed Hasting Persuivant in the New York Shakespeare Festival's production of "Richard II"