Irving Rameses Rhames (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).

KNOWN FOR

Late Show with David Letterman
1997
The Mongoose
2026
The View
2006
ER
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1997
Miami Vice
1987
American Playhouse
1985
The Wild Robot
2024
The Equalizer
1989
The Tony Danza Show
2006
Pulp Fiction
1994
The District
2002

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
152
Producing
4
2026
The Mongoose
as Tanker · unreleased
2026
History's Deadliest with Ving Rhames
as Narrator/Self
2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
as Luther Stickell
2025
Uppercut
as Elliott Duffond
2025
Dope Thief
as Bartram 'Bart' Driscoll
2024
The Instigators
as Frank Toomey
2024
The Garfield Movie
as Otto (voice)
2024
The Wild Robot
as Thunderbolt (voice)
2023
The Locksmith
as Frank
2023
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
as Luther Stickell
2023
Legacy
as Guy Simmons
2022
Wendell & Wild
as Buffalo Belzer (voice)
2018
Con Man
as Peanut
2018
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
as Luther Stickell
2017
Father Figures
as Rod Hamilton
2017
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
as Charlie-27
2017
The Star
as Thaddeus (voice)
2016
A Sunday Horse
as Mr. Valentine
2015
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
as Luther Stickell
2015
Operator
as Richard
2014
Jamesy Boy
as Conrad
2014
Force of Execution
as Ice Man
2014
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
as Cecil
2014
In Security
as Officer Hall
2013
Death Race: Inferno
as Weyland
2013
Percentage
as Porter
2013
Monday Mornings
as Jorge Villanueva
2012
Art of Submission
as Gene
2012
Piranha 3DD
as Deputy Fallon (uncredited)
2012
Won't Back Down
as Principal Thompson
2012
7 Below
as Jack
2012
Soldiers of Fortune
as Grimaud
2011
The River Murders
as Captain Langley
2011
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
as Luther Stickell (uncredited)
2011
Julia X
as The Man
2011
Zombie Apocalypse
as Henry
2011
Mafia
as Renzo Wes
2011
Pimp Bullies
as Miguel
2011
Black Jack
as Black Jack
2010
Operation: Endgame
as Judgement
2010
Love Chronicles: Secrets Revealed
as Mike
2010
Piranha 3D
as Deputy Fallon
2010
King of the Avenue
as Norman / De'Sha
2010
Death Race 2
as Weyland
2010
Master Harold... and the Boys
as Sam
2010
The Wrath of Cain
as Cain
2010
Gravity
as Dogg McFee
2009
The Bridge to Nowhere
as Drug Dealer
2009
The Tournament
as Joshua Harlow
2009
Give 'em Hell, Malone
as Boulder
2009
Evil Angel
as Carruthers
2009
Echelon Conspiracy
as Agent Dave Grant
2009
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
as Jibby Newsome
2009
Surrogates
as Prophet
2008
Day of the Dead
as Captain Rhodes
2008
Saving God
as Armstrong Cane
2008
Phantom Punch
as Sonny Liston
2007
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
as Duncan
2007
A Broken Life
as The Vet
2007
Animal 2
as James 'Animal' Allen
2007
Ascension Day
2006
Mission: Impossible III
as Luther
2006
Idlewild
as Spats
2006
Aquaman
as McCaffery
2006
Leroy & Stitch
as Cobra Bubbles (voice)
2006
The Tony Danza Show
as Self
2006
The View
as Self
2006
Icons
2006
American Gangster
2006
Aquaman
as McCaffery
2005
Animal
as Animal
2005
Back in the Day
as J-Bone
2005
Shooting Gallery
as Cue Ball Carl Bridgers
2005
Kojak
as Theo Kojak
2004
Dawn of the Dead
as Kenneth
2004
The Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch'
as Self
2004
The Lost Tape: Andy's Terrifying Last Days Revealed
as Kenneth (voice)
2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
as Self
2003
Sin
as Eddie Burns
2003
Beef
as Narrator (voice)
2003
Jimmy Neutron: Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion
as Chief (voice)
2003
Stitch! The Movie
as Cobra Bubbles (voice)
2003
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
as Cobra Bubbles (voice)
2003
The Wonderful World of Disney
2002
Dark Blue
as Arthur Holland
2002
Lilo & Stitch
as Cobra Bubbles (voice)
2002
Undisputed
as George 'Iceman' Chambers
2002
RFK
as Judge Jones
2002
Little John
as John Morgan
2002
Sins of the Father
as Garrick Jones
2002
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Lilo & Stitch Read-Along
as Cobra Bubbles (voice)
2002
The District
as Attorney General Troy Hatcher
2002
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as John Morgan
2002
The Proud Family
as Garrett Krebs (voice)
2001
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
as Sgt. Ryan Whitaker (voice)
2001
Baby Boy
as Melvin 'Mel'
2001
UC: Undercover
as Quito Real
2001
UC: Undercover
2000
Mission: Impossible II
as Luther Stickell
2000
American Tragedy
as Johnnie Cochran
2000
Holiday Heart
as Holiday Heart
1999
Entrapment
as Aaron Thibadeaux
1999
Bringing Out the Dead
as Marcus
1998
Out of Sight
as Buddy Bragg
1998
Body Count
as Pike
1998
Inside 'Out of Sight'
as Self
1997
Con Air
as Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones
1997
Don King: Only in America
as Don King
1997
Rosewood
as Mann
1997
Dangerous Ground
as Muki
1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1997
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1996
Mission: Impossible
as Luther
1996
Striptease
as Shad
1995
Kiss of Death
as Omar
1995
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning
as Detective Artie Brown
1995
Deadly Whispers
as Det. Jackson
1995
New York Undercover
as Max Villareal
1994
Pulp Fiction
as Marsellus Wallace
1994
Drop Squad
as Garvey
1994
ER
as Walter Robbins
1993
Dave
as Duane Stevenson
1993
The Saint of Fort Washington
as Little Leroy
1993
Bound by Honor
as Ivan
1992
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
as Mr. Stereo
1992
Terror on Track 9
as Jellyroll
1991
The People Under the Stairs
as Leroy
1991
Murder in Oakland
as Sergeant Blue
1991
Homicide
as Randolph
1991
Flight of the Intruder
as McRae
1991
Iran: Days of Crisis
as Charles Jones
1991
ScreenPlay
as Sergeant Blue
1990
Jacob's Ladder
as George
1990
The Long Walk Home
as Herbert Cotter
1990
Rising Son
as Ed
1990
When You Remember Me
as Leon
1989
Casualties of War
as Lt. Reilly
1989
The Equalizer
as Luther 'Million' Paxton
1989
Men
as Charlie Hazard
1988
Patty Hearst
as Cinque
1988
Spenser: For Hire
1988
American Playhouse
as Jack Harding
1987
Miami Vice
as Walker Monroe
1987
Tour of Duty
as Tucker
1986
Native Son
as Jack
1986
Crime Story
as Hector Lincoln
1985
Miami Vice
as Georges
1985
American Playhouse
as Young Gabriel
1984
Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Young Gabriel
1965
Another World
Painter