Tom Sizemore, a gruff, charismatic actor whose career was sometimes overshadowed by his chaotic personal life, has died. He was 61.
Sizemore was born on Nov. 29, 1961, in Detroit. After graduating from Wayne State University in Detroit with a bachelor’s degree in theater in 1983, he earned a master’s in the subject from Temple University in 1986. Three years later, he kicked off his acting career, making his debut on TV, in Gideon Oliver, and on film, in Lock Up, which starred Sylvester Stallone.
In a long and varied career that flipped between working with directors such as Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Michael Mann and Ridley Scott and swathe of forgettable titles straight-to-video, Sizemore appeared in the likes of Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down, Heat, Natural Born Killers and Born On The Fourth Of July.
Outside of his acting work, his personal life was a whirlwind of drug addiction, lawsuits, domestic...
Sizemore was born on Nov. 29, 1961, in Detroit. After graduating from Wayne State University in Detroit with a bachelor’s degree in theater in 1983, he earned a master’s in the subject from Temple University in 1986. Three years later, he kicked off his acting career, making his debut on TV, in Gideon Oliver, and on film, in Lock Up, which starred Sylvester Stallone.
In a long and varied career that flipped between working with directors such as Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Michael Mann and Ridley Scott and swathe of forgettable titles straight-to-video, Sizemore appeared in the likes of Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down, Heat, Natural Born Killers and Born On The Fourth Of July.
Outside of his acting work, his personal life was a whirlwind of drug addiction, lawsuits, domestic...
- 3/5/2023
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
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