Tom Sizemore Biography

Thomas Edward "Tom" Sizemore, Jr. (born November 29, 1961) is an American film and television actor and producer. He is known for his supporting roles in films such as Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down, Heat, Strange Days, Pearl Harbor, True Romance, and Natural Born Killers.

Early life

Sizemore was born in Detroit, Michigan. His mother, Judith ( Schannault), was a member of the city of Detroit ombudsman staff, and his father, Thomas Edward Sizemore, Sr., now retired, was a lawyer and philosophy professor. Sizemore has stated that his maternal grandfather was of French and Native American ancestry. Contrary to misstatement and rumor, Tom's mother is not of African-American ancestry. He has three brothers, Charlie, Aaron and Paul, who is also an actor. Sizemore attended Michigan State University for one year, as well as Wayne State University. He earned a Master's degree in theatre from Temple University in 1986. He subsequently moved to New York City to pursue an acting career.

Acting career

One of Sizemore's earliest film appearances occurred in Oliver Stone's Born on the Fourth of July in 1989, followed by roles in Lock Up (1989), Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991), Point Break, True Romance (1993), Natural Born Killers (1994), and Strange Days (1995). Sizemore also starred in the independent drama film Love Is Like That (1993) with actress and model Pamela Gidley. He had a supporting role in Kevin Costner's Wyatt Earp as Bat Masterson.

A succession of well-received supporting parts followed, perhaps the most well known being his portrayal of Michael Cheritto as an armed robber in the heist film Heat (1995). His first major leading role was as Vincent D'Agosta in 1997's The Relic. Sizemore had a recurring role on the television series China Beach (1988 to 1991) as an enlisted man named Vinnie who was in love with Dana Delany's character. Sizemore continued to play leading and character parts in many films, notably Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Bringing Out the Dead (1999), and Witness Protection (1999).

In the early 2000s, he appeared in actions films such as Pearl Harbor (2001), starring Ben Affleck, and Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down (2002). He had a voice part as Sonny Forelli in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. In 2001, Sizemore starred in Ticker, an action film directed by Albert Pyun, with Steven Seagal and Dennis Hopper. In 2002, Sizemore starred in the well-reviewed but short-lived television drama series Robbery Homicide Division. It was cancelled mid-way through its first season. He also played an undercover cop in the film Swindle opposite Sherilyn Fenn. In 2004, he starred in Paparazzi.

In 2006, he starred in The Genius Club, playing a terrorist who taunts seven geniuses into solving the world's problems in one night. Also that year, he had a leading role in action/thriller film Splinter with Edward James Olmos. In 2007, the television network VH1 aired a six episode reality TV series called Shooting Sizemore, which depicted the life of the actor as he struggled to regain his career in the midst of a continuing battle with addiction. The series also covered an ongoing legal appeal on his conviction for an assault of former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss. In this year, the actor also starred in the Indie drama film Oranges with Tom Arnold and Jill Hennessy, which was directed by Syrian director and producer Joseph Merhi.

Recently, Sizemore has worked in films that include Red and American Son, both of which were screened at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. In 2008, Sizemore starred in The Last Lullaby, playing a killer, and appeared also in The Flyboys with Stephen Baldwin, action film Stiletto with Tom Berenger and Michael Biehn, drama film Toxic with Costas Mandylor, and is the star in the Canadian drama A Broken Life with Ving Rhames.

In 2009, he appeared in the comedy film Super Capers. In addition, Sizemore also appeared in five episodes of the TV series Crash with Dennis Hopper. In 2010, Sizemore starred in the indie horror film C.L.A.S.S. which is written by Sheldon Robins, and co-starred with Kyra Sedgwick and Vincent D'Onofrio in drama/comedy film Chlorine. He also starred alongside martial arts actor Mark Dacascos in the action movie Shadows in Paradise. He also appeared in an episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Sizemore also appeared alongside the Insane Clown Posse in the comedy film Big Money Rustlas and the drama 513 with Michael Madsen. Sizemore has roles in the upcoming films, the Age of Reason, Suing the Devil and White Knight.

Music

Sizemore fronted the Hollywood rock band Day 8. Formed in 2002, the band recorded a four-song EP produced and recorded by Bradley Dujmovic and former Snot/Soulfly guitarist Mike Doling. Originally called "The Bystanders", the group included guitarist and co-writer Rod Castro, Alan Muffterson, Tyrone Tomke and Michael Taylor.

Personal life

While speaking in an interview about friend Mickey Rourke, Sizemore revealed he is Catholic: "He's been a good friend. He's a real good Catholic and I'm Catholic."

Sizemore married actress Maeve Quinlan in 1996, but divorced in 1999 because she couldn't handle his drug problems. In 2010, Sizemore appeared as a patient/castmember on VH1's third season of Celebrity Rehab.

In July 2005, Sizemore became a father when Janelle McIntire gave birth to their sons, Jagger and Jayden Sizemore.

Substance abuse and legal problems

Sizemore, who had battled drug addiction since he was 15, was convicted in 2003 of assault and battery against his girlfriend, the former "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss. Sizemore was then sentenced to 7 months in jail and four months in drug treatment for repeatedly failing drug tests while on probation on March 25, 2005. Sizemore was caught attempting to fake the urine test using a Whizzinator. Fleiss' restraining order against him had lapsed by the time they appeared together in the third season of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew in 2010.

On May 8, 2007, while still on probation for a previous drug conviction, Sizemore was arrested outside the Four Points Sheraton hotel in Bakersfield, California for possession of methamphetamines. Police found what appeared to be two bags under 1 gram in weight of methamphetamine and three glass pipes used for inhaling methamphetamines that were coated with drug residue inside his 2004 Ford Mustang. On June 25, Sizemore was sentenced to 16 months in prison. The sentence was reduced to nine months because Sizemore already served 213 days in county jail because he was unable to post bail. On March 27, 2009, Sizemore avoided jail-time in the same case for an alleged probation violation.

On May 28, 2009, Sizemore was arrested in Los Angeles on an outstanding warrant for drug charges. Sizemore and a friend were questioned by police, and the outstanding $25,000 warrant for Sizemore from 2007 was discovered. Sizemore did not have any narcotics in his possession, but was arrested on the warrant; he was later released.

Sizemore had been approached to appear in the first season of the reality television series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, but declined. He met with Dr. Drew Pinsky about appearing in the second season, sitting in Pinsky's office for two hours, as Pinsky recounted, "sweating and completely high on drugs, talking a million miles an hour, acting like he was going to do it then deciding he didn't want to." Sizemore ultimately decided to appear in the show's third season, but did not appear in the season premiere, forcing Pinsky's colleague Bob Forrest to seek him out. Because Heidi Fleiss was also in treatment on the show that season, both she and Sizemore had to consent to appear together. While the season premiered in January 2010, Sizemore's arrival at the clinic was chronicled in the third episode, and his reunion with Fleiss was amicable. Yet, by the season's end, it was Heidi who, at their graduation ceremony, lashed out against Sizemore, taunting him that "the thought of being with [him] would turn women gay...it really would." After they received their coins, both Tom and Heidi agreed to Sober House treatment. During a guest appearance on the fourth season of Celebrity Rehab, a healthy-looking Sizemore praised Dr. Drew and his program, stating he has been sober for fourteen months.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1989	Blue Steel	Wool Cap
	Lock Up	Dallas
	Rude Awakening	Ian
	Penn & Teller Get Killed	2nd Mugger	Cameo
	Born on the Fourth of July	Vet " Villa Dulce
1990	A Matter of Degrees	Zeno Stefanos
1991	Flight of the Intruder	Boxman
	Guilty by Suspicion	Ray Karlin
	Point Break	DEA Agent Deets	Uncredited
	Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man	Chance Wilder
	Where Sleeping Dogs Lie	Eddie Hale
1992	Love Is Like That	Lenny
	Passenger 57	Sly Delvecchio
1993	Watch It	Danny
	Heart and Souls	Milo Peck	Nominated "? Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
	True Romance	Cody Nicholson
	Striking Distance	Detective Danny Detillo
1994	Wyatt Earp	Bat Masterson
	Natural Born Killers	Detective Jack Scagnetti
1995	Devil in a Blue Dress	DeWitt Albright
	Strange Days	Max Peltier
	Heat	Michael Cheritto
1997	The Relic	Lt. Vincent D'Agosta
1998	Saving Private Ryan	Sgt. Mike Horvath	Online Film Critics Society Award " Best Ensemble Cast Performance Nominated "? Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated "? Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture " Drama
	Enemy of the State	Boss Paulie Pintero	Uncredited
1999	The Florentine	Teddy
	The Match	Buffalo
	Bringing Out the Dead	Tom Wolls
	Play It to the Bone	Joe Domino
2000	Get Carter	Les Fletcher	Voice only uncredited
	Red Planet	Dr. Quinn Burchenal
2001	Pearl Harbor	Sgt. Earl Sistern
	Ticker	Detective Ray Nettles
	Black Hawk Down	Colonel Danny McKnight	Nominated "? Phoenix Film Critics Society Award " Best Acting Ensemble
2002	Swindle	Seth George
	Welcome to America	Zach
	Big Trouble	Snake Dupree
2003	Dreamcatcher	Owen
	Pauly Shore Is Dead	Himself
2004	Paparazzi	Rex Harper
2005	No Rules	Kain Diamond
	The Nickel Children	Freedo
	Piggy Banks	Dad
2006	Furnace	Frank Miller
	Bottom Feeder	Vince Stoker
	Zyzzyx Road	Joey
	Ring Around the Rosie	Pierce
	Shut Up and Shoot!	Himself
	Splinter	Detective Cunningham
	The Genius Club	Armand
2007	White Air	Steve
	Protecting the King	Ronnie
	Oranges	Burt
2008	A Broken Life	Max
	American Son	Dale
	Red	Mr. McCormack
	The Flyboys	Angelo Esposito
	The Last Lullaby	Price
	Stiletto	Large Bills
	Toxic	Van Sant
2009	The Grind	Chuck
	Commute	God
	Good God Bad Dog	Ezra Mann
	Super Capers	Roger Cheatem
	Corrado	Paolo
	Double Duty	Craig
	21 and a Wake-Up	Jack Breedlau
2010	Shadows in Paradise	Col. Bunker
	Cross	Det. Nitti
	Big Money Rustlas	Himself	Cameo
	C.L.A.S.S	FBI Agent Ridley
	Chlorine	Ernie
	513	Glen
2011	Black Gold	Detective Brandano
	Suing the Devil	Tony Anzaldo
	Cellmates	Leroy Lowe
	Right Angle	Lucky
	Morella	Father Murray
	Cousin Sarah	Lloyd
	El Cartel de los Sapos
2013	Company of Heroes	Dean Ransom
	Reach Me
	Before I Sleep	Randy	Post-Production
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Gideon Oliver	Paul Slocum	Episode: "Sleep Well, Professor Oliver"
1989"1990	China Beach	Sgt. Vinnie Ventresca, The Dog Man	6 episodes
1992	An American Story	Jesse Meadows	TV Movie
1998	Witness to the Mob	John Gotti	TV Movie
1999	Witness Protection	Bobby Batton	TV Movie Nominated "? Golden Globe Award for Best Actor " Miniseries or Television Film
2002	Sins of the Father	Tom Cherry	TV Movie
	Justice League	Metamorpho (Voice)	Episodes: "Metamorphosis: Part 1" "Metamorphosis: Part 2"
2002"2003	Robbery Homicide Division	Lt. Sam Cole	13 episodes
2004	Hustle	Pete Rose	TV Movie
2004"2006	Dr. Vegas	Vic Moore	6 episodes
2007	Superstorm	Katzenberg	3 episodes
2008	CSI: Miami	Kurt Rossi	Episode: "Down to the Wire"
2008"2009	Crash	Detective Adrian Cooper	5 episodes
2009	P Lo's House	Himself	Television movie
	Southland	Timmy Davis	Episode: "See the Woman"
2010	Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew	Reality Television	Whole Season
	"Sober House"	Reality Television on VH1
	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Truck Driver	Episode: "The Gang Gets Stranded in the Woods"
2011	Exit Strategy	Jonathan Marks
2011"2012	Hawaii Five-0	Capt. Vince Fryer	Episodes: "Ua Lawe Wale" ("Taken") "Ma?ema?e" ("Clean") "Alaheo Pau?ole" ("Gone Forever") "Kalele" ("Faith") "Ua Hala" ("Death in the Family")
Other
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	Sonny Forelli (Voice)	Video game
2006	'	Sid Wilson (Voice)	Video game