After high school, he studied drama at SUNY Purchase where he met fellow actor Stanley Tucci, who gave him his nickname "Ving". He later transferred to Juilliard, where he began his career in New York theater.
Conversation. Genuinely like that Tom Cruise clearly told Ving Rhames, “I love you, buddy. You're never gonna have to stand in one of my movies ever again.”
Now, on to the real news - together with that big promotion is a big reveal - Ving Rhames has been the voice behind Arby's campaigns for a decade and now, for a week during the launch of Free Sandwich Month, he's also the face.
Ving Rhames gives his Golden Globe to Jack Lemmon (1998)
What was Arby's old name?
They wanted to call their restaurants "Big Tex", but that name was already used by an Akron business. Instead, they chose the name "Arby's," a phonetic pronunciation of the letters R and B, short for "Raffel brothers".
Brian Cox loves to sing. The Scottish actor, 77, who starred as patriarch Logan Roy on the hit HBO series Succession, is the voice of McDonald's and sings its jingle for commercials. "I sing all the time.
He was diagnosed eight years after his first wife died of breast cancer. Stanley Tucci spoke about finding out he had oral cancer—after two years of being misdiagnosed—undergoing chemo and radiation, and what the experience taught him in a new interview with NBC reporter Willie Geist.
The Hunger Games star, 62, spoke about finding love again after his wife of 14 years, Kathryn 'Kate' Spath-Tucci died from stage 4 breast cancer in 2009. Tucci and the literary agent, who is the sister of Emily Blunt, first met at the premiere of The Devil Wears Prada in 2006.
Key Takeaways. Tom Cruise has an estimated net worth of $600 million as of 2023, according to Celebrity Net Worth. Cruise's Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One hit theaters on July 12, and earned close to $16 million at the box office on opening day.
Ving Rhames has been the voice of Arby's ad campaigns for a decade, but now he's making his first on-camera appearance—in a new spot where he takes exception to one viewer's glib assumption that “no one” eats at Arby's these days.
Tom Cruise, dad to Suri and an "amazing kisser" to Gywn Paltrow, is godfather to twins Max and Emme Lopez. “I did a little cameo once at the beginning of Austin Powers 3, I think it was, and I got to make out with Tom Cruise.
Miles Fisher had it all: talent, charm and the face of a movie star. Problem was, it was a very specific movie star. After years of resenting the resemblance, Fisher embraced it through viral TikTok deepfakes that demonstrate AI's astonishing power to deceive.
"Now that I can almost eat everything, or eat almost everything, I do want to eat almost everything, so I do have to be careful," Tucci told Insider. "I can't at my age, that's probably a terrible idea. But it does make you want to embrace it."
The most likely culprit behind Stanley Tucci's hair loss is male pattern baldness, which is the most prevalent form of hair loss in men. It's driven by a combination of genetics and the male hormone derivatives, particularly dihydrotestosterone (DHT). This condition manifests as a progressive thinning of hair.
How old was Felicity Blunt when she met Stanley Tucci?
The Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy host first met the literary agent, 41, at the 2006 premiere of The Devil Wears Prada, in which he starred alongside Felicity's sister Emily Blunt.
But it turns out, he's not just the funniest friend you'll ever have, he also might be the most caring. We learned this from Stanley Tucci. They met while they were neighbors in Westchester (Tucci is a Westchester native, while Reynolds and his wife Blake Lively moved there in 2012).
The couple were married for 14 years before Kate died in 2009. They shared three children together, Isabel, Nicolo and Camilla. Stanley recalled Kate and Felicity being introduced to each other at the film premiere. "But that's where I met Emily and we became friends," he reflected.
Two-time BAFTA-nominated director Dexter Fletcher is an English actor-turned-filmmaker whose movies and TV work include the Academy Award-winning Elton John biopic Rocketman. Fletcher started his career in front of the camera at the age of 6; three years later he played "Baby Face" in Alan Parker's Bugsy Malone.
"I'm Lovin' It" is a song by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake. The song, originally written as a jingle for American fast food chain McDonald's, was produced by the Neptunes and is credited as being written by Pharrell Williams, Tom Batoy, Franco Tortora, and Andreas Forberger.
For five years, the voice that made you stop and ask, "WHO is that?", is none other than accomplished and well-known Golden Globe-winning actor, Ving Rhames. Ving Rhames has appeared in over 75 movies.
