Tom Sizemore

Before addiction consumed Tim Sizemore's career, he was a go-to character actor known for portraying tough guys in movies such as "Heat" and "Saving Private ...

Drew in 2010, he said it was his ninth stint in treatment and described his periods of sobriety as the happiest in his life. And he He was arrested multiple times for driving under the influence, possessing drugs and for domestic violence. The past couple of years were great for him and he was getting his life back to a great place. Slowly, Sizemore worked his way into increasingly larger roles in Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, Passenger 57, True Romance and Natural Born Killers. He loved his sons and his family. Then, in Saving Private Ryan, Sizemore delivered the line that helps convince his group of fellow traumatized Army soldiers that searching for their lost comrade might be the one decent thing they do during the ugliness of World War II. [in the lowest-grossing movie of 2006](https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6741708&ft=nprml&f=6741708). "I saw that movie every week for, like, two months when it was playing in the theater," he said. "I saw it 11 weeks in a row. Sizemore had remained in a coma until his death on Friday. His courage and determination through adversity was always an inspiration to me.

The actor, best known for his tough-guy roles in war and action movies including Black Hawk Down, also had a turbulent private life.

He was repeatedly arrested for drug use, and was [sentenced to 16 months in jail in 2007](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/jun/26/news1) for possession of methamphetamine. More recently Sizemore was cast in TV shows including regular roles in Robbery Homicide Division, Dr Vegas and the Hawaii Five-0 reboot. He was then cast in a prominent role in Saving Private Ryan, as Tom Hanks’ second-in-command, dropping out of Terrence Malick’s war film The Thin Red Line to do so. Later film roles saw him appear in Black Hawk Down, Splinter and Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House. [On 28 February](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/feb/28/no-further-hope-for-tom-sizemore-after-brain-aneurysm-actors-family-says), Lago said that doctors had told the actor’s family that there was “no further hope.” Born in Detroit in 1961, Sizemore gained a reputation for tough-guy roles in war and action films in the 1990s and 2000s.

As an actor, Sizemore was all-in, always. Sometimes—as in Strange Days and Natural Born Killers, playing drug-addled, murderous sex offenders hiding in plain ...

He was a straight razor in the form of an actor: functional, elegant, beautiful in repose, but capable of unfolding himself without warning and cutting the viewer to the bone. He [gave an interview](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4463366/Ex-addict-Tom-Sizemore-begged-Jack-Nicholson-10M.html) to the Daily Mail about his sobriety (he was four years in, he said) and invited the reporter and photographer to watch him undergo hair restoration surgery and publish the pictures in the newspaper. In quieter, more tenderhearted roles, he radiated a mix of discomfort, sorrow, and impending self-negation that only sometimes seemed indicated by the script. He was also accused of sexual assault of an 11-year old girl who was with him on the set of the 2003 film Born Killers (no relation to the Stone movie) after the Hollywood Reporter published [an investigative piece](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/tom-sizemore-was-removed-movie-set-allegedly-violating-11-year-old-girl-1057629/) based on interviews with people who’d worked on the shoot 14 years earlier. [caught on video](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2543993/Tom-Sizemore-52-caught-smoking-heroin-video-taken-weeks-ago-getting-clean-Celebrity-Rehab-three-years-ago.html) using heroin and crystal meth in the bathroom of his Los Angeles home and making racist remarks. “I’m grateful I have that since addicts have the propensity to forget how bad it was,” he said, “and I can’t because it’s there on tape.” He would later say that his drug use after the turn of the millennium destroyed him financially, costing him his $7 million house and rendering him functionally homeless. He was one of a long line of screen performers whose brilliance was shadowed by shocking offenses that employers were willing to factor into the hiring process because of his track record of superlative performances. Steven Spielberg knew Sizemore struggled with addiction when he booked him for Ryan in 1997, and made daily drug tests mandatory, warning Sizemore that if he tested positive on the last day, he’d reshoot every one of his 58 days of work with a new actor. Sizemore passed the tests and gave one of his finest performances. Again Sizemore convinced audiences that he was the cruelest, ugliest, most hateful character—in a film that also included two mass murderers, assorted thuggish rednecks and gangbangers, an incestuous and abusive father (Rodney Dangerfield), sadistic prison guards, and a venal prison warden (Tommy Lee Jones) who conspires to help Scagnetti kill Mickey and Mallory but sets him up to fail. He had few lines but still made a fearsome impression, convincing viewers that he was every bit as hard and wild as the leader of the group (played by Willem Dafoe, no slouch at inhabiting flamboyantly disreputable outsiders). Sizemore branched out in the mid-’90s, playing characters who were brusque, profane and violent but had a code and were loyal above all else.

Tom Sizemore, a talented but troubled actor who made a career of playing tough guys, but struggled to stay on the right side of the law, has died at the age ...

He has influenced my life more than anyone I know. He was talented, loving, giving and could keep you entertained endlessly with his wit and storytelling ability. On 18 February, he collapsed at his Los Angeles home after suffering a stroke and subsequent aneurysm. In 2003 he was convicted of attacking his then-girlfriend and spent eight months in jail. The actor worked with some of Hollywood's biggest names over a decades-long career, but away from the screen he led a frequently troubled life, struggling with addiction and enduring spells in jail. - In February, the actor collapsed at his Los Angeles home after suffering a stroke and subsequent aneurysm; he'd been in intensive care since.

Revisit Tom Sizemore's iconic roles, from "Heat" to "Saving Private Ryan" to "Twin Peaks." The actor died after suffering a brain aneurysm.

Photo : ©DreamWorks/courtesy Everett / Everett Collection He appeared in numerous projects per year, often boosting low-profile films with his star presence. One of the defining character actors of the 1990s, his run through the decade saw him work with several of Hollywood’s top filmmakers, including Oliver Stone, Kathryn Bigelow, Michael Mann, Martin Scorsese, Tony Scott and Steven Spielberg.

Before addiction consumed Tim Sizemore's career, he was a go-to character actor known for portraying tough guys in movies such as "Heat" and "Saving Private ...

Drew in 2010, he said it was his ninth stint in treatment and described his periods of sobriety as the happiest in his life. And he He was arrested multiple times for driving under the influence, possessing drugs and for domestic violence. The past couple of years were great for him and he was getting his life back to a great place. Slowly, Sizemore worked his way into increasingly larger roles in Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, Passenger 57, True Romance and Natural Born Killers. He loved his sons and his family. [in the lowest-grossing movie of 2006](https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6741708&ft=nprml&f=6741708). Then, in Saving Private Ryan, Sizemore delivered the line that helps convince his group of fellow traumatized Army soldiers that searching for their lost comrade might be the one decent thing they do during the ugliness of World War II. "I saw that movie every week for, like, two months when it was playing in the theater," he said. "I saw it 11 weeks in a row. Sizemore had remained in a coma until his death on Friday. His courage and determination through adversity was always an inspiration to me.

Actor Tom Sizemore, known as much for his struggles with drug addiction and run-ins with the law as for his tough-guy roles in such films as "Saving Private ...

Sizemore, who denied the charges but did not testify at his trial, said in a letter to the judge that he had "permitted my personal demons to take over my life." He previously had a recurring role on the ABC network's Vietnam War drama "China Beach," playing an enlisted man who falls for star Dana Delany's character. But he is best remembered for playing battle-hardened soldiers in two films - Steven Spielberg's 1998 World War Two epic "Saving Private Ryan" Ridley Scott's 2001 portrayal of the U.S. Sizemore's first major leading role came in the 1997 horror thriller "The Relic," again playing a police detective. Drew." [hospitalized](/world/us/actor-tom-sizemore-saving-private-ryan-hospitalized-brain-aneurysm-manager-2023-02-19/) in critical condition after suffering a brain aneurysm on Feb.

Troubled actor, who shot to fame before crashing down in a wave of violence, abuse and excess, died after suffering a brain aneurysm.

Sizemore said in 2013 that he believed his dependency was related to the trappings of success. Sizemore was fired from Shooter and the stuntman's lawsuit was settled on undisclosed terms. Sizemore was also the subject of two workplace sexual harassment lawsuits related to the 2002 CBS show Robbery Homicide Division, in which he played a police detective. But Sizemore still nabbed a few meaty roles — including in the Twin Peaks revival — and guest spots on popular shows like Entourage and Hawaii Five-O. Sizemore was convicted of abusing ex-girlfriend Heidi Fleiss in 2003 — the same year he pleaded no contest and avoided trial in a separate abuse case — and sentenced to jail. The book’s title was taken from a line uttered by his character in Saving Private Ryan, a role for which he garnered Oscar buzz.

The Black Hawk Down star's career was mired by drug problems and domestic violence convictions.

"But I can't tell you what I'd give to be the guy you didn't know anything about." And now I had absolutely nothing." According to prosecutors, Sizemore had been caught once before trying to use a similar device. "I was a guy who'd come from very little and risen to the top," Sizemore wrote in his 2013 autobiography. He was larger than life. Sizemore chose rehab.

“It is with great sadness and sorrow I have to announce that actor Thomas Edward Sizemore ('Tom Sizemore') aged 61 passed away peacefully in his sleep today at ...

In 2013, the actor released a memoir detailing his career and personal battle with addiction, titled “By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There.” One of his first credits came in 1989 with an appearance in Oliver Stone’s best picture nominee “Born on the Fourth of July.” “It is with great sadness and sorrow I have to announce that actor Thomas Edward Sizemore (‘Tom Sizemore’) aged 61 passed away peacefully in his sleep today at St Joseph’s Hospital Burbank,” Lago said in a statement. Sizemore had remained in critical condition since then and had been in a coma under intensive care. 18, Sizemore collapsed in his Los Angeles home and was transported to the hospital by paramedics. [Tom Sizemore](https://variety.com/t/tom-sizemore/) has died after being [taken off life support](https://variety.com/2023/film/news/tom-sizemore-end-of-life-decision-family-brain-aneurysm-1235537985/), his manager Charles Lago confirmed to Variety on Friday.

Tom Sizemore, known for his roles in major feature films such as 'Saving Private Ryan,' 'True Romance' and 'Black Hawk Down,' was 61.

By the age of 16, Sizemore “wanted to get on with” his life. His first break came when Oliver Stone cast him for a small role in “Born on the Fourth of July.” At Los Angeles’ Geffen Playhouse in 2011, he staged a private reading of his one-man show, “I Am Not Sam,” that explored his biracial identity. During the performance, he adopted the voice of his Black grandfather, who warned him to never reveal his biracial heritage if he wanted to make it in Hollywood. In 2003, he was convicted of abusing his girlfriend, [Heidi Fleiss](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-heidifleiss21-2008jul21-story.html), and served 17 months in jail. “I wanted to get out of Detroit.” He was also arrested once on suspicion of assaulting another girlfriend in downtown L.A. “If I didn’t do it, I couldn’t do anything. “It was a seminal experience for me because it was like being invited behind the curtain of Oz. Sizemore accepted the career-altering role of Horvath on a whim. 18, where he was listed in critical condition and remained in a coma. Lago said in a statement that Sizemore “passed away peacefully in his sleep ...

Tom Sizemore, the “Saving Private Ryan” actor whose bright 1990s star burned out under the weight of his own domestic violence and drug convictions, ...

[told the AP in 2013](https://www.postandcourier.com/features/tom-sizemore-honest-about-long-lasting-battle-with-drugs/article_f5cd0c92-282a-5ed9-a427-1cac8d2933fb.html) that he believed his dependency was related to the trappings of success. Sizemore was the subject of two workplace sexual harassment lawsuits related to the 2002 CBS show “Robbery Homicide Division,” in which he played a police detective. Fleiss called Sizemore “a zero” in a conversation with The Associated Press after his conviction. Sizemore was convicted of abusing ex-girlfriend Heidi Fleiss in 2003 — the same year he pleaded no contest and avoided trial in a separate abuse case — and sentenced to jail. He struggled to maintain his emotional composure as he described a low point looking in the mirror: “I looked like I was 100 years old. The book’s title was taken from a line uttered by his character in “Saving Private Ryan,” a role for which he garnered Oscar buzz. Fleiss had been convicted in 1994 of running a high-priced call-girl ring. “I was a guy who’d come from very little and risen to the top. Fleiss also sued Sizemore, saying she suffered emotional distress after he threatened to get her own probation revoked. While the charges were dropped, the couple divorced in 1999. Despite the raft of legal trouble, Sizemore had scores of steady film and television credits — though his career never regained its onetime momentum. He racked up a string of domestic violence arrests.

Actor Tom Sizemore, best known for his role in the war drama "Saving Private Ryan," died March 3 following a brain aneurysm earlier this month.

I found a drug, and it was called cocaine. Sizemore also had a history of addiction and run-ins with the law, including a 2020 civil lawsuit filed by a woman who claimed he groped her on a movie set when she was 11. This has been a difficult time for them." "The family is now deciding end-of-life matters." "He is currently in critical condition, and it’s a wait-and-see situation." 27, Lago revealed Sizemore's health had not improved since the aneurysm, as he remained in a coma.

After suffering a brain aneurysm last month, the troubled performer passed away on Friday.

The following year, he was a key part of Robert De Niro’s crew in Michael Mann’s immediate cops-and-robbers classic, Heat. Though his character, Technical Sergeant Mike Horvath, seemed at times to be the most indestructible, he did not survive the randomness of combat in Steven Spielberg’s film. His first major role was in 1994, in Lawrence Kasdan’s Wyatt Earp, playing the part of Bat Masterson opposite Kevin Costner. He was talented, loving, giving and could keep you entertained endlessly with his wit and storytelling ability. The 61-year-old performer, best known for his work in films like Saving Private Ryan, Heat, and Black Hawk Down, suffered a brain aneurysm [on February 18](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/02/tom-sizemore-in-critical-condition-following-brain-aneurysm). “I am deeply saddened by the loss of my big brother Tom,” the performer’s brother Paul Sizemore said.

The film industry has lost many legendary figures recently, and sadly, beloved character actor Tom Sizemore has died after suffering a critical brain aneurysm.

[the best war movies of the century](https://collider.com/best-war-movies/); the massive ensemble brings life to the various heroes who served in the U.S. Sizemore has a memorable role as a shady mob boss who is just one of the quirky clients that Bobby Dean (Will Smith) has to deal with. Every character and moment is touched with Lynch’s idiosyncratic nuances, and Sizemore’s role as the aggressive, bullying boss of FBI Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan), who's trapped within the childlike body of Dougie Jones, does a great job at evoking the audience’s sympathy for the famous lead character of the original series. [Saving Private Ryan](https://collider.com/is-saving-private-ryan-based-on-a-true-story/) is packed with so many great actors in brief roles; do you remember the scenes with Vin Diesel, Nathan Fillion, Paul Giamatti, Ted Danson, and Bryan Cranston? Sizemore is essential in increasing the film’s tension when his character Tom Wolls is paired with Pierce; Wolls’ violent behavior and unstable mental state immediately cause Pierce’s world to spiral out of his control. [Devil In A Blue Dress](https://collider.com/film-noir-to-stream-one-false-move-devil-in-a-blue-dress/) is Carl Franklin’s modernized take on the hard-boiled detective story, and it examines systematic racism as it impacts his charismatic lead detective Easy Rawlings (Denzel Washington). Sizemore’s sneering performance as the racist private investigator DeWitt Albright that blocks all of Easy’s leads shows the barriers in the system that sadly still exist. Sergeant Ron Kovic (Tom Cruise) from a strictly nationalist patriot into a fierce critic of the United States military’s involvement in the Vietnam War. Stone worked off of a brilliant screenplay from Quentin Tarantino that analyzed the impact of media sensationalism on the public’s reaction to violence; Sizemore makes these themes evident with his performance as an obsessive police detective who is just as ruthless and bloodthirsty as the serial killers he’s chasing. Sizemore was clearly a favorite of Bigelow, who cast him in several of her genre films throughout the 1990s. Between dozens of smaller titles released in the last few years and a few memorable TV appearances, Sizemore remained one of the hardest working actors in the industry. The news of Sizemore’s condition and subsequent death comes as a shock because in the last few years, he’s remained just as active as he’s always seemed to be.

Tom Sizemore, 61, died from a brain aneurysm and it will be a triple blow to Liz Hurley, 57, who has now suffered the deaths of three lovers in three years.

In his memoir, By Some Miracle I Made It Out Of There, Detroit-born Sizemore wrote: ‘I’d come from a poor background and made it big. Then I lost it all.’ In 2003 he was convicted of beating up his girlfriend, Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss, and in 2007 he spent two years in jail for breaking parole on drugs offences. He is survived by 17-year-old twin sons, Jayden and Jagger. Other film credits include Born On The Fourth Of July, True Romance and Pearl Harbor. I was in no fit state to have a real relationship. But my demons got in the way.

Sizemore, who was known for his roles in movies such as Saving Private Ryan and Heat, passed away recently, leaving behind a legacy of unforgettable ...

In remembrance of his contributions, Rockstar Games took to social media to share a touching tribute, featuring a clip of one of Sizemore's most memorable lines from Heat. However, regardless of what the future holds, Sizemore's contributions to the series will not be forgotten. Rockstar Games, the developer behind the iconic Grand Theft Auto (GTA) series, has paid tribute to actor Tom Sizemore following his death.

Actor who shared some personality traits with the volatile characters he played in films such as Heat and Natural Born Killers.

His first film role was in Lock Up (1989), and among his other three roles that year was a part in Stone’s Born on the Fourth of July. In his memoir By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There (2013), Sizemore detailed a long affair with the actor Elizabeth Hurley. He was dropped from Shooter when, after accidentally running over a stunt man, he was convicted in 2017 of two charges of domestic abuse against a girlfriend. His 2003 conviction in the Fleiss case resulted in seven months in jail after he failed drug tests during his probation. Sizemore wrote in his memoir: “There are so many guys who had good lives, great lives, and blew it … From there he played Bat Masterson opposite Kevin Costner’s Wyatt Earp (1994) and was excellent in Bigelow’s overlooked Strange Days (1995). During the filming of Natural Born Killers (1994) he and Juliette Lewis began an affair; for four months they stayed in her mansion, doing drugs and having sex. Five years later, on the verge of television success as the lead in Robbery Homicide Division, he was kicked off the set of a movie, Piggy Banks, accused of molesting an 11-year-old female actor, and convicted of domestic violence against his then girlfriend, “Hollywood madam” Heidi Fleiss. Born in Detroit, he was the son of Thomas Sr, a lawyer and philosophy professor, and Judith (nee Schannault), who worked in the city ombudsman’s office. He studied theatre at Wayne State University, Detroit, taking a master’s at Temple, in Philadelphia. A self-described “wayward, angry teen”, he was drawn to acting after watching Montgomery Clift, James Dean and Steven Spielberg then hired him for Private Ryan, provided Sizemore be drug-tested regularly, and threatening to reshoot all his scenes if he failed a single test.

His addictions made him into a monster, his failures made him violent, and eventually he ran out of second chances, working non-stop to stay busy in dreck. He ...

The best work he did in the final act of his career was on the TV shows “ [Red Road](/reviews/red-road-2007),” in which he plays a lowlife drug dealer and dreadful mentor to his son, played by [Jason Momoa](/cast-and-crew/jason-momoa), and [David Lynch](/cast-and-crew/david-lynch)’s third season of “Twin Peaks,” in which he plays a man comically outfoxed by the brain dead version of [Kyle MacLachlan](/cast-and-crew/kyle-maclachlan)’s Dale Cooper, Dougie Jones. The [Jack Ketchum](/cast-and-crew/jack-ketchum) adaptation “ [Red](/reviews/red-1994)” showed he could still deliver when surrounded with professionals (he and [Brian Cox](/cast-and-crew/brian-cox) make great foils) but the wear of his lifestyle was now visible on his face. When he resurfaced and needed to work it was frequently in bargain basement schlock, like the unfortunate Christian potboiler “The Genius Club,” the kind of name that begs for mockery. [Enemy of the State](/reviews/enemy-of-the-state-1998)” as a perfidious mob boss that [Will Smith](/cast-and-crew/will-smith) is only too happy to take for a ride. His romance with [Penelope Ann Miller](/cast-and-crew/penelope-ann-miller) is one of the highlights of his career. He haunts [Bruce Willis](/cast-and-crew/bruce-willis) in [Rowdy Harrington](/cast-and-crew/rowdy-harrington)’s “ [Striking Distance](/reviews/striking-distance-1993)” played Bat Masterson in [Lawrence Kasdan](/cast-and-crew/lawrence-kasdan)’s “ [Wyatt Earp](/reviews/wyatt-earp-1994),” and then came the real break throughs. He would channel O’Toole as the villains of “ [Natural Born Killers](/reviews/natural-born-killers-1994)” and “ [Strange Days](/reviews/strange-days-1995),” Burton in “ [The Relic](/reviews/the-relic-1997)” and “ [Saving Private Ryan](/reviews/saving-private-ryan-1998),” and DeNiro in “Heat,” which found him opposite the man himself. He was rewarded with the lead in the marvelous and underrated “The Relic,” in which his lovably bulky visage is put to good use humanizing the superstitious detective tracking a monster in the sewers beneath the Chicago Natural History Museum. [Tony Scott](/cast-and-crew/tony-scott) offered him the part that would be played by [James Gandolfini](/cast-and-crew/james-gandolfini) in “ [True Romance](/reviews/true-romance-1993)” but the thought of beating [Patricia Arquette](/cast-and-crew/patricia-arquette) half to death on camera made him nervous, so he declined it. [Blue Steel](/reviews/blue-steel-1990)” and “ [Born on the Fourth of July](/reviews/born-on-the-fourth-of-july-1989)” were crucial to getting his foot in the door with the high profile directors of both films. He brought even more of an edge to his gun-toting fixer in [Carl Franklin](/cast-and-crew/carl-franklin)’s marvelous Neo-noir “Devil in a Blue Dress,” but all of this work was about to get put in the rearview. [Beckett](/reviews/beckett-movie-review-2021),” with [Richard Burton](/cast-and-crew/richard-burton) and Peter O’Toole, and then a few years later, “ [Taxi Driver](/reviews/great-movie-taxi-driver-1976)”.

I don't know when exactly Tom Sizemore's demons took over his life and destroyed what was fast becoming a remarkable career. Perhaps it's the old adage that ...

All the good we got from Sizemore came over a period of less than a decade. Tom Sizemore was willing to go to the worst places in human nature to illuminate his character and to strengthen a film. Make no mistake, Sizemore owns much if not all of the bad that came along and destroyed his reputation, making him tabloid fodder. He refuses to continue on the mission and effectively declares that he is deserting. But that repugnance is central to the film’s take on the media, serial killers, and how infamy and fame have but a sliver separating them. The only exception over those dreadful two decades was his supporting role in David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: The Return, in which Sizemore appeared in six of the season’s 18 episodes. Tarantino and I may be in the minority in holding that opinion, but as you might guess, we both are sure we are right. He was “Second mugger” in Penn & Teller Get Killed, “Vet #1” in Born on the Fourth of July, and “Wool Cap” in Blue Steel. I could go through the details of those two decades of erratic and miserable behavior on the part of Sizemore, but those details are out there, and a quick google search will lead you to the darkness that seemed to consume this unusually talented actor. I don’t give a shit, as long as me and Dimes get credit for the bust!” He acted opposite DeNiro in the underrated Guilty by Suspicion, and had a sizable role in the Wesley Snipes actioner Passenger 57 in 1991. You can do a lot of research through the history of film and find you will have a very hard time coming up with a list like that for most actors in their career, let alone just a piece of it.

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 ...

They are asking for privacy during this difficult time and I am asking for those wishes to please be respected.” “His brother Paul and twin boys Jayden and Jagger were at his side. 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.