Thomas Edward Sizemore Jr. is an American television and film actor and film producer. Best known for his supporting roles in such films as Born on July 4th (1989), Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Cowboy (1991), Passenger 57 (1992), voice acting for the video game Grand Theft Auto, as well as the role of Joey, the jealous Marissa's ex-boyfriend in Zyzzyx Road (2006) and Anthony Sinclair in Twin Peaks Rebirth (2017).
Biography and education
Tom Sizemore was born on November 29, 1961 in Detroit, Michigan. His mother, Judith (maiden name Shanno) was the Assistant Ombudsman for the City of Detroit, and his father, Thomas Edward Sizemore Sr., was a lawyer and professor of philosophy. Tom grew up in a devout Catholic family and was a devout Catholic from a young age.
Sizemore claimed that his maternal grandfather was descended from French and Native American (Indian). Tom started his education at the University of Michigan, but after the first year he transferred to Wayne State University. In 1986, Symore received his Master's Degree in Theater Arts. To continue his acting career, he left for New York.
Career
One of the first roles in the film for Sizemore was the role in the motion picture "Born on the 4th of July" (1989). They were followed by roles in Lock Up (1989), Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Cowboy (1991), Point Break (1991), True Romance (1993), Natural Born Killers (1994) and Strange days”(1995). Sizemore starred in the independent drama Love Is Like This (1993) with actress Pamela Gidley and played a supporting role in Kevin Costner's Wyatt Earp (1994). For his performance in Heart and Souls (1993), he was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor.
In the second half of the 90s, there was a series of successful supporting roles, such as Michael Cerito in "Heat" (1995). The first major role for Sizemore was the role of Vincent D'Agosta in "Relic" 1997). In the series "China Beach" (1986-1991), Sizemore played the regular role of a blame soldier in love with the main character. Sizemore played major and minor roles in The Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), Bringing the Dead (1999), Witness Protection (1999). Saving Private Ryan (1998) became Sizemore's most successful film, earning $ 217 million at the box office.
In the early 2000s, Sizemore began appearing in the action films Pearl Harbor (2001) starring Ben Affleck and Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down (2001). Voiced by Sonya Trout in the video game Grand Theft Auto. Together with Steven Seagal and Denis Hopper, he starred in the action movie Ticker (2001) directed by Albert Pyun. He played a role in the popular but short-lived TV series Murder Subversion (2001), canceled midway through the first season. He appeared in the film Paparazzi (2004), produced by Mel Gibson, and played an undercover cop in Fraud (2006) opposite Sherilyn Fenn.
In the same 2006, he played in the "Club of Geniuses" the main role of a terrorist who taunts 7 geniuses, offering them to solve all the world's problems in one night. Starred in the action and thriller "Splinter" (2006) with Edward James Olmos.
In 2007, the television network VH1 aired six episodes of the reality show Shooting By Size, which chronicled Sizemore's life, his career recovery, his struggle with long-term methamphetamine and heroin addiction, and his assault on a former Hollywood prostitute. Heidi Fleis. In the same year, Sizemore starred in the Indian drama Oranges with Tom Arnold and Jill Hennessy. The film was directed and produced by the Syrian Joseph Merhi.
In 2008, Sizemore appeared in two films that premiered at the 2008 Sundance Festival: Red and American Son. This year has been a prolific one for Tom, as he also starred in The Last Lullaby, Moss with Stephen Baldwin, the action movie Stiletto with Tom Berenguer and Michael Bean, the drama Toxic with Costas Mandylor and the Canadian drama Broken life”with Wing Reims.
In 2009, Sizemore starred in 5 episodes of Crash (2008-2009) with Dennis Hopper and in the comedy Super Capers.
In 2010, the actor starred in the action movie "Shadow in Paradise" along with martial artist Mark Dacascos, and after him - as a truck driver in one of the episodes of the series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." In the same year, together with "The Crazy Clown Posse", he starred in the comedy "Big Money Rustlas" and in the drama "513" with Michael Madsen.
In 2011, Sizemore appeared in the films The Devil's Fate and The White Knight. Sizemore also starred in the comedy-drama Chlorine (2013) opposite Keira Sedwick and Vincent D'Onofrio, as well as the independent horror film Murder 101. In 2014, Tom played a role in the adventure film Age of Reason.
In 2016, Sizemore experienced a second boom in his acting career. He began acting in the American TV series Shooter (launched in 2016) starring Ryan Phillippe and in the dramatic thriller Calico Skies. In 2017, he portrayed insurance agent Anthony Sinclair in the revival of the Twin Peaks miniseries by David Lynch. He played the role of an FBI agent in the drama "Mark Fett: The Man Who Shot Down the White House."
Musical creativity
Tom Sizemore was the lead singer of the Hollywood rock band Day 8. She was created in 2002 and recorded a CD with 4 songs. The band was originally called The Bystanders and included guitarist and co-creator Rod Castro, Alan Muffterson, Tyrone Tomke and Michael Taylor. After being renamed "Day 8", she was joined by Bradley Dujmovich and guitarist Mike Doling.
Personal life
Tom Sizemore married actress Maeve Quinlan in 1996, but divorced her due to drug abuse.
In July 2005, Sizemore fathered two twins to Janelle McIntyre. But in the same year, a sex scandal took place during which Tom Sizemore claimed to have had sex with Paris Hilton. Paris herself denied this statement, believing that Sizemore is simply making an advertisement for herself on this.
