Nov 29, 1961

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Thomas Edward Sizemore Jr. is an American film and television actor.

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Sizemore attended Michigan State University for one year, Wayne State University, and earned a Master's Degree in theater from Temple University in 1986. He subsequently moved to New York City to pursue an acting career. One of his first film roles was in Oliver Stone's Born on the Fourth of July in 1989. He has also appeared in films such as Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991), True Romanc... ... (read more...) e (1993), and Natural Born Killers (1994). A succession of well-received supporting parts followed, the most well known being his portrayal of Michael Cheritto in Heat (1995). His first major leading role was as Vincent D'Agosta in 1997's The Relic.
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Sizemore continued to play leading and character parts in many films, notably Saving Private Ryan, HBO's Witness Protection, Red Planet, Pearl Harbor, Devil in a Blue Dress, and Black Hawk Down. He also had a voice part as Sonny Forelli in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

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.

Sizemore also fronts the Hollywood rock band Day 8. Formed in 2002 the band has recorded a 4-song EP so far produced and recorded by former Snot/Soulfly guitarist Mikey Doling. The group includes Rod Castro, Tyrone Tomke, Lester Mendoza and Michael Taylor.

In 2004, he starred in the movie Paparazzi. Sizemore is also working on a VH1-produced reality television show entitled Shooting Sizemore, which will depict the life of the actor through his struggles, both with his band and in court with former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss.

In 2006, Sizemore starred in The Genius Club, playing a terrorist who taunts 7 geniuses into solving the world's problems in 1 night.