43 Facts About Tom Sizemore

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Tom Sizemore received a Golden Globe nomination for his lead role in the television film Witness Protection.

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Television network VH1 aired the reality series Shooting Tom Sizemore which depicted his struggle to regain his career amid being addicted to methamphetamine and heroin.

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Tom Sizemore would participate in other reality series related to his addiction, like Celebrity Rehab with Dr Drew and Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House.

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Tom Sizemore's mother, Judith, was a member of the city of Detroit ombudsman staff, and his father, Thomas Edward Sizemore Sr.

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Tom Sizemore stated that his maternal grandfather was of French and Native American ancestry, and that his grandfather was African-American.

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Tom Sizemore graduated from Wayne State University in 1983, where he earned a bachelor's degree in theater.

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Tom Sizemore earned his masters' degree at Temple University in 1986.

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Tom Sizemore's other early roles included Lock Up, Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, Point Break, True Romance, Natural Born Killers, and Strange Days.

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Tom Sizemore starred in the independent drama film Love Is Like That with actress and model Pamela Gidley and had a supporting role in Kevin Costner's Wyatt Earp as Bat Masterson.

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Tom Sizemore had a recurring role on the television series China Beach as an enlisted man named Vinnie who was in love with Dana Delany's character.

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Tom Sizemore continued to play leading and character parts in Devil in a Blue Dress, Bringing Out the Dead, and Witness Protection.

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Tom Sizemore had a voice role as Sonny Forelli in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

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Tom Sizemore starred in Ticker, an action film directed by Albert Pyun, with Steven Seagal and Dennis Hopper.

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Tom Sizemore starred in the well-reviewed but short-lived television drama series Robbery Homicide Division.

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Tom Sizemore appeared in the Mel Gibson-produced Paparazzi and played an undercover cop in Swindle, opposite Sherilyn Fenn.

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The next year, television network VH1 aired a six-episode reality TV series called Shooting Tom Sizemore, depicting the actor's life as he struggled to regain his career in the midst of battling long-standing addictions to methamphetamine and heroin.

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Tom Sizemore performed in two films that screened at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, Red and American Son.

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Tom Sizemore was highly prolific that year, starring in The Last Lullaby, The Flyboys with Stephen Baldwin, action film Stiletto with Tom Berenger and Michael Biehn, drama film Toxic with Costas Mandylor, and the Canadian drama A Broken Life with Ving Rhames.

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Tom Sizemore went on to appear in five episodes of the television series Crash with Dennis Hopper and the comedy film Super Capers.

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Tom Sizemore starred in the indie horror film Murder 101 and co-starred with Kyra Sedgwick and Vincent D'Onofrio in the comedy-drama film Chlorine.

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Tom Sizemore starred alongside martial arts actor Mark Dacascos in the action film Shadows in Paradise, followed by an appearance as a trucker in an episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

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Tom Sizemore appeared alongside the Insane Clown Posse in the comedy film Big Money Rustlas and the thriller heist Five Thirteen with Taryn Manning.

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Tom Sizemore has roles in the films Suing the Devil and White Knight, as well as the adventure film The Age of Reason.

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Tom Sizemore saw a career resurgence when he was cast as a series regular in the USA Network action program Shooter, starring Ryan Phillippe.

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Tom Sizemore went on to receive positive notices for the drama thriller Calico Skies.

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In 2022, Tom Sizemore won an IndieFEST Film Award and Accolade Competition Award for his supporting role in The Electric Man.

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In January 2022, Tom Sizemore joined the cast of The Legend of Jack and Diane, a feature film described as a female-fronted revenge thriller, directed and written by Bruce Bellocchi.

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Tom Sizemore married actress Maeve Quinlan in 1996 but divorced in 1999 because of issues associated with his drug problems.

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In July 2005, Tom Sizemore became a father when Janelle McIntire gave birth to twins.

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Tom Sizemore, who battled drug addiction from age 15, was convicted in 2003 of domestic violence against his girlfriend, the former 'Hollywood Madam' Heidi Fleiss.

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Tom Sizemore was sentenced to seven months in jail and four months of drug treatment for repeatedly failing drug tests while on probation on March 25,2005.

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Tom Sizemore was caught attempting to fake the urine test using a Whizzinator.

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On May 8,2007, while still on probation for a previous drug conviction, Tom Sizemore was arrested outside the Four Points Sheraton hotel in Bakersfield, California, for possession of methamphetamine.

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In 2013, Tom Sizemore appeared on the episode "Explosive Relationships" of the talk show Dr Phil in which he discussed his rise to stardom and the subsequent fallout after his years of struggling with substance abuse and run-ins with law enforcement as well as his relationship with Heidi Fleiss.

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In early 2014, a recording emerged of Tom Sizemore alleging that former girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley had an affair with Bill Clinton in 1998.

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Under threat of legal action, Tom Sizemore admitted the allegation was false.

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Tom Sizemore elaborated that the recording was made without his knowledge during a time when he was battling substance abuse.

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Tom Sizemore had been approached to appear in the first season of the reality television series Celebrity Rehab with Dr Drew but declined.

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In February 2017, Tom Sizemore pleaded no contest to two charges of domestic abuse for assaulting his girlfriend, for which he was sentenced to 36 months of summary probation, 30 days of community service and a year-long domestic violence program.

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Tom Sizemore was subject to two protective orders associated with the charges and ordered to pay various fees.

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The deal was made by Tom Sizemore to avoid spending 210 days in jail.

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On January 5,2019, Tom Sizemore was arrested for misdemeanor drug possession of "various illegal narcotics" in Burbank, California.

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On February 18,2023, Tom Sizemore suffered a brain aneurysm at his Los Angeles home and was hospitalized at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in critical condition.