Highest rated as cast or director
Tom Sizemore's 13 titles from the 1990s have a median Balasaur Score of 65, led by Saving Private Ryan (88) and Heat (81), against 44 for those from the 2000s.
Biography
Tom Sizemore (Thomas Edward Sizemore Jr., November 29, 1961 – March 3, 2023) was an American actor born in Detroit, Michigan, to a lawyer and philosophy professor father and a mother who worked for the city's ombudsman department. He attended Wayne State University and earned a Master's degree in theater from Temple University in 1986 before moving to New York City to pursue acting. His first break came when Oliver Stone cast him in Born on the Fourth of July (1989), and he quickly became known as a tough-guy character actor sought out by major directors including Michael Mann, Martin Scorsese, Ridley Scott, and Steven Spielberg. He received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Miniseries for Witness Protection (1999) and voiced mobster Sonny Forelli in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002). His career was derailed by long-standing substance abuse, multiple arrests, and a 2003 domestic violence conviction against Heidi Fleiss. He died on March 3, 2023, at age 61, after suffering a brain aneurysm on February 18; he is survived by his twin sons Jayden and Jagger. His notable film credits include Born on the Fourth of July (1989) (Tom Cruise, Cary Elwes), Lock Up (1989) (John Cusack, James Woods), Blue Steel (1990) (Jamie Lee Curtis, Jeff Fahey), True Romance (1993) (Val Kilmer, Patricia Arquette), Natural Born Killers (1994) (Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis), Wyatt Earp (1994) (Kevin Costner, William Petersen), Heat (1995) (Al Pacino, Robert De Niro), The Relic (1997) (Penelope Ann Miller, Matthew Modine), Saving Private Ryan (1998) (Tom Hanks, Matt Damon), Enemy of the State (1998) (Will Smith, Gene Hackman), Bringing Out the Dead (1999) (Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette), Black Hawk Down (2001) (Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor), Pearl Harbor (2001) (Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett), Red Planet (2000) (Val Kilmer, Carice van Houten), Dreamcatcher (2003) (Jennifer Connelly, Tim Robbins), and The Marine (2006) (John Cena, Jean-Claude Van Damme). On television he starred in Robbery Homicide Division (2002–2003) and appeared in Twin Peaks: The Return (2017) (Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern).
Acted in 217
2020s
- 2026
Someone Dies Tonight
Jack Purcell
The Magnificent Raiders of Dimension War One
Harry Stark
- 2025
Wrongful Death 2: Bloodlines
Mr. Wilkens / Alice's Father
- 2024
The Legend of Johnny Jones
Detective Cutchin
American Trash
Detective Kelly
Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird
Rick Blaine
Baba Yaga: Assassins Revenge
Lucas Bergman
- 2023
Woods Witch
Jail Inmate
Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
Movie
Buckle Up
Lucas Bergman
Barbee Rehab
Doctor Tom · 7 episodes
Mission from Outer Space 2037
Agent Tom Mason
The Legend of Jack and Diane
Detective Parker
- 2022
Amber Road
Pluto
Project Skyquake
Hank
Forgotten
Mike Gillis
Chocolate City 3: Live Tour
Samuel Klein
The Electric Man
Jace
VampFather
Dr. Oomious
- 2021
Hustle Down
Cully
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
Cross: Rise of the Villains
Detective Frank Nitti
Hell Girl
Property Owner
Born2Race
Al Unser
The Pining
Father William
- 2018
Dead Ringer
Boyd Dennison
The Martyr Maker
CIA Agent Terry Davis
Unkillable
Mr. Gilliam
- 2017
Radical
CIA Agent McKitrick
The Litch
Giovanni Moretti
Made Vicious
Victor
Calico Skies
Phoenix
Bad Frank
Mickey Duro
The Assault
Detective Gary Broza
Atomica
Zek
Cross Wars
Detective Frank Nitti
- 2016
Halloweed
Vincent Modine
Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich
O'Malley
Better Criminal
Sergeant Mike Martin
Hunting Season
Nick
Wolf Mother
Jon
Exit 14
Roy
Durant's Never Closes
Jack Durant
- 2015
Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn
Chief McClelland
Private Number
Jeff
Laugh Killer Laugh
Orphanage Headmaster
- 2014
Dark Haul
Knicks
Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines
Ricks
5 Hour Friends
Timothy Bonner
Murder101
FBI Agent Ridley
The Drunk
Bruce Frye
- 2013
Remnants
General Vincent Tate
Chlorine
Ernie
- 2012
Visible Scars
Mike Gillis
Slumber Party Slaughter
Tom Kingsford
- 2011
Suing The Devil
Tony 'The Hip' Anzaldo
The Speak
Doyle
- 2010
Shadows in Paradise
Col. Bunker
2000s
- 2009
Double Duty
Craig
21 and a Wake-Up
Movie
Super Capers
Roger Cheatem
Commute
God
Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House
TV
- 2008
The Last Lullaby
Price
American Son
Dale
Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew
TV
- 2007
Furnace
Frank Miller
A Broken Life
Max Walker
Protecting the King
Ronnie
Superstorm
Katzenberg · 3 episodes
Game of Life
Burt
- 2006
The Genius Club
Armand Mehlman
Splinter
Detective Cunningham
Shut Up and Shoot!
Tom
Ring Around the Rosie
Pierce
- 2005
No Rules
Kain Diamond
Born Killers
Dad
- 2004
Hustle
Pete Rose
- 2003
- 2002
Robbery Homicide Division
Lt. Sam Cole · 10 episodes
Sins of the Father
Tom Cherry
- 2001
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
The Match
Buffalo
- 1998
Witness to the Mob
John Gotti
- 1997
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993
Watch It
Danny
- 1992
An American Story
Jesse Meadows
- 1991
Where Sleeping Dogs Lie
Eddie Hale
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
Penn & Teller Get Killed
Mugger #2
Rude Awakening
Ian
Gideon Oliver
Paul Slocum · 1 episode
- 1988
1950s
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV
No release date
Cheer Bloody Murder
Mr.Cane
Used Mercs
Dean MacPherson
Monstrous: Interview with a Killer
Gabriel Light
The Getter
Moe Cadillac
Devotion
Bobby Carbone
Produced 2
2000s
- 2006
The Genius Club
Executive Producer
1980s
- 1988
Senior Week
Production Assistant
Wrote 1
2010s
- 2016
Appearances14
2020s
- 2023
Trauma Therapy: Psychosis
Self
- 2021
2010s
- 2017
See You on the Other Side Dear Friend
Self
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
Self
- 2016
- 2015
Auteur
Self
- 2010
2000s
- 2007
Adult Entertainment: Disrobing an American Idol
Himself
- 2005
Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation
Self
The Making of Heat
Self
- 2004
- 2002
