Early life

Sizemore was born in Detroit, Michigan. His mother, Judith (née Schannault), was a member of the city of Detroit ombudsman staff, and his father, Thomas Edward Sizemore, Sr., now retired, was a lawyer and philosophy professor.

Sizemore has stated that his maternal grandfather was of French and Native American ancestry. He has three brothers, Charlie, Aaron and Paul. Paul Sizemore is also an actor. He attended Michigan State University for one year, as well as Wayne State University. He earned a Master's degree in theatre from Temple University in 1986. He subsequently moved to New York City to pursue an acting career.

Acting career

One of Sizemore's earliest film appearances was in Oliver Stone's Born on the Fourth of July in 1989. Other early roles included Lock Up (1989), Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991), Point Break, True Romance, Heart and Souls (1993), Natural Born Killers (1994), and Strange Days (1995). Sizemore starred in the independent drama film Love Is Like That (1993) with actress and model Pamela Gidley. He had a supporting role in Kevin Costner's Wyatt Earp as Bat Masterson.

A succession of well-received supporting parts followed, perhaps the most well known being his portrayal of Michael Cheritto as an armed robber in the heist film Heat (1995). His first major leading role was as Vincent D'Agosta in 1997's The Relic. Sizemore had a recurring role on the television series China Beach (1988 to 1991) as an enlisted man named Vinnie who was in love with Dana Delany's character. Sizemore continued to play leading and character parts in many films, notably Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Bringing Out the Dead (1999), and Witness Protection (1999).

In the early 2000s, he appeared in actions films such as Pearl Harbor (2001), starring Ben Affleck, and Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down (2002). He had a voice part as Sonny Forelli in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. In 2001, Sizemore starred in Ticker, an action film directed by Albert Pyun, with Steven Seagal and Dennis Hopper. 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. He played an undercover cop in the film Swindle opposite Sherilyn Fenn. In 2004, he starred in Paparazzi.

In 2006, he starred in The Genius Club, playing a terrorist who taunts seven geniuses into solving the world's problems in one night. Also that year, he had a leading role in the action/thriller film Splinter with Edward James Olmos. In 2007, the television network VH1 aired a six episode reality TV series called Shooting Sizemore, which depicted the life of the actor as he struggled to regain his career in the midst of a continuing battle with addiction. The series also covered an ongoing legal appeal on his conviction for an assault of former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss. In this year, the actor starred in the Indie drama film Oranges with Tom Arnold and Jill Hennessy, which was directed by Syrian director and producer Joseph Merhi.

Recently, Sizemore has worked in films that include Red and American Son, both of which were screened at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. In 2008, Sizemore starred 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.

In 2009, he appeared in the comedy film Super Capers. In addition, Sizemore appeared in five episodes of the TV series Crash with Dennis Hopper. In 2010, Sizemore starred in the indie horror film C.L.A.S.S. which is written by Sheldon Robins, and co-starred with Kyra Sedgwick and Vincent D'Onofrio in drama/comedy film Chlorine. He starred alongside martial arts actor Mark Dacascos in the action movie Shadows in Paradise. He appeared in an episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Sizemore appeared alongside the Insane Clown Posse in the comedy film Big Money Rustlas and the drama 513 with Michael Madsen. Sizemore has roles in the upcoming films, the Age of Reason, Suing the Devil and White Knight.

His most commercially successful project to date has been the 1998 action film Saving Private Ryan, which brought in $217,000,000 at the box office.

Music

Sizemore fronted the Hollywood rock band Day 8. Formed in 2002, the band recorded a four-song EP produced and recorded by Bradley Dujmovic and former Snot/Soulfly guitarist Mike Doling. Originally called "The Bystanders", the group included guitarist and co-writer Rod Castro, Alan Muffterson, Tyrone Tomke and Michael Taylor.

Personal life

Sizemore married actress Maeve Quinlan in 1996, but divorced in 1999 because of issues associated with his drug problems. In 2010, Sizemore appeared as a patient/castmember on VH1's third season of Celebrity Rehab.

In July 2005, Sizemore became a father when Janelle McIntire gave birth to twins. On October 19, 2005, Vivid Entertainment released The Tom Sizemore Sex Scandal, a sex tape featuring Sizemore and multiple women. In the video, Sizemore claimed to have had sex with Paris Hilton, an allegation that she later denied, claiming it was a ploy by Sizemore to increase sales.

Substance abuse and legal problems

Sizemore, who had battled drug addiction since he was 15, was convicted in 2003 of assault and battery against his girlfriend, the former "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss. Sizemore was then sentenced to 7 months in jail and four months in drug treatment for repeatedly failing drug tests while on probation on March 25, 2005. Sizemore was caught attempting to fake the urine test using a Whizzinator. Fleiss' restraining order against him had lapsed by the time they appeared together in the third season of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew in 2010.

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

Police found what appeared to be two bags under 1 gram in weight of methamphetamine and three glass pipes used for inhaling methamphetamines that were coated with drug residue inside his car. On June 25, Sizemore was sentenced to 16 months in prison. The sentence was reduced to nine months because Sizemore had already served 213 days in county jail after he was unable to post bail. On March 27, 2009, Sizemore avoided a prison sentence in the same case for an alleged probation violation.

On May 28, 2009, Sizemore was arrested in Los Angeles on an outstanding warrant for drug charges. Sizemore and a friend were questioned by police, and the outstanding $25,000 warrant for Sizemore from 2007 was discovered. Sizemore did not have any narcotics in his possession, but was arrested on the warrant; he was later released.

In early 2014, a recording emerged of Sizemore alleging that former girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley had an affair with Bill Clinton in 1998. Under threat of legal action, Sizemore admitted that the allegation was false. He elaborated that the recording was made without his knowledge during a time when he was battling substance abuse.

Sizemore had been approached to appear in the first season of the reality television series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, but declined. He met with Drew Pinsky about appearing in the second season, sitting in Pinsky's office for two hours, as Pinsky recounted, "sweating and completely high on drugs, talking a million miles an hour, acting like he was going to do it then deciding he didn't want to." Sizemore ultimately decided to appear in the show's third season, but did not appear in the season premiere. Because Heidi Fleiss was also in treatment on the show that season, both she and Sizemore had to consent to appear together. The season premiered in January 2010, with Sizemore's arrival at the clinic chronicled in the third episode, and his reunion with Fleiss was amicable. By the season's end, Fleiss lashed out at Sizemore at their graduation ceremony, taunting him that "the thought of being with would turn women gay."

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1989	Blue Steel	Wool Cap
	Lock Up	Dallas
	Rude Awakening	Ian
	Penn & Teller Get Killed	2nd Mugger	Cameo
	Born on the Fourth of July	Vet - Villa Dulce
1990	A Matter of Degrees	Zeno Stefanos
1991	Flight of the Intruder	Boxman
	Guilty by Suspicion	Ray Karlin
	Point Break	DEA Agent Deets	Uncredited
	Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man	Chance Wilder
	Where Sleeping Dogs Lie	Eddie Hale
1992	Love Is Like That	Lenny
	Passenger 57	Sly Delvecchio
1993	Watch It	Danny
	Heart and Souls	Milo Peck	Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
	True Romance	Cody Nicholson
	Striking Distance	Danny Detillo
1994	Wyatt Earp	Bat Masterson
	Natural Born Killers	Detective Jack Scagnetti
1995	Devil in a Blue Dress	DeWitt Albright
	Strange Days	Max Peltier
	Heat	Michael Cheritto
1997	The Relic	Lt. Vincent D'Agosta
1998	Saving Private Ryan	Master Sergeant Mike Horvath	Online Film Critics Society Award - Best Ensemble Cast Performance Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated — Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Drama
	Enemy of the State	Boss Paulie Pintero	Uncredited
1999	The Florentine	Teddy
	The Match	Buffalo
	Bringing Out the Dead	Tom Wolls
	Play It to the Bone	Joe Domino
2000	Get Carter	Les Fletcher	Voice only Uncredited
	Red Planet	Dr. Quinn Burchenal
2001	Pearl Harbor	Sgt. Earl Sistern
	Ticker	Detective Ray Nettles
	Black Hawk Down	Colonel Danny McKnight	Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award - Best Acting Ensemble
2002	Swindle	Seth George
	Welcome to America	Zach
	Big Trouble	Snake Dupree
2003	Dreamcatcher	Owen
	Pauly Shore Is Dead	Himself
2004	Paparazzi	Rex Harper
2005	No Rules	Kain Diamond
	The Nickel Children	Freedo
	Piggy Banks	Dad
2006	Furnace	Frank Miller
	Bottom Feeder	Vince Stoker
	Zyzzyx Road	Joey
	Ring Around the Rosie	Pierce
	Shut Up and Shoot!	Himself
	Splinter	Detective Cunningham
	The Genius Club	Armand
2007	White Air	Steve
	Protecting the King	Ronnie
	Oranges	Burt
2008	A Broken Life	Max
	American Son	Dale
	Red	Mr. McCormack
	The Flyboys	Angelo Esposito
	The Last Lullaby	Price
	Stiletto	Large Bills
	Toxic	Van Sant
2009	The Grind	Chuck
	Commute	God
	Good God Bad Dog	Ezra Mann
	Super Capers	Roger Cheatem
	Corrado	Paolo
	Double Duty	Craig
	21 and a Wake-Up	Jack Breedlau
2010	Shadows in Paradise	Col. Bunker
	Cross	Det. Nitti
	Big Money Rustlas	Himself	Cameo
	C.L.A.S.S	FBI Agent Ridley
	Chlorine	Ernie
	513	Glen
2011	Black Gold	Detective Brandano
	Suing the Devil	Tony Anzaldo
	Cellmates	Leroy Lowe
	Right Angle	Lucky
	Morella	Father Murray
	Cousin Sarah	Lloyd
	El Cartel de los Sapos	DEA Agent Sam Mathews
2013	Remnants	General Vincent Tate
	Company of Heroes	Lt. Dean Ransom
	Paranormal Movie	Himself
	Before I Sleep	Rand
2014	Reach Me	Frank
	SEAL Team 8: Behind Enemy Lines	Ricks
	Flashes	Mark Hume
	Auteur	Himself
2015	The Intruders	Howard Markby	Direct-to-DVD
	Laugh Killer Laugh	Orphanage Headmaster
2016	USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage	McWhorter	Post-production
2017	Radical	CIA Agent McKitrick	Filming
	Felt		Filming
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Gideon Oliver	Paul Slocum	Episode: "Sleep Well, Professor Oliver"
1989-1990	China Beach	Sgt. Vinnie Ventresca, The Dog Man	6 episodes
1992	An American Story	Jesse Meadows	TV movie
1998	Witness to the Mob	John Gotti	TV movie
1999	Witness Protection	Bobby Batton	TV movie Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film
2002	Sins of the Father	Tom Cherry	TV movie
	Justice League	Metamorpho (Voice)	Episodes: "Metamorphosis: Part 1" "Metamorphosis: Part 2"
2002-2003	Robbery Homicide Division	Lt. Sam Cole	13 episodes
2004	Hustle	Pete Rose	TV movie
2004-2006	Dr. Vegas	Vic Moore	6 episodes
2007	Superstorm	Katzenberg	3 episodes
2008	CSI: Miami	Kurt Rossi	Episode: "Down to the Wire"
2008-2009	Crash	Detective Adrian Cooper	5 episodes
2009	P Lo's House	Himself	TV movie
	Southland	Timmy Davis	Episode: "See the Woman"
2010	Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew	Reality television	Whole season
	Sober House	Reality television on VH1
	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Truck Driver	Episode: "The Gang Gets Stranded in the Woods"
2011	Exit Strategy	Jonathan Marks
2011-2012	Hawaii Five-0	Capt. Vince Fryer	Episodes: "Ua Lawe Wale" ("Taken") "Maʻemaʻe" ("Clean") "Alaheo Pauʻole" ("Gone Forever") "Kalele" ("Faith") "Ua Hala" ("Death in the Family")
2012-2015	Law & Order: SVU	Lewis Hoda	Episodes: "Manhattan Vigil" "Depravity Standard"
2014	The Red Road	Jack Kopus
	Dark Haul (aka Monster Truck)	Knicks	TV movie
Other
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	Sonny Forelli (voice)	Video game
2006	24: The Game	Sid Wilson (voice)	Video game

[ Source: Wikipedia ]