“Mission: Impossible” actor Ving Rhames is “on his way home” and in good health after suffering a health scare at a Los Angeles-area restaurant on Wednesday, his representative confirmed. “He was like the usual Ving, joking around on the phone,” manager Brad Kramer told Variety.
The 66-year-old actor was rushed to the hospital after collapsing at a table at Granville Restaurant in North Hollywood on Wednesday afternoon, TMZ reports. Kramer was tested and said he felt fine and was “just like the usual Ving.”
Rhames, who also starred in Pulp Fiction, is the only actor other than Tom Cruise to appear in all eight Mission: Impossible movies. He played computer hacker Luther Stickel.
In 2025, Rhames reprized his role as Stickel in the final installment of the series, Mission: Impossible: The Final Reckoning, before starring in the boxing film Uppercut and the miniseries The Dope Thief.
Most recently, Rhames hosted the History Channel series “History’s Most Dangerous Ving Rhames,” which features some of the most devastating natural disasters ever recorded. When the series premiered in March, Rhames spoke to Fox News about working with Tom Cruise, saying, “[My favorite memory]is talking to him offstage.” “I learned the secrets he knew about this industry and was able to tell me about them.”
“[One of the big pieces of advice]is to be in Hollywood, not in Hollywood,” he said in an interview. “That comes from years of experience.”
Upcoming films include The Mongoose, starring Liam Neeson and Marisa Tomei, and The Painter, starring Walton Goggins.
