US actor Tom Sizemore, best known for Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down and Hawaii Five-0, has died aged just 61. He was a well-known Hollywood star who repeatedly made negative headlines due to personal problems.
US actor Tom Sizemore died at the age of 61 on Friday (US time) at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank surrounded by his family in his sleep. Sizemore collapsed at his home in Los Angeles in the early morning of February 18 and has been hospitalized since then, where he was in a coma and intensive care unit. The brain aneurysm was the result of a stroke
Tom Sizemore in Serien
On television, he has appeared as Sgt. Vinnie Ventresca in the series China Beach and in the 2017 reboot of Twin Peaks. He has also appeared in the series Cobra Kai, Entourage and Shooter
Hawaii Five-0 fans still remember the episodes with Sizemore as Internal Affairs Capt. Vince Fryer, in which he made life hell for Steve, Kono and Co. He later became Chief of Detectives at the HPD. His guest appearances then ended with the death of the character Fryer at the end of the second season
Tom Sizemore in Filmen
Sizemore war als Sgt. Mike Horvath in dem Film „There Soldier James Ryan‘ and acted in many other films such as ‘Black Hawk Down“, „Pearl Harbor” and “Born on the Fourth of July” with
Sizemore made his last film appearance in the film “The Legend of Jack and Diane“. In the strip, Jack and Diane are forced to leave Indiana after discovering secrets about Diane’s mother’s death. When their worst fears are confirmed by the police chief, Jack and Diane create a “Hit List‘ and take revenge on everyone involved
Tom Sizemore Skandale
Sizemore said he had struggled with a drug problem since he was 15. This repeatedly led to conflicts with the law, and the police were called several times by various partners because of domestic violence. Sizemore belonged to the “Cast‘ of the third season of the reality series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew (2009)
But he was also the subject of two workplace sexual harassment lawsuits related to the robbery homicide division in 2002. In 2003, he was convicted of domestic violence against his former girlfriend and Hollywood madame Heidi Fleiss. He served in prison from 2007 to 2009 for failing numerous drug tests during his probation period and was only arrested in another domestic violence count in 2016
Sizemore struggled with his addiction throughout his life and was only arrested again for drug possession in 2019. In 2010 he appeared on the show Celebrity Rehab with Dr Drew
Between 1996 and 1999, Tom Sizemore was married (no children) to fellow actress Maeve Quinlan (South of Nowhere, 90210). He was temporarily in a relationship with Hollywood Madame Heidi Fleiss
