Tom Sizemore

Actor Tom Sizemore, best known for his role in the war drama "Saving Private Ryan," died March 3 following a brain aneurysm earlier this month.

I found a drug, and it was called cocaine. Sizemore also had a history of addiction and run-ins with the law, including a 2020 civil lawsuit filed by a woman who claimed he groped her on a movie set when she was 11. This has been a difficult time for them." "The family is now deciding end-of-life matters." "He is currently in critical condition, and it’s a wait-and-see situation." 27, Lago revealed Sizemore's health had not improved since the aneurysm, as he remained in a coma.

“It is with great sadness and sorrow I have to announce that actor Thomas Edward Sizemore ('Tom Sizemore') aged 61 passed away peacefully in his sleep today at ...

In 2013, the actor released a memoir detailing his career and personal battle with addiction, titled “By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There.” One of his first credits came in 1989 with an appearance in Oliver Stone’s best picture nominee “Born on the Fourth of July.” “It is with great sadness and sorrow I have to announce that actor Thomas Edward Sizemore (‘Tom Sizemore’) aged 61 passed away peacefully in his sleep today at St Joseph’s Hospital Burbank,” Lago said in a statement. Sizemore had remained in critical condition since then and had been in a coma under intensive care. 18, Sizemore collapsed in his Los Angeles home and was transported to the hospital by paramedics. [Tom Sizemore](https://variety.com/t/tom-sizemore/) has died after being [taken off life support](https://variety.com/2023/film/news/tom-sizemore-end-of-life-decision-family-brain-aneurysm-1235537985/), his manager Charles Lago confirmed to Variety on Friday.

Tom Sizemore, an actor best known for his roles in "Saving Private Ryan," "Black Hawk Down" and more, has died at age 61.

Sizemore has also struggled with substance abuse, appearing on season 3 of VH1's "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. He loved his sons and his family. 27 by his manager Charles Lago, the actor was "found to be suffering from a brain aneurysm that occurred as a result of stroke." "Most especially, my thoughts and prayers go out to Tom’s two sons, Jayden and Jagger. The past couple of years were great for him and he was getting his life back to a great place. Sizemore collapsed at his Los Angeles home in the early hours of Feb.

Before addiction consumed Tim Sizemore's career, he was a go-to character actor known for portraying tough guys in movies such as "Heat" and "Saving Private ...

Drew in 2010, he said it was his ninth stint in treatment and described his periods of sobriety as the happiest in his life. And he He was arrested multiple times for driving under the influence, possessing drugs and for domestic violence. The past couple of years were great for him and he was getting his life back to a great place. Slowly, Sizemore worked his way into increasingly larger roles in Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, Passenger 57, True Romance and Natural Born Killers. He loved his sons and his family. Then, in Saving Private Ryan, Sizemore delivered the line that helps convince his group of fellow traumatized Army soldiers that searching for their lost comrade might be the one decent thing they do during the ugliness of World War II. [in the lowest-grossing movie of 2006](https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6741708&ft=nprml&f=6741708). "I saw that movie every week for, like, two months when it was playing in the theater," he said. "I saw it 11 weeks in a row. Sizemore had remained in a coma until his death on Friday. His courage and determination through adversity was always an inspiration to me.

"Black Hawk Down" actor Tom Sizemore died at 61 following a brain aneurysm. He was hospitalized in California after being found unconscious at his home last ...

"I still go to meetings and work my steps, but I had reached a place in my life where I knew I had to stop," he explained. And if I wanted to watch my kids grow up, I needed to reach a place where I knew it was over." "I still have to do my daily inventory and show up." If I wanted to reach a nice and pleasant old age, I had to stop. [CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER](https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters) "It is too early to know about [a] recovery situation as he is in critical condition and under observation." The past couple of years were great for him and he was getting his life back to a great place. [the heart of his addiction](https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/tom-sizemore-talks-new-film-central-park-dark-road-to-sobriety-i-couldnt-be-arrogant-anymore), told in riveting and often shocking detail. He was placed in critical condition and was receiving intensive care at the hospital. They are asking for privacy during this difficult time and I am asking for those wishes to please be respected." Since that day, Tom has remained in critical condition, in a coma and in intensive care. Tom has remained in intensive care since that day and not regained conciseness."

As an actor, Sizemore was all-in, always. Sometimes—as in Strange Days and Natural Born Killers, playing drug-addled, murderous sex offenders hiding in plain ...

He was a straight razor in the form of an actor: functional, elegant, beautiful in repose, but capable of unfolding himself without warning and cutting the viewer to the bone. He [gave an interview](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4463366/Ex-addict-Tom-Sizemore-begged-Jack-Nicholson-10M.html) to the Daily Mail about his sobriety (he was four years in, he said) and invited the reporter and photographer to watch him undergo hair restoration surgery and publish the pictures in the newspaper. In quieter, more tenderhearted roles, he radiated a mix of discomfort, sorrow, and impending self-negation that only sometimes seemed indicated by the script. He was also accused of sexual assault of an 11-year old girl who was with him on the set of the 2003 film Born Killers (no relation to the Stone movie) after the Hollywood Reporter published [an investigative piece](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/tom-sizemore-was-removed-movie-set-allegedly-violating-11-year-old-girl-1057629/) based on interviews with people who’d worked on the shoot 14 years earlier. [caught on video](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2543993/Tom-Sizemore-52-caught-smoking-heroin-video-taken-weeks-ago-getting-clean-Celebrity-Rehab-three-years-ago.html) using heroin and crystal meth in the bathroom of his Los Angeles home and making racist remarks. “I’m grateful I have that since addicts have the propensity to forget how bad it was,” he said, “and I can’t because it’s there on tape.” He would later say that his drug use after the turn of the millennium destroyed him financially, costing him his $7 million house and rendering him functionally homeless. He was one of a long line of screen performers whose brilliance was shadowed by shocking offenses that employers were willing to factor into the hiring process because of his track record of superlative performances. Steven Spielberg knew Sizemore struggled with addiction when he booked him for Ryan in 1997, and made daily drug tests mandatory, warning Sizemore that if he tested positive on the last day, he’d reshoot every one of his 58 days of work with a new actor. Sizemore passed the tests and gave one of his finest performances. Again Sizemore convinced audiences that he was the cruelest, ugliest, most hateful character—in a film that also included two mass murderers, assorted thuggish rednecks and gangbangers, an incestuous and abusive father (Rodney Dangerfield), sadistic prison guards, and a venal prison warden (Tommy Lee Jones) who conspires to help Scagnetti kill Mickey and Mallory but sets him up to fail. He had few lines but still made a fearsome impression, convincing viewers that he was every bit as hard and wild as the leader of the group (played by Willem Dafoe, no slouch at inhabiting flamboyantly disreputable outsiders). Sizemore branched out in the mid-’90s, playing characters who were brusque, profane and violent but had a code and were loyal above all else.

Before addiction consumed Tim Sizemore's career, he was a go-to character actor known for portraying tough guys in movies such as "Heat" and "Saving Private ...

Drew in 2010, he said it was his ninth stint in treatment and described his periods of sobriety as the happiest in his life. And he He was arrested multiple times for driving under the influence, possessing drugs and for domestic violence. The past couple of years were great for him and he was getting his life back to a great place. Slowly, Sizemore worked his way into increasingly larger roles in Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, Passenger 57, True Romance and Natural Born Killers. He loved his sons and his family. [in the lowest-grossing movie of 2006](https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6741708&ft=nprml&f=6741708). Then, in Saving Private Ryan, Sizemore delivered the line that helps convince his group of fellow traumatized Army soldiers that searching for their lost comrade might be the one decent thing they do during the ugliness of World War II. "I saw that movie every week for, like, two months when it was playing in the theater," he said. "I saw it 11 weeks in a row. Sizemore had remained in a coma until his death on Friday. His courage and determination through adversity was always an inspiration to me.

Actor Tom Sizemore, known as much for his struggles with drug addiction and run-ins with the law as for his tough-guy roles in such films as "Saving Private ...

Sizemore, who denied the charges but did not testify at his trial, said in a letter to the judge that he had "permitted my personal demons to take over my life." He previously had a recurring role on the ABC network's Vietnam War drama "China Beach," playing an enlisted man who falls for star Dana Delany's character. But he is best remembered for playing battle-hardened soldiers in two films - Steven Spielberg's 1998 World War Two epic "Saving Private Ryan" Ridley Scott's 2001 portrayal of the U.S. Sizemore's first major leading role came in the 1997 horror thriller "The Relic," again playing a police detective. Drew." [hospitalized](/world/us/actor-tom-sizemore-saving-private-ryan-hospitalized-brain-aneurysm-manager-2023-02-19/) in critical condition after suffering a brain aneurysm on Feb.

The actor had suffered a brain aneurysm on Feb. 18 at his home in Los Angeles. He died in his sleep Friday at a hospital in Burbank, California, his manager ...

Sizemore told the AP in 2013 that he believed his dependency was related to the trappings of success. A stuntman sued Sizemore and Paramount Pictures in 2016, saying he was injured when the allegedly intoxicated actor ran him over while filming USA's Shooter. Sizemore was the subject of two workplace sexual harassment lawsuits related to the 2002 CBS show Robbery Homicide Division, in which he played a police detective. Fleiss called Sizemore “a zero” in a conversation with The Associated Press after his conviction. Sizemore was convicted of abusing ex-girlfriend Heidi Fleiss in 2003 — the same year he pleaded no contest and avoided trial in a separate abuse case — and sentenced to jail. The book’s title was taken from a line uttered by his character in Saving Private Ryan, a role for which he garnered Oscar buzz.

Tom Sizemore, the “Saving Private Ryan” actor whose bright 1990s star burned out under the weight of his own domestic violence and drug convictions, ...

[told the AP in 2013](https://www.postandcourier.com/features/tom-sizemore-honest-about-long-lasting-battle-with-drugs/article_f5cd0c92-282a-5ed9-a427-1cac8d2933fb.html) that he believed his dependency was related to the trappings of success. Sizemore was the subject of two workplace sexual harassment lawsuits related to the 2002 CBS show “Robbery Homicide Division,” in which he played a police detective. Fleiss called Sizemore “a zero” in a conversation with The Associated Press after his conviction. Sizemore was convicted of abusing ex-girlfriend Heidi Fleiss in 2003 — the same year he pleaded no contest and avoided trial in a separate abuse case — and sentenced to jail. He struggled to maintain his emotional composure as he described a low point looking in the mirror: “I looked like I was 100 years old. The book’s title was taken from a line uttered by his character in “Saving Private Ryan,” a role for which he garnered Oscar buzz. Fleiss had been convicted in 1994 of running a high-priced call-girl ring. “I was a guy who’d come from very little and risen to the top. Fleiss also sued Sizemore, saying she suffered emotional distress after he threatened to get her own probation revoked. While the charges were dropped, the couple divorced in 1999. Despite the raft of legal trouble, Sizemore had scores of steady film and television credits — though his career never regained its onetime momentum. He racked up a string of domestic violence arrests.

After suffering a brain aneurysm last month, the troubled performer passed away on Friday.

The following year, he was a key part of Robert De Niro’s crew in Michael Mann’s immediate cops-and-robbers classic, Heat. Though his character, Technical Sergeant Mike Horvath, seemed at times to be the most indestructible, he did not survive the randomness of combat in Steven Spielberg’s film. His first major role was in 1994, in Lawrence Kasdan’s Wyatt Earp, playing the part of Bat Masterson opposite Kevin Costner. He was talented, loving, giving and could keep you entertained endlessly with his wit and storytelling ability. The 61-year-old performer, best known for his work in films like Saving Private Ryan, Heat, and Black Hawk Down, suffered a brain aneurysm [on February 18](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/02/tom-sizemore-in-critical-condition-following-brain-aneurysm). “I am deeply saddened by the loss of my big brother Tom,” the performer’s brother Paul Sizemore said.

The actor died on Friday after being hospitalized for a brain aneurysm.

Sizemore denied the allegation and a judge [dismissed the lawsuit in 2020](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2020/08/26/tom-sizemore-suit-alleging-he-groped-little-girl-dismissed/5636906002/). He was more [recently arrested in 2019 for misdemeanor drug possession](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/tom-sizemore-arrested-drug-possession-1175670/). "I humbly request that I not be assumed guilty of these accusations based on my checkered past," he said in part of a statement to USA Today at the time. [once staged an intervention](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/interview-tom-sizemore-saving-tom-sizemore-1196331.html) -- and [run-ins with the law](https://www.etonline.com/news/193604_actor_tom_sizemore_arrested_for_domestic_violence) made headlines, among them [ a six-month prison sentence in 2003](https://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/10/27/sizemore.sentenced.reut/) for domestic violence against his former girlfriend, "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss. 18 and was [hospitalized with a brain aneurysm](https://www.etonline.com/tom-sizemores-family-deciding-end-of-life-matters-as-he-remains-in-critical-condition-after-stroke), which occurred as a result of a stroke. [collapsed at his Los Angeles home](https://www.etonline.com/tom-sizemore-remains-hospitalized-in-critical-condition-following-brain-aneurysm-199470) on Feb. His Brother Paul and twin boys Jayden and Jagger (17) were at his side." This has been a difficult time for them." [Tom Sizemore's Family Deciding 'End of Life Matters' After Stroke](https://www.etonline.com/tom-sizemores-family-deciding-end-of-life-matters-as-he-remains-in-critical-condition-after-stroke) [Tom Sizemore Remains in Critical Condition Following Brain Aneurysm](https://www.etonline.com/tom-sizemore-remains-hospitalized-in-critical-condition-following-brain-aneurysm-199470) [Actor Tom Sizemore Arrested for Domestic Violence](https://www.etonline.com/news/193604_actor_tom_sizemore_arrested_for_domestic_violence) "We are asking for privacy for his family during this difficult time and they wish to thank everyone for the hundreds of messages of support, and prayers that have been received. [TMZ](https://www.tmz.com/2023/03/03/tom-sizemore-actor-dead-dies/), "It is with great sadness and sorrow I have to announce that actor Thomas Edward Sizemore (“Tom Sizemore”) aged 61 passed away peacefully in his sleep today at St Joseph’s Hospital Burbank. [Tom Sizemore](https://www.etonline.com/people/tom-sizemore) has died, according to [multiple reports](https://www.tmz.com/2023/03/03/tom-sizemore-actor-dead-dies/).

The actor, who starred in notable 1990s films like "Saving Private Ryan," died after being hospitalized for about two weeks in a coma.

Among his early breaks was being cast by director Oliver Stone in a small part in 1989’s “Born on the Fourth of July." But my moment of clarity, if you want to call it that, came when I was looking in the mirror one day and just burst into tears,” he said. Sizemore's family lived in Corktown when he was a child and moved to Shelby Township around the time he was in eighth grade. “It wasn't just that I looked bad; it was that I knew my problem was me.” He had a great passion in his work. ... He was a very committed guy." He read books about Montgomery Clift and James Dean, and credited seeing "Taxi Driver" at age 13 with fueling his desire to be in movies. "It's hard to explain how this was true, but basically, my life had always felt heightened to a degree. He moved back to Detroit with his mother during this period and ended up graduating from Bishop Gallagher High School in Harper Woods. One of his most critically acclaimed roles was in director Steven Spielberg’s 1998 World War II-themed epic “Saving Private Ryan.” He portrayed the weary, no-nonsense Sgt. In some ways, his troubled personal life resembled one of his many roles as a volatile man plagued by internal turmoil. [who died Friday,](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/03/03/tom-sizemore-saving-private-ryan-star-dead-at-61/11301891002/) had been in a coma since Feb.

The film industry has lost many legendary figures recently, and sadly, beloved character actor Tom Sizemore has died after suffering a critical brain aneurysm.

[the best war movies of the century](https://collider.com/best-war-movies/); the massive ensemble brings life to the various heroes who served in the U.S. Sizemore has a memorable role as a shady mob boss who is just one of the quirky clients that Bobby Dean (Will Smith) has to deal with. Every character and moment is touched with Lynch’s idiosyncratic nuances, and Sizemore’s role as the aggressive, bullying boss of FBI Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan), who's trapped within the childlike body of Dougie Jones, does a great job at evoking the audience’s sympathy for the famous lead character of the original series. [Saving Private Ryan](https://collider.com/is-saving-private-ryan-based-on-a-true-story/) is packed with so many great actors in brief roles; do you remember the scenes with Vin Diesel, Nathan Fillion, Paul Giamatti, Ted Danson, and Bryan Cranston? Sizemore is essential in increasing the film’s tension when his character Tom Wolls is paired with Pierce; Wolls’ violent behavior and unstable mental state immediately cause Pierce’s world to spiral out of his control. [Devil In A Blue Dress](https://collider.com/film-noir-to-stream-one-false-move-devil-in-a-blue-dress/) is Carl Franklin’s modernized take on the hard-boiled detective story, and it examines systematic racism as it impacts his charismatic lead detective Easy Rawlings (Denzel Washington). Sizemore’s sneering performance as the racist private investigator DeWitt Albright that blocks all of Easy’s leads shows the barriers in the system that sadly still exist. Sergeant Ron Kovic (Tom Cruise) from a strictly nationalist patriot into a fierce critic of the United States military’s involvement in the Vietnam War. Stone worked off of a brilliant screenplay from Quentin Tarantino that analyzed the impact of media sensationalism on the public’s reaction to violence; Sizemore makes these themes evident with his performance as an obsessive police detective who is just as ruthless and bloodthirsty as the serial killers he’s chasing. Sizemore was clearly a favorite of Bigelow, who cast him in several of her genre films throughout the 1990s. Between dozens of smaller titles released in the last few years and a few memorable TV appearances, Sizemore remained one of the hardest working actors in the industry. The news of Sizemore’s condition and subsequent death comes as a shock because in the last few years, he’s remained just as active as he’s always seemed to be.