Tom Sizemore, the veteran character actor best known for nervous and wry tough-guy roles in films such as “Heat” and Steve Spielberg’s “Saving Private Ryan,” died Friday, his manager confirmed. He was 61 years old.
Sizemore’s family were advised to make decisions regarding “end-of-life matters” this week after he suffered a brain aneurysm on 18 February.
His manager Charles Lago said in a statement, “It is with great sadness and sorrow that I have to announce that actor Thomas Edward Sizemore, 61, passed away peacefully in his sleep today at St. Joseph’s Hospital Burbank. ” “Her brother Paul and twin boys Jaden and Jagger (17) were with her.”
Lago told TheWrap earlier this week that Sizemore was found unconscious in his home at around 2 a.m. on Sunday, February 19. He was admitted to the hospital and immediately admitted to the intensive care unit.
Sizemore had a history of substance abuse that began at age 15. Doctor. He appeared on “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew” in 2010 after Pinsky went through the program for 10 years. Robert De Niro, who co-starred with Sizemore in “Heat”, played an intervention role and convinced Sizemore to go to rehab after the 1995 film Rap.
Sizemore is best known for such films as “Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man,” “Passenger 57,” “True Romance,” “Born on the Fourth of July,” “Natural Born Killers,” “Pearl Harbor,” and “Black Hawk Down.” Also known. ,
In 2003, Sizemore was convicted of domestic violence against his then-girlfriend. In 2017, he pleaded no contest to two charges of domestic violence after being arrested on suspicion of assaulting his partner.
According to cast and crew members, Sizemore was asked to leave the set of “Born Killers” in 2003 after an 11-year-old actress told her mother that he had touched her genitals. After the girl’s parents dismissed the allegations, the actor returned to the sets.
In 2005, Sizemore was caught attempting to fake a urine test, and was sentenced to several months in prison. He was arrested in 2007 for possession of methamphetamine. He was pulled over for expired registration stickers and then arrested in 2019 for possession of “various illegal narcotics.”
Sizemore was most recently seen in “Cobra Kai” and an episode of “Impuratus” (2022).
Although he certainly had his own personal troubles, Sizemore—whose intense and troubled characters seemed to be drawn from an authentic place—had fans too. Several movie buffs and former co-stars posted tributes after the news broke late Friday: