Tom Sizemore has died at the age of 61

Tom Sizemore, a gruff and charismatic actor whose career has sometimes been overshadowed by his chaotic personal life, has passed away. He was 61 years old.

Sizemore was born on November 29, 1961 in Detroit. After earning a bachelor’s degree in theater from Wayne State University in Detroit in 1983, he received a master’s degree in theater from Temple University in 1986. Three years later, he launched his acting career by making his television debut, in Gideon Oliverand at the cinema, in Stickwith Sylvester Stallone.

In a long and varied career that has alternated work with directors such as Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Michael Mann and Ridley Scott and a string of forgettable direct-to-videos, Sizemore has appeared in films such as Save Private Ryan, black hawk down, Heat, born killers AND born on the fourth of july.

Outside of his acting work, his personal life has been a whirlwind of drug addiction, lawsuits, domestic violence allegations, accidents, and stints in rehab.

“I was supposed to die many times and I honestly didn’t know I was going to come back from the bottom where I fell,” Sizemore She said Expiration in a 2011 interview. “The fact that he’s now two years sober and just as successful as before shows that people can overcome obstacles even when they’re sure they can’t.”

Sizemore collapsed on February 18, suffered a brain aneurysm caused by a stroke and has been in a coma ever since. He died on Friday.

“It is with great sadness and grief that I have to announce that 61-year-old actor Thomas Edward Sizemore passed away peacefully in his sleep today at St Joseph’s Hospital in Burbank,” actor rep Charles Lago said in a statement. . “His brother Paul and twins Jayden and Jagger were at his side. The Sizemore family has been heartened by the hundreds of messages of support and love shown to their son, brother and father. They ask for privacy during this difficult time and I ask that those wishes be granted. be respected”.