Actor Tom Sizemore, who rose to fame as Sergeant First Class Mike Horvath in 1998's Saving Private Ryan, has died aged 61.
Key points:
- Tom Sizemore was admitted to hospital on February 18 following a brain aneurysm
- The actor rose to prominence in the '90s in films like Saving Private Ryan and Heat
- His acting credits were often overshadowed by multiple drug and domestic violence convictions
The actor had suffered a brain aneurysm on February 18 at his home in Los Angeles.
He died in his sleep on Friday, US time, at a hospital in Burbank, California, with his brother and sons by his side, his manager Charles Lago said.
While Sizemore appeared as a bright star in 1990's Hollywood, appearing in films such as Natural Born Killers and Heat, the actor soon became more notorious for his domestic violence and drug convictions.
Sizemore was married once, to actor Maeve Quinlan, and was arrested on suspicion of beating her in 1997. While the charges were dropped, the couple divorced in 1999.
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.
Former Hollywood madam Fleiss testified that he had punched her in the jaw at a Beverly Hills hotel, and beaten her in New York to the point where they could not attend the Black Hawk Down premiere.
The sentencing judge said drug abuse was likely a catalyst but that testimony had revealed a man who had deep problems dealing with women.
Sizemore apologised in a letter, saying he was "chastened" and that "personal demons" had taken over his life, though he later denied abusing her and accused her of faking a picture showing her bruises.
The actor 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. He was arrested as recently as 2016 in another domestic violence case.
Sizemore ended up jailed from August 2007 to January 2009 for failing numerous drug tests while on probation and after Bakersfield, California, authorities found methamphetamine in his car.
Acting right until the end
Many of Sizemore's later-career films had a sci-fi, horror or action bent: In 2022 alone, he starred in movies with such titles as Impuratus, Night of the Tommyknockers and Vampfather.
But Sizemore still nabbed a few meaty roles — including in the Twin Peaks revival — and guest spots on popular shows like Entourage and Hawaii Five-O.
He is survived by his 17-year-old twin sons Jayden and Jagger, and his brother Paul, all of whom were by his side when he died.
"I've led an interesting life, but I can't tell you what I'd give to be the guy you didn't know anything about," Sizemore wrote in his 2013 memoir, By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There.
AP
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2023-03-04 05:03:31Z
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