VING RHAMES comes to "Mission: Impossible" from his role as the dreaded Marsellus Wallace in Quentin Tarantino's critically hailed "Pulp Fiction." The Harlem-raised actor, who attended the New York High School of Performing Arts and the Juilliard School of Drama, has also appeared in "Dave," "Kiss of Death," "The Saint of Fort Washington," "Drop Squad," "Homicide," "The Long Walk Home," "Jacob's Ladder," "Flight of the Intruder" and "Patty Hearst." He previously worked with Brian De Palma in "Casualties of War." Rhames has a recurring role in the hit television series "ER." He has also appeared on stage in "The Boys of Winter," "Short Eyes" and "Richard III."