TOM Sizemore, the actor best known for appearances in Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down and The Relic, has died at 61, his manager confirmed in a statement.
“It is with great sadness and sorrow I must announce that actor Thomas Edward Sizemore passed away peacefully in his sleep today at St Joseph’s Hospital Burbank. His Brother Paul and twin boys Jayden and Jagger (17) were at his side,” Sizemore’s representative, Charles Lago said.
The actor has been in a coma in the intensive care unit of Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, Los Angeles since suffering a brain aneurysm on February 18.
On February 28, Lago revealed that doctors had informed Sizemore's family that there was "no further hope."
Sizemore, born in Detroit in 1961, was known for his tough-guy roles in war and action films of the 1990s and 2000s.
He played small roles as law enforcement types in Point Break and True Romance, and bigger roles as a detective in ultraviolent thriller Natural Born Killers and a member of a heist crew in Heat.
Sizemore's first lead role was as a detective in the horror film The Relic, where a vicious monster goes on a killing spree in a museum. He was later cast in a prominent role in Saving Private Ryan as Tom Hanks' second-in-command, dropping out of Terrence Malick's war film The Thin Red Line to do so.
In his later film roles, Sizemore appeared in Black Hawk Down, Splinter, and Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House. He also had regular roles in TV shows like Robbery Homicide Division, Dr Vegas, and the Hawaii Five-0 reboot.
Sizemore's personal life was marked by turbulence, as he acquired a reputation for violence and substance abuse.
In 2003, he was convicted of domestic violence and criminal threats against his then-girlfriend Heidi Fleiss and was sentenced to six months in jail. He was again convicted of domestic abuse in 2017 and given three years' probation.
Sizemore was repeatedly arrested for drug use and was sentenced to 16 months in jail in 2007 for possession of methamphetamine.
"I've led an interesting life," he wrote in his 2013 autobiography. "But I can't tell you what I'd give to be the guy you didn't know anything about."
A 2007 documentary series, Shooting Sizemore, chronicled his efforts to reclaim his life and career.
While he never regained the roles of the '90s, in recent years he made a guest appearance in the Netflix hit Cobra Kai and had a recurring role in the 2017 revival of David Lynch's cult TV show Twin Peaks.
Sizemore was married to Maeve Quinlan between 1996 and 1999 with whom he shares two children. – The Vibes, March 4, 2023
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