Scotsman Obituaries: Tom Sizemore, troubled actor best known for tough guy roles
Tom Sizemore, actor. Born: 29 November 1961 in Detroit. Died: 3 March 2023 in Burbank, California, aged 61
Tom Sizemore made his name in Hollywood with tough guy gangster and criminal roles, but Steven Spielberg reckoned that his characteristic hard edge would also work perfectly in a rare “goodie” part, that of Tom Hanks’s right-hand man in the 1998 Second World War classic Saving Private Ryan.
There was, however, one major condition – Sizemore would be required to take regular drugs tests, with the threat hanging over him that if he failed his scenes would be reshot with another actor.
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