Actor Ving Rhames was rushed to a nearby hospital after collapsing at the Los Angeles restaurant Granville on Wednesday.
Rhames, the 66-year-old actor whose work includes the Mission: Impossible films and Pulp Fiction, was with his family at the time of the incident, an eyewitness said.
Rhames was described as having been ‘in and out of consciousness’ in the moments following his collapse, the outlet reported.
A spokesman with the Los Angeles Fire Department confirmed to the Daily Mail that a call for medical aid for a 66-year-old man was placed at 1.40pm Wednesday.
Emergency crews transported the male from the eatery Granville, in the 11000 block of Magnolia Boulevard, to a nearby medical facility, the spokesman confirmed to the Daily Mail.
Rhames was ‘overheated’ and remained in the hospital for observation before being released later on Wednesday, a representative for the actor told TMZ. Upon release he felt ‘fine’ and was said to be ‘making jokes.’
The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Rhames, and Granville, for further comment on the story.
Actor Ving Rhames, 66, was rushed to a nearby hospital after collapsing at an LA restaurant on Wednesday. Pictured 2014
Emergency crews transported the male from the LA restaurant Granville, the spokesperson confirmed to the Daily Mail
Rhames has piled up a number of memorable roles in his career.
They include the iconic Luther Strickell opposite Tom Cruise in the Mission: Impossible movies; and as crime boss Marsellus Wallace in the Quentin Tarantino classic Pulp Fiction.
Among the other notable movies he’s been featured in include 1999’s Bringing Out the Dead, 1997’s Con Air and 1990’s Jacob’s Ladder.
Last year, he was seen in the Apple TV+ miniseries Dope Thief and the boxing drama Uppercut.
Rhames is father to two adult children, Reign, 26, and Freedom, 24, with wife Deborah Reed. The actor was past wed to Valerie Scott between 1994 and 1999.
One of Rhames’ most memorable moments came at the Golden Globes in 1998, as he won the honors for his performance in Don King: Only in America, and gave the statue to iconic late actor Jack Lemmon.
Rhames said after winning the honors for Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television, ‘Stanislavsky said, “Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art.”
‘And I love the art in all of you here – and is Mr. Jack Lemmon here? Would you please come up here sir?’
Rhames has piled up a number of memorable roles in his career, including the aforementioned parts as Luther Strickell opposite Tom Cruise in the Mission: Impossible movies
(L-R) Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg
Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Cruise and Rhames in Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Rhames then passed his statue to the veteran actor, saying, ‘I feel that being an artist is about giving and I’d like to give this to you, Mr Lemmon.’
Lemmon, who died at 76 in June of 2001, replied, ‘That is one of the nicest, sweetest moments I’ve ever known in my life, seriously.
‘And if you think you appreciate the art in someone else, man, we appreciate the art in you – that performance was brilliant!’
Rhames recounted the moment in a chat earlier this year with Gold Derby, saying he was moved to the moment by a higher power.
‘That’s something that God laid on my heart in the moment. I didn’t know Jack Lemmon,’ he said. ‘I’d never met him before, never spoke to him before. It was all spontaneous.’
He said that he and Lemmon eventually broke bread after the iconic moment at the award show.
One of Rhames’ most memorable moments came at the Golden Globes in 1998, as he won the honors for his performance in Don King: Only in America, and gave the statue to iconic late actor Jack Lemmon
As news spread of the incident involving the actor, a number of his fans took to social media to send well wishes
‘My wife and his wife got together for dinner and then shortly afterwards, he passed away,’ Rhames said. ‘But I gave him the Golden Globe and he kept it.
‘But the Golden Globe company sent me another Golden Globe.’
As news spread of the incident involving the actor, a number of his fans took to social media to send well wishes.
‘No please! I wish him the fastest recovery,’ one user on X said. Another added, ‘Praying he recovers fully. Real legend forever.’
Said one user: ‘Wishing Ving Rhames a swift and full recovery. A powerhouse actor who’s delivered unforgettable performances for decades from Pulp Fiction to Mission: Impossible. Hoping it’s nothing serious.’
