Fans Remember Tom Sizemore’s Best Roles After Doctors Inform Actors Family There's 'No Further Hope'

On February 18 actor Tom Sizemore suffered a stroke which led to a brain aneurysm. He has been in a coma in intensive care since that time, and while he is still with us, the word is that there is nothing more that can be done, and the actor's family is getting his affairs in order. With the end in sight, fans are remembering the career of the accomplished actor.

Yesterday Charles Lago, Sizemore's manager, released a statement to Variety which said that "doctors informed his family that there is no further hope and have recommended end of life decision." The family will release a further statement on Wednesday. With that news there has been an outpouring of social media discussion about Sizemore on Twitter, remembering his remarkably extensive career and the best roles within it. 

Despite only starting his career in 1989 Tom Sizemore has well over 200 acting credits to his name. Not only that, there are nearly a dozen projects currently in post-production that Sizemore appeared in, meaning that we will likely see him again several times. As such there's a good chance you have a favorite movie that Sizemore appears in. He was rarely a lead character in his films, but he was always there in a supporting capacity. This also means he worked with basically everybody. 

Sizemore appeared in the Quentin Tarantino-written True Romance and the underappreciated Martin Scorsese movie Bringing Out the Dead. In more recent years he wasn't appearing in as many high-profile projects, but those that worked alongside him had nothing but good things to say about the actor.  

Sizemore's biggest role, however, may have been in the Oscar-winning Saving Private Ryan, where the actor played a member of Tom Hanks' squad assigned with retrieving the titular character. This put him under the direction of the great Steven Spielberg, and the film is so well regarded that it will likely be one of the actor's roles that will stand the test of time the most. 

But there were so many more. Tom Sizemore appeared in roles big and small, alongside some of the top actors in the field over the course of the last three decades. As one fan pointed out, there are so many great movies he was part of, and there are several you may have forgotten, or not even been aware of that he was in.

The actor primarily played tough guys. Whether playing heroes, or more likely, villains, Sizemore had an imposing presence that made him perfect if the scene required somebody threatening. But Sizemore was also capable of some great comedy as well when the role called for it.

While Tom Sizemore had his difficulties in life with substance abuse he worked hard to overcome them. While he may not have been a star he was able to make a living as an actor, which is something many who have tried cannot say. We're on the verge of losing an accomplished talent, but we will have many of his movies to keep us entertained when he is gone.