Whereas lots of Tom Sizemore’s most notable roles got here early in his profession, the actor by no means actually slowed down. Final yr alone, he appeared in 10 movies, together with titles like “Amber Highway,” “The Electrical Man” and “Undertaking Skyquake,” all three of which earned him a finest supporting actor award on the Hollywood Blood Horror Pageant, IndieFEST Movie Awards, and Vegas Film Awards, respectively.
All through his profession, Sizemore had a historical past of substance abuse and run-ins with the legislation. He was convicted of home abuse in 2003, and arrested in 2016 for the alleged battery of an ex-wife.
The actor spent years in restoration — a topic that was considerably touched on in his most up-to-date TV position. Sizemore served as a important forged member of Tubi’s “Barbee Rehab,” a collection that interrogates habit by a comedic lens. Given Sizemore’s personal real-life points, the position gave him some pause however in the end introduced a chance.
“There was some [hesitancy], nevertheless it was so goofy and so not like rehab that I received over it.” Sizemore instructed Decider in 2022. “Plus, it wasn’t about medication. It is about obsessions and compulsions and … Barbees!” The collection sees a person telling his psychiatrist a couple of rehab facility that treats sufferers obsessive about gathering and/or dwelling as real-life Barbie and Ken dolls. It now marks certainly one of Sizemore’s last roles.