Below, we celebrate seven of Sizemore’s most memorable turns.
Still, his cold, darting eyes never stop telling stories, teasing a moral rot that runs deep.
(Yes, that’s Marty himself on the radio doing the dispatching.)

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It’s a live-wire star turn, all that nastyNatural Born Killersenergy sizzling undernearth broadcast-cop nobility.
The show might have been Sizemore’s mainstream crossover, uncovering the glamour in his gravelly dark humor.
But Sizemore’s bit part in this kaleidoscopic revival is a tender, full-bodied portrait of dandruffy emotional dissolution.

Christopher Penn and Tom Sizemore in ‘True Romance’.Everett Collection

Tom Sizemore and Denzel Washington in ‘Devil in a Blue Dress’.Everett Collection

Tom Sizemore in ‘Heat’.Everett Collection

Tom Sizemore and Tom Hanks in ‘Saving Private Ryan’.David James/Dreamworks

Tom Sizemore and Nicolas Cage in ‘Bringing Out the Dead’.Everett Collection

Tom Sizemore in ‘Robbery Homicide Division’.Everett Collection

Tom Sizemore and John Savage in ‘Twin Peaks: The Return’.Everett Collection