The charismatic and intense character player Tom Sizemore quickly ascended from college and graduate dramatic studies to the world of regional and Off-Broadway theater to finally become an increasingly familiar face in Hollywood genre films in the 1990s, but his thriving career was eventually derailed by a lengthy string of troubles with women, drugs and the law.1989 marked a career turning point for the young actor as Sizemore appeared in an ABC TV-movie, small roles in four features, including playing a glib con who befriends Sylvester Stallone in the slammer in "Lock Up" and an angry
