Tom Sizemore, the bad sergeant from Saving Private Ryan, in critical condition with an aneurysm

American actor Tom Sizemore, one of the protagonists of

 (

), is hospitalized in the intensive care unit of a Los Angeles hospital

, according to local media.

Sizemore, 61, suffered the aneurysm around 2 a.m. Saturday at her Los Angeles home.

He is in critical condition, in a situation in which

, his spokesman, Charles Lago, explained to CNN, adding that "his family is aware and awaits further news" about the situation. .

The actor born in Detroit (Michigan) was part of the cast of several successful films, some of them related to the world of crime or war between the nineties and the beginning of the 21st century.

Sizemore as Sergeant Horvath opposite Tom Hanks in Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan."

AP Photo

Among them is, in addition to

with Tom Hanks,

(

and

.

CNN recalled that the actor used to play tough guys and

, a war movie about World War II.

He was

for his role in the miniseries

and has appeared as a supporting role in episodes of the television series

and

.

But you can't go through Sizemore's filmography without highlighting

Bringing

the (usually forgotten)

film from 1999, starring Nicolas Cage.

All the tense, hard madness of a Sizemore always on the verge of exploding is in that film.

Sizemore is synonymous with lack of control, as here with another "out", Dan Aykroyd.

"One of the harshest, most uncomfortable and disturbing works by the only American director of his generation who has not lost coherence or daring", defined it as critic Jordi Costa from La

.

The actor, who has been involved in numerous controversies and

, was sentenced in 2003 for assaulting his ex-partner Heidi Fleiss, while in 2009 he was also accused of having mistreated his girlfriend.

In an interview with Fox News in 2021, Sizemore shared his intentions to get sober: "

I've had a problem for a long time. I'd have periods, long periods, of sobriety and I'd end up relapsing." he then explained.

Sergeant Horvath

Considered a luxury secondary,

from

, that faithful and charismatic soldier who accompanied Tom Hanks through the vast and dangerous countryside of Nazi-occupied France in order to rescue a very young

.

A stop on the set of "Saving Private Ryan", along with Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Edward Burns.

AFP photo

magazine

discussing his career, Damon revealed that it was the late

who helped him land such an important role in his filmography.

And remember that the actor got him and his friend

an interview so they could meet Steven Spielberg.

Williams had previously worked with Spielberg on

, in 1991, and had a very good relationship with the director.

According to Damon, "Robin knew it would never hurt to meet the greatest filmmaker of all time and how much we would appreciate it."

"I had filmed myself reading part of the script for the movie, but they hadn't cast me," Damon recalls.

"When Spielberg met me in person and said, 'I think I know you from somewhere,' and I said, 'Well, I did a movie called

,' he said, 'That's it, I told my wife, that's the guy. Exact person I want to play Private Ryan, but he's too skinny.'"

And he adds: "It's that

, to play a heroin addict in

."

And it was only because Robin introduced me to him that he said, 'Oh, okay, you're not the kind of person I'm looking for that job, but hey.

A complicated record

Actor Sizemore was found guilty of domestic violence in 2003 against his girlfriend, Heidi Fleiss.

In 2006, he pleaded no contest to a charge that he used methamphetamine outside a motel.

Sizemore was arrested in Los Angeles in 2009 for allegedly assaulting a former spouse, and again in 2011 for the same offense.

In 2018, a 26-year-old actress filed a lawsuit against Sizemore, alleging that he abused her during the production of the film

,

Sizemore denied this, and the suit was later dismissed.

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