Ving Rhames has revealed he was held at gunpoint in his home earlier this year when a neighbour reported that "a large black man" had broken in.
The "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" star was asked about his experience with racism on SiriusXM's "The Clay Cane Show" when he disclosed that the incident occurred while he was watching ESPN at his home in Santa Monica.
"I get up, I open the door and there's a red dot pointed at my face from a 9-millimeter, and they say, 'Put up your hands.' Literally," he said.
Rhames added that the team of police included a man the actor said, was the captain, who recognised him because their sons play basketball against each other.
"They recognised me and apologised, and I said, 'Why are you doing this?'" he said.
Rhames said, "He said to me, 'A woman called 911 and said a large black man was breaking in to the house'."
"My problem is, what if it was my son and he had a video game remote or something and (the police) thought it was a gun just like Trayvon (Martin) had a bag of Skittles?"