Don Cheadle

Acting · 3.9 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: November 29, 1964
From: Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Biography

Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. (born November 29, 1964) is an American actor. Known for his roles in film and television, he has received multiple accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, two Grammy Awards, and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and 11 Primetime Emmy Awards. He is among a few actors who have received nominations for the EGOT. Cheadle's career started with supporting roles in Hamburger Hill (1987), Colors (1988), Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), Rosewood (1997), Boogie Nights (1997), and Bulworth (1998). He collaborated with director Steven Soderberghacting in Out of Sight (1998), Traffic (2000), The Ocean's Trilogy (2001–2007), and No Sudden Move (2021). Cheadle was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying Paul Rusesabagina in the historical drama film Hotel Rwanda (2004). He was the co-producer of Crash, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2005. Cheadle joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe portraying James "Rhodey" Rhodes / War Machine, beginning with Iron Man 2 (2010). On television, Cheadle earned nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his roles as Marty Kaan in House of Lies (2012–2016) and Maurice Monroe in Black Monday (2019–2021). He was further Emmy-nominated for The Rat Pack (1998), A Lesson Before Dying (1999), Things Behind the Sun (2001), ER (2002), and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021). In 2016, he received his first Grammy Award, winning Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media for Miles Ahead's soundtrack. In 2022, he received a second Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for his narration of the audiobook Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation from John Lewis; he also received a Tony Award for Best Musical as a producer for the musical A Strange Loop.

Works

95 films

Avengers: Infinity War

20188.2

Captain America: Civil War

20167.5

Avengers: Endgame

20198.2

Avengers: Age of Ultron

20157.3

Iron Man 2

20106.9

Iron Man 3

20136.9

Captain Marvel

20196.8

Ocean's Eleven

20017.5

Rush Hour 2

20016.8

Ocean's Twelve

20046.6

Ocean's Thirteen

20076.7

Space Jam: A New Legacy

20216.6

Boogie Nights

19977.6

Flight

20126.9

Swordfish

20016.3

Kingdom Come

20126.2

Traffic

20007.1

The Family Man

20006.8

Crash

20057.2

Hotel Rwanda

20047.7

I Love Boosters

20266.0

Volcano

19976.0

After the Sunset

20046.2

Unstoppable

20245.3

Out of Sight

19986.7

Hotel for Dogs

20096.1

Reign Over Me

20077.2

White Noise

20225.6

No Sudden Move

20216.4

Colors

19886.5

The Guard

20117.0

Brooklyn's Finest

20106.3

Mission to Mars

20006.0

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

19956.5

Hamburger Hill

19876.6

Traitor

20086.7

Devil in a Blue Dress

19956.5

Bulworth

19986.3

One World: Together at Home

20207.1

Miles Ahead

20166.4

The Meteor Man

19935.8

Manic

20026.8

The United States of Leland

20036.5

Fail Safe

20006.9

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

20046.5

The People Speak

20097.2

David Blaine: Beyond Magic

20167.1

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion

20235.2

I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac

20128.1

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

20216.9

Abby Singer

20036.8

Moving Violations

19855.4

My Darling California

2026

Talk to Me

20076.8

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

19967.1

Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee

20197.1

Things Behind the Sun

20016.0

The Real Full Monty

20244.0

30 for 30: The Bunny & the GOAT

20215.1

The Rat Pack

19985.9

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

20052.0

Ocean's Fourteen

2026

King Leopold's Ghost

20068.0

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

20208.1

Rosewood

19976.5

Kevin Hart: What Now?

20166.4

A Man's Story

20116.9

Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'

20007.0

Captain Planet with Don Cheadle

20115.8

August 28: A Day in the Life of a People

20171.0

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

20035.2

With/In Volume 1

20213.2

Lush Life

19937.2

Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort

2020

Ticker

20026.7

Roadside Prophets

19925.5

Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics

20247.0

The Dog Problem

20066.0

Inside 'Out of Sight'

199810.0

Black Stallions

2026

The Last Electric Knight

1986

Leading the Electric Revolution and Sustainability

20216.0

Canyon

2026

Punk

19864.5

A Lesson Before Dying

19995.0

The Topdog Diaries

200210.0

A Home for Everyone: The Making of 'Hotel for Dogs'

20097.0

Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene

20088.4

House of Lies Live

2013

Don Cheadle is Captain Planet - Part 2

20124.8

Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times

202010.0

Don Cheadle is Captain Planet - Part 4

20125.0

Don Cheadle is Captain Planet - Part 3

20125.5

Darfur Now

20076.1

A Message for Peace: Making 'Hotel Rwanda'

20059.0