
Don Cheadle
29 FOLLOWERS • 97 CREDITS • NOV 29, 1964 • 60
Biography
Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. (born November 29, 1964) is an American actor, author, director, producer, and writer. Following early roles in Hamburger Hill (1987), and as the gangster "Rocket" in the film Colors (1988), he built his career in the 1990s with roles in Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), Rosewood (1997), and Boogie Nights (1997). His collaboration with director Steven Soderbergh resulted in the films Out of Sight (1998), Traffic (2000), The Ocean's Trilogy (2001–2007), and No Way Out (2021).
He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his lead role as Rwandan hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina in the historical genocide drama film Hotel Rwanda (2004). From 2012 to 2016, he starred as Marty Kaan on the Showtime comedy series House of Lies; he won a Golden Globe Award in 2013 for the role. Since 2019, he has starred as Maurice Monroe in the Showtime series Black Monday, a role which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 2019. He extended his global recognition with his role as the superhero War Machine in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, replacing Terrence Howard, appearing in Iron Man 2 (2010), Iron Man 3 (2013), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Captain Marvel (2019), and Avengers: Endgame (2019).
Known For

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

The Oscars

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

30 Rock

Saturday Night Live

Night Court

Entertainment Tonight

Tony Awards

MADtv

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Simpsons

DAVE

Hill Street Blues

Big Mouth

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Real Time with Bill Maher

Hollywood Game Night

Marvel Studios Assembled

Honest Trailers

Lip Sync Battle

The Early Show

Desus & Mero

Chelsea

What If...?

Fame

MTV Movie & TV Awards

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

The Boys Presents: Diabolical

The Boys Presents: Diabolical

The Shop

Number One on the Call Sheet

China Beach

L.A. Law

The Bronx Zoo

DuckTales

Running Wild with Bear Grylls

Secret Invasion

Hart to Heart

The Bernie Mac Show

Marvel Studios Legends

Ocean's Eleven

Captain Marvel

Rush Hour 2

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion

Avengers: Doomsday

Avengers: Secret Wars

Picket Fences

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

The Memory Police

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

The Infinity Saga

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Avengers: Endgame

The Wonder Years

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

Avengers: Infinity War

Funny or Die Presents

Colors

Ocean's Twelve

Boogie Nights

Captain America: Civil War

Agent Elvis

Ocean's Thirteen

Lush Life

Traffic

ER

After the Sunset

Hamburger Hill

Out of Sight

Volcano

The Golden Palace

Hotel for Dogs

Iron Man 3

Mission to Mars

Iron Man 2

The Big Cigar

The Family Man

White Noise

The Rat Pack

Space Jam: A New Legacy

Flight

Brooklyn's Finest

Black Monday

Armor Wars

Traitor

Crash

Hotel Rwanda

No Sudden Move

House of Lies
Production Credits
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