
Don Cheadle
29 FOLLOWERS • 98 CREDITS • NOV 29, 1964 • 60
Biography
Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. 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.
Known For

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

The Oscars

30 Rock

Saturday Night Live

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Night Court

Entertainment Tonight

Tony Awards

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Simpsons

DAVE

Big Mouth

Hill Street Blues

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Real Time with Bill Maher

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Marvel Studios Assembled

Hollywood Game Night

Honest Trailers

Lip Sync Battle

The Early Show

Desus & Mero

Chelsea

What If...?

Fame

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Marvel Studios Legends

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

The Bernie Mac Show

Hart to Heart

Secret Invasion

Captain Marvel

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Rush Hour 2

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion

Ocean's Eleven

Avengers: Doomsday

Avengers: Secret Wars

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

Picket Fences

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

The Memory Police

Ocean's Twelve

Avengers: Endgame

The Wonder Years

Funny or Die Presents

Avengers: Infinity War

Colors

Captain America: Civil War

Boogie Nights

Agent Elvis

Traffic

Lush Life

ER

Ocean's Thirteen

After the Sunset

Volcano

The Golden Palace

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

Hamburger Hill

Out of Sight

The Big Cigar

Iron Man 2

Mission to Mars

MADtv

Iron Man 3

The Family Man

The Rat Pack

Hotel for Dogs

White Noise

Space Jam: A New Legacy

Brooklyn's Finest

Flight

Black Monday

No Sudden Move

Traitor

Crash

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Hotel Rwanda

House of Lies
Production Credits
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