
Don Cheadle
28 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

The Bernie Mac Show

Hart to Heart

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

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

Avengers: Age of Ultron

The Memory Police

The Infinity Saga

Avengers: Endgame

The Wonder Years

Avengers: Infinity War

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

Funny or Die Presents

Captain America: Civil War

Agent Elvis

Colors

Boogie Nights

Ocean's Twelve

Lush Life

Traffic

ER

Ocean's Thirteen

Volcano

After the Sunset

Hamburger Hill

The Golden Palace

Out of Sight

Iron Man 2

Mission to Mars

Iron Man 3

The Rat Pack

White Noise

The Family Man

Hotel for Dogs

The Big Cigar

Flight

Space Jam: A New Legacy

Brooklyn's Finest

Black Monday

Crash

Traitor

House of Lies

Hotel Rwanda

No Sudden Move

Armor Wars
Production Credits
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