
Don Cheadle
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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

Hollywood Game Night

Marvel Studios Assembled

Honest Trailers

The Early Show

Lip Sync Battle

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

Hart to Heart

Secret Invasion

The Bernie Mac Show

Captain Marvel

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Rush Hour 2

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion

Ocean's Eleven

Avengers: Secret Wars

Avengers: Doomsday

Picket Fences

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

The Memory Police

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

Avengers: Age of Ultron

The Wonder Years

Avengers: Endgame

Ocean's Twelve

Avengers: Infinity War

Funny or Die Presents

Colors

Agent Elvis

Boogie Nights

Captain America: Civil War

Lush Life

Ocean's Thirteen

ER

Traffic

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

Volcano

Out of Sight

After the Sunset

The Golden Palace

Hamburger Hill

Hotel for Dogs

Mission to Mars

MADtv

Iron Man 2

The Big Cigar

The Rat Pack

White Noise

The Family Man

Iron Man 3

Flight

Brooklyn's Finest

Space Jam: A New Legacy

Crash

Traitor

No Sudden Move

Black Monday

Hotel Rwanda

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

House of Lies
Production Credits
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