
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
November 29, 1964 (61 years old)
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
- Donald Frank Cheadle Jr.
Don Cheadle
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).
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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
Acting

Unstoppable
2024

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
2024

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
2023

Secret Invasion
2023

Agent Elvis
2023

White Noise
2022

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022

The Boys Presents: Diabolical
2022

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021

The Wonder Years
2021

What If...?
2021

Space Jam: A New Legacy
2021

No Sudden Move
2021

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
2021

Marvel Studios Assembled
2021

Marvel Studios Legends
2021

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020

Don't Look Deeper
2020

One World: Together at Home
2020

DAVE
2020

Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
2019

Avengers: Endgame
2019

Captain Marvel
2019

Desus & Mero
2019
Crew

The Big Cigar
Director, Executive Producer
2024

Black Monday
Executive Producer
2019

Miles Ahead
Director, Producer, Writer
2016

St. Vincent
Executive Producer
2014

House of Lies
Executive Producer
2012

Crash
Co-Executive Producer
2008

Traitor
Producer
2008

Talk to Me
Executive Producer
2007

Freedom Writers
Thanks
2007

Crash
Producer
2005







