Don Cheadle's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) House of Lies Marty Kaan Independent Lens Host The Golden Palace Roland Wilson National Heads-Up Poker Championship Don Cheadle Pro-Am Poker Equalizer Don Cheadle

Main Movie Roles 2012 - The Avengers 2010 - Iron Man 2 2009 - Brooklyn's Finest 2009 - The People Speak 2009 - Hotel for Dogs 2008 - Traitor 2007 - Reign Over Me 2007 - Talk to Me 2007 - Darfur Now 2007 - Ocean's Thirteen 2006 - The Dog Problem 2004 - Ocean's Twelve 2004 - The Assassination Of Richard Nixon 2004 - After the Sunset 2004 - Hotel Rwanda 2004 - Crash 2003 - The United States Of Leland 2001 - Rush Hour 2 2001 - Swordfish 2001 - Manic 2001 - Ocean's Eleven 2000 - The Family Man 2000 - Mission to Mars 2000 - Traffic 1998 - Bulworth 1998 - Out of Sight 1997 - Boogie Nights 1997 - Rosewood 1997 - Volcano 1995 - Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead 1995 - Devil in a Blue Dress 1993 - The Meteor Man 1988 - Colors 1987 - Hamburger Hill 1985 - Moving Violations

BIOGRAPHY:

Don Cheadle was born in Kansas City but moved throughout his childhood. He attended CalArts and earned his BA in Fine Arts. He auditioned for many roles, and won a part on the television series "Fame" (1982). He was then cast in the John Irvin film Hamburger Hill (1987). He first became recognized in Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), which won him the Best Supporting Actor Award from the Los Angeles Film Critics. Cheadle is a highly respected actor who has won many awards and continues to act on both television movies and features, as well as in theater productions. He lives in Los Angeles, California.


TRIVIA:

• Appeared in _The Rat Pack (1998) (TV)_ (qv) as 'Sammy Davis Jr.' (qv), who along with the other Rat Pack members, appeared in the original _Ocean's 11_(1960)_. Cheadle then appeared in the remake, _Ocean's Eleven (2001)_ (qv).
• Briefly worked as a stand-up comic early in his career.
• Appears uncredited in two back-to-back movies, _Rush Hour 2 (2001)_ (qv) and _Ocean's Eleven (2001)_ (qv). He played a criminal in both films.
• Graduated from East High School in Denver, Colorado.
• In July 2005, he officially toured the Hotel des Milles Collines in Kigali, Rwanda on which the film _Hotel Rwanda (2004)_ (qv) is based.
• Drives a hybrid car, Toyota Prius.
• Has a half-brother named Andrew Kilbourne.
• During the making of Mission to Mars asked to sleep on the actual "film set" so he could be full in character.