Born Nov. 29, 1964, in Kansas City, Mo., Don Cheadle moved frequently as a child. He earned a B.A. in Fine Arts from CalArts, made his TV debut on the series "Fame" and landed his first feature film role in 1987's Hamburger Hill. Cheadle's breakthrough performance in Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) won him several critics' awards.Through Volcano, Rosewood, Bulworth, The Rat Pack (as Sammy Davis Jr.), Traffic and Ocean's Eleven, Cheadle's fan base grew. One of those fans was British director Terry George, who insisted on Cheadle -- against Hollywood pressure to cast a "bigger" name -- to play Paul Rusesabagina in Hotel Rwanda (2004), the true story of a heroic hotel manager who saved hundreds during the 1994 Tutsi massacre.
For this starring debut, Cheadle earned Oscar and Golden Globe nominations. In 2004, he also reprised his role as Basher Tarr in the sequel Ocean's Twelve.
Iron Man 2Wealthy inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) -- aka Iron Man -- resists calls by the American government to hand over his technology. Meanwhile, Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke) has constructed his own miniaturized arc reactor, causing all kinds of problems for our superhero. Sam Rockwell, Gwyneth... Read More
Hotel RwandaAmid the holocaust of internecine tribal fighting in Rwanda that sees the savage butchering of hundreds of thousands of men, women and children, one ordinary hotel manager (Oscar nominee Don Cheadle) musters the courage to save more than 1,000 helpless refugees. Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte and... Read More
TraitorTenacious FBI agent Roy Clayton (Guy Pearce) is assigned to pursue Samir Horn (Don Cheadle), an ex-Special Ops soldier who betrayed his country and joined the Al Nathir terrorist organization. But as he closes in, Clayton begins to second-guess Horn's true intentions. Jeff Daniels and Neal McDonough... Read More
TrafficSteven Soderbergh's Oscar-winning drama intricately weaves three disturbing snapshots of America's drug war. At the forefront are a U.S. drug czar (Michael Douglas) who learns his daughter is an addict and a Mexican cop (Benicio Del Toro in an Oscar-winning role) dealing with a corrupt system.... Read More
Brooklyn's FinestAntoine Fuqua directs this tense drama about three wildly different New York cops whose paths collide in a Brooklyn housing project, where each must make a decision that will change the course of their lives forever. Cynical, washed-up Eddie (Richard Gere) no longer cares about the job or the rules;... Read More
The Guard (2011) | R | |
House of Lies (2011) | NR | |
NR | ||
PG-13 | ||
Brooklyn's Finest (2009) | R | |
Hotel for Dogs (2009) | PG | |
The People Speak (2009) | TV-PG | |
NR | ||
Traitor (2008) | PG-13 | |
Ocean's Thirteen (2007) | PG-13 | |
Reign Over Me (2007) | R | |
Talk to Me (2007) | R | |
Darfur Now (2007) | PG | |
African American Lives (2006) | TV-PG | |
The Dog Problem (2006) | R | |
R | ||
PG-13 | ||
PG-13 | ||
NR | ||
NR | ||
R | ||
The Topdog Diaries (2004) | NR | |
The United States of Leland (2003) | R | |
NR | ||
Manic (2001) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
Swordfish (2001) | R | |
Rush Hour 2 (2001) | PG-13 | |
Things Behind the Sun (2001) | R | |
R | ||
Mission to Mars (2000) | PG | |
The Family Man (2000) | PG-13 | |
Fail Safe (2000) | NR | |
A Lesson Before Dying (1999) | PG-13 | |
Out of Sight (1998) | R | |
Bulworth (1998) | R | |
The Rat Pack (1998) | R | |
R | ||
Rosewood (1997) | R | |
Volcano (1997) | PG-13 | |
R | ||
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) | R | |
The Meteor Man (1993) | PG | |
Picket Fences (1992) | NR | |
Booker: Collector's Edition (1989) | NR | |
Colors (1988) | R | |
Hamburger Hill (1987) | R | |
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