Don Cheadle
Acting
Awards
Won 1 Academy Award
Academy Awards 1 won · 1 nominated
- 2005 Best Actor Nominated Hotel Rwanda
- — Academy Awards Won
Golden Globe Awards 1 won · 1 nominated
- 1998 Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated The Rat Pack
- — Golden Globe Awards Won
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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).
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.
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Acting
57 credits
The Simpsons
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Daily Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Avengers: Infinity War
Saturday Night Live
Conan
Real Time with Bill Maher
Avengers: Endgame
Captain America: Civil War
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Jennifer Hudson Show
The View
ER
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
What If...?
Golden Globe Awards
30 Rock
Big Mouth
Iron Man 2
Tony Awards
Iron Man 3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
L.A. Law
DuckTales
Night Court
Captain Marvel
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Desus & Mero
Secret Invasion
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Ocean's Eleven
The Bernie Mac Show
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Marvel Studios Legends
Number One on the Call Sheet
The Oscars
Off Camera with Sam Jones
House of Lies
Lip Sync Battle
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Chelsea
Independent Lens
Ocean's Twelve
Rush Hour 2
Picket Fences
Black Monday
Marvel Studios Assembled
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
DAVE
Ocean's Thirteen
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Boogie Nights
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