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Don Cheadle (November 29, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor.

Cheadle was born in Kansas City, Missouri and attended East High School in Denver, Colorado.

He first became well-known for playing the district attorney on the television series Picket Fences. Since then he has appeared in films including Rosewood, The Family Man, Out of Sight, Traffic, and the 2001 version of Ocean's Eleven. These last three were directed by Steven Soderbergh, who has said that Cheadle is one of his favorite actors to work with.

In 2005, Cheadle was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Paul Rusesabagina in Hotel Rwanda, a story about a Hutu hotel manager in Rwanda who sheltered hundreds of Tutsis and other refugees from murderous militias during the Rwandan genocide in mid-1994. He also starred in, and was one of the producers of Crash, which won the 2006 Academy Award for Best Picture.

Cheadle will make his directorial debut with the adaptation of Elmore Leonard's Tishomingo Blues. He also appeared in NFL commercials promoting the Super Bowl from 2002–2005.

Cheadle has been in a relationship with actress Bridgid Coulter since the early-90s; they have two daughters, Ayana and Imani.

Trivia

• Cheadle got his film break through playing the role of 'Rocket' in the 1988 movie Colors. He can be noticed in the opening minutes of the film when he shoots a rival gang member. Damon Wayans also received a motion picture breakthrough in the same film.

• In 1989 the actor appeared in a video for Angela Winbush's #2 hit single "It's The Real Thing"

• Cheadle's so regularly appeared for the NFL in its Super Bowl advertising that in 2006 (in a drive to have fans submit their own ad ideas) the NFL sought his permission to reference his previous commercials to portray themselves as having no new ideas - "he quickly signed off on the idea and found it funny."[1]

• Cheadle is a graduate of California Institute of the Arts.

Filmography

• Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
• Toussaint (2007) (pre-production)
• Reign Over Me (2007)
• Crash (2005)
• Hotel Rwanda (2004)
• The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
• After the Sunset (2004)
• Ocean's Twelve (2004)
• The United States of Leland (2003)
• Ocean's Eleven (2001)
• Rush Hour 2 (2001)
• Swordfish (2001)
• Manic (2001)
• The Family Man (2000)
• Mission to Mars (2000)
• Traffic (2000)
• A Lesson Before Dying (1999)
• Bulworth (1998)
• The Rat Pack (1998)
• Out of Sight (1998)
• Boogie Nights (1997)
• Rosewood (1997)
• Volcano (1997)
• Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault (1996)
• Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
• Meteor Man (1993)
• Colors (1988)
• Hamburger Hill (1987)
• Moving Violations (1985)

Television appearances

• The Golden Palace
• Night Court playing an armed gunman
• Picket Fences
• Charlie Rose
• ER
• The Simpsons playing "Brother Faith" (voice) in episode: "Faith Off"
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
• The Bernie Mac Show
• The Young and the Restless
• Veggie Tales
• Rugrats
• A-Team
• Desperate Housewives
• Nip Tuck
• Family Guy
• Cold Case
• The Simple Life
• Futurama
• American Idle
• Survivor
• My Super Sweet 16

External links

• Official website

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