Don Cheadle is a famous and popular American actor who is best known for appearing in Hotel Rwanda, Ocean’s Eleven, and Boogie Nights.
Other notable Don Cheadle credits include The Meteor Man, Things to Do in Denver when you are Dead, Devil in a Blue Dress, Volcano, Rosewood, Out of Sight, The Rat Pack, Bulworth, Traffic, Mission to Mars, The Family Man, Things Behind the Sun, Manic, Swordfish, The United States of Leland,
The Italian Job, The Cookout, After the Sunset, The Assassination of Richard Nixon, Crash, Reign Over Me, Talk to Me, Traitor,
Hotel for Dogs, and Iron Man II.
He was recognized with an Academy Award nomination for his role in Hotel Rwanda, about a man who offers refuge to many in need during the Rwandan genocide. Since then, Cheadle has become involved in an effort to end a similar genocide in Darfur, Sudan. He also was a producer on the Academy Award winning film Crash (Best Picture, 2005).
In 2008, he was at the center of a controversy, when for no obvious reason, he replaced actor Terrance Howard in the upcoming Iron Man sequel. Howard had played the character of James Rhodes in the first
Iron Man film, and he was signed on to reprise the role, as well as play War Machine in the sequel.
In his personal life, Cheadle is dating actress Bridgid Coulter. The couple has two daughters, Ayani Tai and Imani.
