Don Cheadle

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Don Cheadle (full name Donald Frank Cheadle) was born on November 29, 1964 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. He is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor.

Biography and Career :

He was born to Betty and Donald Cheadle and has another two siblings. Don graduated the East High School in Denver, Colorado and after that the California Institute of the Arts.

His first notable role was in "Hamburger Hill" in 1987, after he played in an episode of "Night Court", a situation comedy. Later he also appeared in the next television and big screen movies: Colors in 1988, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (one episode 1990), The Golden Palace (a The Golden Girls spin-off in 1992).

He became really successful after playing in "Devil in a Blue Dress" f

or which the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics awarded him with the Best Supporting Actor award and was nominated for the same award from the Screen Actors Guild and the NAACP Image Awards.

Filmography :

- Moving Violations (1985)
- Hamburger Hill (1987)
- Colors (1988)
- Roadside Prophets (1992)
- The Meteor Man (1993)
- Lush Life (1993)
- Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)
- Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
- Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)
- Volcano (1997)
- Rosewood (1997)
- Boogie Nights (1997)
- Out of Sight (1998)
- The Rat Pack (1998)
- Bulworth (1998)
- A Lesson Before Dying (1999) (TV movie)
- Traffic (2000)
- Mission to Mars (2000)
- Fail Safe (2000) (TV movie)
- The Family Man (2000)
- Things Behind the Sun (2001)
- Manic (2001)
- Swordfish (2001)
- Rush Hour 2 (2001) (uncredited)
- Ocean's Eleven (2001) (uncredited)
- Abby Singer (2003) (cameo)
- The United States of Leland (2003)
- Ocean's Twelve (2004)
- The Cookout (2004)
- After the Sunset (2004)
- The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
- Hotel Rwanda (2004)
- Crash (2005)
- Reign Over Me (2007)
- Talk to Me (2007)
- Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
- Darfur Now (Out Nov. 2, 2007)
- Toussaint (2008)
- Traitor (2008).

Television Series :

- Fame 2 episodes (1986)
- L.A. Law (1986)
- Hill Street Blues (1987)
- The Bronx Zoo (1987)
- Night Court (1988)
- Hooperman (1988)
- Booker (1989)
- China Beach (1990)
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in Episode Homeboy, Sweet Homeboy (1990)
- Hangin' With Mr. Cooper 2 episodes (1992)
- The Golden Palace (1992-1993)
- Picket Fences (1993-1995)
- The Simpsons in episode: "Faith Off" (2000)
- The Bernie Mac Show (2002)
- ER 4 episodes (2002)
- MAD TV 2 episodes (2002-2003)
- The Colbert Report 1 episode (2006)
- The Henry Rollins Show 1 episode (2007).

Trivia :

- He is involved in "Not On Our Watch", an organization that focuses global attention and resources to stop and prevent mass atrocities as in Darfur, along with George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, and Jerry Weintraub.

Don Cheadle's Dates :

Bridgid Coulter

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