Don Cheadle

61, from Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Artwork for Avengers: EndgameImage of Don Cheadle

Biography

Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. is an American actor, author, director, producer and writer. Following early roles in Hamburger Hill (1987), and as the gangster "Rocket" in the film Colors (1988), he built his career in the 1990s with roles in Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), Rosewood (1997), and Boogie Nights (1997). His collaboration with director Steven Soderbergh resulted in the films Out of Sight (1998), Traffic (2000), and The Ocean's Trilogy (2001–2007).

He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his lead role as Rwandan hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina in the historical genocide drama film Hotel Rwanda (2004). From 2012 to 2016, he starred as Marty Kaan on the Showtime comedy series House of Lies; he won a Golden Globe Award in 2013 for the role. Since 2019, he has starred as Maurice Monroe in the Showtime series Black Monday, a role which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 2019. He extended his global recognition with his role as the superhero War Machine in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, replacing Terrence Howard, appearing in Iron Man 2 (2010), Iron Man 3 (2013), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Captain Marvel (2019), and Avengers: Endgame (2019).

Timeline

2026Aged 62

  • Poster for I Love Boosters

    Dr. Jack

  • Poster for The Worlds Most Haunted Kingdom

    Costume Design

2024Aged 60

  • Poster for Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics

    Self

  • Poster for Unstoppable

    Coach Shawn Charles

  • Poster for The Real Full Monty

    Self (uncredited)

2023Aged 59

  • Poster for Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion

    Self - 'Rhodey'

2022Aged 58

  • Poster for White Noise

    Murray Siskind

2021Aged 57

  • Poster for 30 for 30: The Bunny & the GOAT

    Al G. Rhythm

  • Poster for With/In Volume 1

    (segment "Intersection")

  • Poster for No Sudden Move

    Curtis 'Curt' Goynes

  • Poster for Space Jam: A New Legacy

    Al G. Rhythm

  • Poster for Leading the Electric Revolution and Sustainability

    Narrator

  • Poster for Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

    James 'Rhodey' Rhodes (archive footage)

2020Aged 56

2019Aged 55

  • Poster for Captain Marvel

    James 'Rhodey' Rhodes / War Machine (uncredited)

  • Poster for Avengers: Endgame

    James Rhodes / War Machine

  • Poster for Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee

    Self

2018Aged 54

  • Poster for Avengers: Infinity War

    James Rhodes / War Machine

2016Aged 52

  • Poster for Miles Ahead

    Miles Davis

  • Poster for Captain America: Civil War

    Lieutenant James Rhodes / War Machine

  • Poster for Kevin Hart: What Now?

    Rival Agent

  • Poster for David Blaine: Beyond Magic

    Self

2015Aged 51

  • Poster for Avengers: Age of Ultron

    James Rhodes / War Machine

2014Aged 50

  • Poster for St. Vincent

    Executive Producer

2013Aged 49

  • Poster for Iron Man 3

    Colonel James Rhodes

  • Poster for House of Lies Live

    Self

2012Aged 48

  • Poster for I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac

    Self

  • Poster for Flight

    Hugh Lang

  • Poster for Kingdom Come

    Self

  • Poster for Don Cheadle is Captain Planet - Part 2

    Captain Planet

  • Poster for Don Cheadle is Captain Planet - Part 3

    Captain Planet

  • Poster for Don Cheadle is Captain Planet - Part 4

    Captain Planet

2011Aged 47

  • Poster for The Guard

    FBI agent Wendell Everett

  • Poster for Captain Planet with Don Cheadle

    Captain Planet

  • Poster for A Man's Story

    Self

2010Aged 46

  • Poster for Brooklyn's Finest

    Det. Clarence 'Tango' Butler

  • Poster for Iron Man 2

    Lt. Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes

2009Aged 45

  • Poster for Hotel for Dogs

    Bernie

  • Poster for A Home for Everyone: The Making of 'Hotel for Dogs'

    Self

  • Poster for The People Speak

    Self

2008Aged 44

  • Poster for Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Traitor

    Samir Horn

2007Aged 43

  • Poster for Reign Over Me

    Alan Johnson

  • Poster for Ocean's Thirteen

    Basher Tarr

  • Poster for Talk to Me

    Petey Greene

  • Poster for Darfur Now

    Self

  • Poster for Freedom Writers

    Thanks

2006Aged 42

  • Poster for King Leopold's Ghost

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for The Dog Problem

    Dr. Nourmand (uncredited)

2005Aged 41

2004Aged 40

  • Poster for The Assassination of Richard Nixon

    Bonny Simmons

  • Poster for After the Sunset

    Henri Mooré

  • Poster for Ocean's Twelve

    Basher Tarr

  • Poster for Hotel Rwanda

    Paul Rusesabagina

2003Aged 39

  • Poster for Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The United States of Leland

    Pearl Madison

  • Poster for Abby Singer

    Don Cheadle (uncredited)

2002Aged 38

  • Poster for The Topdog Diaries

    Self

  • Poster for Ticker

    Passenger

  • Poster for Manic

    Dr. David Monroe

2001Aged 37

  • Poster for Swordfish

    Roberts

  • Poster for Rush Hour 2

    Kenny (uncredited)

  • Poster for Things Behind the Sun

    Chuck

  • Poster for Ocean's Eleven

    Basher Tarr

2000Aged 36

  • Poster for Mission to Mars

    Luke Graham

  • Poster for Fail Safe

    Lt. Jimmy Pierce

  • Poster for The Family Man

    Cash

  • Poster for Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'

    Self

  • Poster for Traffic

    Montel Gordon

1999Aged 35

  • Poster for A Lesson Before Dying

    Grant Wiggins

1998Aged 34

1997Aged 33

  • Poster for Rosewood

    Sylvester Carrier

  • Poster for Volcano

    Emmit Reese

  • Poster for Boogie Nights

    Buck Swope

1996Aged 32

  • Poster for Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

    Earl Manigault

1995Aged 31

  • Poster for Devil in a Blue Dress

    Mouse Alexander

  • Poster for Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

    Rooster

1993Aged 29

  • Poster for The Meteor Man

    Goldilocks

  • Poster for Lush Life

    Jack

1992Aged 28

  • Poster for Roadside Prophets

    Happy Days Manager

1988Aged 24

  • Poster for Colors

    Rocket

1987Aged 23

  • Poster for Hamburger Hill

    Pvt. Washburn

1986Aged 22

  • Poster for The Last Electric Knight

    Gang Leader

  • Poster for Punk

    (Unknown)

1985Aged 21

  • Poster for Moving Violations

    Juicy Burgers Worker

Year unknown