Don Cheadle movies

He has a sister, Cindy, and a brother, Colin. Cheadle attended East High School in Denver, Colorado and graduated from the California Institute of the Arts.

Cheadle began his career as a dancer in the Angela Windbush music video "The Real Thing." Cheadle can be seen performing late-1980s and early-1990s dance moves in an orange jump suit, working at a car wash station.
Cheadle got his film breakthrough 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. In 1989, he appeared in a video for Angela Winbushs #2 hit single "Its The Real Thing".Cheadle 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, Boogie Nights, Out of Sight, Traffic, and Oceans Eleven (2001). 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 2005 Academy Award for Best Picture.Cheadle will make his directorial debut with the adaptation of Elmore Leonards Tishomingo Blues.

Don Cheadle Movies

All movies starring Don Cheadle.

• After the Sunset
• Boogie Nights
• Colors
• Crash
• Hotel Rwanda
• Mission to Mars
• Ocean's Thirteen
• Reign Over Me
• Toussaint