theOscarSite Facts:
Birth Name:
  • Donald Frank Cheadle
Birth Date:
  • 29 November 1964
Birthplace:
  • Kansas City, MO
Factoids:
  • Appeared uncredited in two back-to-back movies released in 2001, RUSH HOUR 2 and OCEAN'S ELEVEN. He played a criminal in both films.
Education:
  • East High School; Denver, CO.
  • Attended CalArts; B.A.in Fine Arts
Claims to Fame:
  • Cast in the TV series "Fame", 1982
  • After acting in HOTEL RWANDA (2004), a film about the early 1990s Rwandan genocide, he became an activist to raise awareness of the mid-2000s genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. In January 2005, he traveled to Sudan with five members of Congress to see refugee camps and to meet survivors of the genocide. Upon his return, he reported on his trip for "ABC News Nightline".
Family:
  • Brother: Colin Cheadle, actor
  • Sister: Cindy, teacher in Washington, DC
Significant Other(s):
  • Partner: Bridgid Coulter, who played his wife in ROSEWOOD (1997).
Feature Film
Credits:
  • 2009: TOUSSAINT, BROOKLYN'S FINEST, HOTEL FOR DOGS
    2008: TRAITOR
    2007: OCEAN'S THIRTEEN, REIGN OVER ME, TALKE TO ME
    2006: THE DOG PROBLEM
    2004: OCEAN'S TWELVE, AFTER THE SUNSET, HOTEL RWANDA, CRASH, THE ASSASSINATION OF RICHARD NIXON
    2003: THE UNITED STATES OF LELAND
    2002: THE HIRE: TICKER
    2001: OCEAN'S ELEVEN (uncredited), RUSH HOUR 2 (uncredited), SWORDFISH, MANIC, THINGS BEHIND THE SUN
    2000: TRAFFIC, THE FAMILY MAN, FAIL SAFE, MISSION TO MARS
    1998: OUT OF SIGHT, BULWORTH
    1997: BOOGIE NIGHTS, VOLCANO, ROSEWOOD
    1996: REBOUND
    1995: DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS, THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU'RE DEAD
    1993: THE METEOR MAN
    1992: ROADSIDE PROPHETS
    1988: COLORS
    1987: HAMBURGER HILL
    1986: PUNK
    1985: MOVING VIOLATIONS
Academy Awards®:
  •  Nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 2004: HOTEL RWANDA

  • 1 nomination