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Don Cheadle
Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. (born November 29, 1964) is an American actor. Known for his roles in film and television, he has received multiple accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, two Grammy Awards, and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and 11 Primetime Emmy Awards. He is among a few actors who have received nominations for the EGOT. Cheadle's career started with supporting roles in Hamburger Hill (1987), Colors (1988), Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), Rosewood (1997), Boogie Nights (1997), and Bulworth (1998). He collaborated with director Steven Soderberghacting in Out of Sight (1998), Traffic (2000), The Ocean's Trilogy (2001–2007), and No Sudden Move (2021). Cheadle was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying Paul Rusesabagina in the historical drama film Hotel Rwanda (2004). He was the co-producer of Crash, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2005. Cheadle joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe portraying James "Rhodey" Rhodes / War Machine, beginning with Iron Man 2 (2010). On television, Cheadle earned nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his roles as Marty Kaan in House of Lies (2012–2016) and Maurice Monroe in Black Monday (2019–2021). He was further Emmy-nominated for The Rat Pack (1998), A Lesson Before Dying (1999), Things Behind the Sun (2001), ER (2002), and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021). In 2016, he received his first Grammy Award, winning Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media for Miles Ahead's soundtrack. In 2022, he received a second Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for his narration of the audiobook Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation from John Lewis; he also received a Tony Award for Best Musical as a producer for the musical A Strange Loop.
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Avengers: Age of Ultron2015as James Rhodes / War MachineOur takeUltron is frightening because his solution removes the very people it supposedly serves. Our reading is that the Avengers defeat him by accepting an obligation he cannot understand: someone must remain answerable to particular lives, even when saving those lives makes victory slower and messier. Vision provides the…
Avengers: Infinity War2018as James Rhodes / War MachineOur takethe sunrise is unsettling because the familiar visual language of completion belongs to the person who has inflicted the catastrophe. Calm is not proof that the universe has become just. It tells us that Thanos can regard his project as finished without confronting the people who must live inside its consequences.
Avengers: Endgame2019as James Rhodes / War MachineOur takeThe five-year gap prevents the original film from becoming a frictionless undo button. The characters have accumulated relationships, habits and injuries. Wanting their loved ones back is easy to understand; deciding what must survive alongside that return is harder. This is why Tony's concern about his family…Profile and filmography data from TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.