Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle (born November 29, 1964 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA) is an Oscar nominated actor. He has appeared in the films Out of Sight (1998), Traffic (1999) the Ocean's Eleven franchise, Hotel Rwanda (2004), Crash (2004) and the Iron Man film franchise.

Career
Cheadle began his career with a series of television roles in the 1980s. He made his major motion picture debut with a role as Private Johnny Washburn in the war film Hamburger Hill (1987). He played Rocket in the crime drama Colors (1988).

He played Mouse Alexander in the crime drama Devil in a Blue Dress (1995).

He played Rooster in the crime drama Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995).

He had the title role in the HBO television movie Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996).

He starred as Sylvester Carrie in the drama film Rosewood (1997). He starred as speaker salesman and petty criminal Buck Swope in the Paul Thomas Anderson drama Boogie Nights (1997).

He starred in the Steven Soderbergh crime drama Out of Sight (1998) as crime boss Maurice Miller. The film marked the start of a longstanding collaboration with Soderbergh. Cheadle appeared in Soderbergh's crime drama Traffic (2000) as Montel Gordon. Cheadle appeared uncredited as cockney explosives expert Basher Tarr in Soderbergh's remake of the film Ocean's Eleven (2001). Cheadle reprised the role in the films sequels Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007).

He played psychiatrist Dr. David Monroe in the independent drama film Manic (2001).

He starred in the Terry George drama Hotel Rwanda (2004) as humanitarian hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina. The film was set during the Rwandan Genocide and earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Also in 2004 he played Detective Graham Waters in the best picture Oscar winning drama film Crash.

He plays Colonel James Rhodes in the Iron Man film franchise, having taken over the role from Terrence Howard from the film Iron Man 2 (2010) onwards.