Donald Frank Cheadle was born in Kansas City, Missouri on November 29, 1964. His childhood found him moving from city to city with his family: mother Bettye for their work in Darfur.
Brother of Colin Cheadle and Cindy Cheadle.
Lives with Bridgid Coulter , who plays his wife in Rosewood .
Graduated from East High School in Denver, Colorado.
Appears uncredited in two back-to-back movies, Rush Hour 2 and Oceans Eleven . He played a criminal in both films.
Drives a hybrid car, Toyota Prius.
After acting in Hotel Rwanda , 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" .
Briefly worked as a stand-up comic early in his career.
He and Bridgid Coulter have two children, a son and a daughter. (born in 1995 and 1997).
The son of a child psychologist and teacher.
Plays the saxophone.
Sister is a teacher in Washington, D.C. and his brother works in Denvers mayors office.
In July 2005, he officially toured the Hotel des Milles Collines in Kigali, Rwanda on which the film Hotel Rwanda is based.
Got his first big break starring as the hotel clerk on the short lived "The Golden Girls" spin-off "The Golden Palace" alongside Cheech Marin.
Hotel Rwanda is ranked #90 on the American Film Institutes 100 Most Inspiring Movies of All Time, the most recent entry on the list.
Was considered for the role of Huggy Bear in Starsky & Hutch .
Appeared in The Rat Pack as Sammy Davis Jr. , who along with the other Rat Pack members, appeared in the original Oceans Eleven . Cheadle then appeared in the remake, Oceans Eleven .
During the making of Mission to Mars , he asked to sleep overnight on the actual film set so that he could stay in full character.
Replaced Terrence Howard in the role of Col. James Rhodes for Iron Man 2 . Howard, who played Rhodes in Iron Man , had a falling out with Marvel Studios, because of a salary dispute.
When he was younger he performed with the "Colorado Childrens Chorale" of Denver, Colorado.
Has a half brother named Andrew Kilbourne.
(January 2004) Appearing in promotional advertisements for the National Football League and the race to its championship title game, Super Bowl XXXVIII.
Friends with George Clooney.
You can think of yourself as a colourless person, but nobody else is,gonna.
