Don Cheadle
Director, Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Hamburger Hill (1987)
- Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Anthony Barrile, Don Cheadle, Courtney B. Vance…
- Matter–of–fact depiction of a particularly costly battle of the Vietnam War, in which US troops repeatedly tried to capture 'Hill 937' in…
- Picket Fences (TV Series) (1992)
- Feat. Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor…
- Small–town drama from the creator of BOSTON LEGAL and ALLY MCBEAL in which Sheriff Jimmy Brock (Tom Skerritt) investigates dark goings on…
- Meteor Man, The (1993)
- Dir. Robert Townsend
Feat. Robert Townsend, James Earl Jones, Bill Cosby…
- Black–American spoof of SUPERMAN doubles as a commentary on their urban crime problem. James Earl Jones, Bill Cosby, Luther Vandross help out…
- Rosewood (1997)
- Dir. John Singleton
Feat. Ving Rhames, Jon Voight, Don Cheadle…
- A black community in 1920s Florida is plagued by mobs of local rednecks in this impassioned melodrama from Dir. John Singleton's ('Boyz in the…
- Boogie Nights (1997)
- Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds…
- LA's San Fernando Valley, the late '70s. Mark Wahlberg is Eddie Adams, an anatomically gifted innocent who finds his niche in the cradle of a…
- Rat Pack, The (1998)
- Dir. Rob Cohen
Feat. Ray Liotta, Joe Mategna, Don Cheadle…
- While mostly avoiding the sordid details of the 1950s American libertines, this look into the social lives of Frank Sinatra (Ray Liotta), Dean Martin…
- Bulworth (1998)
- Dir. Warren Beatty
Feat. Warren Beatty, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle…
- Disillusioned Democrat senator Warren Beatty warrants his own assassination, then stirs up a storm of controversy by fearlessly speaking his mind at…
- Mission to Mars (2000)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Don Cheadle
- A loop–ily solemn mission to the red planet in the year 2020 with Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins and Don Cheadle, that threatens at times to overcome…
- Traffic (2000)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones…
- A masterful, suitably complex address of the ‘drug problem’ and how it enslaves consumers, dealers, policy–makers and law–enforcers…
- Ocean's Eleven (Ocean's 11) (2001)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts…
- Remodelling the not–so–great ‘Rat Pack’ original from 1960, dir. Soderbergh slickens his heist thriller with a spot–on sense of…
- United States of Leland, The (2003)
- Dir. Matthew Ryan Hoge
Feat. Don Cheadle, Ryan Gosling, Chris Klein…
- Solid indie drama that plumbs the soul of a youthful murderer (Gosling) and his web of life–connections after he stabs a retarded boy to…
- Ocean's Twelve (Ocean's 12) (2004)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon…
- Virtually the entire attractive 'ratpack' of the OCEAN'S ELEVEN remake regroup for a further spin of the heist–comedy wheel, this time on the…
- After the Sunset (2004)
- Dir. Brett Ratner
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Woody Harrelson…
- Recently retired jewel thieves Brosnan and Hayek are safely esconsed on a desert island, when an old FBI nemesis turns up simultaneous with a…
- Hotel Rwanda (2004)
- Dir. Terry George
Feat. Don Cheadle, Nick Nolte, Sophie Okonedo…
- A deeply affecting expose of the Rwandan conflict of the early 1990s that matches its political conscience with vivid staging and terrific…
- Assassination of Richard Nixon, The (2004)
- Dir. Niels Mueller
Feat. Sean Penn, Don Cheadle, Naomi Watts…
- The ghost of 'Travis Bickle' (TAXI DRIVER) pervades this accomplished diatribe on the contentious era of Richard Nixon's administration – a…
- Crash (2005)
- Dir. Paul Haggis
Feat. Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon…
- A thoughtful dramatic meditation on race and fate in modern–day America, in which a group of urbanites in Los Angeles find their lives…
- Reign Over Me (2007)
- Dir. Mike Binder
Feat. Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Liv Tyler…
- Soulful human drama that examines the channeling of grief and the need for outlets, with Adam Sandler playing it straight as a man who lost his…
- Ocean's Thirteen (Ocean's 13) (2007)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon…
- Another high–rolling casino caper from ringmaster Soderbergh, this third flutter on the heist franchise retains his original debonair cast in a…
- Talk To Me (2007)
- Dir. Kasi Lemmons
Feat. Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Martin Sheen
- Don Cheadle talks the talk and walks the walk in a dynamite turn as ex–con turned people’s provocateur Ralph Waldo ‘Petey’ Greene Jr., an…
- Traitor (2008)
- Dir. Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Feat. Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Said Taghmaoui…
- Don Cheadle stars as a Semtex racketeer selling to the highest bidder – be he CIA or Jihadist – and finds himself a pawn on the twin…
- Hotel For Dogs (2009)
- Dir. Thor Freudenthal
Feat. Emma Roberts, Don Cheadle, Lisa Kudrow
- Sugary family fare concerning two orphans who take in stray dogs at an abandoned hotel and must keep it a secret from the authorities.
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- Brooklyn's Finest (2009)
- Dir. Antoine Fuqua
Feat. Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke…
- The dir. of TRAINING DAY spins this heavy–handed multi–narrative around three burnt out NYC cops at the end of their tether. Posturing…
- Iron Man 2 (2010)
- Dir. Jon Favreau
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson…
- Spiffy, if routine blockbuster sequel finds Robert Downey Jr. reveling in his new–found celebrity as Iron Man while attracting the unwanted…
- Guard, The (2010)
- Dir. John Michael McDonagh
Feat. Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham…
- A straitlaced FBI agent (Cheadle) and a raucous Irish cop (Gleeson) buddy up to take down an international drug smuggling ring in this riotous…
- Flight (2012)
- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly…
- Denzel Washington plays a lauded pilot whose heroic landing of a crippled airliner is called into question when a history of alcoholism and substance…
- Iron Man 3 (2013)
- Dir. Shane Black, Jeff Habberstad
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle…
- Robert Downey Jr. returns for a third outing as the power–suited superhero in this latest installment to the Marvel canon.
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
- Dir. Joss Whedon
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo…
- More Marvel mayhem has the team forced to reassemble after Tony Stark and Bruce Banner awaken a long dormant peacekeeping program.
- Miles Ahead (2015)
- Dir. Don Cheadle
Feat. Don Cheadle, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Ewan McGregor…
- Don Cheadle directs and offers a full–throated performance as Miles Davis in this adventurous, non–linear, exploration of the life and…
- Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- Dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Feat. Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jnr., Scarlett Johansson…
- Action spectacular as superheroes turn on each other after political interference causes a rift between former allies Captain America and Iron Man.
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- Dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo…
- Bombastic Marvel Universe blockbuster teaming The Avengers with the Guardians of the Galaxy (and many more!) against the villain Thanos, who wants to…