Don Cheadle

Don 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 (North), a teacher, father Donald Frank Cheadle, Sr., a clinical psychologist, sister Dawn, and brother Colin. After graduating high school in Denver, Colorado, Cheadle attended and graduated from the California Institute of the Arts with a Bachelor¹s Degree in Fine Arts. Encouraged by his college friends, he attended a variety of auditions and landed a recurring role on the hit series Fame (1982), which led to feature film roles in Dennis Hopper's Los Angeles a Ferro e Fogo (1988) and John Irvin's A Colina dos Heróis (1987).

Early in his career, Cheadle was named Best Supporting Actor by the Los Angeles Film Critics for his breakout performance opposite Denzel Washington in Um Demónio Vestido de Azul (1995). His subsequent film credits include: Traidor (2008), an international thriller which he produced, starring opposite Guy Pearce; Kasi Lemmons's Fala Comigo (2007), with Chiwetel Ejiofor; the 2006 Oscar-winning Best Picture, Colisão (2004), which Cheadle also produced; Hotel Ruanda (2004), for which his performance garnered Oscar, Golden Globe, Broadcast Film Critics and Screen Actors Guild award nominations for Best Actor; Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven - Façam as Vossas Apostas (2001), Ocean's 12 (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007), starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney; Mike Binder's Em Nome da Amizade (2007) with Adam Sandler; the Academy Award-winning Traffic - Ninguém Sai Ileso (2000) and Romance Perigoso (1998), with George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez, both films also directed by Soderbergh; Paul Thomas Anderson's acclaimed Jogos de Prazer (1997) with Julianne Moore and Mark Wahlberg; Bulworth - Candidato em Perigo (1998), directed by and starring Warren Beatty; Operação Swordfish (2001), with John Travolta and Halle Berry; Missão a Marte (2000) with Tim Robbins and Gary Sinise; John Singleton's O Massacre (1997), for which Cheadle earned an NAACP Image Award nomination; Brett Ratner's Dois Destinos (2000), starring Nicolas Cage; and the independent features Manic (2001) and Things Behind the Sun (2001).

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