page_title: Don Cheadle
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Don Cheadle / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: Don Cheadle and Condoleezza Rice, on February 5, 2007.
context_page_description: Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. is an American actor, author, director, producer and writer. Following early roles in Hamburger Hill, and as the gangster "Rocket" in the film Colors, Cheadle built his career in the 1990s with roles in Devil in a Blue Dress, Rosewood, and Boogie Nights. His collaboration with director Steven Soderbergh resulted in the films Out of Sight, Traffic, and The Ocean's Trilogy.
  Cheadle was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his lead role as Rwandan hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina in the historical genocide drama film Hotel Rwanda. From 2012 to 2016, he starred as Marty Kaan on the Showtime comedy series House of Lies; he won a Golden Globe Award in 2013 for the role. Since 2019, Cheadle has starred as Maurice Monroe in the Showtime series Black Monday, a role which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 2019.
  Cheadle extended his global recognition with his role as the superhero War Machine in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, replacing Terrence Howard. He appeared in Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault,
context_section_description: In 2008, Cheadle's family history was profiled on the PBS series African American Lives 2. A DNA test revealed that Cheadle is of Cameroonian descent. Another DNA test revealed that among his African ancestry, one-third comes from the region from Senegal to Liberia, just over one-quarter comes from the Congo-Angola region, and the rest comes from western Nigeria and Benin.
  Cheadle has two children with his long-term partner, actress and Rosewood co-star Bridgid Coulter.
caption: Cheadle in February 2007
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