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cheadle , feb 2011 shooting for '' unep '' as an ambassador 1984 -- present kansas city , missouri , u.s. 29 november 1964 don cheadle unep 2011 -lrb- cropped -rrb- . jpg don cheadle
 bachelor of fine arts donald frank cheadle , jr. . bridgid coulter -lrb- 1992 -- present -rrb- actor , producer , author california institute of the arts
don cheadle

donald frank `` don '' cheadle , jr. -lrb- ; born november 29 , 1964 -rrb- is an american actor .
cheadle had an early role in `` picket fences '' and followed it with performances in `` devil in a blue dress '' -lrb- 1995 -rrb- , `` rosewood '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- and `` boogie nights '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- .
he then started a collaboration with director steven soderbergh that resulted in the movies `` out of sight '' -lrb- 1998 -rrb- , `` traffic '' -lrb- 2000 -rrb- and `` ocean 's eleven '' -lrb- 2001 -rrb- .
other cheadle films include `` the rat pack '' -lrb- 1998 -rrb- , `` things behind the sun '' -lrb- 2001 -rrb- , `` swordfish '' -lrb- 2001 -rrb- , `` crash '' -lrb- 2004 -rrb- , `` ocean 's twelve '' -lrb- 2004 -rrb- , `` ocean 's thirteen '' -lrb- 2007 -rrb- , `` reign over me '' -lrb- 2007 -rrb- , `` talk to me '' -lrb- 2007 -rrb- , `` traitor '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- , `` iron man 2 '' -lrb- 2010 -rrb- , `` iron man 3 '' -lrb- 2013 -rrb- , and '' '' -lrb- 2015 -rrb- in 2004 , his lead role as rwandan hotel manager paul rusesabagina in the genocide drama film `` hotel rwanda '' , which was set during the rwandan genocide earned him a nomination for an academy award for best actor .
he stars as marty kaan on the showtime sitcom `` house of lies '' , for which he most recently won a golden globe award in 2013 .
he also campaigns for the end of genocide in darfur , sudan , and co-authored , with john prendergast , a book concerning the issue entitled `` not on our watch : the mission to end genocide in darfur and beyond '' .
along with george clooney , brad pitt , matt damon , david pressman , and jerry weintraub , cheadle co-founded the not on our watch project , an organization focusing global attention and resources to stop and prevent mass atrocities .
in 2010 , cheadle was named u.n. environment program goodwill ambassador .
