Movies by Don Cheadle
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The Guard (2011)
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham …
Directed by: John Michael McDonagh
When tightly wound FBI agent Wendell Everett (Don Cheadle) invades an Irish village in pursuit of international drug dealers, wisecracking local copper Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) does his…
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House of Lies: Season 1 (2011)
Cast: Kristen Bell, Don Cheadle, Dawn Olivieri …
Based on Martin Kihn's memoir about his time at a management consulting firm, the first season of this dark-edged Showtime dramedy sets the action inside a top-level consultancy where…
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Iron Man 2 (2010)
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson …
Directed by: Jon Favreau
Wealthy inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) -- aka Iron Man -- resists calls by the American government to hand over his technology. Meanwhile, Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke) has constructed…
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Hotel for Dogs (2009)
Cast: Emma Roberts, Lisa Kudrow, Don Cheadle …
Directed by: Thor Freudenthal
Placed in a foster home that doesn't allow pets, 16-year-old Andi (Emma Roberts) and her younger brother, Bruce (Jake T. Austin), turn an abandoned hotel into a home for their dog. Soon…
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Brooklyn's Finest (2009)
Cast: Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke …
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Antoine Fuqua directs this tense drama about three wildly different New York cops whose paths collide in a Brooklyn housing project, where each must make a decision that will change the…
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Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene (2009)
Cast: Don Cheadle, Petey Greene, Marion Barry Jr. …
Directed by: Loren Mendell
Actor Don Cheadle narrates this insightful documentary that explores the life and times of Petey Greene, the bombastic radio DJ-activist who rose to national prominence in the 1960s via his…
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The People Speak (2009)
Cast: Marisa Tomei, Josh Brolin, Viggo Mortensen …
Directed by: Anthony Arnove, Chris Moore, Howard Zinn …
Inspired by historian Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States," a slate of top performers takes the stage to recreate the voices of American history's most…
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Traitor (2008)
Cast: Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Neal McDonough …
Directed by: Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Tenacious FBI agent Roy Clayton (Guy Pearce) is assigned to pursue Samir Horn (Don Cheadle), an ex-Special Ops soldier who betrayed his country and joined the Al Nathir terrorist…
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Reign Over Me (2007)
Cast: Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith …
Directed by: Mike Binder
Consumed with grief after losing his family in the World Trade Center attacks, a widower (Adam Sandler) runs into his former college roommate (Don Cheadle) -- a married man with two daughters…
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Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon …
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Director Steven Soderbergh and star George Clooney return to Las Vegas for the further -- and purportedly final -- criminal exploits of Danny Ocean (Clooney) and company, with Ellen Barkin…
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Talk to Me (2007)
Cast: Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Bruce McFee …
Directed by: Kasi Lemmons
Oscar nominee Don Cheadle stars as real-life radio trailblazer Ralph "Petey" Greene, a high-school dropout and charismatic ex-con who leverages a prison disc jockey gig into a stint at a…
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Darfur Now (2007)
Cast: Don Cheadle
Directed by: Ted Braun
A gripping insight into the tragic genocide in Darfur, this documentary highlights the work of six individuals who have taken a role in trying to stop the killings and help the millions of…
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The Dog Problem (2006)
Cast: Scott Caan, Giovanni Ribisi, Mena Suvari …
Directed by: Scott Caan
On the advice of his therapist (Don Cheadle), depressed and down-on-his-luck writer Solo (Giovanni Ribisi) purchases a pooch for companionship -- and gets all kinds of trouble instead. With…
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Crash (2005)
Cast: Thandie Newton, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle …
Directed by: Paul Haggis
Tensions erupt when the tangled lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge over a 36-hour…
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After the Sunset (2004)
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Woody Harrelson …
Directed by: Brett Ratner
After one final heist, a last hurrah of sorts, Max Burdett (Pierce Brosnan) finally decides to retire from the game with his alluring and cunning wife, Lola (Salma Hayek). But are they really…
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The Topdog Diaries (2004)
Cast: Don Cheadle, Jeffrey Wright
Get inside the head of playwright Suzan-Lori Parks as she spends two arduous years trying to get her 2002 award-winning play "Topdog/Underdog" off the ground. This documentary chronicles the…
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Ocean's Twelve (2004)
Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon …
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
In director Steven Soderbergh's sequel to Ocean's Eleven, Danny Ocean (George Clooney) reunites with his old flame (Julia Roberts) and the rest of his merry band of thieves…
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The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
Cast: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle …
Directed by: Niels Mueller
Set in 1974, this arresting psychological drama based on real-life events centers on Samuel Bicke (Sean Penn), an antisocial, unstable salesman who parlays his delusions of grandeur into a…
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America Beyond the Color Line (2004)
Cast: Henry Louis Gates Jr., Maya Angelou, Colin Powell …
Directed by: Mary Crisp, Daniel Percival
Prominent literary critic and scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the status of black America at the start of the 21st century in this documentary. Gates travels to the East Coast, the…
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Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Cast: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte …
Directed by: Terry George
Amid the holocaust of internecine tribal fighting in Rwanda that sees the savage butchering of hundreds of thousands of men, women and children, one ordinary hotel manager (Oscar nominee Don…
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The United States of Leland (2003)
Cast: Don Cheadle, Ryan Gosling, Chris Klein …
Directed by: Matthew Ryan Hoge
Teenager Leland Fitzgerald (Ryan Gosling) appears to have everything going for him, including a famous writer father (Kevin Spacey). So, what drove him to kill? It's up to Pearl Madison…
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Unchained Memories: Slave Narratives (2002)
Cast: Roscoe Lee Browne, Ruby Dee, LaTanya Richardson …
Directed by: Ed Bell, Thomas Lennon
Throughout the 1930s, journalists and writers accumulated stories and photographs from former African-American slaves and compiled more than 2300 first-person accounts of this horrifying…
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Swordfish (2001)
Cast: John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry …
Directed by: Dominic Sena
Rogue agent Gabriel Shear (John Travolta) is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but…
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Rush Hour 2 (2001)
Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John Lone …
Directed by: Brett Ratner
Opposites attract once again in this sequel to the box office blockbuster Rush Hour. Martial arts star Jackie Chan is a fine foil for the disdainful dish meted out by comedian Chris Tucker.…
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Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon …
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean (George Clooney) is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will…
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Manic (2001)
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Don Cheadle, Zooey Deschanel …
Directed by: Jordan Melamed
Filmed in cinema verité style with a handheld camera, Jordan Melamed's unsettling ensemble drama follows teenager Lyle Jensen (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) as he's committed to the…
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Things Behind the Sun (2001)
Cast: Kim Dickens, Gabriel Mann, Aria Alpert …
Directed by: Allison Anders
Underground singer-songwriter Sherry McGrale (Kim Dickens) makes a name for herself with a powerful song about her rape. A rock journalist (Gabriel Mann) pitches a story about Sherry, but his…
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Mission to Mars (2000)
Cast: Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Don Cheadle …
Directed by: Brian De Palma
It's the year 2020, and man has successfully landed on Mars. But something goes awry, and all contact with the mission and its commander (Don Cheadle) is lost. NASA hurriedly prepares…
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The Family Man (2000)
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Don Cheadle …
Directed by: Brett Ratner
In this modern-day riff on Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, cutthroat investment banker Jack Campbell (Nicolas Cage), who eschews emotional ties, is transported into the prosaic…
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Traffic (2000)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro …
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Steven Soderbergh's Oscar-winning drama intricately weaves three disturbing snapshots of America's drug war. At the forefront are a U.S. drug czar (Michael Douglas) who learns his…
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Fail Safe (2000)
Cast: Hank Azaria, Don Cheadle, Doris Belack …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Directed by Stephen Frears, this televised play broadcast live on CBS is a remake of director Sidney Lumet's 1964 Cold War nail-biter, which follows U.S. officials in a race to stop…
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A Lesson Before Dying (1999)
Cast: Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson, Mekhi Phifer …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
When a young black man (Mekhi Phifer) is wrongly condemned for the murder of a white man, his family convinces a trusted schoolteacher (Don Cheadle) to visit him daily. In the process, both…
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The Rat Pack (1998)
Cast: Ray Liotta, Joe Mantegna, Don Cheadle …
Directed by: Rob Cohen
Focusing on the time frame surrounding the 1960 presidential election, this entertaining, made-for-cable biopic dramatizes the inner workings of the famed Rat Pack led by crooner Frank…
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Bulworth (1998)
Cast: Warren Beatty, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle …
Directed by: Warren Beatty
California Sen. Jay Bulworth (Warren Beatty), reduced by years of compromise and scheming, hires a hit man to put him out of his misery. Kicking off an election campaign with nothing to lose,…
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Out of Sight (1998)
Cast: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames …
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Florida bank robber Jack Foley (George Clooney) plays a genteel game of cat and mouse with Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez), the stunning federal marshal he meets in the trunk of a getaway car,…
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Rosewood (1997)
Cast: Paul Benjamin, Mark Boone Junior, Muse Watson …
Directed by: John Singleton
Ving Rhames and Don Cheadle headline this fictionalized retelling of the Rosewood massacres, a 1923 incident in which a white mob used a white woman's false rape allegations as the…
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Volcano (1997)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann …
Directed by: Mick Jackson
Earthquakes look like child's play compared with what Mother Nature is throwing at Tinseltown this time. A volcano erupts and threatens to engulf downtown Los Angeles. But fear not:…
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Boogie Nights (1997)
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Heather Graham …
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
Director Paul Thomas Anderson's epic about the adult film industry stars Mark Wahlberg as a nightclub busboy who transforms himself into porn king Dirk Diggler and ultimately becomes…
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Rebound (1996)
Cast: Don Cheadle, James Earl Jones, Michael Beach …
Directed by: Eriq La Salle
Earl "The Goat" Manigault was a playground basketball legend in Harlem, an idol to future NBA Hall of Famers. He could run like a gazelle and jump to heights no one thought possible…
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Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Cast: Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals …
Directed by: Carl Franklin
In this compelling neo-noir set in 1948 Los Angeles, a stranger asks war veteran "Easy" Rawlins (Denzel Washington) to help him locate a missing woman. But Rawlins gets more than he bargained…
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The Meteor Man (1993)
Cast: Robert Townsend, Marla Gibbs, Eddie Griffin …
Directed by: Robert Townsend
While being chased by neighborhood thugs, weak-kneed high school teacher Jefferson Reed (Robert Townsend) is struck by a meteor and suddenly develops superhuman strength and abilities: He can…
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Colors (1988)
Cast: Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Maria Conchita Alonso …
Directed by: Dennis Hopper
Veteran cop Bob Hodges (Robert Duvall) has nothing but contempt for his new partner, fiery rookie Danny McGavin (Sean Penn). But he comes to appreciate Danny as they patrol the mean streets…
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Hamburger Hill (1987)
Cast: Anthony Barille, Michael Boatman, Don Cheadle …
Directed by: John Irvin
The horrors -- and futility -- of the Vietnam War come brutally to life through the eyes of 14 American soldiers as they attempt to capture a heavily fortified hill under the Vietcong's…