Profile | プロフィール
Born / 生年月日
November 29, 1964 | Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Age / 年齢
60 years old (as of 2025)
Occupation / 職業
Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Producer
俳優、映画監督、脚本家、プロデューサー
Nationality / 国籍
American (アメリカ)
Biography | 経歴
[English] Don Cheadle is one of the most formally accomplished and consistently distinguished performers in contemporary American cinema. His artistry is defined by a unique combination of contained psychological intensity and a humanistic intelligence that reveals a character’s interior life through the most precise behavioral details. After his breakout in Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), Cheadle established an extraordinary range across ensemble comedies (Boogie Nights, Ocean’s Eleven) and global franchises (as War Machine in the MCU). His career reached a moral and formal summit with his Oscar-nominated performance in Hotel Rwanda (2004), portraying Paul Rusesabagina’s pragmatic courage with profound dignity. Furthermore, his creative authority was fully realized in Miles Ahead (2015), a project he wrote, directed, and starred in, proving himself a singular creative force in Hollywood history.
[日本語] ドン・チードルは、現代アメリカの映画・テレビ界において、最も形式的に達成され、かつ一貫して卓越した存在感を放つ名優の一人です。彼の演技の核心は、抑制された内面的な心理的強度と、極めて細やかな仕草を通じてキャラクターの複雑な精神性を伝える人道主義的な知性にあります。
『デヴィル・イン・ア・ブルー・ドレス』(1995年)での鮮烈な登場後、『ブギー・ナイツ』や『オーシャンズ11』シリーズ、そしてMCU(マーベル・シネマティック・ユニバース)のウォーマシン役といった幅広いジャンルで活躍。キャリアの道徳的頂点となった『ホテル・ルワンダ』(2004年)では、極限状態における「実務的な勇気」を気高く演じ、アカデミー賞主演男優賞にノミネートされました。さらに、自ら監督・脚本・主演を務めた『MILES AHEAD/マイルス・デイヴィス 空白の5年間』(2015年)では、単なる俳優の枠を超えた全方位的な創造的知性を証明しています。
Filmography | 主要出演作品
Feature Films — Selected (主要出演映画)
|
Year |
Title (English / Japanese) |
Role |
Director |
Awards/Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1988 |
Colors / カラーズ |
Rocket |
Dennis Hopper |
Sean Penn / Robert Duvall / LA gang culture / Early significant role |
|
1995 |
Devil in a Blue Dress / デヴィル・イン・ア・ブルー・ドレス |
Mouse |
Carl Franklin |
Denzel Washington / Walter Mosley / LA noir / Career first formal announcement / Most memorably dangerous supporting |
|
1997 |
Boogie Nights / ブギーナイツ |
Buck Swope |
Paul Thomas Anderson |
Mark Wahlberg / Burt Reynolds / Julianne Moore / Sound equipment store / Humanistic ensemble |
|
1998 |
Out of Sight / アウト・オブ・サイト |
Marshal Sisco |
Steven Soderbergh |
George Clooney / Jennifer Lopez / Elmore Leonard / Thriller |
|
2000 |
Traffic / トラフィック |
Robert Wakefield |
Steven Soderbergh |
Michael Douglas / Benicio del Toro / Oscar Best Picture nom. 🌟 / Drug trade / Ensemble |
|
2001 |
Ocean’s Eleven / オーシャンズ11 |
Basher Tarr |
Steven Soderbergh |
George Clooney / Brad Pitt / Matt Damon / $450.7M worldwide 🌍 / Heist ensemble |
|
2004 |
Hotel Rwanda / ホテル・ルワンダ |
Paul Rusesabagina |
Terry George |
Oscar nom. Best Actor 🌟 / Sophie Okonedo / Nick Nolte / Joaquin Phoenix / Oscar nom. Best Supporting Actress (Okonedo) 🌟 / Rwandan genocide / Hôtel des Mille Collines / Career formal and moral summit |
|
2004 |
Crash / クラッシュ |
Det. Graham Waters |
Paul Haggis |
Oscar Best Picture 🏆 / Sandra Bullock / Matt Dillon / Ryan Phillippe / Racial tension / LA / Central moral consciousness |
|
2004 |
Ocean’s Twelve / オーシャンズ12 |
Basher Tarr |
Steven Soderbergh |
$362.7M worldwide 🌍 / Ensemble sequel |
|
2006 |
The Hawk Is Dying |
Fred Exley |
Julian Goldberger |
Hawk / Florida |
|
2007 |
Ocean’s Thirteen / オーシャンズ13 |
Basher Tarr |
Steven Soderbergh |
$311.3M worldwide 🌍 / Ensemble sequel #2 |
|
2008 |
Traitor / トレイター |
Agent Roy Clayton |
Jeffrey Nachmanoff |
Guy Pearce / Islamic terrorism / FBI investigation |
|
2010 |
Iron Man 2 / アイアンマン2 |
James Rhodes / War Machine |
Jon Favreau |
Robert Downey Jr. / Scarlett Johansson / $623.9M worldwide 🌍 / MCU debut / Replaced Terrence Howard |
|
2012 |
The Avengers / アベンジャーズ |
James Rhodes / War Machine (brief) |
Joss Whedon |
$1.519 billion worldwide 🌍 |
|
2015 |
Avengers: Age of Ultron / アベンジャーズ:エイジ・オブ・ウルトロン |
War Machine |
Joss Whedon |
$1.405 billion worldwide 🌍 |
|
2015 |
Miles Ahead / マイルス・アヘッド |
Miles Davis |
Don Cheadle |
Writer / Director / Producer / Star / Ewan McGregor / Jazz / Career personal summit / Creative authority |
|
2016 |
Captain America: Civil War / シビル・ウォー/キャプテン・アメリカ |
War Machine |
Anthony & Joe Russo |
$1.153 billion worldwide 🌍 / Rhodey injured |
|
2018 |
Avengers: Infinity War / アベンジャーズ:インフィニティ・ウォー |
War Machine |
Anthony & Joe Russo |
$2.048 billion worldwide 🌍 |
|
2019 |
Avengers: Endgame / アベンジャーズ:エンドゲーム |
War Machine |
Anthony & Joe Russo |
$2.799 billion worldwide 🌍 / MCU culmination |
|
2022 |
Amsterdam / アムステルダム |
Harold Woodman |
David O. Russell |
Christian Bale / Margot Robbie / John David Washington / 1930s mystery |
|
2022 |
The Harder They Fall |
— |
Jeymes Samuel |
Jonathan Majors / Idris Elba / Western |
Television — Selected (テレビ — 主要出演)
|
Year |
Title |
Network |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1987 |
Fame |
NBC |
Recurring role / Early career |
|
2003 |
ER |
NBC |
Recurring / Carter’s mentor |
|
2012–16 |
House of Lies |
Showtime |
Marty Kaan / 4 seasons / Golden Globe Best Actor — Comedy/Musical 🏆 (2013) / Management consultant / Dark comedy |
|
2021 |
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier |
Disney+ |
James Rhodes / War Machine / Emmy nom. Outstanding Guest Actor Drama 🌟 / MCU Disney+ |
|
2022 |
Armor Wars |
Disney+ |
James Rhodes / War Machine / Upcoming MCU series |
Awards & Recognition | 受賞歴
Academy Awards (アカデミー賞)
Nominated: 1 🌟
- Best Actor – Hotel Rwanda (2005) 🌟
Golden Globe Awards
Winner: 1 🏆
- Best Actor in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy – House of Lies (2013) 🏆
Nominated:
- Best Actor — Motion Picture Drama – Hotel Rwanda (2005) 🌟
- Multiple House of Lies nominations 🌟
Emmy Awards (エミー賞)
Nominated:
- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series – The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2022) 🌟
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Nominated: Multiple 🌟
- Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role – Hotel Rwanda (2005) 🌟
- Ensemble nominations for Crash (Best Picture winner), Ocean’s Eleven, and other ensemble films
BAFTA Awards
Nominated:
- Best Actor in a Leading Role – Hotel Rwanda (2005) 🌟
Black Reel Awards
Winner: Multiple 🏆
- Multiple Black Reel Awards recognizing his contribution to African American representation in American cinema
NAACP Image Awards
Winner: Multiple 🏆
- Multiple NAACP Image Awards across his career for his contribution to the representation of African American life and experience in American screen culture
Independent Spirit Awards
Winner: 1 🏆
- Best Supporting Male – Devil in a Blue Dress (1996) 🏆
Critics’ Recognition
- Hotel Rwanda — Multiple critics’ organization citations for Best Actor; recognized as the finest single dramatic performance of his career
- Miles Ahead — Recognized for the most formally ambitious creative project of his career, bringing both the performing intelligence and the directorial intelligence to bear on the most demanding biographical subject
Box Office Achievements | 興行成績
|
Film |
Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|
|
Avengers: Endgame (2019) |
$2.799 billion |
|
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) |
$2.048 billion |
|
The Avengers (2012) |
$1.519 billion |
|
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) |
$1.405 billion |
|
Captain America: Civil War (2016) |
$1.153 billion |
|
Ocean’s Eleven (2001) |
$450.7 million |
|
Iron Man 2 (2010) |
$623.9 million |
Career worldwide box office: Over $12 billion





