Don Cheadle
ドン・チードル

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』『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 ActorHotel Rwanda (2005) 🌟

Golden Globe Awards

Winner: 1 🏆

  • Best Actor in a Television Series — Musical or ComedyHouse of Lies (2013) 🏆

Nominated:

  • Best Actor — Motion Picture DramaHotel Rwanda (2005) 🌟
  • Multiple House of Lies nominations 🌟

Emmy Awards (エミー賞)

Nominated:

  • Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama SeriesThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2022) 🌟

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Nominated: Multiple 🌟

  • Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading RoleHotel Rwanda (2005) 🌟
  • Ensemble nominations for Crash (Best Picture winner), Ocean’s Eleven, and other ensemble films

BAFTA Awards

Nominated:

  • Best Actor in a Leading RoleHotel 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 MaleDevil 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

External Links | 外部リンク