Don Cheadle

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

As: James "Rhodey" Rhodes / War Machine

After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.

Runtime: 180 min.

Directed by: Anthony Russo | Joe Russo

Stars: Josh Brolin | Brie Larson | Robert Downey Jr. | Chris Evans | Chris Hemsworth

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

As: James 'Rhodey' Rhodes / War Machine

As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment - the fate ...

Runtime: 149 min.

Directed by: Anthony Russo | Joe Russo

Stars: Josh Brolin | Robert Downey Jr. | Chris Hemsworth | Mark Ruffalo | Chris Evans

Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016)

As: Rival Agent

Comedian Kevin Hart performs in front of a crowd of 50,000 people at Philadelphia's outdoor venue, Lincoln Financial Field.

Runtime: 96 min.

Directed by: Tim Story | Leslie Small

Stars: Kevin Hart | Halle Berry | Don Cheadle | Ed Helms | David Meunier

Captain America: Civil War (2016)

As: James "Rhodey" Rhodes / War Machine

Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, which causes an epic battle between former allies.

Runtime: 147 min.

Directed by: Anthony Russo | Joe Russo

Stars: Chris Evans | Robert Downey Jr. | Sebastian Stan | Scarlett Johansson | Jeremy Renner

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

As: James "Rhodey" Rhodes / War Machine

When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.

Runtime: 141 min.

Directed by: Joss Whedon

Stars: Robert Downey Jr. | Chris Hemsworth | Mark Ruffalo | Chris Evans | Scarlett Johansson

Miles Ahead (2015)

As: Miles Davis

An exploration of the life and music of Miles Davis.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Don Cheadle

Stars: Don Cheadle | Ewan McGregor | Emayatzy Corinealdi | Michael Stuhlbarg | Lakeith Stanfield

Iron Man 3 (2013)

As: Lt. Col. James "Rhodey" Rhodes / War Machine

When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.

Runtime: 130 min.

Directed by: Shane Black

Stars: Robert Downey Jr. | Gwyneth Paltrow | Don Cheadle | Guy Pearce | Ben Kingsley

Flight (2012)

As: Hugh Lang

Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, ...

Runtime: 138 min.

Directed by: Robert Zemeckis

Stars: Denzel Washington | Don Cheadle | Bruce Greenwood | Kelly Reilly | John Goodman

A Man's Story (2012)

As: Himself

Documentary about British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng.

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Varon Bonicos

Stars: Ozwald Boateng | Giorgio Armani | Michael Bay | Paul Bettany | Richard Branson

The Guard (2011)

As: FBI agent Wendell Everett

Two policemen must join forces to take on an international drug- smuggling gang - one, an unorthodox Irish policeman and the other, a straitlaced FBI agent. Sergeant Gerry Boyle is an eccentric small-town cop with a confrontational and crass personality and a subversive sense of humor. A longtime policeman in County Galway, Boyle is a maverick with his own moral code. He has seen enough of the world to know there isn't much ...

Runtime: 96 min.

Directed by: John Michael McDonagh

Stars: Brendan Gleeson | Don Cheadle | Liam Cunningham | Mark Strong | Katarina Čas

Kingdom Come (2011)

As: Himself

The documentary, Kingdom Come follows a first-time director (Daniel Gillies) as he tries to raise a million dollars to finance his first film, Broken Kingdom. This emotionally-charged journey is interwoven with over 30 rare interviews from acclaimed indie darlings including Mark Ruffalo, Illeana Douglas, Don Cheadle, Kevin Smith, Edward Burns, Tim Roth, Morgan Spurlock, Selma Blair, Robert Townsend, Bill Pullman and many more.

Runtime: 87 min.

Directed by: Paiman Kalayeh | John Lyons Murphy

Stars: Daniel Gillies | Rachael Leigh Cook | Seth Green | John Lyons Murphy | Selma Blair

Iron Man 2 (2010)

As: Lt. Col. James "Rhodey" Rhodes / War Machine

With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, with Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, must forge new alliances – and confront powerful enemies.

Runtime: 124 min.

Directed by: Jon Favreau

Stars: Robert Downey Jr. | Gwyneth Paltrow | Don Cheadle | Scarlett Johansson | Mickey Rourke

Brooklyn's Finest (2009)

As: Tango

Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and wrong.

Runtime: 132 min.

Directed by: Antoine Fuqua

Stars: Richard Gere | Don Cheadle | Ethan Hawke | Wesley Snipes | Vincent D'Onofrio

Hotel for Dogs (2009)

As: Bernie

Placed in a foster home that doesn't allow pets, 16-year-old Andi and her younger brother, Bruce, turn an abandoned hotel into a home for their dog. Soon other strays arrive, and the hotel becomes a haven for every orphaned canine in town. But the kids have to do some quick thinking to keep the cops off their tails.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Thor Freudenthal

Stars: Emma Roberts | Jake T. Austin | Don Cheadle | Johnny Simmons | Kyla Pratt

The People Speak (2009)

As: Himself

A look at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights. based on Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States."

Runtime: 113 min.

Directed by: Chris Moore | Howard Zinn

Stars: Rosario Dawson | Morgan Freeman | Marisa Tomei | Sean Penn | Viggo Mortensen

Traitor (2008)

As: Samir Horn

When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer, Samir Horn.

Runtime: 114 min.

Directed by: Jeffrey Nachmanoff

Stars: Don Cheadle | Guy Pearce | Neal McDonough | Saïd Taghmaoui | Alyy Khan

Darfur Now (2007)

As: himself

This acclaimed documentary follows the story of six people who are determined to end the sufferings in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur. The six - an American activist, an international prosecutor, a Sudanese rebel, a sheikh, a leader of the World Food Program and an internationally known actor - demonstrate the power of how one individual can create extraordinary changes.

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Ted Braun

Stars: Don Cheadle | Hejewa Adam | Adam Sterling | Ahmed Mahammed Abaka | Pablo Recalde

Talk to Me (2007)

As: Ralph Waldo 'Petey' Greene

The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.

Runtime: 118 min.

Directed by: Kasi Lemmons

Stars: Don Cheadle | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Taraji P. Henson | Martin Sheen | Mike Epps

Ocean's Thirteen (2007)

As: Basher Tarr

Danny Ocean's team of criminals are back and composing a plan more personal than ever. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank doublecrosses Reuben Tishkoff, causing a heart attack, Danny Ocean vows that he and his team will do anything to bring down Willy Bank along with everything he's got. Even if it means asking for help from an enemy.

Runtime: 122 min.

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh

Stars: George Clooney | Brad Pitt | Matt Damon | Andy García | Don Cheadle

Reign Over Me (2007)

As: Alan Johnson

A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.

Runtime: 124 min.

Directed by: Mike Binder

Stars: Adam Sandler | Don Cheadle | Jada Pinkett Smith | Liv Tyler | Saffron Burrows

Ocean's Twelve (2004)

As: Basher Tarr

Danny Ocean reunites with his old flame and the rest of his merry band of thieves in carrying out three huge heists in Rome, Paris and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.

Runtime: 125 min.

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh

Stars: George Clooney | Brad Pitt | Matt Damon | Catherine Zeta-Jones | Andy García

After the Sunset (2004)

As: Henri Mooré

Two master thieves (Brosnan and Hayek) are finally retiring after one last succesful mission. Residing in their own tropical paradise, their old nemesis, FBI Agent Stan P. Lloyd shows up to make sure they really are retired. Docked in the port is an ocean liner called the "Diamond Cruise" and Stan is convinced that they're not really retired at all, and that this is the next set up.

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Brett Ratner

Stars: Pierce Brosnan | Salma Hayek | Woody Harrelson | Troy Garity | Russell Hornsby

Hotel Rwanda (2004)

As: Paul Rusesabagina

Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.

Runtime: 121 min.

Directed by: Terry George

Stars: Don Cheadle | Sophie Okonedo | Nick Nolte | Fana Mokoena | Joaquin Phoenix

Crash (2004)

As: Det. Graham Waters

Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.

Runtime: 112 min.

Directed by: Paul Haggis

Stars: Sandra Bullock | Don Cheadle | Matt Dillon | Michael Peña | Jennifer Esposito

The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)

As: Bonny Simmons

It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, his brother turns away from him, and the bank won’t give him any money to start anew. He tries to find someone to blame for his misfortunes and comes up with the President of the United States who he plans to murder.

Runtime: 95 min.

Directed by: Niels Mueller

Stars: Sean Penn | Naomi Watts | Don Cheadle | Jack Thompson | Nick Searcy

The United States of Leland (2003)

As: Pearl Madison

A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl Madison, a teacher at the prison, decides to write about Leland's case. Meanwhile, others affected by the murder, including Becky and her sister, Julie, must contend with their own problems.

Runtime: 108 min.

Directed by: Matthew Ryan Hoge

Stars: Don Cheadle | Ryan Gosling | Chris Klein | Kevin Spacey | Jena Malone

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003)

When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors were transcribed and preserved by the Library of Congress. These first-person anecdotes, ranging from the brutal to the bittersweet, have been brought to vivid life in this unique HBO documentary special, featuring the on-camera voices of over a dozen top African-American actors.

Runtime: 75 min.

Directed by: Thomas Lennon | Ed Bell

Stars: Whoopi Goldberg | Angela Bassett | Michael Boatman | Roscoe Lee Browne | Don Cheadle

The Hire: Ticker (2002)

As: Passenger

The Driver drives a wounded diplomat, who carries a mysterious briefcase, while under helicopter attack. During the attack the briefcase is struck by a bullet, causing a display on it to begin counting down, and it to leak an unknown fluid from the bullet hole. The Driver manages to destroy his pursuers, but refuses to proceed without knowing the contents of the damaged briefcase. It is revealed that the diplomat guards a ...

Runtime: 8 min.

Directed by: Joe Carnahan

Stars: Clive Owen | Don Cheadle | F. Murray Abraham | Eli Danker | Dennis Haysbert

Things Behind the Sun (2001)

As: Chuck

A young music journalist's dark memories are awakened when he goes to interview a female rock singer, and both are forced to confront troubling secrets from their pasts.

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: Allison Anders

Stars: Aria Alpert Adjani | Ruben Anders | Rosanna Arquette | Owen Butler | Caitlin Caldwell

Rush Hour 2 (2001)

As: Kenny

It's vacation time for Carter as he finds himself alongside Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord who may be responsible for killing two men at the American Embassy. Things get complicated as the pair stumble onto a counterfeiting plot. The boys are soon up to their necks in fist fights and life-threatening situations. A trip ...

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Brett Ratner

Stars: Chris Tucker | Jackie Chan | Zhang Ziyi | Roselyn Sánchez | Ernie Reyes, Jr.

Swordfish (2001)

As: Agent J.T. Roberts

Rogue agent Gabriel Shear 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 lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government mainframe. Enter Stanley Jobson, a n'er-do-well encryption expert who can log into anything.

Runtime: 99 min.

Directed by: Dominic Sena

Stars: John Travolta | Hugh Jackman | Halle Berry | Don Cheadle | Sam Shepard

Manic (2001)

As: Dr. David Monroe

Lyle is filled with rage. After badly beating a classmate during a schoolyard fight, Lyle is committed to a juvenile mental institution in lieu of criminal prosecution. Inside the hospital, Lyle encounters a group of adolescents struggling with a variety of illnesses.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Jordan Melamed

Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Don Cheadle | Elden Henson | Cody Lightning | Sara Rivas

Traffic (2000)

As: Montel Gordon

An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a ...

Runtime: 147 min.

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh

Stars: Michael Douglas | Benicio del Toro | Jacob Vargas | Tomás Milián | Russell G. Jones

The Family Man (2000)

As: Cash

Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his career, and to the horrifying discovery that his former life no longer exists. As he stumbles through this alternate suburban universe, Jack finds himself at a crossroad where he ...

Runtime: 125 min.

Directed by: Brett Ratner

Stars: Nicolas Cage | Téa Leoni | Don Cheadle | Saul Rubinek | Amber Valletta

Fail Safe (2000)

As: Lt. Jimmy Pierce

Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.

Runtime: 86 min.

Directed by: Stephen Frears

Stars: Walter Cronkite | Richard Dreyfuss | Noah Wyle | Brian Dennehy | Sam Elliott

Mission to Mars (2000)

As: Luke Graham

When contact is lost with the crew of the first Mars expedition, a rescue mission is launched to discover their fate.

Runtime: 114 min.

Directed by: Brian De Palma

Stars: Gary Sinise | Tim Robbins | Don Cheadle | Connie Nielsen | Jerry O'Connell

A Lesson Before Dying (1999)

As: Grant Wiggins

In the 1940s South, an African-American man is wrongly accused of the killing a a white store owner. In his defense, his white attorney equates him with a lowly hog, to indicate that he didn't have the sense to know what he was doing. Nevertheless convicted, he is sentenced to die, but his godmother and the aunt of the local schoolteacher convince school teacher go to the convicted man's cell each day to try to reaffirm ...

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Joseph Sargent

Stars: Don Cheadle | Cicely Tyson | Mekhi Phifer | Irma P. Hall | Brent Jennings

The Rat Pack (1998)

As: Sammy Davis Jr.

After a brief flash-forward to Frank Sinatra as an old man, saying "I miss my guys," the movie's main narrative begins during high points in the solo careers of the Rat Pack: Dean Martin has become a big success despite the breakup of his partnership with Jerry Lewis; Sinatra's career is at its peak; Sammy Davis, Jr., is making a comeback after a near fatal car crash, and standup comic Joey Bishop is gaining exposure as ...

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: Rob Cohen

Stars: Ray Liotta | Joe Mantegna | Don Cheadle | Angus Macfadyen | William Petersen

Out of Sight (1998)

As: Maurice Miller

Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if there's more between them than just the law. Variety hails Out of Sight as "a sly, sexy, vastly entertaining film."

Runtime: 123 min.

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh

Stars: George Clooney | Jennifer Lopez | Ving Rhames | Don Cheadle | Catherine Keener

Bulworth (1998)

As: L.D.

A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.

Runtime: 108 min.

Directed by: Warren Beatty

Stars: Warren Beatty | Halle Berry | Sean Astin | Oliver Platt | Don Cheadle

Boogie Nights (1997)

As: Buck Swope

Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams' rise from nobody to a celebrity adult entertainer is meteoric, ...

Runtime: 155 min.

Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson

Stars: Mark Wahlberg | Burt Reynolds | John C. Reilly | Julianne Moore | Thomas Jane

Volcano (1997)

As: Emmit Reese

An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service, Mike Roark, working with geologist Amy Barnes, must then use every resource in the city to try and stop the volcano from consuming Los Angeles.

Runtime: 104 min.

Directed by: Mick Jackson

Stars: Tommy Lee Jones | Anne Heche | Gaby Hoffmann | Don Cheadle | Joshua Fardon

Rosewood (1997)

As: Sylvester Carrier

Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923.

Runtime: 140 min.

Directed by: John Singleton

Stars: Ving Rhames | Jon Voight | Don Cheadle | Bruce McGill | Loren Dean

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)

As: Earl Manigault

A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. 1996 was the 25th anniversary of the first tournament named after him.

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: Eriq La Salle

Stars: Don Cheadle | James Earl Jones | Daryl Mitchell | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Eriq La Salle

Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

As: Mouse Alexander

In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in ...

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: Carl Franklin

Stars: Denzel Washington | Tom Sizemore | Jennifer Beals | Don Cheadle | Maury Chaykin

Lush Life (1993)

As: Jack

Jeff Goldblum and Forest Whitaker star as New York jazz musicians, forced to confront a life beyond their hedonistic existence when a personal crisis strikes.

Runtime: 106 min.

Directed by: Michael Elias

Stars: Jeff Goldblum | Forest Whitaker | Kathy Baker | Valerie Bickford | Don Cheadle

The Meteor Man (1993)

As: Goldilocks

One night Jefferson Reed gets hit in the chest by a souped-up chunk of meteor. So he can fly, but he's scared of heights. He can master the information in any book ... for about fifteen minutes. Now his friends and family want him to protect their community from the dreaded Golden Lords.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Robert Townsend

Stars: Robert Townsend | Marla Gibbs | Eddie Griffin | Robert Guillaume | James Earl Jones

Roadside Prophets (1992)

As: Happy Days Manager

Sid and Nancy screenplay author Abbe Wool makes her directorial debut with this tale of a factory worker name Joe (X front man John Doe) who hits the road on his Harley to scatter the ashes of a co-worker. Joined by wannabe biker Sam (Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys), Joe journeys from Los Angeles to Nevada, meeting all sorts of characters (played by the likes of David Carradine, John Cusack, Timothy Leary and Arlo Guthrie) ...

Runtime: 96 min.

Directed by: Abbe Wool

Stars: John Doe | Adam Horovitz | David Carradine | Arlo Guthrie | Don Cheadle

Colors (1988)

As: Rocket

A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: Dennis Hopper

Stars: Sean Penn | Robert Duvall | María Conchita Alonso | Randy Brooks | Grand L. Bush

Hamburger Hill (1987)

As: Pvt. Washburn

The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their country, their fellow soldiers and their lives. War is hell, but this is worse. Hamburger Hill tells it the way it was, the way it really was. It's a raw, gritty and totally unrelenting ...

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: John Irvin

Stars: Anthony Barrile | Michael Boatman | Don Cheadle | Michael Dolan | Dylan McDermott

Moving Violations (1985)

As: Juicy Burgers Worker

A group of careless and unlucky drivers are sentenced to attend traffic school to keep their records clean.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Neal Israel

Stars: John Murray | Jennifer Tilly | James Keach | Wendie Jo Sperber | Fred Willard