Don Cheadle at Criticker

Don Cheadle
	Date of Birth: Nov 29, 1964 Country: USA Biography: A respected amateur poker player and expert of the board game Go, Cheadle first rose to fame after a role on the cult 90s show Picket Fences. After supporting roles in a few Steven Soderbergh films, he picked up an Oscar nomination for his highly-praised lead performance in 2004's Hotel Rwanda. [Edit Biography] Total Films at Criticker: 42 - You've Seen 0
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Don Cheadle is Captain Planet (2011)

Summary: Don Cheadle takes on the role of environmental protector Captain Planet.

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The Guard (2011)

Summary: An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is teamed up with an uptight FBI agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring.

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Brooklyn's Finest (2010)

Summary: Three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location after enduring vastly different career paths. (imdb)

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Iron Man 2 (2010)

Summary: Wealthy inventor and former weapons maker Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) continues to fight crime as his alter ego, Iron Man, taking on villains intent on destroying humanity in Jon Favreau's action-packed superhero sequel based on Marvel comic book characters. But Stark's battle with the bottle may be his toughest challenge yet. Don Cheadle co-stars as Col. James Rhodes, with Samuel L. Jackson reprising his role as Nick Fury.

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Hotel for Dogs (2009)

Summary: Two kids secretly take in nine stray dogs at a vacant house. (imdb)

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The People Speak (2009)

Summary: 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".

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Traitor (2008)

Summary: A special operative working with a terrorist group becomes the target of the CIA.

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Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene (2008)

Summary: Actor Don Cheadle narrates the story of America's first shock-jock, Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene. (imdb)

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Talk to Me (2007)

Summary: In the mid-to-late 1960's, in Washington, D.C., vibrant soul music and exploding social consciousness were combining to unique and powerful effect. It was the place and time for Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene Jr. to fully express himself - sometimes to outrageous effect - and "tell it like it is." With the support of his irrepressible and tempestuous girlfriend Vernell, the newly minted ex-con talks his way into an on-air radio gig... (imdb)

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Reign Over Me (2007)

Summary: Former college roommates Charlie Fineman (Sandler) and Alan Johnson (Cheadle) meet up again by chance on a Manhattan street corner. Five years after losing his family on 9/11, Charlie has retreated from his life, and Alan is stunned to see the changes in his formerly gregarious friend. At the same time, Alan who should be enjoying his beautiful wife, children and career is overwhelmed by his responsibilities. Their rekindled relationship becomes a lifeline for the two men, who are both in need of a trusted friend at this pivotal moment in their lives. (Columbia Pictures)

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Ocean's Thirteen (2007)

Summary: What are the odds of getting even? Danny Ocean (Clooney) and the gang would have only one reason to pull off their most ambitious and riskiest casino heist -- to defend one of their own. But they're going to need more than luck on their side to break The Bank. (Warner Bros.)

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King Leopold's Ghost (2006)

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The Dog Problem (2006)

Summary: Solo (Giovanni Ribisi), a once-successful young novelist, finds himself at the end of a particular road. He has squandered everything he had (and could borrow) on women, drugs and expensive therapy, all in an effort to find creative inspiration and some modicum of personal happiness. When he is no longer able to afford therapy, his psychiatrist, Dr. Nourmand (Don Cheadle), suggests he get a pet... (Toronto I nternational Film Festival)

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Crash (2005)

Summary: A provocative, unflinching look at the complexities of racial tolerance in contemporary America. Diving headlong into the diverse melting pot of post-9/11 Los Angeles, this compelling urban drama tracks the volatile intersections of a multi-ethnic case of characters' struggles to overcome their fears as they careen in and out of one another's lives. (Lions Gate Films)

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The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)

Summary: A chilling drama that explores and exposes the dark side of the American Dream, this film focuses on the prescient and tragic true story of Sam Bicke (Penn), a disillusioned "everyman" who, in 1974, was driven to plot the assassination of the 37th President of the United States. (ThinkFilm)

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Ocean's Twelve (2004)

Summary: Danny Ocean (Clooney) and his team look to burgle three different locations throughout Europe. (Warner Bros.)

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Hotel Rwanda (2004)

Summary: Ten years ago some of the worst atrocities in the history of mankind took place in the country of Rwanda--and in an era of high-speed communication and round the clock news, the events went almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. In only three months, one million people were brutally murdered. In the face of these unspeakable actions, inspired by his love for his family, an ordinary man summons extraordinary courage to save the lives of over a thousand helpless refugees, by granting them shelter in the hotel he manages. (imdb)

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After the Sunset (2004)

Summary: This high-stakes action comedy begins where most great heist movies end - with a pair of master thieves escaping to a tropical paradise to enjoy the spoils of their labor. But when an FBI agent, who has pursued them for seven years, becomes convinced that they are actually plotting to pull off a million-dollar theft from a nearby "diamond cruise," a riveting game of cat and mouse begins.

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The United States of Leland (2003)

Summary: On an ordinary school day in California, a seemingly ordinary student named Leland Fitzgerald (Gosling) commits a devastating, inexplicable crime...and changes everything forever...not only for Leland but his family, friends and the teacher who becomes obsessed with trying to figure out why. (Paramount Classics)

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Ticker (2002)

Summary: The Driver finds himself in a dangerous, yet highly political situation; this time being pursued by a helicopter gunship while carrying a passenger with a suitcase... the contents of which will decide the fate of a nation. (imdb)

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Rush Hour 2 (2001)

Summary: Carter and Lee head to Hong Kong for vacation, but become embroiled in a counterfeit money scam. (imdb)

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Manic (2001)

Summary: A drama about a violent teen who is committed to a juvenile mental institution where he is forced to confront the source of his rage.

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Things Behind the Sun (2001)

Summary: 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.

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Ocean's Eleven (2001)

Summary: Danny Ocean (Clooney) wants to score the biggest heist in history. He combines an eleven member team, including Frank Catton (Mac), Rusty Ryan (Pitt) and Linus Caldwell (Damon). Their target? The Bellagio, the Mirage and the MGM Grand. All casinos owned by Terry Benedict. It's not going to be easy, as they plan to get in secretly and out with $150 million. (imdb)

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Swordfish (2001)

Summary: A dark counter-espionage action thriller about power, money, sacrifice and 21st-century breaking and entering.

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Fail Safe (2000)

Summary: America launches a nuclear attack on Russia due to an electrical malfuntion.

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Traffic (2000)

Summary: Traffic evokes the high stakes and high risks of the drug trade, as seen through a series of interrelated stories, some of which are highly personal and some of which are filled with intrigue and danger. (USA Films)

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The Family Man (2000)

Summary: In this romantic comedy drama about life's possibilities, Jack Campbell must choose between a his glamorous, fast-paced career or life as a suburban husband and father.

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Mission to Mars (2000)

Summary: The extraordinary story of the astronauts of the Mars Recovery Mission, the nearly insurmountable dangers that confront the heroic crew on their journey through space, and the amazing discovery they make when they finally reach Mars. (Touchstone Pictures)

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A Lesson Before Dying (1999)

Summary: In the 1940s South, an African-American man is wrongly accused of the killing of 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 the schoolteacher to go to the convicted man's cell each day to try to reaffirm to him that he is not an animal but a man with dignity. (imdb)

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Out of Sight (1998)

Summary: A career bank robber busts out of jail (Clooney) with the help of his buddy (Rhames) and kidnaps a US Marshal (Lopez) in the process. When the two cons head for Detroit to pull off their final big scam, the Marshal is put on their case but she finds she is attracted to one of them and has second thoughts about bringing them in. (imdb)

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The Rat Pack (1998)

Summary: In the 1950's and 1960's Frank Sinatra was the head of the infamous "Rat Pack". He, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop worked and played together. This film dramatizes their volatile relationships with each other and the Kennedys, Marilyn Monroe, mobster Sam Giancano, Judith Cambell and the FBI... (imdb)

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Bulworth (1998)

Summary: A 'tragic-farce,' Bulworth takes a comedic look at race and class in the United States, campaign finance, and the power of big money and media in America. (Twentieth Century Fox)

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Rosewood (1997)

Summary: Rosewood is the true story of an almost unknown incident in a small Florida town, (fictionalized, but faithful to the known facts, as documented in a 1994 report by the Florida Legislature). The town was inhabited almost entirely by quiet, "middle-class" African- Americans (most of them home and land owners and better off than average at the time.) On New Year's day, 1923, the town was wiped off the face of the earth by angry whites from a neighboring community. (Allmovie.com)

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Volcano (1997)

Summary: Beneath the famed La Brea Tar Pits, a raging volcano pushes to the surface, raining a storm of deadly firebombs and an endless tide of white-hot lava upon the stunned City of Angels in this pulse-pounding action thriller! (Fox)

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Boogie Nights (1997)

Summary: Everyone's born with one special thing, and Eddie Adams uses his humongous "asset" to take the world of film pornography by storm. Things get ugly though when success leads to drugs and ruin. Will Dirk clean up and get back on top? Will Amber see her son? Will Rollergirl ever take off her skates?! (imdb)

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

Summary: A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. When Kareem Abdul Jabar was asked who was the best player he ever saw, his answer was The Goat. The film follows the rise, fall, and rebirth of a reformed junkie who returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. (imdb)

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Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

Summary: It is 1948 in LA and Ezikeal "Easy" Rawlins, an African-American World War II veteran, is looking for work. At his friend's bar, he is introduced to a white man, DeWitt Albright, who is looking for someone to help him find a missing white woman assumed to be hiding somewhere in LA's black community... (imdb)

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The Meteor Man (1993)

Summary: 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. (imdb)

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Roadside Prophets (1992)

Summary: Bizarre and surreal road movie about a biker and his unlikely sidekick. On a quest to fulfill a friend's last wish, Joe takes to the desert road on his 1957 Harley-Davidson and meets a succession of odd characters, including Sam... (imdb)

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Colors (1988)

Summary: Set in the East L.A. barrio, Colors stars Sean Penn and Robert Duvall as very different cops, both in age and temperment, hand picked for the city's anti-gang campaign. As partners, they daily drive their unmarked car through the warring Los Angeles neighborhoods. Their simple code of endurance: Keep peace in the streets at any price! [MGM]

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Hamburger Hill (1987)

Summary: A very realistic interpretation of one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War. (imdb)

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