Don Cheadle

Personal context

Summary

Don Cheadle is an actor, producer, and director known for work including Traffic, Hotel Rwanda, House of Lies, Miles Ahead, and the Marvel films. His career spans dramas, biographical stories, comedy, and mainstream genre projects. Beyond his screen work, he campaigned against genocide in Darfur, co-founded the Not on Our Watch Project, served as a UN Environment Programme goodwill ambassador, and joined the board of the climate justice group The Solutions Project. He has called for greater access for people of color to finance and tell their stories, and publicly supported transgender children while criticizing Donald Trump.