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Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. (born November 29, 1964) is an American actor. Known for his roles in film and television, he has received multiple accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, two Grammy Awards, and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and 11 Primetime Emmy Awards. He is among a few actors who have received nominations for the EGOT. Cheadle's career started with supporting roles in Hamburger Hill (1987), Colors (1988), Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), Rosewood (1997), Boogie Nights (1997), and Bulworth (1998). He collaborated with director Steven Soderberghacting in Out of Sight (1998), Traffic (2000), The Ocean's Trilogy (2001–2007), and No Sudden Move (2021). Cheadle was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying Paul Rusesabagina in the historical drama film Hotel Rwanda (2004). He was the co-producer of Crash, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2005. Cheadle joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe portraying James "Rhodey" Rhodes / War Machine, beginning with Iron Man 2 (2010). On television, Cheadle earned nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his roles as Marty Kaan in House of Lies (2012–2016) and Maurice Monroe in Black Monday (2019–2021). He was further Emmy-nominated for The Rat Pack (1998), A Lesson Before Dying (1999), Things Behind the Sun (2001), ER (2002), and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021). In 2016, he received his first Grammy Award, winning Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media for Miles Ahead's soundtrack. In 2022, he received a second Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for his narration of the audiobook Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation from John Lewis; he also received a Tony Award for Best Musical as a producer for the musical A Strange Loop.
Don Cheadle
Joseph Paulus
for Joseph Paulus in Leilani: Mystery Island
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Ben Sinclair sailed across the Pacific ten years ago and was shipwrecked, on his mysterious and adventurous journey home he sailed on the wreck of his ship, he had not enough food or water, after his journey he allegedly, as he later wrote in his book, got into a mysterious island that is not charted anywhere and on which is located, as he calls paradise on earth, he says that he has seen species of animals that do not live elsewhere, but because he has no proof of the existence of this island, no one believes him. He doesnt give up on his dream island, for 10 years he tries to find and map it, he named it Leilani, means Heavenly Flower. Finally, they manage to find out the location of the island, they assemble a team for their expedition. Team: James Wong, Mike Webster, André Magnusson, Charles LaFrance, Richard Gilmour, José Florés and Julia Jacobs. They embark on a voyage across the Pacific to a mysterious, unexplored island. On the island facing dangerous animals and plants. Ben and Julia fall in love. The adventurous expedition gained a lot of knowledge, soil sample, a herbarium, and photographic records of all the animals discovered there. Among the animals are various new species such as Golden Frigatebird, Pacific Puffin, Gold Panda, Leilanian Jaguar, Lemur, Leilan Devil, Leilan Tiger, Kangaroo, Koala, Pacific Elephant, also extinct species such as Moa, Dodo, Joseph Paulus, Meganeura, Titanoboa, Haast's eagle, Tasmanian Tiger, Gigantopitecus, Megatherium
