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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
Officer George Stacy
for Officer George Stacy in Spider-Man: Small Time
Suggested by ringothedrummer
Yeah, yeah, we all know the story. Spider bite, uncle dies, become the hero, get the girl. Is there anything we can do to mix up the webhead's origin to make it more than a pale imitation of what's come before? How about focusing on his relationship with his uncle? Instead of dying before the half-way point of the movie, why not have Ben live until the third act? Why not focus on realism? Spider-man can still crack jokes, but why not make New York look like real-life New York, warts and all? Why not take out Supervillains and have Spider-Man fight gangbangers and organized crime? Why not focus on the time between Spider-Man developing his powers and Spider-Man confronting his uncle's killer in real time, rather than just making it a plot point? Why do we need a love interest either? We can make a cool Spider-Man film without a love story. Why not show Spider-Man Small Time?
