Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle poses at the Le Parker Meridien hotel in New York, Nov. 15, 2004.

Don Cheadle arrives for the premiere of the movie, "Crash," April 26, 2005, at The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, Calif. Cheadle produced the movie, in which he also stars. The Kansas City, Mo., native has dozens of films and TV appearances to his credit.

Don Cheadle poses with his partner, Bridgid Coulter, right, and co-star Sophie Okonedo as they arrive for the 77th Academy Awards Feb. 27, 2005, in Los Angeles. Cheadle was nominated for an Oscar for best actor in a leading role for his work in "Hotel Rwanda." Okonedo was nominated for an Oscar for best actress in a supporting role for her work in "Hotel Rwanda."

Cheadle arrives with Bridgid Coulter for the 77th Academy Awards Feb. 27, 2005, in Los Angeles. An actress, Coulter played Cheadle's wife in John Singleton's 1997 movie "Rosewood."

Cheadle arrives at Ebony Magazine's Pre-Oscar Salute to Hollywood in Beverly Hills, Calif. Feb. 24, 2005.

Cheadle is shown before a news conference about his movie, "Hotel Rwanda," at the 55th International film festival Berlinale in Berlin Feb. 11, 2005. After starring in the film about the early 1990s Rwandan genocide, Cheadle became an activist to raise awareness of the mid-2000s genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan.

Director Terry George, actress Sophie Okonedo and Don Cheadle, from left, pose together at the 55th. International film festival Berlinale in Berlin Feb. 11, 2005.

In this image released by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Chris Rock, host of the 77th Academy Awards, left, joins Jamie Foxx , center, who would later win for best actor in his role in "Ray," and Don Cheadle, who was nominated for best actor in his role in "Hotel Rwanda," at the Oscar nominees luncheon, Feb. 7, 2005, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

In this promotional photo provided by United Artists, actors Sophie Okonedo, left, and Don Cheadle appear in a scene from "Hotel Rwanda." That movie led Cheadle to activism and in January 2005 he traveled to Sudan with five members of congress to see refugee camps and to meet survivors of the genocide there.

Cheadle discusses his trip to the Darfur region of the Sudan with members of the U.S. Congress during a news conference on Capitol Hill Jan. 27, 2005. From left are: Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., Cheadle and Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash.

Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, and producer Jerry Weintraub pose in Berlin Dec. 15, 2004, before a press conference for the German premiere of their new film "Ocean's Twelve."

Don Cheadle and Bridgid Coulter arrive at the premiere of "Ocean's Twelve" in Los Angeles Dec. 8, 2004. Cheadle got his big-screen break in 1987's "Hamburger Hill" and won awards for his portrayal of Mouse Alexander in "Devil In A Blue Dress."

Cheadle waves as he arrives for a press conference for "Crash" at the Toronto International Film Festival Sept. 11, 2004.

Cheadle arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "The Manchurian Candidate" July 22, 2004.

Don Cheadle, from right, poses with writer Antwone Fisher, actor/director Denzel Washington and his wife, Pauletta, as they arrive at the Broadcast Film Critics Association 8th Annual Critics Choice Awards, in Beverly Hills, Calif., Jan. 17, 2003. Washington presented Fisher with the Freedom Award.

Cheadle warns spectators to watch out at the hole-in-one contest at the Michael Douglas and Friends Celebrity Golf tournament for charity at the Ojai Valley Inn and Spa in Ojai, Calif., June 30, 2002.

Cast members from the movie "Swordfish" from left, John Travolta, Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman, and Don Cheadle, joke around before the movie's premiere June 4, 2001, in Los Angeles.

The cast of "Traffic" holds up the awards they won for outstanding performance by the cast of a theatrical motion picture, at the 7th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, March 11, 2001, in Los Angeles. From left: Steven Bauer, Jacob Vargas, Benjamin Bratt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas, Erika Christensen, Topher Grace, and Luis Guzman. At bottom left is Don Cheadle.

Actors Luis Guzman and Don Cheadle of the film "Traffic" arrive at the 7th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, March 11, 2001, in Los Angeles.

Don Cheadle, who played Sammy Davis Jr. in "The Rat Pack," and Gregory Peck, who starred in "Moby Dick," show off their awards for acting in a series, miniseries or TV movie at the 56th annual Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, Calif., Jan. 24, 1999.