Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. (/ ˈ tʃ iː d əl /, CHEE-dəl; born November 29, 1964) [1] [2] 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 ...

Jun 8, 2003 · In a bustling park on a bluff over the Pacific, joggers and poodle-walkers rushed past Mr. Cheadle as he chatted, and nobody gave him a second glance. Part of it was the welcome anonymity...

Jul 14, 2021 · Franklin later connected Cheadle with a young filmmaker named Paul Thomas Anderson, who wanted him to star as a cowboy porn star named Buck Swope. "I was like, 'My parents are alive, I can't do...

Dec 30, 2022 · As a country-music loving cowboy among scores of people in the pornography business, Cheadle’s Buck Swope was different for all the right reasons.

Nov 25, 2016 · He represents three stereotypes of hyper-masculinity – he is a black man, a porn star and, despite protestations by his friends that the look was “over six years ago”, a cowboy. Even his name, Buck, is shared with a stereotype of the virile young black man.

Nov 22, 2022 · In "Boogie Nights," Don Cheadle played one of the oddest characters in the film, Buck Swope, an African American porn star who loved country music and wanted to be a cowboy. Cheadle first made ...

Jun 19, 2008 · In 1995, Don Cheadle gave one of those once-in-a-lifetime performances that made him a star—almost. His hair-trigger performance as Mouse in Devil in a Blue Dress had critics buzzing.

May 1, 2013 · One is spandex and dotted bands and squares; the other was…just a cowboy. But you know, Don Cheadle never imagined himself in either of those get ups, so both of them took a minute to adjust...

Mar 30, 2016 · For nearly three decades, Don Cheadle has excelled as a versatile and compelling screen presence, disappearing into roles as varied as hair-trigger psycho Mouse in Devil in a Blue Dress (1992),...

Jan 9, 2009 · When Don Cheadle’s boss makes fun of him for wearing a cowboy outfit… yeah, the viewer’s supposed to be sympathetic to Cheadle… but also be aware the cowboy thing is dumb. There aren’t any smart principals in Boogie Nights .