By Penny Bancroft
FROM WIMIPEDIA COMMONS
Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. (/ˈtʃiːdəl/, CHEE-dəl; 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.
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 Soderbergh acting 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 his portrayal of 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 in the beginning with Iron Man 2 (2010).
On television, Cheadle earned nominations for 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 the soundtrack Miles Ahead. 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.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- Wendell Phillips (abolitionist crusader) –
- Morrison Remick Waite (Chief Justice) –
- Louisa May Alcott (author) –
- Sir John Ambrose Fleming (physicist) –
- C. S. Lewis (novelist) –
- Merle Travis (musician) –
- Dilhan Eryurt (Turkish astrophysicist) –
- John Mayall (musician) –
- Chuck Mangione (musician) –
- Suzy Chaffee (Olympic skier) –
- Garry Shandling (comedian) –
- Joel Coen (director, producer, & writer) –
- Howie Mandel (comedian, actor, & television host) –
- Andrew McCarthy (actor) –
- Don Cheadle (actor) –
- Anna Faris (actress) –
- Chadwick Boseman (actor) –
Died
- Sir Charles Stanley (4th Viscount Monck; first governor-general of Canada) –
- Natalie Wood (actress) –
- Cary Grant (actor) –
- George Harrison (musician; member of The Beatles) –
- John D. Barrymore (actor) –
- Wendie Jo Sperber (actress) –
Events
- Committee of Secret Correspondence organized by 2nd Continental Congress–
- Fire destroyed much of Maryland Agricultural College, in College Park, Maryland–
- Richard E. Byrd and pilot Bernt Balchen, in the Floyd Bennett, were first to fly over the South Pole–
- Doctors Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas performed the first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome–
- The first helicopter hoist rescue took place, at Penfield Reef, Connecticut–
- Kukla, Fran and Ollie debuted on television–
- Enos became the first chimp to orbit Earth–
- President Lyndon B. Johnson established the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy–
- English was used for the first time during a U.S. Catholic Mass.–
- Pong, a coin-operated video game, debuted–
- Megamouth shark caught off Catalina Island, California–
- Ensemble of 1,013 cellists played in Kobe, Japan, setting world record–
Weather
- Major Henry Hitchcock, during Sherman’s March, Georgia, wrote: “Weather so warm that I could not wear any cape after 10 a.m. Afternoon perfectly lovely and tonight beautiful starlight: Atmosphere dense and smoke from campfires hangs low.”–
- Nine inches of snow fell on New York City–
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