Brother of Colin Cheadle.

Hotel Rwanda (2004) is ranked #90 on the American Film Institute's 100 Most Inspiring Movies of All Time, the most recent entry on the list.

Appears uncredited in two back-to-back movies, Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Ocean's Eleven (2001). He played a criminal in both films.

Sister is a teacher in Washington, D.C. and his brother works in Denver's mayor's office

Was considered for the role of Huggy Bear in Starsky & Hutch (2004).

Lives with Bridgid Coulter, who plays his wife in Rosewood (1997) [1997]

The son of a child psychologist and teacher

Briefly worked as a stand-up comic early in his career.

Got his first big break starring as the hotel clerk on the short lived "The Golden Girls" (1985) spin-off "The Golden Palace" (1992) alongside Cheech Marin.

After acting in Hotel Rwanda (2004), a film about the early 1990s Rwandan genocide, he became an activist to raise awareness of the mid-2000s genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. In January 2005, he traveled to Sudan with five members of Congress to see refugee camps and to meet survivors of the genocide. Upon his return, he reported on his trip for "ABC News Nightline" (1980).

He and Bridgid Coulter have two daughters (born in 1995 and 1997).

Plays the saxophone

Graduated from East High School in Denver, Colorado.

Has a sister, Cindy.

In July 2005, he officially toured the Hotel des Milles Collines in Kigali, Rwanda on which the film Hotel Rwanda (2004) is based.

Appeared in The Rat Pack (1998) (TV) as Sammy Davis Jr., who along with the other Rat Pack members, appeared in the original _Ocean's 11_(1960)_. Cheadle then appeared in the remake, Ocean's Eleven (2001).

Has a half-brother named Andrew Kilbourne.

Drives a hybrid car, Toyota Prius.