He took the play and his role in it very seriously.
This passion never died and only grew as he did.
He once said of his college experience, “I loved Cal Arts.
I knew I would be acting all the time there.
This foundation prepared him exceptionally well for what would become a remarkable career.
Unlike many aspiring artists, Cheadle never had to wait tables or work retail.
“I’ve been blessed beyond belief.
I’ve only been an actor to support myself.
To complain would be sinful,” he once said.
He graduated in 1986, and to help him jumpstart his dreams, his parents gave him $500.
CriticslovedCheadle in the role of Washington’s unhinged and violent friend, Mouse.
He ended up deciding to play the role of Buck Swope, a porn star.
I wanted the film to take a deep look at these people and it does,” via Encylopedia.com.
There are issues you’re free to’t not confront.
In America, it’s always an issue," viaBiography.
If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth a watch.
This inspires Cheadle’s character to allow refugees to hide in his hotel, much to his own peril.
This role not only earned Cheadle an Oscar nod but sparked what would eventually become his far-reaching activism.
Back in 2007, he toldReutersof a trip to Rwanda.
Talking with people, breaking bread with them, laughing and playing with their kids.
Those manufactured walls between who we are melted away really fast.
The organization has named Cheadle an “upstander.”
