I also believe that you are what you have to defend, and if you're a black man that's always going to be the bar against which you are judged, whether you want to align yourself with those themes or not. You can think of yourself as a colourless person, but nobody else is gonna.

Many Hollywood actors were expected to play in the tournament which had a $5000 buy-in. In 1992 he received a supporting role in The Golden Girls spin-off The Golden Palace. He also played the role of Jack in the April 1 1988 "Jung and the Restless" episode of Night Court.

Along with George Clooney Brad Pitt Matt Damon David Pressman and Jerry Weintraub Cheadle co-founded the Not On Our Watch Project an organization focusing global attention and resources to stop and prevent mass atrocities. Environment Program Goodwill Ambassador. He then started a collaboration with director Steven Soderbergh that resulted in the movies Out of Sight Traffic and Ocean's Eleven.