As PR executive Marty Kaan on Showtime’s House of Lies, which returns tonight at 10 PM for its
second season, Don Cheadle is a sublime slime. (Make that an
Emmy-nominated sublime slime!)
But in the current Iron Man film series, Cheadle’s James ‘Rhodey’ Rhodes uses the
powers from his War Machine suit only for good. And the versatile actor was nominated for an
Oscar for his 2004 role as Paul Rusesabagina, a noble African innkeeper
rescuing Tutsi refugees from genocide in Hotel
Rwanda.
In the fall of ‘92, the now 48-year-old Kansas City native had checked guests into a much cheerier
establishment in Miami, making his series regular debut as put-upon desk clerk Roland
Wilson on CBS’ Golden Girls much
maligned sequel sitcom, Golden Palace. Today, Palace producer
Tony Thomas looks back on the casting which helped launch the lauded actor's career. “Don Cheadle is a brilliant actor whom I’ve often seen since,
and said, ‘I’m so sorry we gave you that material.’”
At the time, Thomas worried he might have
ruined Cheadle’s career.
Hardly.
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