Don Cheadle

Despite being engaging and immensely talented, actor Don Cheadle spent several years making thankless guest appearances on TV dramas and sitcoms before landing the role of fastidious hotel manager of "The Golden Palace" (1992-93), the CBS sitcom spin-off from the successful series, "The Golden Girls.” Largely chameleon-like throughout his career, Cheadle broke out with a critically acclaimed performance in Carl Franklin’s crime thriller, “Devil in a Blue Dress” (1995). He began garnering larger and more prominent roles, including a fine turn as a down-and-out porn actor in “Boogie Nights”