Don Cheadle

Actor, Goodwill Ambassador


Biography

“I hope to use my ‘celebrity’ to motivate people and contribute to moving our global society back from the brink. I am surprised environment is not at the top of the agenda. What is more important than food and clean air? We need a big push.”

Don Cheadle, an award-winning actor, lends his voice to raising awareness on climate change and actively campaigns for the end of genocide in Darfur, Sudan. Together with George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, David Pressman and Jerry Weintraub, he founded the Not On Our Watch Project—an organization which draws upon the voices of cultural leaders to protect and assist the vulnerable, marginalized and displaced. In 2007, Cheadle and fellow actor George Clooney were presented with the Summit Peace Award for their work to stop the genocide and relieve the suffering of the people of Darfur.

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Don Cheadle