RECENT CREDITS
Crash (TV)  Nov. 13, 2009
Hotel for Dogs (FILM)  Jan. 16, 2009
Traitor (FILM)  Aug. 27, 2008


HIGHLIGHTS
2009 Co-starred in "Hotel for Dogs," a film adaptation of the Lois Duncan novel of the same name
2007 Re-teamed with the original cast for "Ocean's 13"
2007 Portrayed Ralph "Petey" Greene, a real-life ex-con-turned-radio and TV host in "Talk to Me"; earned an Independent Spirit Award Nomination for Best Actor
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Iron Man 2  2010 -James "Rhodey" Rhodes
Actor
Film


Brooklyn's Finest  2010 -Tango
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


The People Speak   -Cast
Actor
TV


The Guard   -Cast
Actor
Film


Toussaint   -Toussaint Louverture
Actor
Film


Avengers  2012 -James "Rhodey" Rhodes
Actor
Film


Screenplay
Film


Iron Man 3   -James "Rhodey" Rhodes
Actor
Film


Marching Powder   -Thomas McFadden
Producer, Actor
Film


Miles Davis   -Cast
Director, Producer, Actor
Film


Broken Adonis   -Cast
Actor
Film


Producer
Film


Director, Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Hotel for Dogs  2009 -Bernie
Actor
Film


Crash  2008-2009
Co-Executive Producer
TV
Expand


Traitor  2008 -Samir Horn, (UK)
Producer, Actor, Casting
Film


Actor
TV


African American Lives 2  2008 -Himself
Actor
TV
Expand


Actor
TV


Darfur Now  2007 -Cast
Producer, Actor
Film


Talk to Me  2007 -Ralph Waldo "Petey" Green
Actor, Executive Producer, Song Performer
Film


BET Awards '07  2007 -BET Humanitarian Award Recipient
Actor
TV


Ocean's 13  2007 -Basher Tarr/Fender Roads
Actor
Film


The Dog Problem  2007 -Dr Nourmand
Actor
Film


Reign Over Me  2007 -Alan Johnson
Actor
Film


Narrator
Film


2005 Black Movie Awards  2005 -Performer
Actor
TV


Crash  2005 -Graham
Actor
Film


20th Independent Spirit Awards  2005 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


The Assassination of Richard Nixon  2004 -Bonny Simmons
Actor
Film


Hotel Rwanda  2004 -Paul Rusesbagina
Actor
Film


Ocean's Twelve  2004 -Basher Tarr
Actor
Film


MovieReal  2004 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


After the Sunset  2004 -Henri Moore
Actor
Film


The United States of Leland  2004 -Pearl Madison
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Celebrity Poker Showdown  2003 -Contestant
Actor
TV


Manic  2003 -Doctor David Monroe
Actor
Film


Real Time with Bill Maher  2003 -Panelist
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


The Heroes of Black Comedy  2002 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Ocean's Eleven  2001 -Basher Tarr
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Actor
TV
Expand


Things Behind The Sun  2001 -Chuck
Actor
TV


Swordfish  2001 -Agent Roberts
Actor
Film


Traffic  2000 -Montel Gordon
Actor
Film


The Family Man  2000 -Cash
Actor
Film


Fail Safe  2000 -Co-Pilot Pierce
Actor
TV


Mission to Mars  2000 -Luke Graham
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


A Lesson Before Dying  1999 -Grant Wiggins
Actor
TV


14th Independent Spirit Awards  1999 -Presenter
Actor
TV


The 30th NAACP Image Awards  1999 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Out of Sight  1998 -Maurice Miller
Actor
Film


Bulworth  1998 -L D
Actor
Film


Boogie Nights  1997 -Buck Swope
Actor
Film


Volcano  1997 -Emmit Reese
Actor
Film


Rosewood  1997 -Sylvester
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Actor
Film


Devil in A Blue Dress  1995 -Mouse
Actor
Film


ER  2002 -Paul Nathan
Actor
TV
Expand


Lush Life  1994 -Jack
Actor
TV


Punk  1993 -Jackie Lee
Actor
TV


The Meteor Man  1993 -Goldilocks
Actor
Film


The Golden Palace  1992 -Roland Wilson
Actor
TV


Roadside Prophets  1992 -Happy Days Manager
Actor
Film


In the House  1991 -Derrick Brantley
Actor
TV


The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air  1990 -Ice Tray
Actor
TV


The Simpsons  1990 -Brother Faith
Voice
TV
Expand


Colors  1988 -Rocket
Actor
Film


Hamburger Hill  1987 -Washburn
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Picket Fences   -Jonathan Littleton
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


The Rat Pack   -Sammy Davis Jr
Actor
Film




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Highlights

2009 Co-starred in "Hotel for Dogs," a film adaptation of the Lois Duncan novel of the same name
2007 Re-teamed with the original cast for "Ocean's 13"
2007 Portrayed Ralph "Petey" Greene, a real-life ex-con-turned-radio and TV host in "Talk to Me"; earned an Independent Spirit Award Nomination for Best Actor
2005 Produced and starred in Paul Haggis' directorial debut "Crash," a multicharacter study of L.A. race relations; earned a SAG nomination for Best Supporting Actor
2004 Reunited with original cast for "Ocean's Twelve" again directed by Steven Soderbergh
2004 Portrayed Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsis refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Terry George's "Hotel Rwanda"; received a Golden Globe, SAG an
2004 Cast opposite Naomi Watts, Sean Penn and Jack Thompson in "The Assassination of Richard Nixon"
2003 Received grammy nomination for Best Spoken Word Album for "Fear Itself"
2002 Had a recurring role on the NBC drama "ER" as Paul Nathan, a med student who suffers from Parkinson's disease; received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (2003)
2001 Portrayed the manager-lover of a troubled rock singer in "Things Behind the Sun"; screened at Sundance
2001 Acted opposite Jeffery Wright in Suzan-Lori Parks' Off-Broadway drama, "Topdog/Underdog"; was unable to recreate role on Broadway in 2002 due to scheduling conflicts
2001 Again collaborated with Clooney and Soderbergh for the "Ocean's Eleven" remake
2000 Reteamed with Soderbergh to play a DEA agent in "Traffic"
2000 Wrote and directed the digital film "The Jesse Borr Story" (lensed 2000)
1999 Had lead in the HBO adaptation of "A Lesson Before Dying"; received Emmy nomination
1998 Had featured role of L.D., a moralist gang leader, in "Bulworth"
1998 Cast as Sammy Davis Jr in the HBO movie "The Rat Pack"; received Emmy nomination
1998 Played Snoopy, a psychopathic killer in Steven Soderbergh's "Out of Sight," co- starring George Clooney
1997 Co-starred in John Singleton's underrated "Rosewood," as a piano teacher who stands up to racists
1997 Appeared as porn star Buck Swope in "Boogie Nights"
1995 Breakthrough role as Mouse, the psychopathic sidekick to Denzel Washington's Easy Rawlings in "Devil in a Blue Dress"
1993 Played recurring role of Bennie on "Hangin' With Mr. Cooper" (ABC)
1993 - 1995 Played district attorney Jonathan Littleton on the CBS drama series "Picket Fences"
1992 - 1993 TV series debut as the overly competent hotel manager in "The Golden Palace," the CBS spin-off of "The Golden Girls"
1991 Starred and co-wrote the theme for the unsold NBC comedy pilot "In the House"
1988 Played pivotal role of Rocket, a murderous gang member, in the drama "Colors"
1987 TV debut, guest shot on "Hill Street Blues" (NBC)
1985 Feature film debut, "Moving Violations"
Born in Kansas City, Missouri
Raised in Lincoln, Nebraska and Denver, Colorado
Had first acting role in a fifth grade production of "Charlotte's Web"; cast as the rat Templeton
Acted with the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota and with the New York Shakespeare Festival in NYC's Central Park
Replaced Terrence Howard as Jim Rhodes, best friend to Downey's Tony Stark in the sequel to "Iron Man" (due out in summer 2010)


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