Academy Award-nominated actor Don Cheadle (‘Hotel Rwanda’) is headed to the small screen as the Kansas City, Missouri native has signed on to star in and executive produce the pilot for ‘House of Lies,’ a half-hour, dark comedy created, written and executive produced by Matthew Carnahan (‘Dirt’).
Based on the hit tell-all book ‘House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Tell You the Time‘ by Martin Kihn, the series will go into production in February 2011 in Los Angeles, CA.
‘House of Lies’ is a subversive, scathing look at a self-loathing management consultant from a top-tier firm. Cheadle will star as Marty, a highly successful, cutthroat consultant who is never above using any means (or anyone) necessary to get his clients the information they want.
“Don Cheadle is one of the great dramatic actors of our generation,” Showtime President of Entertainment David Nevins said in a statement. “He also happens to be an extremely funny man. House of Lies is the perfect show to take advantage of both sides of him. Honestly, I would have been happy just to get his autograph.”
In 2002, Cheadle picked up an Emmy award nomination for his work in the Showtime’s gripping drama ‘Things Behind the Sun,’ and also picked up an Emmy nom for his guest-starring arc in the series ‘E.R.,’ and was twice-nominated for SAG awards for his work on ‘Picket Fences.’
He was last seen on the big screen this past summer in the blockbuster film ‘Iron Man 2,’ in which he replaced Terrence Howard as Col. James ‘Rhodey’ Rhodes/War Machine. He was also seen in the crime drama ‘Brooklyn’s Finest,’ which was directed by Antoine Fuqua and co-starring Wesley Snipes.
