Don Cheadle and his wife have been together for nearly 30 years

Bridgid Coulter and Don Cheadle at the ‘American Fiction’ Los Angeles on December 5, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California. Photo:

The Hotel Rwanda actor and his longtime partner Coulter met in the 1990s but waited until they had been dating for 28 years to take their relationship to the next level.

Although they didn’t get married until early 2020, wedding bells have been on the mind for quite some time. In a 2021 interview with Entertainment Tonight, the Space Jam: A New Legacy star joked that it was tax purposes that finally made the couple take the leap into married life.

Don Cheadle and Bridgid Coulter in 2022.

Coulter previously worked as an actress and has had leading roles in many movies and television shows including Rosewood, Martin, Family Matters and Always Outnumbered.

Her wedding to Cheadle was very intimate

Don Cheadle and Bridgid Coulter attend the ‘White Noise’ and opening ceremony red carpet at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2022 in Venice, Italy.

Cheadle revealed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in June 2021 that he and Coulter had married amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. A pandemic wedding meant that the pair had a very private, intimate ceremony at home — something that Cheadle said made the wedding extra special.

Don Cheadle and Bridgid Coulter with their kids Imani and Tai Cheadle in 2015.

Bridgid Coulter speaks onstage during the 2024 CROWN Awards on June 14, 2024 in Culver City, California.

“It was really all about this grounding, sophisticated, but still feminine [aesthetic where] a man can work there and not feel ‘girly,’ but a woman can work there and feel powerful and embraced,” Coulter told The Hollywood Reporter of Blackbird in 2019. “I wanted it to feel warm [and symbolize] this concept of home, this place you can come and you feel get work done, or you can get a meditation in, and you can get some community and some kombucha.”

For those looking to delve into the world of entrepreneurship, Coulter offered up some business tips during a July 2023 appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show.

Don Cheadle and Bridgid Coulter in 2022.

“I’ve always been conscious of space and how it makes me feel, whether it is inspired or hugged or warm,” she told USA Today in April 2022. “For me, space is an experience, and we spend so much time in interior space that I think being mindful of the space [we’re in] is important.”