Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, producer, and director. Known for his dramatic roles on stage and screen, he is widely regarded as one of the best actors of his generation, with The New York Times declaring him the greatest actor of the 21st century in 2020. Over his career, he has received several accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award. Washington has been honoured with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2016, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2019, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2022. After training at the American Conservatory Theatre, Washington began his career in theatre, acting in performances off-Broadway. He first came to prominence in the NBC medical drama series St. Elsewhere (1982–1988) and in the war film A Soldier's Story (1984). He won two Academy Awards, his first for Best Supporting Actor for playing an American Civil War soldier in the war drama Glory (1989) and his second for Best Actor for playing a corrupt police officer in the crime thriller Training Day (2001). He was Oscar-nominated for his performances in Cry Freedom (1987), Malcolm X (1992), The Hurricane (1999), Flight (2012), Fences (2016), Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017), and The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). A prominent leading man, Washington also acted in Mo' Better Blues (1990), Mississippi Masala (1991), Philadelphia (1993), Courage Under Fire (1996), Remember the Titans (2000), Man on Fire (2004), Inside Man (2006), American Gangster (2007), and The Equalizer trilogy (2014–2023). Washington directed and starred in the films Antwone Fisher (2002), The Great Debaters (2007), and Fences (2016). On stage, he has acted in productions of both Coriolanus (1979) and The Tragedy of Richard III (1990) at the Public Theater. He made his Broadway debut in the Ron Milner play Checkmates (1988). He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as a disillusioned working-class father in the Broadway revival of August Wilson's play Fences (2010). He has also acted in the Broadway revivals of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (2005), Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun (2014), and Eugene O'Neill's play The Iceman Cometh (2018). Description above from the Wikipedia article Denzel Washington, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Mount Vernon, New York, USA
    Birthday
    12/28/1954
Inside Man
Inside Man
7.4
Training Day
Training Day
7.5
Out of Time
Out of Time
6.3
Malcolm X
Malcolm X
7.5
Remember the Titans
Remember the Titans
7.6
Courage Under Fire
Courage Under Fire
6.5
The Hurricane
The Hurricane
7.4
The Book of Eli
The Book of Eli
6.8
American Gangster
American Gangster
7.6
The Mighty Quinn
The Mighty Quinn
6.2
The Preacher's Wife
The Preacher's Wife
5.8
Déjà Vu
Déjà Vu
6.9
John Q
John Q
7.1
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
6.9
Devil in a Blue Dress
Devil in a Blue Dress
6.4
Crimson Tide
Crimson Tide
7.2
Fallen
Fallen
6.8
He Got Game
He Got Game
6.7
The Bone Collector
The Bone Collector
6.8
Man on Fire
Man on Fire
7.5
Virtuosity
Virtuosity
5.5
Ricochet
Ricochet
6.1
A Soldier's Story
A Soldier's Story
6.8
The Pelican Brief
The Pelican Brief
6.6
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
7.7
Cry Freedom
Cry Freedom
7
Glory
Glory
7.5
The Siege
The Siege
6.3
Antwone Fisher
Antwone Fisher
6.9
Gladiator II
Gladiator II
6.7
The Great Debaters
The Great Debaters
7.3
The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate
6.5
Mississippi Masala
Mississippi Masala
6.3
Heart Condition
Heart Condition
5.5
Mo' Better Blues
Mo' Better Blues
6.5
The George McKenna Story
The George McKenna Story
6.2
For Queen & Country
For Queen & Country
5.3
Unstoppable
Unstoppable
6.6
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
6.4
Power
Power
5.9
License to Kill
License to Kill
5.8
The Equalizer 3
The Equalizer 3
7.3
Carbon Copy
Carbon Copy
5.7
Safe House
Safe House
6.5
The Equalizer
The Equalizer
7.3
2 Guns
2 Guns
6.5
Flight
Flight
6.8
The Magnificent Seven
The Magnificent Seven
6.4
The Equalizer 2
The Equalizer 2
6.8
Rabbit Ears - Anansi
0
Rabbit Ears - John Henry
0
Wilma
Wilma
6.3
Coriolanus
Coriolanus
6
Flesh & Blood
Flesh & Blood
5
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
6.7
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
5
Sidney
Sidney
7.7
Giving Voice
Giving Voice
6.4
Fences
Fences
6.9
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
5
And the Oscar Goes To...
And the Oscar Goes To...
7
Chasing Trane
Chasing Trane
7.3
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
6.3
Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway
Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway
8
The Tragedy of Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth
6.9
The Little Things
The Little Things
6.3
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
4.6
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
8.1
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
8
Denzel Washington: American Icon
Denzel Washington: American Icon
1
Straight from the Streets
6.5
The Making of Gladiator II
The Making of Gladiator II
0
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
0
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