Denzel Washington
Acting
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).
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
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Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
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Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
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Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
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We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
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Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'
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By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
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The Manchurian Candidate
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People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
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The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
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Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
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Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
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Courage Under Fire
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Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
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Age 39 (now 71)
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
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Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway
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Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
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Age 40 (now 71) Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
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Late Show with David Letterman
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The American Film Institute Salute to ...
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Age 18 (now 71) The American Film Institute Salute to ...
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Also Known As
Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr., Denzel Hayes Washington, دنزل واشینگتون, 丹素·华盛顿, デンゼル ワシントン, دِنزل واشینگتن, دِنزِل هِیز واشینگتن جونیور, Дэнзел Вашингтон, Дэнзэл Вашингтон
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