Denzel Washington, American actor, born 28 December 1954 in New York, United States.
Biography and life story of celebrity in English.
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Name in English: Denzel Washington
Full real name: Denzel Hayes Washington Junior
Nickname: Dee
Nationality: United States
Language: English
Religion: Christianity
Date of birth: 28 December 1954
Place of birth: Mont Vernon, New York, United States
Age: 67 years (in 2022)
Astrological Sign: Capricorn
Profession: Actor
Genre: Hollywood Movies
Years of activity: 1982 – present
Social status: Married
Husband: Paulita Pearson (1983-present)
Sons: John David, Katya, Olivia, Malcom
Biography, Life story
Denzel Washington was born on 28 December 1954 in Mont Vernon, New York, United States. When he was 14, he and his older sister were sent to a private school, and in 1977 he studied journalism and graduated from Ford College, then traveled to San Francisco to attend theatre school there, went on to study for a year, then started participating in some television series, until he produced the film Students (Depot) in 1979.
Denzel Washington began acting in 1982 in the television series St. Elsewhere. In 1987, in Richard Attenborough’s Tears of Freedom, this role confirmed its stardom and was even nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Oscar Festival, two years later Denzel Washington received Best Supporting Actor at the Oscar Festival for his role in the 1989 drama film Glory.
Most of his hit films were directed by Spike Lee, especially Malcom X, which gave him the second chance to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. But in 1998 he starred in the film Siege, which is some of the worst American film abusive of Islam. In 1999, he represented the film Bone Collector alongside Angelina Jolie.
Also in 1999 he co-starred in the film Hurricane, which earned the highest revenue and received many awards, most notably the Golden Globe, and was nominated for a new Academy Award for Best Actor. Despite his strong iconic roles in his aforementioned films, he won best lead actor Oscar in a corrupt, inactive cop role in the 2001 film Training Day as the second black in cinema history to win best lead actor Oscar after Sidney Poitier in the 1960s.
He is now one of Hollywood’s great actors and is also a serious actor in their accent. He has talent and harmony in all his roles full of drama, excitement and comedy, and his work is predominantly the embodiment of real stories.
List of works – Filmography
Films
Carbon Copy (1981), License To Kill, A Soldier’s Story (1984), The George McKenna Story, Power (1986), Cry Freedom (1987), The Mighty Quinn, For Queen and Country, Glory (1989), Heart Condition, Mo’ Better Blues (1990), Ricochet (1991), Mississippi Masala, Malcolm X (1992), Much Ado About Nothing, The Pelican Brief, Philadelphia (1993), Crimson Tide, Virtuosity, Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), Courage Under Fire, The Preacher’s Wife (1996), Fallen, He Got Game, The Siege (1998), The Bone Collector, The Hurricane (1999), Remember the Titans, The Loretta Claiborne Story (2000), training (2001), John Q, Antwone Fisher (2002), Out of Time (2003), Man on Fire, The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Inside Man, Déjà Vu (2006), American Gangster, The Great Debaters (2007), The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009), The Book of Eli, Unstoppable (2010), Safe House, Flight (2012), 2 Guns (2013), The Equalizer (2014).
Directing
Denzel brought out two movies:
Anton Fisher (2002), Great Interlocutors (2007).
Awards and Honors
– Nominated for Oscar several times (1988, 1990, 1993, 2000, 2002).
– Won an Oscar in the 1990 Best Supporting Actor category for Glory.
– Won an Oscar in the Best Lead Actor category in 2002 for Training Day.
– Nominated for Golden Globe multiple times (1988, 1990, 1993, 2000, 2002, 2008).
– He won the Golden Globe in the 1990 Best Supporting Actor category for Glory.
– Won the Golden Globe in the Best Lead Actor category in 2000 for The Hurricane.