Denzel Washington - Biography - IMDb. Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. December 2. 8, 1. Mount Vernon, New York. He is the middle of three children of a beautician mother, Lennis (Lowe), from Georgia, and a Pentecostal minister father, Denzel Washington, Sr., from Virginia. After graduating from high school, Denzel enrolled at Fordham University, intent on a career in journalism. However, he caught the acting bug while appearing in student drama productions and, upon graduation, he moved to San Francisco and enrolled at the American Conservatory Theater. He left A. C. T. after only one year to seek work as an actor. His first paid acting role was in a summer stock theater stage production in St. Mary's City, Maryland. The play was "Wings of the Morning", which is about the founding of the colony of Maryland (now the state of Maryland) and the early days of the Maryland colonial assembly (a legislative body). He played the part of a real historical character, Mathias Da Sousa, although much of the dialogue was created. Afterwards he began to pursue screen roles in earnest. With his acting versatility and powerful sexual presence, he had no difficulty finding work in numerous television productions. He made his first big screen appearance in Eine schöne Bescherung (1. Common Sense Note. Parents need to know that compared to other Tony Scott/Denzel Washington thrillers (like Man on Fire), Unstoppable is relatively mild on violence. Denzel Washington is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received three Golden Globe awards, a Tony Award, and two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for the. Early life and education. Washington was born in Mount Vernon, New York. His father, Denzel Hayes Washington, Sr., a native of Buckingham County, Virginia, was an.George Segal. Through the 1. Dr. Philip Chandler in NBC's hit medical series Chefarzt Dr. Westphall (1. 98. Directed by Tony Scott. With Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Ethan Suplee. With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a. Denzel Washington Gives Props to Paralyzed Boxer. At NBC Fight Night. Cool moment with Denzel Washington at the big NBC Fight Night special. the actor fought off. Denzel Washington is an American actor who made his feature film debut in Carbon Copy (1981). In 1982, Washington made his first appearance in the medical drama St. In 1. 98. 9, his film career began to take precedence when he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Tripp, the runaway slave in Edward Zwick's powerful historical masterpiece Glory (1. Through the 1. 99. Denzel co- starred in such big budget productions as Die Akte (1. Philadelphia (1. 99. Crimson Tide - In tiefster Gefahr (1. Rendezvous mit einem Engel (1. Mut zur Wahrheit (1. His work in critically- acclaimed films continued simultaneously, with roles in Malcolm X (1. Hurricane (1. 99. Oscar nominations for Best Actor, before he finally won that statuette in 2. Training Day (2. 00. He continued to define his onscreen persona as the tough, no- nonsense hero through the 2. Inside Man (2. 00. The Book of Eli (2. Die Entführung der U- Bahn Pelham 1 2 3 (2. Safe House (2. 01. Cerebral and meticulous in his film work, he made his debut as a director with Antwone Fisher (2. The Great Debaters (2. During this time period, he also took on the role of producer for some of his films, including The Book of Eli (2. Safe House (2. 01. He lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Pauletta Washington, and their four children.- IMDb Mini Biography By. Tom Mc. Donough. Denzel Washington is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received three Golden Globe awards, a Tony Award, and two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for the historical war drama film Glory (1. Best Actor for his role as a corrupt cop in the crime thriller Training Day (2. Washington has received much critical acclaim for his film work since the 1. South African anti- apartheid activist Steve Biko in Cry Freedom (1. Muslim minister and human rights activist Malcolm X in Malcolm X (1. Rubin "Hurricane" Carter in The Hurricane (1. Herman Boone in Remember the Titans (2. Melvin B. Tolson in The Great Debaters (2. Frank Lucas in American Gangster (2. He has been a featured actor in the films produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and has been a frequent collaborator of directors Spike Lee and the late Tony Scott. In 2. 01. 6 he was selected as the recipient for the Cecil B. De. Mille Lifetime Achievement Award at the 7. Golden Globe Awards. In 2. 01. 0, Washington starred in The Book of Eli, a post- Apocalyptic drama set in the near future. Also in 2. 01. 0, he starred as a veteran railroad engineer in the action film Unstoppable, about an unmanned, half- mile- long runaway freight train carrying dangerous cargo. The film was his fifth and final collaboration with director Tony Scott, following Crimson Tide (1. Man on Fire (2. 00. DГ©j. Г Vu (2. 00. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2. In 2. 01. 2, Washington starred in Flight, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He co- starred with Ryan Reynolds in Safe House, where he prepared for his role by subjecting himself to a torture session that included waterboarding. In 2. 01. 3, Washington starred in 2 Guns, alongside Mark Walberg. In 2. 01. 4 he starred in The Equalizer, an action thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Richard Wenk, based on the television series of same name starring Edward Woodward.- IMDb Mini Biography By.
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