Denzel Washington

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Denzel Washington: Biography

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Birth Name: Denzel Washington Jr.
Birth Place: Mount Vernon, NY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 12/28/1954, Capricorn
Profession: Actor; director; producer

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Denzel Washington: TV Guide News

Denzel Washington Circles Robert Ludlum Thriller | Movie News | 4/6/2008
Does MGM have a Bourne winner? The studio has beat out several rivals to grab rights to Robert Ludlum's The Matarese Circle (shop Amazon), a Cold War-set thriller about two spies, one from the CIA and one from the KGB, who reluctantly team up to bring down an international cabal of killers called the Matarese.Michael Brandt and Derek Haas (3:10 to Yuma) will pen the script, and Denzel Washington is loosely attached to play the American agent. — Matt MitovichMore movie news:• Box Office: 21 Does a Number on George Clooney• Film Icon Charlton Heston Dead at 84• 24's Rajskub Cooks Up Role in Julie and Julia read more
Stars' Former Professions That Turned Out to Be Dead Ends | TV Guide's Lists of Worsts, Bests And All the Rest | 11/14/2007
It's a good thing they quit their day jobs....1) Brad Pitt: Restaurant mascot 2) Denzel Washington: Coffin polisher3) Jerry Seinfeld: Phone sales (lightbulbs) 4) Ellen DeGeneres: Oyster shucker5) Jack Nicholson: Toy-store employee6) Lucy Liu: Pajama-factory worker7) Tom Hanks: Bellboy8) Jim Carrey: Janitor9) Jerry Springer: Cincinnati mayor10) Charles Bronson: Coal miner11) David Letterman: Weatherman12) Jay Leno: Mechanic13) Norm MacDonald: Garbage collector14) Mr. T: Gym teacher15) Danny DeVito: Hairdresser16) Quentin Tarantino: Video-store clerk17) Ken Kercheval: Cemetery-plot salesman18) Whoopi Goldberg: Funeral-parlor makeup artist19) Calista Flockhart: Aerobics instructor20) Josh Holloway: Chicken-farm worker21) Robin Williams: Street mime22) Bruce Willis and Sandra Bullock: Bartender23) Lorenzo Lamas: Fry cook24) Dennis Franz: Postman25) Carroll O’Connor: Substitute teacher26) Carol Burnett: Hatcheck girl27) Steve Buscemi: Fireman28) John Goodman: Bouncer29) Groucho... read more
DVD Tuesday: Subway Nightmares — The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Ask FlickChick | 9/25/2007
So, Denzel Washington is starring in a remake of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) for director Tony Scott, with a new screenplay by David Koepp. Now, Washington and Koepp are very talented and Scott can get a movie made, but among movies in no need of remaking, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three ranks high on the list. So this week's DVD Tuesday is dedicated to the original, in all its grimy glory.How do you steal a New York City subway train? Former movie publicist Morton Freedgood figured out a way, and his 1973 novel, written under the pseudonym "John Godey," was snapped up before publication and immediately put into production under director Joseph Sargent and screenwriter Peter Stone. Needless to say, city officials and representatives of the Metropolitan Transit Authority weren't wild about the story of four identically dressed hijackers, hiding behind color-coded nicknames (what's betting this is where Quentin Tarantino, connoisseur of all things down and dirty, got... read more
Denzel Takes the Pelham 1, 2, 3, and More Movie News | Today's News: Our Take | 9/24/2007
Denzel Washington will channel Walter Matthau in an update of the 1974 film The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3, in which four hijackers hold a subway train's passengers for ransom. David Koepp penned the screenplay.... Also per Variety, Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac will dance and sing as soul legends begrudgingly reunited on tour in the comedy Soul Men (C. Thomas Howell not included).... Jason Bateman is joining Brad Pitt and Edward Norton in the feature take on the U.K. miniseries State of Play.... Per the Reporter, Ben Kingsley is William Shakespeare in a movie based on Will, a new novel concerning the Bard's deathbed confab with his lawyer. read more
At the Movies: Fraser In, Weisz Out of Mummy 3 | Today's News: Our Take | 4/12/2007
Per Variety, Brendan Fraser has finally signed on the dotted line for The Mummy 3, but leading lady Rachel Weisz took a big, fat pass. The follow-up, penned by Smallville's Miles Millar and Al Gough, features Jet Li as the baddie.... Producers Dino and Martha De Laurentiis are out to reinvent Barbarella as "a free, modern gal who survives in a futuristic world through her intelligence, fighting skills and sexuality." Hate to say it, but Lindsay Lo just found a franchise (intelligence can always be faked).... Forest Whitaker has joined The Great Debaters, a fact-based drama directed by and featuring Denzel Washington as a small-town college debate-team coach. read more

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red carpet recap, denzel washington courtesy Bobby Bank/WireImage.com

val kilmer, Jim Caviezel, Paula Patton, Denzel Washington courtesy Eric Charbonneau/WireImage.com

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Denzel Washington: TV Listings

Denzel Washington: Credits

Title	Year	Type
80th Academy Awards (Appearing)	2008	TV Show Series
Screen Actors Guild Awards (Appearing)	2008	TV Show Series
American Gangster (Actor - Frank Lucas)	2007	Movie
Big Movie Premiere: American Gangster (Appearing)	2007	TV Show Series
The Great Debaters (Actor - Melvin B. Tolson)	2007	Movie