• 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 Fast Facts:
  • In his sophomore year in college, a professor encouraged him to pursue a career in acting.
  • In 1978, attended the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.
  • In April 2005, starred as Brutus in a Broadway production of Julius Caesar.
  • Has won seven NAACP Image Awards for leading roles and two for supporting roles.
  • Was the lead actor in such Spike Lee films as Mo' Better BluesHe Got Game, Inside Man and Malcolm X
  • Real-life characters he played, besides Malcolm X, include another activist, Steve Biko, as well as educator  Melvin B. Tolson, football coach Herman Boone, crime boss Frank Lucas and boxer Rubin Carter.
  • When Carter learned that Washington would portray him in the film The Hurricane, he joked to USA Today that "the only thing I didn't know till I saw Denzel playing me is how good-looking I am."
  • When he and Russell Crowe teamed up in the 2007 crime drama American Gangster, the Oscar-winning actors recalled Crowe's audition for the 1995 film Virtuosity, in which Crowe inadvertently spit on Washington. Crowe kidded to Entertainment Weekly that his first thought was "I might as well go home and hang myself now." (He got the part.)
  • Copped a Tony in 2010 (his first such nomination) for his performance as a sanitation worker in the play Fences. His performance was praised by the Chicago Tribune for conveying "the poignancy of a man denied his shot."
  • Denzel Washington Relationships:
  • David Washington - Brother
  • Denzel Washington Sr. - Father
  • John David Washington - Son
  • Katia Washington - Daughter
  • Lennis 'Lynne' Washington - Mother
  • Lorice Washington - Sister
  • Malcolm Washington - Son
  • Olivia Washington - Daughter
  • Pauletta Washington - Wife
  • Denzel Washington Awards:
  • 2001 Emmy: Outstanding Non-Fiction Special (Informational) - Nominee
  • 1995 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Special - Nominee
  • 1990 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Winner
  • 1988 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
  • 1993 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
  • 2000 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Winner
  • 2002 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
  • 1992 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1999 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 2001 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Winner
  • 1987 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Nominee
  • 1989 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Winner
  • 2008 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
  • 2010 Tony: Actor (Play) - Winner
  • 2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture - Nominee
  • 2001 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1999 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 2000 Berlin Film Festival: Silver Bear for Best Actor - Winner
  • College:
  • Fordham University, New York, NY (BA in Journalism, 1977)
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