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Denzel Washington

1954-12-28 Mount Vernon, New York, USA

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Biografia

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Denzel Washington, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Películas

The Making of Gladiator II Self 2024-11-18
Denzel Washington: American Icon Self 2024-10-24
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision Self 2024-11-21
Gladiator II Macrinus 2024-11-05
The Equalizer 3 Robert McCall 2023-08-30
Sidney Self 2022-09-10
Denzel Washington : Un modèle américain Self (archive footage) 2022-10-15
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend Self (archive footage) 2021-01-02
The Tragedy of Macbeth Macbeth 2021-12-05
The Little Things Joe 'Deke' Deacon 2021-01-28
Giving Voice Self 2020-01-26
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King Self (archive footage) 2020-08-30
The Equalizer 2 Robert McCall 2018-07-19
Roman J. Israel, Esq. Roman J. Israel 2017-11-17
Chasing Trane John Coltrane (voice) 2017-04-14
The Magnificent Seven Sam Chisolm 2016-09-14
Fences Troy Maxson 2016-12-16
The Equalizer Robert McCall 2014-09-24
And the Oscar Goes To... Self (archive footage) 2014-02-01
2 Guns Robert 'Bobby' Trench 2013-08-02
Safe House Tobin Frost 2012-02-08
Flight Whip Whitaker 2012-11-02
Unstoppable Frank Barnes 2010-11-04
The Book of Eli Eli 2010-01-14
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial Self 2009-01-18
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 Walter Garber 2009-06-10
American Gangster Frank Lucas 2007-11-02
The Great Debaters Melvin B. Tolson 2007-12-25
Déjà Vu Doug Carlin 2006-11-22
Inside Man Keith Frazier 2006-03-17
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' Self 2005-02-08
The Manchurian Candidate Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco 2004-07-30
Man on Fire John W. Creasy 2004-04-23
Out of Time Matt Lee Whitlock 2003-10-03
John Q John Quincy Archibald 2002-02-15
Antwone Fisher Dr. Jerome Davenport 2002-12-19
Training Day Alonzo 2001-10-05
Remember the Titans Coach Herman Boone 2000-09-29
Straight from the Streets Self 2000-09-19
The Hurricane Rubin "Hurricane" Carter 1999-09-17
The Bone Collector Lincoln Rhyme 1999-11-04
Fallen John Hobbes 1998-01-16
He Got Game Jake Shuttlesworth 1998-05-01
The Siege Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard 1998-11-06
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special Humpty Dumpty / The Crooked Man (voice) 1997-10-12
The Preacher's Wife Dudley 1996-12-13
Courage Under Fire Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling 1996-07-04
Virtuosity Parker Barnes 1995-08-04
Crimson Tide Lt. Commander Ronald "Ron" Hunter 1995-05-12
Devil in a Blue Dress Easy Rawlins 1995-09-29
Philadelphia Joe Miller 1993-12-22
Much Ado About Nothing Don Pedro of Aragon 1993-05-07
The Pelican Brief Gray Grantham 1993-09-17
Malcolm X Malcolm X 1992-11-18
Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway Narrator 1992-11-02
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II Narrator 1992-11-11
Mississippi Masala Demetrius Williams 1991-09-18
Ricochet Nick Styles 1991-10-04
Rabbit Ears - Anansi Narrator (voice) 1991-08-17
Heart Condition Napoleon Stone 1990-02-02
Rabbit Ears - John Henry Narrator (voice) 1990-09-01
Mo' Better Blues Bleek Gilliam 1990-08-03
The Mighty Quinn Xavier Quinn 1989-02-17
Glory Pvt. Trip 1989-12-15
The George McKenna Story George McKenna 1988-08-01
For Queen & Country Reuben 1988-05-17
Cry Freedom Steve Biko 1987-11-06
Power Arnold Billings 1986-01-31
License to Kill Martin Sawyer 1986-12-16
A Soldier's Story Private First Class Peterson 1984-09-14
Carbon Copy Roger Porter 1981-08-06
Flesh & Blood Kirk 1979-10-14
Coriolanus Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier 1979-03-31
Wilma Robert Eldridge, age 18 1977-12-19
The Equalizer 5 Robert McCall
The Equalizer 4 Robert McCall
Untitled Hannibal Project
Highest 2 Lowest
Number 4 Self
Black Panther 3