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The major Hollywood star and leading man was born Denzel Jermaine Washington Jr. in Mount Vernon, New York on December 28, 1954. Attending Fordham University, where he played collegiate basketball and graduated with a degree in drama and journalism, Denzel later won a scholarship to the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Afterwards, the aspiring actor appeared in small roles off Broadway and in television movies before landing his first major role in the TV hit St. Elsewhere in 1982 playing the popular Dr. Philip Chandler, becoming one of the few actors to survive the show's entire 8-year run. With the small screen role having launched his career, Washington made a serious jump to movies in 1987 starring as South African anti-apartheid campaigner Steve Biko in Cry Freedom, a role for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In 1989, Washington won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for playing a defiant ex-slave in the film Glory.
Throughout the 90's, Washington appeared in several more notable films, among them Crimson Tide (1995) and Hurricane Carter biopic The Hurricane (1999), for which he received a Golden Globe for Best Actor. In 2001, the cop thriller Training Day brought the actor his second Oscar. The following year he made his directorial debut and while also starring in Antwone Fisher. Several box office successes were to follow, including Man on Fire, The Manchurian Candidate and Spike Lee’s Inside Man. Most recently, Washington has starred Spike Lee's Inside Man and, up next, will appear in November 2007 alongside actor Russell Crowe in American Gangster which is already accumulating Oscar buzz for his outstanding performance. Away from the cameras, Washington married actress Pauletta Pearson in 1983. The couple have four children - Katia, twins Olivia and Malcolm and eldest son John David Washington, who signed a football contract with the St. Louis Rams in May 2006.
Denzel Washington - Wikipedia biography with an account of his early life and career, complete filmography, photos, related links & resources. Denzel Washington : People.com - Complete celebrity profile with childhood pictures, bio and vital stats, archived feature stories & interviews, photo gallery, Denzel Washington - Yahoo! Movies - Complete biography, photo gallery, filmography, list of awards & nominations, related links & message boards. AskMen.com - Denzel Washington - Bio, pictures, visitor commentary, quotes & trivia. Actor: Denzel Washington - Movie Times profile with picture gallery, bio & vital stats, movie grosses, award wins and nominations, related message boards. Denzel Washington News - Movie news & feature stories about the actor from various sources around the Web, from Topix.net.
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