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Denzel Jermaine Washington, Jr. (born December 28, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor and occasional director and stage actor.
Washington played one of his most critically acclaimed roles in 1992's Malcolm X, directed by Spike Lee. His performance as the Black Nationalist leader earned him an Oscar nomination. Both the influential film critic Roger Ebert and the highly acclaimed film director Martin Scorsese called the movie one of the ten best films made during the 1990s.

Malcolm X transformed Washington's career, turning him, practically overnight, into one of Hollywood's most respected actors. He turned down several similar roles, such as an offer to play Martin Luther King, Jr., because he wanted to avoid being typecast. The next year, in 1993, he took another risk in his career by playing Joe Miller, the homophobic lawyer of a man with AIDS in the movie Philadelphia starring Tom Hanks, although it was a big risk for Hanks to play the lawyer with AIDS, critics agreed it was also a risk for Washington to play the homophobic Miller. During the early and mid 1990s, Washington became a renowned Hollywood leading man, starring in several successful thrillers, including The Pelican Brief and Crimson Tide, as well comedies (Much Ado About Nothing) and romantic dramas (The Preacher's Wife).

While filming the 1995 film, Virtuosity, Washington refused to kiss his white female co-star, Kelly Lynch, during a romantic scene between their characters. During an interview, Lynch stated that while she wanted to, "[Denzel] felt very strongly about it. I felt there is no problem with interracial romance. But Denzel felt strongly that the white males, who were the target audience of this movie, would not want to see him kiss a white woman." Lynch further stated, "That's a shame. I feel badly about it. I keep thinking that the world's changed, but it hasn't changed quick enough".[1] A similar situation also occurred during the filming of The Pelican Brief when Julia Roberts expressed in an interview her desire to have her character in the film engaged in a romantic relationship with Washington's character. However, in 1998, Washington starred in a scene of a sexual nature with actress Milla Jovovich, in Spike Lee's He Got Game.

In 1999, Washington starred in The Hurricane, a movie about boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, whose conviction for triple murder was overturned after he had spent almost 20 years in prison. Various newspaper articles have suggested that the controversy over the film’s accuracy may have cost Washington an Oscar for which he was nominated. Washington did receive a Golden Globe Award in 2000 and a 'Silberner Bär' (Silver Berlin Bear) at the Berlin International Film Festival for the role.
In 2000, Washington appeared in the crowd-pleasing Disney film, Remember the Titans, which grossed over $100 million at the United States box office. He was nominated and won an Oscar for his next film, the 2001 cop thriller, Training Day, which was considered a change of pace for Washington, as he played a villainous character after many roles as a heroic lead. After appearing in 2002's box office success, the Health care-themed John Q., Washington directed his first film, a well-reviewed drama called Antwone Fisher, in which he also co-starred.

Between 2003 and 2004, Washington appeared in a series of thrillers that performed generally well at the box office, including Out of Time, Man on Fire and The Manchurian Candidate [2]. His film, Inside Man, a Spike Lee-directed bank heist thriller co-starring Jodie Foster and Clive Owen, opened on March 24, 2006. He is currently in New Orleans for the filming of the upcoming film Deja Vu.

His name has most recently become attached to the role of Harvey Dent in the sequel to 2005's summer blockbuster Batman Begins, entitled The Dark Knight.


Year Title Role Other notes
2008 The Great Debaters In production
2007 American Gangster Frank Lucas
2006 Deja Vu Doug Carlin
2006 Inside Man Keith Frazier
2004 The Manchurian Candidate Ben Marco
2004 Man on Fire John Creasy
2003 Out of Time Matthias Lee Whitlock
2002 Antwone Fisher Dr. Jerome Davenport also as director
2002 John Q John Quincy Archibald
2001 Training Day Detective Alonzo Harris Academy Award, Best Actor
2000 Remember the Titans Coach Herman Boone
1999 The Hurricane Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
1999 The Bone Collector Lincoln Rhyme
1998 The Siege Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard
1998 He Got Game Jake Shuttlesworth
1998 Fallen Det. John Hobbes
1996 The Preacher's Wife Dudley
1996 Courage Under Fire Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Serling
1995 Devil in a Blue Dress Easy Rawlins
1995 Virtuosity Lt. Parker Barnes
1995 Crimson Tide Lt. Commander Ron Hunter
1993 Philadelphia Joe Miller
1993 The Pelican Brief Gray Grantham
1993 Much Ado About Nothing Don Pedro of Aragon
1992 Malcolm X Malcolm X
1992 Mississippi Masala Demetrius Williams
1991 Ricochet Nick Styles
1990 Mo' Better Blues Bleek Gilliam
1990 Heart Condition Napoleon Stone
1989 Glory Pvt. Trip Academy Award, Best Supporting Actor
1989 For Queen and Country Reuben James
1989 The Mighty Quinn Xavier Quinn
1987 Cry Freedom Steve Biko
1984 A Soldier's Story Pfc. Peterson
1981 Carbon Copy Roger Porter

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