This charismatic star was born Dec. 28, 1954, in Mt. Vernon, N.Y. After some acclaimed stage work with San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre, he made his film debut in the 1981 comedy Carbon Copy.By the mid-1980s, Washington's success on the TV series "St. Elsewhere" invited higher-profile film roles. He was Oscar-nominated for the apartheid drama Cry Freedom and won the Best Supporting Actor statuette for 1989's Glory. More nominations followed in the title roles of Malcolm X (1992) and The Hurricane (1999), both based on real people.
Washington then went completely (and successfully) against type as the sadistic, corrupt policeman in Training Day (2001), copping his second Oscar, this time for Best Actor. His forceful screen presence has also been felt in Mo' Better Blues, Philadelphia, Courage Under Fire and Antwone Fisher (which he also directed).
AddInside ManDispatched to the scene of a bank robbery, detective Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington) must match wits with a cunning thief (Clive Owen) who's always one step ahead of the cops. When a loose-cannon negotiator (Jodie Foster) is called on for help, the unstable situation spins out of control. Keith... Read More
AddAmerican GangsterFrom director Ridley Scott comes this tense crime thriller starring Denzel Washington as true-life Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas and Russell Crowe as the dogged outcast NYPD cop charged with bringing him down. Ruby Dee (in an Oscar-nominated role), Cuba Gooding Jr., Josh Brolin and Chiwetel Ejiofor... Read More
AddMan on FireJaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy (Denzel Washington) reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl (Dakota Fanning) in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life. Tony Scott... Read More
AddDéjà VuATF agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) finds himself dogged by feelings of déjà vu -- that powerful but fleeting sense that you've been someplace, or met someone, before -- as he investigates a bombing on a New Orleans ferry. Should he shrug off the unsettling sensation, or can it help... Read More
AddThe Bone CollectorRookie cop Amelia Donaghy (Angelina Jolie) reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington) -- formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury -- to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed The Bone Collector. The murderer's special signature is... Read More
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