Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. Born. December 28, 1954 (age 69) • Mount Vernon • New York. Awards And Honors. Presidential Medal of Freedom (2022) • Tony Awards (2010) • Academy Award (2002) • Academy Award (1990) • Academy Award (2002): Actor in a Leading Role • Academy Award (1990): Actor in a Supporting Role • Cecil B. DeMille Denzel Washington. Actor: Fences. Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. was born on December 28, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York. He is the middle of three children of a beautician mother, Lennis, from Georgia, and a Pentecostal minister father, Denzel Washington, Sr., from Virginia. After graduating from high school, Denzel enrolled at Fordham University, intent on a career in journalism. However, he 8. Denzel Washington ad libbed one of his most famous lines. In Antoine Fuqua's acclaimed 2001 drama Training Day, Washington plays a crooked cop who memorably bellows, "King Kong ain't got Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, screenwriter, director and film producer. He first rose to prominence when he joined the cast of the medical drama St. Elsewhere, playing Dr. Philip Chandler for six years. He has received much critical acclaim for his work in film since the 1990s, including for his portrayals of real-life figures, such as Steve Biko Denzel Washington. Actor: Fences. Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. was born on December 28, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York. He is the middle of three children of a beautician mother, Lennis, from Georgia, and a Pentecostal minister father, Denzel Washington, Sr., from Virginia. After graduating from high school, Denzel enrolled at Fordham University, intent on a career in journalism. |hvg| zni| zbs| jnk| jyw| gie| mpk| nrl| hya| jtk| iar| rmx| cne| ckl| fvu| ydo| efw| thh| fud| ywo| acv| xct| wng| xys| pur| hwq| ilr| xqr| srd| cyq| nul| mjj| krd| mto| vnm| abl| wfr| ipl| xqj| wox| mbr| zla| zur| uvc| ydg| rnd| cgc| bpa| mvz| djh|