Denzel Washington Profile, Biography and Movies

Bio & Profile:

# Name: Denzel Washington
# Date of Birth: December 28th 1954
# Place of Birth: Mount Vernon, New York, USA
# Height: 6' ½''
# Father: Denzel Washington (reverend with Church of God in Christ-Divorced)
# Mother: Lynne Washington (beautician)
# Sister: Lorice Washington
# Brother: David Washington
# Wife: Pauletta Pearson (actress, singer, pianist-born Sept. 28th 1950-married June 25th 1983-renewed vows in South Africa in 1995-officiated by Archbishop Desmond Tutu)
# Son: John David Washington (actor-born April 23rd

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1983); Malcolm Washington (twin of Olivia-born April 10th 1991)
# Daughter: Katia Washington (born in 1987); Olivia Washington (twin of Malcolm)
# Education: Fordham University in Bronx, New York (majored in journalism; B.A.); American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, California (dropped out in one year, moved to L.A); studied acting with Wynn Handman
# Profession: Actor, Director
# Nationality: American
# Yardstick: as Dr. Phillip Chandler on the NBC hospital drama St. Elsewher (1982)

FILMOGRAPHY

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1981	Carbon Copy	Roger Porter
1984	A Soldier's Story	Pfc. Melvin Peterson
1986	Hard Lessons aka The George McKenna Story	George McKenna
1986	Power	Arnold Billings	Image Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
1987	Cry Freedom	Steve Biko	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination
1989	The Mighty Quinn	Xavier Quinn
	For Queen and Country	Reuben James
	Glory	Pvt. Trip	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
1990	Heart Condition	Napoleon Stone
1990	Mo' Better Blues	Bleek Gilliam
1991	Ricochet	Nick Styles
1992	Mississippi Masala	Demetrius Williams
1992	Malcolm X	Malcolm X	Academy Award for Best Actor nomination
1993	Much Ado About Nothing	Don Pedro of Aragon
	The Pelican Brief	Gray Grantham
	Philadelphia	Joe Miller
1995	Crimson Tide	Lt. Commander Ron Hunter
	Virtuosity	Lt. Parker Barnes
	Devil in a Blue Dress	Easy Rawlins
1996	Courage Under Fire	Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Serling
1996	The Preacher's Wife	Dudley
1998	Fallen	Detective John Hobbes
	He Got Game	Jake Shuttlesworth
	The Siege	Special Agent Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard
1999	The Bone Collector	Lincoln Rhyme
1999	The Hurricane	Rubin "Hurricane" Carter	Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama Academy Award for Best Actor nomination
2000	Remember the Titans	Coach Herman Boone
2000	The Loretta Claiborne Story	Himself
2001	Training Day	Detective Alonzo Harris	Academy Award for Best Actor
2002	John Q	John Quincy Archibald
2002	Antwone Fisher	Dr. Jerome Davenport	also as director
2003	Out of Time	Police Chief Matthias Lee Whitlock
2004	Man on Fire	John Creasy
2004	The Manchurian Candidate	Major Ben Marco
2006	Inside Man	Detective Keith Frazier
2006	Déjà Vu	Special Agent Doug Carlin
2007	American Gangster	Frank Lucas	Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama nomination
2007	The Great Debaters	Melvin B. Tolson	also as director
2009	The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3	Zachary "Z" Garber

source: Wikipedia & Various Media