Denzel Washington (1954 - ) Oscar Winner
Super Star & Award Winner

A popular black actor, Denzel Washington somewhat filled the gap created when Sidney Poitier went into semi-retirement. His defining role was in GLORY.

Denzel Washington received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in CRY FREEDOM and the Oscar two years later for GLORY. His other notable films include MO' BETTER BLUES, THE PELICAN BRIEF, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, CRIMSON TIDE, REMEMBER THE TITANS, JOHN Q, ANTWONE FISHER, and OUT OF TIME.

In 2002 Denzel Washington won the Best Actor Oscar for TRAINING DAY. Denzel seems to pick his film projects better than many stars, frequently appearing in projects that are popular and critical successes.

Washington's newest films include: INSIDE MAN, DEJA VU, AMERICAN GANGSTER and THE GREAT DEBATERS. MORE

	Denzel Washington - 1989 Best Supporting Actor GLORY (War - R) Denzel Washington won his Supporting Oscar for playing a black Union soldier, a runaway slave, in this Civil War epic with a powerful anti-war story.
	Denzel Washington - 2001 Best Actor TRAINING DAY Denzel Washington won his Best Actor Oscar for his gritty portrayal of LAPD narc agent Alonzo Harris, a cop whose methods of fighting crime cross the lines of legality and what society deems ethical. He attempts to train rookie Jake Hoyt in the art of his brand of law enforcement.
About Denzel Washington (1954 - ) Denzel Washington was born on December 28th, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York, one of three children of a Pentecostal minister and a beautician mother. Denzel Washington earned a degree in Journalism at Fordham University, but became hooked on acting while studying there. Denzel enrolled at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco for a year, and then easily found acting jobs in many television productions, and was employed throughout the eighties in both film and television. In 1982, Washington was hired to be Dr. Chandler on the show, "Saint Elsewhere," and the gig lasted 6 years. In 1981, Denzel Washington was in his first big film hit, "Carbon Copy." His other nominations include: CRY FREEDOM (87 - Supporting) MALCOLM X (92 - Actor) THE HURRICANE (99 - Actor) Denzel Washington's other films include: CARBON COPY A SOLDIER'S STORY POWER FOR QUEEN & COUNTRY THE MIGHTY QUINN GLORY HEART CONDITION MO' BETTER BLUES MISSISSIPPI MASALA RICOCHET MALCOLM X MUCH A DO ABOUT NOTHING THE PELICAN BRIEF PHILADELPHIA CRIMSON TIDE VIRTUOSITY DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS COURAGE UNDER FIRE THE PREACHER'S WIFE FALLEN HE GOT GAME THE SIEGE THE BONE COLLECTOR THE HURRICANE REMEMBER THE TITANS TRAINING DAY JOHN Q THE ANTOINE FISHER STORY OUT OF TIME MAN ON FIRE THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (2004) INSIDE MAN DEJA VU AMERICAN GANGSTER THE GREAT DEBATERS IN 2001 THE OTHER BEST ACTOR NOMINEES WERE... Russell Crowe for A BEAUTIFUL MIND Sean Penn for I AM SAM Will Smith for ALI Tom Wilkinson for IN THE BEDROOM