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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, he 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."
More about Denzel
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His other nominations include:
CRY FREEDOM (87 - Supporting)
MALCOLM X (92 - Actor)
THE HURRICANE (99 - Actor)
Denzel Washington's other films include:
POWER
THE MIGHTY QUINN
HEART CONDITION
MO' BETTER BLUES
RICOCHET
MISSISSIPPI MASALA
MALCOLM X
MUCH
A DO ABOUT NOTHING
THE PELICAN BRIEF
PHILADELPHIA
DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS
CRIMSON TIDE
VIRTUOSITY
COURAGE UNDER FIRE
THE PREACHER'S WIFE
THE HURRICANE
THE BONE COLLECTOR
HE GOT GAME
REMEMBER THE TITANS
BAMBOOZLED
JOHN Q
THE ANTOINE FISHER STORY
OUT OF TIME
MAN ON FIRE
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
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