Denzel Washington

**Denzel Hayes Washington Jr.** an haife shi Disamba 28, shekara ta 1954 ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ne na Amurka, furodusa kuma darekta. A cikin aikin da ya kwashe sama da shekaru arba'in, Washington ta sami yabo da yawa, gami da lambar yabo ta Tony, lambar yabo ta Academy guda biyu, lambar yabo ta Golden Globe guda uku da Bears Azurfa biyu. A cikin 2016, ya karɓi lambar yabo ta Cecil B. DeMille ta Rayuwa, kuma a cikin 2020, The New York Times ta nada shi babban ɗan wasan kwaikwayo na ƙarni na 21st. A cikin 2022, Washington ta sami Medal na 'Yanci na Shugaban kasa.

Washington ya fara aikinsa na wasan kwaikwayo a wasan kwaikwayo, yana yin wasan kwaikwayo a waje-Broadway. Ya fara yin fice a cikin jerin wasan kwaikwayo na likitanci St. Elsewhere (1982 – 1988), kuma ya dauki matsayi a cikin fina-finan yaki Labarin Soja (1984), Cry Freedom (1987), da Glory (1989), wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta Academy. don Mafi kyawun Jarumin Taimakawa na ƙarshe. Ya kafa kansa a matsayin babban tauraro tare da tauraro a cikin Malcolm X (1992), The Pelican Brief (1993), Philadelphia (1993), Hurricane (1999), da Tuna Titans (2000). Washington ta lashe lambar yabo ta Academy don Mafi kyawun ɗan wasan kwaikwayo saboda rawar da ya taka a matsayin ɗan sanda mai cin hanci da rashawa a cikin Ranar Horarwa mai ban tsoro (2001). Ƙarin yabo ya zo don tauraro a cikin American Gangster (2007), Flight (2012), Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017) da Bala'in Macbeth (2021), yayin da ya yi tauraro a cikin fina-finai da yawa, ciki har da Man on Fire (2004) da The Equalizer (2014).

Ya lashe lambar yabo ta Tony Award don Mafi kyawun Jarumi a cikin Wasan kwaikwayo don yin tauraro a cikin Farfaɗowar wasan kwaikwayo na August Wilson na Fences a cikin 2010. Daga baya Washington ta ba da umarni, samarwa, kuma ya yi tauraro a cikin karɓawar fim ɗin a 2016. Tun daga nan Washington ya koma Broadway a cikin farfaɗowar wasan Lorraine Hansberry A Raisin in the Sun (2014) da kuma wasan Eugene O'Neill The Iceman Cometh (2018).

## Farkon Rayuwa da Karatu

An haifi Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. a Mount Vernon, New York, a ranar 28 ga Disamba, 1954. Mahaifiyarsa, Lennis "Lynne", mai gidan kawa ce kuma ma'aikacin da aka haifa a Georgia  kuma ya girma a Harlem, New York.  Mahaifinsa, Denzel Hayes Washington Sr., ɗan asalin Buckingham County, Virginia, ya kasance wazirin Pentikostal, wanda kuma ma'aikaci ne na Sashen Ruwa na Birnin New York, kuma ya yi aiki a wani kantin sayar da kayayyaki na S. Klein .

Washington ya halarci makarantar firamare ta Pennington-Grimes a Dutsen Vernon har zuwa 1968. Lokacin da yake ɗan shekara 14, iyayensa sun sake shi kuma mahaifiyarsa ta aika da shi makarantar share fage mai zaman kanta Oakland Military Academy a New Windsor, New York.  Daga baya Washington ta ce, "Wannan shawarar ta canza rayuwata, saboda da ba zan tsira ta hanyar da zan bi ba. Mutanen da nake tare da su a lokacin, abokan takarara, sun yi watakila shekaru 40 a cikin gidan yari. Sun kasance mutane masu kyau, amma tituna sun same su." Bayan Oakland, ya halarci makarantar sakandare ta Mainland da ke Daytona Beach, Florida, daga 1970 zuwa 1971. Yana sha'awar halartar Jami'ar Texas Tech: "Na girma a cikin Boys Club  Dutsen Vernon, kuma mu ne Red Raiders. Don haka lokacin da nake makarantar sakandare, ina so in je Texas Tech a Lubbock  kawai saboda ana kiran su Red Raiders kuma kayan aikinsu sun yi kama da namu."[9] Maimakon haka, ya samu.  BA a cikin wasan kwaikwayo da aikin jarida daga Jami'ar Fordham a cikin 1977. A Fordham, ya buga kwallon kwando a matsayin gadi[11] a ƙarƙashin koci P.J. Carlesimo.  Bayan wani lokaci na rashin yanke shawara kan manyan abubuwan da za a yi karatu da ɗaukar semester, Washington ta yi aiki a matsayin daraktan fasaha na ƙwararrun sansanin bazara na dare a Camp Sloane YMCA a Lakeville, Connecticut.  Ya shiga cikin wasan kwaikwayo na gwanintar ma'aikata don masu sansanin kuma wani abokin aiki ya ba da shawarar ya gwada wasan kwaikwayo.

Komawa zuwa Fordham wanda ya faɗo tare da sabunta manufa, Washington ta yi rajista a harabar Cibiyar Lincoln don nazarin wasan kwaikwayo, inda aka jefa shi a cikin taken taken Eugene O'Neill The Emperor Jones da Othello na Shakespeare.  Daga nan ya halarci makarantar digiri na biyu a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Conservatory na Amurka da ke San Francisco, California, inda ya zauna na tsawon shekara guda kafin ya koma New York don fara sana'ar wasan kwaikwayo.

## Rayuwar Aure da Iyali

A ranar 25 ga Yuni, 1983, Washington ya auri Pauletta Pearson, wadda ya sadu da ita a kan saitin aikinsa na allo na farko, fim ɗin talabijin na Wilma.  Suna da 'ya'ya hudu:  John David (an Haife shi a ranar 28 ga Yuli, 1984), kuma ɗan wasan kwaikwayo kuma tsohuwar 'yar wasan ƙwallon ƙafa, Katia (an Haifa Nuwamba 27, 1986) wacce ta kammala karatun digiri a Jami'ar Yale tare da Bachelor of Arts a 2010, da tagwaye Olivia da Malcolm  (an haife shi Afrilu 10, 1991). Malcolm ya kammala karatun digiri daga Jami'ar Pennsylvania tare da digiri a cikin karatun fina-finai, kuma Olivia ta taka rawa a cikin fim ɗin Lee Daniels The Butler.  A cikin 1995, Washington da matarsa sun sabunta alkawuran aurensu a Afirka ta Kudu tare da Desmond Tutu  ya jagoranta.

## Addini

Shi Kirista ne na Bishara kuma memba na Cocin Allah ta Yamma a cikin Kristi, dake Los Angeles.  Ya yi tunanin zama mai wa'azi. Ya ce a cikin 1999, "Wani ɓangare na har yanzu yana cewa, 'Wataƙila, Denzel, ya kamata ku yi wa'azi. Wataƙila har yanzu kuna yin sulhu.'  Na sami damar yin wasa da manyan mutane kuma, ta hanyar maganganunsu, in yi wa'azi, na ɗauki irin baiwar da aka ba ni da muhimmanci, kuma ina so in yi amfani da ita don kyau. "  A cikin 1995, ya ba da gudummawar dalar Amurka miliyan 2.5 don taimakawa gina sabuwar cocin Allah ta Yamma a cikin wurin Kristi a cikin Los Angeles. Washington ya ce yana karanta Littafi Mai Tsarki kullum.

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