Denzel Washington on screen and stage

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Denzel Washington is an American actor who made his feature film debut in *Carbon Copy* (1981). In 1982, Washington made his first appearance in the medical drama *St. Elsewhere* as Dr. Philip Chandler. The role proved to be the breakthrough in his career. He starred as Private First Class Melvin Peterson in the drama *A Soldier's Story* (1984). The film was an adaptation of the Off-Broadway play *A Soldier's Play* (1981–1983) in which Washington had earlier portrayed the same character. In 1987, he played Steve Biko, an anti-apartheid activist in the Richard Attenborough-directed drama *Cry Freedom*, for which he received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Two years later, Washington won the award for playing Trip, a former slave-turned-soldier in Civil War film *Glory* (1989). In 1990, he played the title character in the play *The Tragedy of Richard III*, and starred in Spike Lee's comedy-drama *Mo' Better Blues*. Washington received the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin International Film Festival, for playing the eponymous civil rights activist in Lee's *Malcolm X* (1992).

In 1993, Washington starred in Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of the Shakespearean comedy *Much Ado About Nothing*, legal thriller *The Pelican Brief* with Julia Roberts, and AIDS drama *Philadelphia* with Tom Hanks. He appeared in Tony Scott's *Crimson Tide* in 1995. Washington won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and his second Silver Bear for Best Actor for playing wrongly-convicted boxer Rubin Carter in the biographical film *The Hurricane* (1999). He followed this with another biographical role as American football coach Herman Boone in the 2000 sports drama *Remember the Titans*. For his next role as corrupt cop Alonzo Harris in the crime thriller *Training Day* (2001), Washington received the Academy Award for Best Actor. By virtue of his win, he became the first African American actor to win two competitive Academy Awards, and the first since Sidney Poitier in 1964 to win the leading actor award.

Washington reteamed with Scott on the thriller *Man on Fire*, and starred with Meryl Streep in *The Manchurian Candidate* (both in 2004). In 2005, he returned to the stage in the Shakespearean play *Julius Caesar*. Washington played drug kingpin Frank Lucas in *American Gangster*, and poet and educator Melvin B. Tolson in *The Great Debaters* (both in 2007). In 2010, Washington received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for playing Troy Maxson in *Fences* (six years later, he starred in the film adaptation of the play for which he won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role). For his portrayal of an alcoholic airline pilot in *Flight* (2012), he garnered an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. In 2014, Washington appeared in the action thriller *The Equalizer*, and the play *A Raisin in the Sun*.

## See also

* List of awards and nominations received by Denzel Washington

## References

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5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Collins, Glenn (December 28, 1989). "Denzel Washington Takes a Defiant Break From Clean-Cut Roles", *The New York Times*.
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8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Hopewell, John (July 23, 2014). "Denzel Washington To Receive San Sebastian Donostia Award", *Variety*.
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12. ↑ Ebert, Roger (October 5, 2001). "Training Day Movie Review & Film Summary". Roger Ebert. https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/training-day-2001.
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16. ↑ "Frank Lucas, Immortalized In 'American Gangster,' Sentenced To Five Years' Probation". CBS. July 28, 2012. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/07/28/frank-lucas-immortalized-in-american-gangster-sentenced-to-five-years-probation/.
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29. ↑ Gleiberman, Owen (August 3, 1990). "Mo' Better Blues", *Entertainment Weekly*.
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33. ↑ Ebert, Roger (December 17, 1993). "The Pelican Brief Movie Review (1993)". Roger Ebert. https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-pelican-brief-1993.
34. ↑ Gleiberman, Owen (December 24, 1993). "Philadelphia", *Entertainment Weekly*.
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38. ↑ Ebert, Roger (February 15, 2002). "John Q. Movie Review & Film Summary (2002)". Roger Ebert. https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/john-q-2002.
39. ↑ "Antwone Fisher (2002)", *The New York Times*.
40. ↑ Mitchell, Elvis (October 3, 2003). "Out of Time (2003) Film Review; Everyone's on His Case (Especially His Wife)", *The New York Times*.
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43. ↑ Travers, Peter (March 24, 2006). "Inside Man". *Rolling Stone*. http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/inside-man-20060324.
44. ↑ Bradshaw, Peter (December 15, 2006). "Deja Vu", *The Guardian*.
45. ↑ "The Book of Eli (2010)", *The New York Times*.
46. ↑ Turan, Kenneth (November 12, 2010). "Movie review: 'Unstoppable'", *Los Angeles Times*.
47. ↑ Corliss, Richard (February 9, 2012). "Safe House: Can Denzel Washington Ever Be a Bad Guy?", *Time*.
48. ↑ Puig, Claudia (November 1, 2012). "'Flight': Washington's flawless as a flawed hero", *USA Today*.
49. ↑ Foundas, Scott (September 7, 2014). "Toronto Film Review: 'The Equalizer'", *Variety*.
50. ↑ Chilton, Martin (May 3, 2016). "Denzel Washington as the lead makes The Magnificent Seven 'more diverse' and true, says director", *The Daily Telegraph*.
51. ↑ "Denzel Washington's Fences Film Begins Shooting Today", *Playbill* (April 22, 2016).
52. ↑ Hans, Simran (February 4, 2018). "Roman J Israel, Esq review – strange but compelling", *The Observer*.
53. ↑ Roeper, Richard (November 21, 2017). "'Roman J. Israel, Esq.' waylays a winning Denzel Washington character", *Chicago Sun-Times*.
54. ↑ Debruge, Peter (July 17, 2018). "Film Review: Denzel Washington in 'The Equalizer 2'", *Variety*.
55. ↑ McNary, Dave (June 19, 2019). "Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman Starring in 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' for Netflix", *Variety*.
56. ↑ Kroll, Justin (October 31, 2019). "Denzel Washington's 'Little Things' Casts John Harlan Kim (Exclusive)", *Variety*.
57. ↑ Fleming Jr., Mike (March 28, 2019). "Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Joel Coen Teaming For 'Macbeth' Movie". Deadline Hollywood. https://deadline.com/2019/03/denzel-washington-frances-mcdormand-joel-coen-macbeth-movie-1202583823/.
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66. ↑ Frym, Michael (November 1, 1992). "Review: 'Great Performances Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway'", *Variety*.
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70. ↑ de Moraes, Lisa (August 5, 2013). "TCA: Denzel Washington To Narrate PBS' 'The March'". Deadline Hollywood. https://deadline.com/2013/08/tca-denzel-washington-to-narrate-pbss-the-march-557336/.
71. ↑ Nilles, Billy (February 10, 2016). "How Denzel Washington's Wife Helped Him Direct Meredith's Terrifying Grey's Anatomy Attack". E!. http://www.eonline.com/uk/news/738756/how-denzel-washington-s-wife-helped-him-direct-meredith-s-terrifying-grey-s-anatomy-attack.
72. ↑ "Coriolanus". Lortel. http://www.lortel.org/lla\_archive/index.cfm?search\_by=show&id=2655.
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74. ↑ "A Soldier's Play". Lortel. http://www.lortel.org/lla\_archive/index.cfm?search\_by=show&id=1438.
75. ↑ "Checkmates". Internet Broadway Database. http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=4515.
76. ↑ "The Tragedy of Richard III". Lortel. http://www.lortel.org/lla\_archive/index.cfm?search\_by=show&id=1259.
77. ↑ "Julius Caesar". Internet Broadway Database. http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=391569.
78. ↑ "Fences". Internet Broadway Database. http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=485594.
79. ↑ "A Raisin in the Sun". Internet Broadway Database. http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=495163.
80. ↑ McPhee, Ryan (July 1, 2018). "The Iceman Cometh, Starring Denzel Washington, Concludes Broadway Run July 1", *Playbill*.

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