Denzel Washington Biography, Denzel Washington Family, Wife, Girlfriend, Age & More

Denzel Washington Biography: Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (conceived December 28, 1954) is an American entertainer, chief, and maker. He has been depicted as an entertainer who reconfigured “the idea of exemplary film fame,” generally connecting with characters characterized by their elegance, pride, mankind, and inward strength. He has gotten seventeen NAACP Image Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, one Tony Award, and two Academy Awards from nine assignments: Best Supporting Actor for playing Union Army officer Private Trip in the chronicled show film Glory (1989), and Best Actor for his job as bad analyst Alonzo Harris in the wrongdoing thrill ride Training Day (2001). In 2020, The New York Times positioned him as the best entertainer of the twenty-first century. 

Washington has gotten a lot of basic recognition for his film work since the 1980s, including his depictions of genuine figures, for example, South African enemy of politically-sanctioned racial segregation lobbyist Steve Biko in Cry Freedom (1987), social liberties dissident and Muslim priest Malcolm X in Malcolm X (1992), fighter Rubin “Tropical storm” Carter in The Hurricane (1999), football trainer Herman Boone in Remember the Titans (2000), artist and instructor Melvin B. Tolson in The Great Debaters (2007), and drug top dog Frank Lucas in American Gangster (2007). He has been an included entertainer in films delivered by Jerry Bruckheimer and has been an incessant partner of chiefs Spike Lee, Antoine Fuqua, and Tony Scott. In 2016, he got the Cecil B. DeMille LifetimeDeMille Lifetime Achievement Award at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards. Achievement Award at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards. 

In 2002, Washington made his first time at the helm with the true-to-life film Antwone Fisher. His second executive exertion was The Great Debaters (2007). His third film, Fences (2016), in which he additionally featured, was selected for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Early Life

Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. was brought into the world in Mount Vernon, New York, on December 28, 1954. His mom, Lennis “Lynne” (née Lowe; conceived 1924), was a salon proprietor and administrator brought into the world in Georgia and mostly brought up in Harlem, New York. His dad, Denzel Hayes Washington Sr. (1909–1991) was a local of Buckingham County, Virginia, and appointed Pentecostal pastor, and a worker of the New York City Water Department, who likewise worked at a nearby S. Klein retail chain. 

Washington went to Pennington-Grimes Elementary School in Mount Vernon until 1968. At the point when he was 14, his folks separated and his mom sent him to the private academy Oakland Military Academy in New Windsor, New York. Washington later said, “That choice transformed me since I wouldn’t have made due toward the path I was going. The folks I was spending time with at that point, my running mates, have now done possibly 40 years consolidated in the prison. They were decent folks, however, the roads got them. After Oakland, he went to Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, Florida from 1970 to 1971.

He was keen on going to Texas Tech University: “I experienced childhood in the Boys Club in Mount Vernon, and we were the Red Raiders. So when I was in secondary school, I needed to go to Texas Tech in Lubbock since they were known as the Red Raiders and their outfits resembled our own. He acquired a BA in Drama and Journalism from Fordham University in 1977. At Fordham, he played university ball as a gatekeeper under mentor P.J. Carlesimo. After a time of hesitation on which major to study and taking a semester off, Washington filled in as innovative expressions head of the overnight day camp at Camp Sloane YMCA in Lakeville, Connecticut. He took part in a staff ability show for the campers and an associate recommended he take a stab at acting. 

Getting back to Fordham that fall with a reestablished reason, Washington enlisted at the Lincoln Center grounds to contemplate acting, where he was given the lead spots in Eugene O’Neill’s Emperor Jones and Shakespeare’s Othello. He at that point went to graduate school at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, California, where he remained for one year prior to getting back to New York to start an expert acting profession.

Career

Washington spent the late spring of 1976 in St. Mary’s City, Maryland, in a summer stock auditorium performing Wings of the Morning the Maryland State play, which was composed for him by fusing an African-American character/storyteller dependent on the chronicled figure from early pioneer Maryland, Mathias Da Sousa. Not long after moving on from Fordham, Washington made his screen acting introduction in the 1977 made-for-TV film Wilma, and his first Hollywood appearance in the 1981 film Carbon Copy. He shared a 1982 Distinguished Ensemble Performance Obie Award for playing Private First Class Melvin Peterson in the Off-Broadway Negro Ensemble Company creation A Soldier’s Play which debuted November 20, 1981.

A significant vocation break came when he featured as Dr. Phillip Chandler in NBC’s TV clinic dramatization St. Somewhere else, which ran from 1982 to 1988. He was one of a couple of African-American entertainers to show up on the arrangement for its whole six-year run. He likewise showed up in a few TV, movie, and stage jobs, for example, the movies A Soldier’s Story (1984), Hard Lessons (1986), and Power (1986). In 1987, he featured as South African enemy of politically-sanctioned racial segregation political lobbyist Steven Biko in Richard Attenborough’s Cry Freedom, for which he got a designation for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. 

In 1989, Washington won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his depiction of a disobedient, confident ex-slave fighter in the film Glory. That very year, he showed up in the film The Mighty Quinn; and in For Queen and Country, where he played the tangled and disappointed Reuben James, a British trooper who, regardless of a recognized military profession, gets back to a regular citizen life where prejudice and downtown life lead to vigilantism and viciousness.

Denzel Washington Biography

Real Name	Denzel Hayes Washington Jr.
Nick Name	Denzel Washington
Date Of Birth	28 December 1954
Age	66 years ( as in 2021 )
Nationality	American
Birth Place	Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.
Hometown	Mount Vernon new Windsor, New York
Religion	Christianity
zodiac sing	Capricorn
Profession	Actor, Director, Producer
Gender	Male
Sexual Orientation	Straight

Education:

School	Pennington-Grimes Elementary School, Oakland Military Academy, Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, Florida
College	Fordham University, American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, California
Educational Qualification	Fordham University, B.A. 1977, Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Morehouse College, Honorary Doctor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania

Family:

Father	Denzel H. Washington Sr.
Mother	Lennis Washington
Brother	David Washington
Sister	Lorice Washington
Wife	Pauletta Pearson (1983)
Children	Son: John David Washington & Malcolm Washington. Daughter: Olivia Washington & Katia Washington

Girlfriends & Marital status:

Marital Status	Married
Girlfriend	N/A
Current Relationship Status	N/A

Body Measurements, Height & Weight:

Hair Color	Dark Brown
Eye Color	Dark Brown
Height	Centimetres –185 cm Feet – 6 feet 1 inch
Weight	Kilograms – 96 Kg Pounds – 212 lbs
Body Measurement	N/A

Movies/Film List:

Year	Movies/Film
1958	The DuPont Show of the Month
1959	The Hanging Tree, The United States Steel Hour, Anatomy of a Murder
1961	The Hustler, Ben Casey, The Power and the Glory
1962	Naked City
1962	The Virginian
1963	The List of Adrian Messenger, East Side/West Side
1964	Dr. Strangelove, The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1966	The Bible: In the Beginning, Not with My Wife, You Don’t!
1967	The Crucible, The Flim-Flam Man
1968	Petulia
1969	This Savage Land
1970	Patton, Jane Eyre
1971	The Price (play), They Might Be Giants, The Last Run, The Hospital
1972	The New Centurions, Rage
1973	Oklahoma Crude, The Day of the Dolphin
1974	Bank Shot, The Savage Is Loose
1975	The Hindenburg
1976	Beauty and the Beast
1977	Islands in the Stream, Crossed Swords
1978	Movie Movie
1979	Hardcore
1980	The Changeling, The Formula
1981	Taps
1982	Oliver Twist
1984	Firestarter, A Christmas Carol
1985	Mussolini: The Untold Story
1986	The Last Days of Patton, The Murders in the Rue Morgue
1987	Pals, Mr. President
1989	The Ryan White Story
1990	Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, The Exorcist III, The Rescuers Down Under, Descending Angel
1993	Curaçao, Malice
1994	Traps, The Whipping Boy
1995	Tyson, Angus
1996	Titanic
1997	Country Justice, 12 Angry Men
1999	Gloria, Rocky Marciano, Inherit the Wind

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Award List:

Major associations
Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1988	Cry Freedom	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
1990	Glory	Best Supporting Actor	Won
1993	Malcolm X	Best Actor	Nominated
2000	The Hurricane	Best Actor	Nominated
2002	Training Day	Best Actor	Won
2013	Flight	Best Actor	Nominated
2017	Fences	Best Picture	Nominated
2018	Roman J. Israel, Esq.	Best Actor	Nominated
Golden Globe Awards
Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1988	Cry Freedom	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Nominated
1990	Glory	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	Won
1993	Malcolm X	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Nominated
2000	The Hurricane	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Won
2002	Training Day	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Nominated
2008	American Gangster	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Nominated
2013	Flight	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Nominated
2016	N/A	Cecil B. DeMille Award	Won
2017	Fences	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Nominated
2018	Roman J. Israel, Esq.	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Nominated
Grammy Awards
Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1996	John Henry	Best Spoken Word Album for Children	Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards
Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1995	Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream	Outstanding Informational Series or Special (as producer)	Nominated
2001	Half Past Autumn: The Life And Works Of Gordon Parks	Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special (as producer)	Nominated
Tony Awards
Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2010	Fences	Best Leading Actor in a Play	Won
2018	The Iceman Cometh	Best Leading Actor in a Play	Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2000	The Hurricane	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture	Nominated
2002	Training Day	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture	Nominated
2008	American Gangster	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture	Nominated
2013	Flight	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture	Nominated
2017	Fences	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture	Nominated
2018	Roman J. Israel, Esq.	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture	Nominated
Other awards and nominations
Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2000	The Hurricane	Best Actor	Won
2001	Remember the Titans	Best Actor	Won
2002	Training Day	Best Actor	Won
2003	John Q	Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
2003	Antwone Fisher	Best Director	Won
2004	Out of Time	Best Actor	Nominated
2007	Inside Man	Best Actor	Nominated
2013	Flight	Best Actor	Won
2015	The Equalizer	Best Actor	Nominated
2017	Fences	Best Director, Best Actor	Nominated
2017	The Magnificent Seven	Best Actor	Nominated
2018	Roman J. Israel, Esq.	Best Actor	Nominated
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1993	Malcolm X	Best Performance – Male	Won
1994	The Pelican Brief, Philadelphia	Most Desirable Male, Best On-Screen Duo shared with Tom Hanks	Nominated
1996	Crimson Tide	Best Performance – Male	Nominated
2002	Training Day	Best Villain	Won
2008	American Gangster	Best Performance – Male, Best Villain	Nominated
2013	Flight	Best WTF Moment	Nominated
NAACP Image Awards
Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1987	Power	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	Won
1988	Cry Freedom	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Won
1990	Glory	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	Won
1993	Mississippi Masala, Malcolm X	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Won
1996	Crimson Tide	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Won
1997	Courage Under Fire	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Won
1997	N/A	Entertainer of the Year	Won
1999	He Got Game	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Nominated
2000	The Hurricane	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Won
2001	Remember the Titans	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Won
2002	Training Day	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Won
2003	John Q., Antwone Fisher	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	Won
2004	Out of Time	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Nominated
2005	Man on Fire	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Nominated
2007	Inside Man	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Nominated
2008	The Great Debaters	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Won
2008	The Great Debaters	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Nominated
2011	The Book of Eli	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Won
2013	Flight	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Won
2015	The Equalizer	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Nominated
2017	Fences	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Won
2018	Roman J. Israel, Esq.	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Nominated
Satellite Awards
Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2000	The Hurricane	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Nominated
2001	Remember the Titans	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Nominated
2002	Training Day	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Nominated
2003	Antwone Fisher	Best Director	Nominated
2007	American Gangster	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Nominated
2012	Flight	Best Actor – Motion Picture	Nominated
2017	Fences	Best Actor – Motion Picture, Best Director	Nominated
Miscellaneous awards
Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1993	Malcolm X	Silver Bear for Best Actor	Won
1995	N/A	Golden Apple Awards for Star of the Year	Won
2000	The Hurricane	Silver Bear for Best Actor	Won
2002	Training Day	American Film Institute Award for Actor of the Year – Male – Movies	Won
2005	The Manchurian Candidate	Jupiter Award for Best International Actor	Nominated
2005	American Academy of Achievement	Golden Plate Award	Won
2007	N/A	BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards for Excellence in Film	Won
2010	The Book of Eli	Saturn Award for Best Actor	Nominated
2013	Flight	AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards for Best Actor,	Won
2013	Flight	AACTA International Award for Best Actor	Nominated
2014	N/A	San Sebastián International Film Festival for Donostia Award	Won
2017	Fences	AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards for Best Actor, Santa Barbara International Film Festival for Maltin Modern Master Award	Won
2017	The Magnificent Seven	Jupiter Award for Best International Actor	Won

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