Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington is an American actor. He took part in the creation of a number of films as a film director and producer. Denzel is the second African-American to win the prestigious Academy Award. The artist received the award in two categories: for Best Actor and For Best Supporting Actor. The main role of the actor - "cool guy" who fights for justice.

Denzel Washington was born in the U.S. state of New York, in the small town of Mount Vernon. His father, Denzel Hayes Washington, sr. was a priest. Lennis Love's mother owned her own beauty salon, where she also worked as an administrator. In addition to Denzel, the family had two other children.

The boy went to Pennington Grimes Elementary School, and from the age of 11 began to help his mother in her salon, performing simple errands. But the father, who dreamed that his son would follow in his footsteps, did not like teaching the child to money, and he often quarreled over it with his wife. When Denzel was 14, his parents divorced. He graduated from the remaining classes at the privateclosed Auckland Military Academy school.

After school, the young man enrolled at Fordham University in New York. He specializes in medicine and biology, but later transferred to the Faculty of Journalism. In his youth he began to get carried away with the theater and tries himself in amateur productions.

According to the screen star, at the age of 21, Washington heard a prophecy from the oldest parishioner that in the future he will be famous. A sheet of paper on which the woman wrote the prediction is kept by the actor until now.

After university, Denzel decided to continue his education at the American Conservatory in San Francisco, as he received a grant for free education, but there he studied only one course. Just at this time he was offered the first role in the movie. Washington decides that the time of universities has passed, and throws the conservatory.

On screen, Washington makes his debut at the age of 23, starring 18-year-old Robert Eldridge in the sports drama "Wilma." This is followed by a supporting role in the drama Flesh and Blood and a larger work in the comedy "The Exact Copy." At the same time, he accepts the invitation of NBC and for 6 years starred in the medical drama "St. Elsel". This role brought him fame and some popularity.

Denzel did not forget in those years and about the big screen, so in parallel starred in such pictures as the detective "The Story of a Soldier", the drama "Power", the action movie "For the queen and the country" and the biographical film "The Cry of Freedom." He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his last work in 1988. Then he did not get the statuette, but in 1990 for the role of Private Trip in the historical military drama "Glory" he first became the winner of this award.

After such success, Denzel starred in the films of the famous director Spike Lee - "Blues of a Better Life" 1990 and "Malcolm X" 1993, thanks to which again was nominated for an Oscar and A Golden Globe, but as a performer of the main role. Later, the actor will work with Spike Lee several more times.

In these years, with the participation of Denzel on the screens of the film "The Case of Pelicans", in which the actor starred in a duet with Julia Roberts. Interestingly, playing a love story with the heroine of the star of "Beauty", the artist completely refused to participate in scenes with kisses. According to Washington, he appreciates his black fans and is not going to play along with the generally accepted standards of beauty.

From this time begins a long period in the creative biography, during which Washington plays the main roles. Today they make up more than half of the actor's creative work.

In 1998, the drama "His Game" is released, where Washington's partner was Milla Jovovich, in the same year the actor played the main role in the detective mystical thriller "The Fallen" about a policeman who realizes that the maniac was a fallen angel Azazel.

In 1999, Denzel starred in the crime drama The Power of Fear, based on a series of detective novels by Jeffrey Deaver. Washington reincarnated as a paralyzed detective Lincoln Reim, the main character of the book series. The film's partner was Angelina Jolie.

Other films with the participation of Washington were also released in the 1990s. It's worth noting the legal drama "Philadelphia," which ranked 20th on the list of "100 Most Inspiring American Films of the 20th Century." The war drama "The Crimson Tide", the action film "Siege" and the biographical picture about boxer Rubin Carter "Hurricane" had commercial success.

For the last film, Washington won a Golden Globe for best actor, and was nominated for an Academy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. For the sake of creating a true image of a tall, athletic physique performer (Denzel's height - 185 cm, weight - 80 kg) begins to take boxing lessons. Subsequently, this sport will become a favorite pastime of the actor.

A year later, the celebrity receives a second Academy Award for his role as Detective Alonzo Harris in the crime thriller "Training Day". Interestingly, this was his first negative role in the movie.

In the early 2000s, Washington continued to embody on-screen images of "cool guys." One of his heroes - Sheriff Matt from the action thriller "Out of Time." Denzel's character falls into the trap of transferring money to his lover for treatment, which is physical evidence. But the woman dies on the same day, and the amount disappears. The investigation of the case is taken by the ex-wife of the hero, who works in the investigative department. She was played by Eva Mendes. In 2006, the actor appeared in the thriller "Not Caught - Not a Thief", in which he worked with Jodie Foster.

In the new millennium there were a large number of successful films, including the famous action movie "Anger", the crime thriller "Manchurian Candidate", the biographical drama "Big Controversy", which won a Golden Globe. These include the popular action movie "Dangerous Passengers of Train 123", the disaster film "Unmanageable", the drama "The Crew" directed by Robert Semekis and many others. Washington also starred in Deja Vu and Cape Town Access Code.

In 2014, the crime thriller "The Great Equalizer" with the participation of Washington was released. The film was directed by Antoine Fuqua, with whom the artist had previously worked on the project "Training Day". In this action movie, Denzel transforms into a former commando, who sometimes unfairly goes to achieve justice. His goal is to protect a young girl Teri (Chloe Moretz) from the encroachments of the Russian mafia.

As the lead actor later said in an interview, he immediately liked the image, despite the fact that in real life he would not act in this way. Interestingly, many scenes of fights, in which Denzel's character uses household items, were born spontaneously on the stage. The film made a furore in the cinema halls and brought the creators four times profit.

Another bright work in the filmography of the artist of this time - the comedy action film "Two Guns", in which Denzel played in pairs with Mark Wahlberg. In the film, we were talking about two secret service agents who undercover raid on the bank. During the operation, it turns out that they were framed.

In September 2016, the premiere of the western "The Magnificent Seven", in which Washington embodied on the screen the role of Sam Chisolm, a cowboy of the brave seven, who stood up to protect the inhabitants of the town from robbers. This story has a long history. The 2016 film was a remake of John Sturges's 1960 film The Magnificent Seven, which in turn adapted to the American public the picture "Seven Samurai" by the famous Japanese director Akira Kurosawa in 1954, replacing the samurai with cowboys.

In December 2016, the drama "Fences" appeared on the big screens. Denzel Washington played the role of the main character Troy Maxson, an African-American working-class who tries to provide for the family in the difficult 50s of the 20th century. The American Film Institute has made the film a list of the best films of 2016. "Fences" were twice nominated for a Golden Globe and four times at the Oscars.

The film was based on the play of the same name by the Pulitzer Prize winner Wilson in 1987. Previous attempts to shoot the film on this play failed, as the writer insisted that the director of "Fences" can only be a black filmmaker. Denzel Washington, who had already starred in a Broadway production of the 2010 play, decided to support "Fences" and play the role, which paved the way for the film to the big screens.

In January 2017, the film was stolen, a digital copy of the picture appeared on the Internet during the rolling period and before the premiere of the film in Russia, which was scheduled for early February.

On the set of his first film "Wilma" in 1977, Denzel Washington meets his future wife Pauletta Pearson. The girl worked in the project as a costume designer. The young people met for 5 years, and in 1982 they got married. Four children appeared in this marriage. John's son David was born first, then daughter Katya, and later the artist's wife gave birth to twins Malcom and Olivia. Son John professionally took up American football, and the eldest daughter works in Hollywood as a producer. One of her works is Django Freed.

The artist's personal life has developed happily, as Denzel himself believes, thanks to the moral attitudes he adheres to since his youth. Raised by a priest, Washington has always remained a devout man. He regularly attends the Protestant Church of God in Christ, reads the Bible daily, and still considers becoming a preacher. In 1995, the actor donated $2.5 million to build a church in Los Angeles.

Washington deliberately refuses to communicate with fans through social networks, not to find his account with personal photos and Instagram. His goal - to create an interesting movie, which will be in demand by the viewer, his privacy he prefers to leave behind the scenes.

In 2018, the filming of the continuation of "The Great Equalizer" was completed. This is the first sequel in the artist's creative career. This time, Robert McCall has to defend his own life from former colleagues who decided to carry out sweeps of witnesses of past cases.

In 2019, it became known that the star of the screen will begin work on the main role in the police thriller "Little Things" directed by John Lee Hancock. The actor will appear in the image of investigator Dick, who to achieve the goal does not stop before breaking the law. Denzel plans to get another director's work. Now he is preparing to shoot the film "Diary for Jordan", in which he invited Michael B. Jordan to play the title role.

1987 - "The Cry of Freedom"

1989 - "Glory"

1992 - Malcolm X

1993 - Philadelphia 76

1999 - Hurricane

2001 - "Training Day"

2004 - "Anger"

2007 - "Gangster"

2009 - Dangerous Train 123 Passengers

2010 - "Unmanageable"

2012 - "The Crew"

2013 - "Two Barrels"

2014 - "The Great Equalizer"

2016 - The Magnificent Seven

2016 - "Fences"

2018 - "The Great Equalizer 2"

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