Denzel Washington Bio, Age, Family, Wife, Son, Net Worth, Movies & Wiki

Denzel Washington is an Academy award-winning actor, director, and producer best known for his roles in ‘Glory’, ‘Malcolm X’, and ‘The Hurricane’. As an actor, he is known for his affinity for taking on challenging roles and characterize them to perfection. Growing up in a predominantly African-American suburb, young Denzel had witnessed many of his friends take up the track of drugs, crime, and violence. He is positive that he too would have ended up like them had it not been for his mother, a poor single parent, who sent him to Oakland Military Academy to learn some discipline.

Determined to make something noble of his life, the boy completed high school and studied journalism before embarking on a professional acting career. He got his first big break when he was chosen to play the role of Dr. Philip Chandler in the NBC medical drama series, ‘St. Elsewhere’. He played several minor roles in films before ‘Cry Freedom’ happened in 1987. His portrayal of anti-apartheid social activist Steve Biko established him as a talented character actor. More challenging roles followed and the actor went on to earn several Academy award nominations, winning two of them. He frequently collaborated with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott.

Denzel Washington Wiki/Bio

Birth Name	Denzel Hayes Washington Jr.
Nick Name	D
Age	(as in 2023) 69 years
Religion	Christian
Sun Sign/Zodiac Sign	Capricorn
Birth Place	Mount Vernon, New York, United States
Date of Birth	28 December 1954
Nationality	American
Residence	Los Angeles, California, United States
Home Town	Mount Vernon, New York
Hobbies	Not Known
Family
Mother’s Name	Lennis Lynne Washington (Beautician and operator)
Father’s Name	Denzel Washington, Sr. (Denzel’s father served as a Pentecostal Minister, worked for the Water Department and at a local department store)
Brother	David Washington
Sister	Lorice Washington
Girlfriends/Affairs
Affairs/Girlfriends	Sanaa Lathan – There were RUMORs that linked Denzel with an American actress Sanaa Lathan. It was RUMORED that the two had an encounter at a bar in Los Angeles and they finished together in bed.
Marital Status, Wife and Children
Wife/Spouse	Pauletta Washington
Marriage Date	25 June 1983
Children	Son- John David (born April 23, 1983) Malcolm (born April 10 1991) Daughters- Katia (born November 27 1987) Olivia (born April 10 1991)
Education
School	Pennington-Grimes Elementary School in Mount Vernon, New York akland Military Academy in Oakland, New Jersey Mainland High School in Daytona Beach in Florida
College/University	University of Texas University of Fordham
Educational Qualification	Graduated in drama and journalism
Profession	Actor, movie producer
Brands Endorsed	Denzel appeared in a TV commercial for Boys/Girls Clubs of America in 1996.
Career Manager	William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
Height, Weight, and Figure Measurements
Height (Approx.)	in centimeters- 185cm in meters- 1.85 m in feet inches- 6’1”
Weight (Approx.)	in kilograms- 80 kg in pounds- 176 lbs
Figure Measurements
Chest Size	42 Inches
Hips Size	40 Inches
Waist Size	36 Inches
Extra Ordinary Features
Race / Ethnicity	Black
Specialities	Scar above his right eye, on his eyebrow. Great smile. Very often plays military commanders.
Hair Color	Black
Eye Color	Brown
S*xual Orientation	Straight
Shoe Size	11 (US) or 10 (UK) or 45 (EU)
Favourite Things
Favourite Rappers	Eminem, Jay-Z, NAS
Favourite Actors	Chiwetel Ejiofor, Idris Elba
Favourite Colors	Red
Favourite TV Show	Monk (2002-2009)
Controversies	There was a controversy about the movie “The Hurricane” in which he played the role of the “triple murder convicted” boxer “Rubin Hurricane”. A former reporter was angry about the ending as “Hurricane’s” sentence was overturned after 20 years which wrongly shows him innocent. There was a campaign against the whole thing. Denzel must be convincing in the role! He received a Golden Globe Award in 2000 and a Silver Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival for the role.

Denzel Washington was born to Denzel Hayes Washington Sr., a Pentecostal minister, and Lennis, a beautician. He has two siblings. He attended Pennington-Grimes Elementary School until 1968. His parents divorced when he was 14 and he began to get involved in street violence. In order to instill some discipline in him, his mother sent him to Oakland Military Academy.

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He went to Fordham University upon graduating from high school and earned a B.A. in Drama and Journalism in 1977. He realized his love for acting after working as a creative arts director at a summer camp. He attended American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, for one year before returning to New York.

Washington married actress Pauletta Pearson in 1983; they have four children. Their oldest son, John David, was drafted in 2006 by the NFL’s St. Louis Rams and pursued a career in professional football, before following his dad’s footsteps into acting. Their other children are daughter Katia and twins Olivia and Malcolm.

Denzel Washington Net Worth

Denzel Washington has a net worth of $280 million.

Every year Denzel Washington earns $60-$80 million dollars. Washington’s star rose quickly as he showed off his incredible talent in movies like Malcolm X, The Pelican Brief, Philadelphia, and Courage Under Fire. He was soon earning major paychecks for his movie performances. In 1995, he took home $7.5 million for the science fiction film Virtuosity.

The 1998 films Fallen and The Siege, along with his Oscar-winning performance in 2001’s Training Day, earned him a cool $12 million each. Today Denzel Washington earns upwards of $60 million every year.  Denzel scored an Oscar nomination that year for Flight, a 2012 movie that made bank at the box office. The film made $162 million worldwide on a budget of just $31 million, according to Forbes. The outlet placed him 9th on its list of the highest-paid actors that year.

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Denzel Washington Movies And TV Shows

• Washington made his feature film debut in the comedy A Carbon Copy (1981). He also appeared in a number of off-Broadway productions and in television movies before being cast in a starring role in the hit television medical drama St. Elsewhere (1982–88).
• Washington grabbed his first of five Oscar nominations for Cry Freedom (1987), playing real-life South African apartheid martyr Steve Biko. He later won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Glory (1989).
• Washington showed in many notable films throughout the 1990s, including Spike Lee collaborations like the jazz outing Mo’ Better Blues (1990) and biopic Malcolm X (1992), for which he was nominated for an Oscar.
• Other projects from this era included The Pelican Brief (1993), Philadelphia (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), Courage Under Fire (1996) and The Hurricane (1999), for which he received a Golden Globe for best actor and another Oscar nomination.
• In 2001, Washington received his second Oscar (this time in a leading role) for the cop thriller Training Day. The following year, he directed his first film, the biographical drama Antwone Fisher, in which he also co-starred.
• Several hits followed, including Man on Fire (2004), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), and Lee’s Inside Man (2006), which co-starred Jodie Foster and Clive Owen.
• Washington once again stepped behind the camera for the historical The Great Debaters (2007), which profiled a winning African-American debate team.
• That same year, he portrayed Frank Lucas, a real-life heroin kingpin from Harlem, in American Gangster, opposite Russell Crowe.
• In 2009, Washington starred as MTA Dispatcher Walter Garber in the remake of the classic film The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, opposite John Travolta.
• Continuing to explore a range of roles, Washington starred in the 2010 futuristic tale The Book of Eli. That same year, he won a Tony Award for his work in Fences, a revival of the August Wilson classic drama.
• He landed a $20 million payday for the 2012 action-thriller Safe House, in which he played a CIA agent gone rogue, and the film grossed more than $200 million worldwide.
• Washington also headlined the comparatively low-budget drama Flight in 2012, earning accolades and his sixth Oscar nomination for his performance as a pilot with substance abuse problems. He then teamed up with Mark Wahlberg for the 2013 crime drama 2 Guns and scored another action hit in 2014 with The Equalizer.
• In early 2016, Washington received the Cecil B. DeMille Award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at its annual Golden Globe telecast. Later that year, he directed and starred in the film adaptation of Fences. For his on-screen role in the film, he was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Oscar for Best Actor.
• The following year, Washington was credited with helping to hold together the uneven Roman J. Israel, Esq., earning Golden Globe and Oscar nods for Best Actor. In July 2018, Washington reprised his Equalizer role for its sequel, The Equalizer 2.

Facts

1. Denzel’s parents divorced when he was 14.
2. He played basketball as a guard, while he was in college and his coach was P.J. Carlesimo.
3. His son Malcolm was named after Malcolm X.
4. In 1990, he was named one of the 50 most Beautiful People in the World by People’s Magazine.
5. In 1996, Denzel received the Harvard Foundation Award.
6. He has often collaborated with Spike Lee.
7. Denzel has worn a military uniform in six movies.
8. In 1996, Denzel was chosen as the Sexiest Man Alive by People’s Magazine.
9. Denzel is good friends with well-known actress Julia Roberts.
10. His mother was a former Gospel singer.
11. Every summer, he and his family go on a vacation to Italy.
12. In 2006, he donated one million dollars to the Save Africa’s Children foundation.
13. Denzel named Angelina Jolie, Dakota Fanning, and Gene Hackman, as the most talented actors he worked with.
14. Rita Pearson is his sister-in-law.
15. Washington and “The Script” tried to come together for a project combining music and Hollywood. The project couldn’t get much mainstream attention because of legal conflicts between the parties.
16. He received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for playing Troy Maxson, opposite Viola Davis in the play August Wilson’s Fences.
17. He also received Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play in 2014 for reviving Lorraine Hansberry’s classic drama A Raisin in the Sun.
18. Denzel donated US$2.5 million to help build the new West Angeles Church of God in Christ facility in Los Angeles in 1995. He is a devout Christian and reads Bible daily. He donated US$1 million each to Nelson Mandela’s Children’s Fund and Wiley College to resuscitate the college’s debate team.
19. He met his wife on the sets of his first acting project Wilma.
20. Denzel Washington was one of the three people, along with directors Oliver Stone and Michael Moore, with the home they were willing to negotiate for the release of three defense contractors.
21. He received three honorary doctorate degrees from Fordham University, University of Pennsylvania, and Morehouse college. He donated US$ 250,000 to Fordham College.

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