| Bio | |
|---|---|
| Real Name | Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. |
| Nickname | D, Jr. |
| Profession | Actor Film-maker |
| Famous Role | Glory Malcolm X Cry Freedom Hurricane The Great Debator |
| Physical Stats & More | |
| Height | in centimeters- 185 cm in meters- 1.85 m in Feet Inches- 6’1″ |
| Weight (approx.) | in Kilograms- 90 kg in Pounds- 198 lbs |
| Body Measurements | Not Known |
| Eye Colour | Dark Brown |
| Hair Colour | Dark Brown |
| Personal Life | |
| Date of Birth | 28 December 1954 |
| Age (as in 2016) | 62 Years |
| Birth Place | Mount Vernon, New York, U.S |
| Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Capricorn |
| Nationality | American |
| Hometown | Mount Vernon (Till 1968) New Windsor, New York. |
| School | Pennington-Grimes Elementary School, Mount Vernon. Oakland Military Academy, New Windsor, New York. Mainland High School, Daytona Beach, Florida. |
| College | Fordham University, New York City, New York. |
| Educational Qualifications | B.A. (1977) |
| Debut | TV Film – Wilma (1977) Carbon Copy (1981) Director – Antwone Fisher |
| Family | Father– Denzel Hayes Washington, Sr.(Pentecostal minister) Mother– S. Klein.(Beauty parlor owner and operator) |
| Religion | Devout Christian. Considered Preaching. |
| Ethnicity | African-American |
| Fan Mail Address | Denzel Washington Rogers & Cowan Pacific Design Center 8687 Melrose Avenue 7th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90069 USA |
| Hobbies | Basketball |
| Major 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. |
| Girls, Affairs and More | |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Affairs/Girlfriends | There were rumors and pictures being leaked by radar.com, showing him kissing an unidentfied blonde woman. |
| Wife/Spouse | Pauletta Pearson (m. 1983) |
| Children | Son John David (Former football player, United Football League’s Sacramento Mountain Lions) Daughter Katia (B.A. from Yale University)  Daughter Olivia (Actor)  Son Malcolm (Film Studies, University of Pennsylvania)  |
| Current Relationship Status | Married to Pauletta Pearson |
| Money Factor | |
| Net Worth | $140 million |
| House | Beverly Hills, California ($4.5 million) |
| Cars | Chrysler 330 Bentley Continental Lamborghini Range Rover He has a collection of Vintage cars as well. |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Denzel Washington
- Does Denzel Drink Alcohol ? Yes
- Does Denzel Smoke ? No
- Denzel has earned 3 Golden Globe awards, 1 Tony Award and 2 Academy Awards (Oscars) for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Glory (1989). He also has won an award for Best Actor for Training Day.
- In the 2016 73rd Golden Globe Awards, he was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award.
- He was 14, when his parents divorced. He was raised in Mount Venon till then and after that, his mother shifted to New Windsor with him. Denzel said “That decision changed my life”. Later he explained that “because I wouldn’t have survived in the direction I was going. The guys I was hanging out with at the time, my running buddies, have now done maybe 40 years combined in the penitentiary. They were nice guys, but the streets got them.”
- Denzel Played collegiate basketball as a guard under the coaching of P.J. Carlesimo.
- When he was confused about which subjects to choose, he dropped out of school and worked as a creative director for at an overnight summer camp Sloane YMCA in Lakeville, Connecticut. His colleague suggested acting when he participated in a staff talent show for campers.
- Denzel enrolled at the Lincoln Center to study acting where he was given the title roles in Eugene O’Neill’s The Emperor Jones and d Shakespeare’s Othello.
- He was one of the very few African-Americans who appeared for the entire series of the six year long NBC drama St.Elsewhere; in which he played the role of Dr.Phillip Chandler.
- Denzel earned an Academy Award for Best Actor for playing the black nationalist in the movie Malcolm X.
- Washington won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the Training Day, in which he played Detective Alonzo Harris, a corrupt Los Angeles cop.
- Denzel Washington was the second African to win an Academy Award. He also holds the record of being the only actor from the African descent who had six Academy Award nominations.
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