Though Denzel Washington came from a very humble background, yet today he is reckoned as one of the most Popular Hollywood Male Actors because of his unmatched acting skills. Denzel Washington has made a mark for himself because of his flawless acting work. The early life of Denzel Washington indicates that he was born in Mount Vernon, in New York. His father, Dillwyn, Reverend Denzel Washington, was an ordained Pentecostal minister and also worked for the Water Department and at a local department store.
His mother, Lennis, was a beauty parlor owner born in Georgia and raised in Harlem. When Denzel Washington was fourteen years old, his parents' got divorced, and he, his older sister and younger brother were sent away to boarding school. He attended grammar school at Pennington Grimes Elementary School in Mount Vernon. In the later years, Denzel Washington attained B.A. in Drama and Journalism from Fordham University in 1977. After his graduation he went to San Francisco, where he won a scholarship to the American Conservatory Theatre. To think About Hollywood, is all about an imagery world of grandeur and elegance.
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Film Background of Denzel Washington indicates that shortly after he graduated from Fordham, Denzel Washington made his professional acting debut in the 1977 in a television series. Life of Denzel Washington is filled with many exciting moments. He made his film debut in the 1981 Carbon Copy. His big break came when he starred in the popular television drama, titled St. Elsewhere from 1982 to 1988.. In 1987, after a great stint in several minor television, film and stage roles, Washington starred as South African anti-apartheid campaigner Steve Biko in Richard Attenborough's Cry Freedom, a great role for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In 1989, Washington won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for playing a defiant, self-possessed ex-slave in the film Glory. |
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Also in the same year, he gave a powerful performance in For Queen and Country.
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