Denzel Hayes Washington Jr., an American actor, director, and producer, was born on December 28, 1954. He has been regarded as an actor who “reconfigured the concept of classic movie stardom” by identifying with characters defined by their grace, dignity, humanity, and inner strength on screen and stage. Denzel Washington’s net worth is estimated to be over $250 million in 2021.
He has worked with directors such as Spike Lee, Antoine Fuqua, and Tony Scott on numerous occasions. Two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Tony Award are among his many honors. He was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016. He was named the finest actor of the twenty-first century by The New York Times in 2020.
Denzel Washington began his acting career in theatre, appearing in off-Broadway productions such as William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus in 1979. He rose to notoriety after starring in the hospital drama St. Elsewhere (1982-1988).
Washington attended Mount Vernon’s Pennington-Grimes Elementary School until 1968. His parents split when he was 14, and his mother enrolled him in the exclusive prep school Oakland Military Academy in New Windsor, New York. Washington married Pauletta Pearson on June 25, 1983, after meeting her on the set of his first screen work, the television picture Wilma.
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