denzel washington jr is an american actor director voice actor and producer he's been described as
an actor who reconfigured the concept of classic movie stardom mostly associating with characters
defined by their grace dignity humanity and inner strength he has received 17 naacp
image awards three golden globe awards one tony award and two academy awards from nine nominations
the new york times ranked him as the greatest actor of the 21st century
denzel washington has an estimated net worth of 280 million dollars every year denzel
washington earns 60 to 80 million dollars denzel washington's early life denzel hayes washington jr
was born on december 28 1954 in mount vernon new york his mother lennis or lynn lowe was born in
1924. she was a beauty parlor owner and operator born in georgia and partly raised in harlem new
york his father denzel hayes washington senior was born in 1909 and died in 1991.
he was a native of buckingham county virginia an ordained pentecostal minister and an employee of
the new york city water department who also worked at a local s klein department store washington
attended pennington grimes elementary school in mount vernon until 1968 when he was 14 his parents
divorced and his mother sent him to the private preparatory school oakland military academy
in new windsor new york after oakland denzel attended mainland high school in daytona beach
florida from 1970 to 1971. he earned a ba in drama and journalism from fordham university in 1977.
at fordham he played collegiate basketball as a guard under coach p.j carlissimo
after a period of indecision on which major to study and taking a semester off washington worked
as a creative arts director of the overnight summer camp at camp sloan ymca in lakeville
connecticut he participated in a staff talent show for the campers and a colleague suggested he'd try
acting returning to fordham that fall with a renewed purpose washington enrolled at the lincoln
center campus to study acting where he was given the title roles in eugene o'neill's the emperor
jones and shakespeare's othello he then attended graduate school at the american conservatory
theater in san francisco california where he stayed for one year before returning to new york
to begin a professional acting career denzel washington is six feet tall or 1.85 meters tall
denzel washington's personal life on june 25th 1983 denzel washington married pauletta pearson
whom he met on the set of his first screen work the television film wilma they have four children
john david born in 1984 he's an actor and a former football player katya born in 1986 who graduated
from yale university with a bachelor of arts in 2010 and twins olivia and malcolm born in 1991.
malcolm graduated from the university of pennsylvania with a degree in film studies
and olivia played a role in lee daniel's film the butler in 1995 denzel washington
and his wife renewed their wedding vows in south africa with desmond tutu officiating
denzel washington is a devout christian and has considered becoming a preacher
he stated in 1999 a part of me still says maybe denzel you were supposed to preach
maybe you're still compromising i've had an opportunity to play great men and through their
words to preach i take what talent i've been given seriously and i want to use it for good
denzel washington says he reads the bible daily in 1995 he donated 2.5 million u.s dollars to
help build the new west angeles church of god in christ facility in los angeles in mid-2004 denzel
washington visited brook army medical center at fort sam houston where he participated in
a purple heart ceremony presenting medals to three army soldiers recovering from wounds they received
while stationed in iraq he also visited the fort's fisher house facilities and after learning that it
had exceeded its capacity made a substantial donation to the fisher house foundation
denzel washington's other charitable contributions include 1 million u.s dollars to nelson mandela's
children fund in 1995 and 1 million u.s dollars to wiley college to resuscitate the college's debate
team on may 18 1991 denzel washington was awarded an honorary doctorate from his alma mater fordham
university for having impressively succeeded in exploring the edge of his multifaceted talent
in 2011 he donated 2 million to fordham for an endowed chair of the theater department as
well as 250 000 to establish a theater specific scholarship at the school he also received an
honorary doctorate of humanities from morehouse college on may 20 2007 and an honorary doctor of
arts degree from the university of pennsylvania on may 16 2011. denzel washington's career
washington started his acting career in theater by acting in performances off-broadway including
william shakespeare's coriolanus in 1979. he first came to prominence in acting in the medical dramas
seen elsewhere from 1982 to 1988. washington's early film roles included norman jewison's a
soldier's story in 1984 richard attenborough's cry freedom in 1987 he won his first academy award for
best supporting actor as private silas trip in the civil war drama glory in 1989. throughout
the 1990s he established himself as a leading man in such varied films as spike lee's biographical
film epic malcolm x in 1992 kenneth branagh's shakespeare adaptation much ado about nothing
alan j pakula's legal thriller the pelican brief jonathan demm's drama philadelphia all in 1993
and norman jewison's sports drama the hurricane in 1999 for his role as corrupt detective alonzo
harris in the crime thriller training day in 2001 he won his second academy award this time
for best actor washington has continued acting in diverse roles such as football coach herman boone
and remember the titans in 2000 poet and educator melvin b tolson and the great debaters in 2007
drug kingpin frank lucas an american gangster in 2007 and the airline pilot with an addiction
in flight in 2012. he won his tony award for best actor in a play for his performance in the
broadway revival of the august wilson play fences in 2010 washington later directed produced and
starred in the film adaptation which was nominated for four oscars including best picture and best
actor for washington he also produced the film adaptation of wilson's ma rainey's black bottom
his plan is to adapt all of wilson's works for film he's also appeared in broadway revivals of
lorraine hansberry's a raisin in the sun in 2014 and eugene o'neill's the iceman cometh in 2018.
denzel washington's house denzel washington owns a mansion in beverly hills valued at 16.6 million
dollars the 30 000 square foot property includes eight bedrooms 14 bathrooms and
features a large swimming pool a tennis court a guest house and many incredible amenities
his film production offices are also in this house denzel washington bought the home from
michael eisner who used to be this chief executive officer of the walt disney company he paid 2.675
million for the home way back in 1992 the value of the house is now estimated at over
80 million dollars according to zillow while the la county property record suggests it's closer to
16.6 million either way it's worth a lot another fabulous thing about this home near the world
famous mulholland drive is that it is literally covered in trees so even though he's surrounded
by rich and famous neighbors including eddie murphy sylvester stallone and mark wahlberg he's
got all the privacy of a wooded estate denzel washington's car collection denzel washington
owns or has owned an aston martin vanquish a chrysler 300c a rolls-royce phantom and a
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