Two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington is often described as one of the greatest actors of his generation. He won his Academy Awards for the supporting grole of Pvt. Trip in Glory (1989) and for his leading role of Alonzo in Training Day (2001).
Washington was also Oscar-nominated for his performances as Steve Biko in Cry Freedom (1987), as Malcolm X in Malcolm X (1992), as Rubin Carter in The Hurricane (1999), as Whip Whitaker in Flight (2012), as Troy Maxson in Fences (2016), as Roman J. Israel in Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017) and as Macbeth in The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021).
The above titles are just a small sampling of the actor’s expansive career across 50+ films and counting. He is known for performances alongside Tom Hanks in Philadelphia (1993), Julia Roberts in The Pelican Brief (1993), Annette Bening and Tony Shalhoub in The Seige (1998), Angelina Jolie in The Bone Collector (1999), Will Patton in Remember the Titans (2000) and so many more. More recently, he has appeared in The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), The Equalizer 3 (2023), Gladiator II (2024) and the soon-to-premiere Highest 2 Lowest — Spike Lee’s latest film that will premiere at Cannes.
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