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Biography

Tall, strikingly handsome leading man of films and television in the 1980s and 1990s, Denzel Washington was born in 1954 in Mount Vernon, New…more

Born

12/28/1954, Mount Vernon, New York

Birth Name

Denzel Washington

Gender

Male

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Star (3)

Role
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales For Every Child
  Humpty Dumpty
  - S 3: Ep 13 Aesop's Fables
    7/18/00
  - S 3: Ep 12 Robinita Hood
    6/19/00
  - S 3: Ep 10 Snow Queen
    4/18/00
  - S 1: Ep 11 Beauty and the Beast
  - S 1: Ep 3 Hansel and Gretel
    4/1/95
  - + 1 More Credits
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales For Every Child
  King Omar/Humpty Dumpty
  - S 1: Ep 5 Rumpelstiltskin
    4/9/95
- St. Elsewhere
  Dr. Phillip Chandler
  - S 6: Ep 21 The Abby Singer Show
    5/18/88
  - S 6: Ep 20 Split Decision
    5/11/88
  - S 6: Ep 19 Requiem For a Heavyweight
    5/4/88
  - S 6: Ep 18 The Naked Civil Surgeon
    4/27/88
  - S 6: Ep 17 Their Town
    4/20/88
  - + 130 More Credits
Recurring Role (4)

Role
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 21: Ep 82 Thu, Feb 9, 2012
    2/9/12
- Entertainment Tonight
  Himself
  - S 32: Ep 33 February 8, 2012
    2/8/12
- Access Hollywood
  Himself
  - S 14: Ep 21 January 30, 2012
    1/30/12
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 15: Ep 44 Show #2851
    1/15/08
  - S 13: Ep 114 Show #2527
    3/20/06
  - S 12: Ep 123 Show #2342
    3/31/05
  - S 11: Ep 175 Show #2206
    7/19/04
  - S 11: Ep 16 Show #2048
    9/29/03
  - + 4 More Credits
Guest Star (31)

Role
- The Andrew Marr Show
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 23 17th February, 2012
    2/17/12
- Attack of the Show!
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 24 2/9/2012
    2/9/12
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 24: Ep 104 February 8, 2012
    2/8/12
  - S 23: Ep 47 November 10, 2010
    11/10/10
  - S 22: Ep 158 May 10, 2010
    5/10/10
  - S 22: Ep 84 January 15, 2010
    1/15/10
  - S 21: Ep 198 June 12, 2009
    6/12/09
  - + 6 More Credits
- Mike & Mike in the Morning
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 194 November 10
    11/10/10
- The Jay Leno Show
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 75 75
    1/7/10
- Live from Studio Five
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 9 Thursday 24/9/09
    9/24/09
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
  Himself
  - S 16: Ep 25 Denzel Washington, Quentin Tarantino, Deborah Meaden, Theo Paphitis, James Caan, Peter Jones, a-ha.
    7/24/09
  - S 11: Ep 13 Denzel Washington, Girls Aloud, Dara O’Briain, Guillemots.
    12/8/06
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 80: Ep 1 The 80th Annual Academy Awards
    2/24/08
  - S 75: Ep 1 The 75th Annual Academy Awards
    3/23/03
  - S 74: Ep 1 The 74th Annual Academy Awards
    3/24/02
  - S 70: Ep 1 The 70th Annual Academy Awards
    3/23/98
  - S 67: Ep 1 The 67th Annual Academy Awards
    3/27/95
  - + 2 More Credits
- Shootout
  Self
  - S 5: Ep 12 Denzel Washington, Hilary Swank
    12/23/07
  - S 1: Ep 37 Denzel Washington
    8/1/04
- e-Talk Daily
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 80 December 12, 2007
    12/12/07
  - S 4: Ep 50 October 30, 2007
    10/30/07
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Himself
  - S 16: Ep 88 Denzel Washington; Dave Salmoni; Leann Rimes
    11/1/07
- The Today Show
  Himself
  - S 55: Ep 56 March 20, 2006
    3/20/06
- Good Morning America
  Himself
  - S 31: Ep 60 March 25, 2005
    3/25/05
  - S 18: Ep 222 November 10, 1992
    11/10/92
- Parkinson
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 2 Simon Cowell, Naomi Campbell, Denzel Washington, Ronan Keating
    9/11/04
- Tavis Smiley
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 134 Denzel Washington
    7/23/04
- ESPN25: Who's #1?
  Interviewee
  - S 1: Ep 3 Best Sports Movies
    6/29/04
- Coming Attractions
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 19 The Manchurian Candidate; Danny Deckchair; Bad Santa; The Princess Diaries 2
    6/24/04
  - S 5: Ep 13 The Manchurian Candidate; The Stepford Wives; Dodgeball; The Bourne Supremacy
    5/13/04
  - S 5: Ep 4 Man on Fire; The Alamo; Johnson Family Vacation; The Girl Next Door
    3/11/04
- On Air With Ryan Seacrest
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 76 4/23/04
    4/23/04
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 12: Ep 199 Show #2695
    4/22/04
  - S 11: Ep 135 Show #2409
    1/15/03
  - S 10: Ep 66 Show #2132
    10/1/01
- The View
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 157 Washington/Clarkson
    4/21/04
  - S 6: Ep 75 December 18, 2002
    12/18/02
- On the Record with Bob Costas
  Guest
  - S 5: Ep 4 Denzel Washington
    4/18/04
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1997)
  Coach Boone
  - S 6: Ep 1 Remember The Titans
    9/27/03
- TRL
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 48 12/18/02
    12/18/02
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 17 Show #829
    9/27/00
  - S 1: Ep 114 Show # 114
    12/9/96
- The Academy Awards
  Himself
  - S 72: Ep 1 The 72nd Annual Academy Awards
    3/26/00
  - S 62: Ep 1 The 62nd Annual Academy Awards
    3/26/90
  - S 60: Ep 1 The 60th Annual Academy Awards
    4/11/88
- MTV Movie Awards
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 1 1993 MTV Movie Awards
    7/18/93
- People's Choice Awards
  Himself
  - S 19: Ep 1 The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards
    1/1/93
- American Experience
  Narrator
  - S 5: Ep 5 Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
    11/11/92
- Great Performances
  Narrator
  - S 21: Ep 2 Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway
    11/2/92
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 91 February 12, 1992
    2/12/92
  - S 2: Ep 89 January 31, 1990
    1/31/90
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 28: Ep 46 Show #4091
    1/9/90
Cameo (1)

Role
- Family Guy
  Joe Miller (Archive)
  - S 5: Ep 2 Mother Tucker
    9/17/06

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- Denzel turned down the role of the title character in Michael Clayton.
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- Along with Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel voiced a character in a new audio version of the Bible, which was released in two segments; The New Testament, released in 2006 and The Old Testament, released in 2007.
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- Denzel has been nominated for three SAG Awards. In 2000, he was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for The Hurricane, in 2002, he was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for Training Day and in 2008 he was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for American Gangster.
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- Denzel Washington: (on turning down the lead role in Love Field) It was nigger this and nigger that. I wasn't going to be one of many niggers in a film.
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- Denzel Washington: (on refusing to do a love scene with Julia Roberts in The Pelican Brief) Black women are not often seen as objects of desire on film. And they have always been my core audience.
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- Denzel Washington: (on actors who complain about the pressure of fame) It's only acting. Pressure is being a 20-year-old kid in Iraq with a gun slung over his shoulder.
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