Photo FeaturesCelebrate Tony Award Winner Denzel Washington With a Look at His Theatre HighlightsThe Tony and Oscar winner was born December 28.
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Playbill Staff
December 28, 2021
David Cromer, Bryce Clyde Jenkins, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Anika Noni Rose, Denzel Washington, and Sophie Okonedo in A Raisin in the SunBrigitte Lacombe
Tony winner and two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington celebrates his birthday December 28.
Washington first appeared in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of Coriolanus in 1979, beginning a 4 decade career on the stage. In the time since, Washington has starred in A Raisin in the Sun, Julius Caesar, Checkmate, and more. He won the Tony Award for his performance as Troy Maxson in August Wilson’s Fences, a role he reprised for the 2016 film adaptation.
Washington was last seen on Broadway as Hickey in a revival of Eugene O'Neill's four-act epic The Iceman Cometh. Five-time Tony winner George C. Wolfe directed the limited engagement in 2018 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. He can be seen on screen in Joel Coen's film adaptaton of The Tragedy of Macbeth alongside fellow Tony and Oscar winner Frances McDormand.
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Celebrating Tony Award Winner Denzel Washington
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Arnold Wilkerson, Gilbert Lewis and Denzel Washington in the 1979 Players State Theatre production Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Denzel Washington and Kirk Kirksey in the 1981 New Federal Theatre production of When The Chickens Come Home To Roost.
Brent Jennings, Steven Anthony Jones, Eugene Lee, Denzel Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, James Pickens and Peter Friedman in the 1981 Negro Ensemble Company production of A Soldier’s Play.
Adolph Caesar, Denzel Washington, Peter Friedman and Cast in the 1981 Negro Ensemble Company production of A Soldier’s Play.
Denzel Washington and S. Epatha Merkerson in the 1984 National Black Touring Circuit production of Every Goodbye Ain’t Gone.
Paul Winfield, Ruby Dee, Denzel Washington and Marsha Jackson in the 1988 Broadway production Checkmates.
Paul Winfield, Ruby Dee, Marsha Jackson and Denzel Washington in the 1988 Broadway production Checkmates.
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Marsha Jackson and Denzel Washington in the 1988 Broadway production Checkmates.
Denzel Washington in the 1990 New York Shakespeare Festival production of Richard III.
Martha Swope
Sharon Washington and Denzel Washington in the 1990 New York Shakespeare Festival production of Richard III.
Denzel Washington in the 2005 Broadway production Julius Caesar.
Colm Feore, Denzel Washington, Jack Willis and Patrick Page in the 2005 Broadway production Julius Caesar.
Patrick Page, Richard Topol and Denzel Washington in the 2005 Broadway production Julius Caesar.
Denzel Washington and Stephen McKinley Henderson in Fences.
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Viola Davis and Denzel Washington in Fences.
Joan Marcus
Viola Davis, Chris Chalk, Denzel Washington and Mykelti Williamson in the 2010 Broadway production Fences.
Joan Marcus
Denzel Washington and Viola Davis holding their Tony Awards on June 13, 2010.
David Cromer, Bryce Kyle Jenkins, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Anika Noni Rose, Denzel Washington and Sophie Okonedo in the 2014 Broadway production A Raisin in the Sun.
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Denzel Washington and LaTanya Richardson Jackson in the 2014 Broadway production A Raisin in the Sun.
Sophie Okonedo, Denzel Washington and Anika Noni Rose in the 2014 Broadway production A Raisin in the Sun.
Denzel Washington and Sophie Okonedo in the 2014 Broadway production A Raisin in the Sun.
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Denzel Washington and Viola Davis
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Denzel Washington and Stephen McKinley Henderson
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Denzel Washington
Julieta Cervantes
Denzel Washington
Julieta Cervantes
Denzel Washington and the company
Michael Potts, Denzel Washington, and the company
Julieta Cervantes
Denzel Washington and the company
Julieta Cervantes
Denzel Washington in The Tragedy of Macbeth
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Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand in The Tragedy of Macbeth
