Academy Award, Golden Globe and Tony Award-winning actor Denzel Washington, who will receive the Cecil B. De Mille Golden Globe on Jan 10, 2016, celebrates his birthday Dec. 28. Playbill.com takes a look at his stage career. Happy birthday, Denzel.
Washington, who won the 2010 Tony Award for his performance in Fences, is primarily known for his various film roles.
Celebrating Tony Award Winner Denzel Washington
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.
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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.
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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.
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Denzel Washington in the 1990 New York Shakespeare Festival production of Richard III.
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Sharon Washington and Denzel Washington in the 1990 New York Shakespeare Festival production of Richard III.
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Denzel is a two-time Academy Award winner, first for his work in the 1989 film Glory; and second for 2001’s Training Day. Other films include A Soldier’s Story; Cry Freedom; Malcolm X; Philadelphia; The Hurricane; and Flight.
He has also directed and starred in the films Antwone Fisher and The Great Debaters.
Washington first appeared in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of Coriolanus. Other stage credits include Ceremonies in Dark Old Men; When The Chickens Come Home To Roost; A Soldier’s Play; Every Goodbye Ain’t Gone; and Richard III. Broadway roles include Checkmates; Julius Caesar; and Fences.
Denzel is also known for his television work on the long-running hospital drama St. Elsewhere.