Happy Birthday: Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

Born: December 28, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York, USA

Married to:
Pauletta Washington (25 June 1983 – present) (4 children)

(1995 quote) It was never my dream to be famous. I didn’t start acting to be a movie star. I started in the theater and my desire was to get better at my craft. It’s still my desire. I don’t consider myself a movie star, nor do I really have the desire to be one. I’m just an entertainer. An actor who works hard at his craft. Whatever labels people give me, that’s not really me or part of my process. Come and talk with me again on my 50th birthday and I may feel differently, but right now, I’m just taking the lesson from one of my old teachers who said, “Don’t be afraid to fail big.”.

Tony Scott was a great director, a genuine friend, and it is unfathomable to think that he is now gone. He had a tremendous passion for life and for the art of filmmaking, and was able to share this passion with all of us through his cinematic brilliance.

Denzel Impression Watch spot on impression performed by Dean Edwards

Malcolm X 1992 dir. Spike Lee Starring Denzel Washington Delro Lindo

Fallen 1998 dir. Gregory Hoblit Starring Washington John Goodman

He Got Game 1998 dir. Spike Lee Starring Denzel Washington Ray Allen

Man on Fire 2004 dir. Tony Scott Starring Washington Dakota Fanning Inside Man 2006 dir. Spike Lee Starring Washington Jodie Foster Clive Owen American Gangster dir. Scott Starring Russell Crowe Washington The Taking of Pelham 123 dir. Tony Scott Starring Washington John Travolta The Book of Eli dir. Albert Hughes Allen Hughes Stars Denzel Washington Mila Kunis UNSTOPPABLE dir. Tony Scott Stars: Denzel Washington Chris Pine FLIGHT 2012 dir. Robert Zemeckis Stars: Denzel Washington Melissa Leo REMEMBER THE TITANS 2000 dir. Boaz Yakin Stars: Denzel Washington Will Patton PHILADELPHIA 1993 dir. Jonathan Demme Stars: Tom Hanks Denzel Washington 2 GUNS 2013 dir. Baltasar Kormakur Stars: Denzel Washington Mark Wahlberg DEJA VU 2006 dir. Tony Scott Stars: Denzel Washington Paula Patton JOHN Q 2002 dir. Nick Cassavetes Starring: Denzel Washington Robert Duvall SAFE HOUSE dir. Daniel Espinosa Stars: Denzel Washington Ryan Reynolds

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