The Big Picture: Denzel Washington Career & Biographical Notes: Has a degree in journalism from Fordham University As a child, he was forbidden to watch movies by his parents Met his future wife on the set of his first film Dreams of doing a buddy comedy with Jack Black

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Denzel Washington Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• Bone Collector, The
• Book of Eli, The
• Denzel Washington Roles
• Fallen
• Inside Man
• Man on Fire
• People Working Together
• Philadelphia
• Remember the Titans
• Safe House
• Unstoppable
• Virtuosity

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Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
Safe House	2/10/12	N/A
Unstoppable	11/12/10	N/A
The Book of Eli	1/15/10	N/A
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3	6/12/09	N/A
The Great Debaters	12/25/07				5.67	Info
American Gangster	11/2/07				126.03	Info
Deja Vu	11/22/06	PG-13	3108	20.57	64.03	Info
Inside Man	3/24/06	R	2818	28.95	88.32	Info
The Manchurian Candidate	7/30/04	R	2867	20.02	65.95	Info
Man on Fire	4/23/04	R	2979	22.75	77.86	Info
Out of Time	10/3/03	PG-13	3076	16.19	40.91	Info
Antwone Fisher	12/20/02		1007	3.78	21.08	Info
John Q	2/15/02	PG-13	2466	23.61	71.03	Info
Training Day	10/5/01	R	2712	22.55	76.26	Info

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Awards:

2007
American Gangster

• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Satellites

2002
Antwone Fisher

• Win: Best Director, Washington (DC) Area Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Golden Satellites

2001
Training Day

• Win: Best Actor, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Actor, Boston Film Critics
• Win: Best Actor, Los Angeles Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Online Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Chicago Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Screen Actors' Guild
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, BOP's Calvin Awards

2000
Remember the Titans

• Runner-Up: Best Actor, BOP's Calvin Awards

1999
The Hurricane (1999)

• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Chicago Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Screen Actors' Guild

1992
Malcolm X

• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Actor, New York Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes

1989
Glory

• Win: Best Supporting Actor, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globes

1987
Cry Freedom

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Academy Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes

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