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Denzel Washington

	Denzel Washington BORN: December 28, 1954 One of Hollywood's hottest leading men, Denzel Washington is an actor whose poise and sexy intelligence permeate whatever film he is in, be it socially conscious drama, comedy, or suspense thriller. The son of a Pentecostal minister and a hairdresser, Washington was born in Mount Vernon, New York on December 28, 1954. His parents' professions shaped Washington's early ambition to go into show business: from his minister father he learned the power of performance, while hours spent in his mother's salon listening to stories gave him a love of storytelling. Unfortunately, ... continue
Anansi 1991: Actor CD $7.49 VHS Reissued $9.49 Tape $5.49   Bone Collector 1999: Starring Actor DVD $19.98 VHS $17.99 VHS Spanish Subtitled $17.99   Courage Under Fire 1996: Starring Actor *Release Date:Dec. 26 *DVD $20.99 VHS CC $13.49 VHS Letter Box $17.99   Crimson Tide 1995: Starring Actor DVD $23.99 VHS $13.49   Cry Freedom 1987: Starring Actor DVD $21.58 VHS Reissued $9.49   Devil In A Blue Dress 1994: Starring Actor DVD $22.36 VHS CC $9.49 VHS Spanish Subtitled $9.49   Fallen 1998: Starring Actor DVD $15.98 VHS CC $13.49 VHS Letter Box $17.99 VHS Spanish Subtitled $13.49   George Mckenna Story VHS $13.49 VHS Extended Play $9.49   Glory Gift Set 1989: Starring Actor VHS Letter Box $28.99 VHS Box Set $24.49   Glory/Educational Version 1989: Starring Actor *Release Date:Jan. 30 *DVD $20.97 DVD Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround/Widescreen/Color/CC $22.36 VHS $13.49 VHS $17.99   Hank Aaron: Chasing The Dream 1995: Executive Producer VHS $13.49   He Got Game 1998: Starring Actor DVD $23.99 VHS $13.49   Heart Condition 1990: Starring Actor VHS $9.49   Hurricane Collector's Edition 1999: Starring Actor *Release Date:Jan. 30 DVD $21.58 *VHS CC $11.98 *VHS Spanish Subtitled $11.98   John Henry 1993: Actor VHS Reissued $9.49   Malcolm X 1992: Starring Actor *Release Date:Jan. 23 DVD $15.98 *VHS CC $19.98 *VHS Spanish Subtitled $19.98   Mighty Quinn 1989: Starring Actor VHS $9.49   Mighty Quinn 1989: Starring Actor *Release Date:Feb. 6 *DVD $10.47   Mo Better Blues 1990: Starring Actor *Release Date:Jan. 30 *DVD $17.49 VHS Reissued $9.49   Much Ado About Nothing 1993: Actor DVD $22.36 VHS $13.49   Pelican Brief 1993: Starring Actor DVD $15.98 VHS Reissued $9.49 VHS Spanish Subtitled $9.49   Philadelphia 1993: Starring Actor DVD $19.96 VHS $9.49 VHS $9.49   Power 1986: Starring Actor DVD $11.98   Preacher's Wife 1996: Starring Actor VHS $13.49   Ricochet 1991: Starring Actor DVD $15.98 VHS CC $9.49 VHS Spanish Subtitled $9.49 Laser Disc $29.49   Siege 1998: Starring Actor *Release Date:Dec. 26 *DVD $20.99 DVD Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround/Additional Footage/Behind the Scenes/Directors Comments/Widescreen/Color/CC $27.98 VHS CC $13.49 VHS Spanish Subtitled $13.49   Soldier's Story 1984: Starring Actor DVD $19.96 VHS $9.49   Very Best Of St. Elsewhere VHS $35.99   Virtuosity 1995: Starring Actor DVD $23.99 VHS $13.49

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when Washington was fourteen, his parents' marriage took a turn for the worse, and he and his older sister were sent away to boarding school so that they would not be exposed to their parents' eventual divorce. Washington went on to college, attaining a B.A. in Journalism from Fordham University in 1977. He still found time to pursue his interest in acting, and after graduation he went to San Francisco, where he won a scholarship to the American Conservatory Theatre. Washington stayed with the ACT for a year, and, after his time there, he began acting in various television movies and made his film debut in the 1981 Carbon Copy. Although he had a starring role as the illegitimate son of a rich white man, Washington didn't find real recognition until he joined the cast of the long-running TV series St. Elsewhere in 1982. He won critical raves and audience adoration for his portrayal of Dr. Phillip Chandler, and he began to attract Hollywood notice. In 1987, he starred as anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko in Richard Attenborough's Cry Freedom, and his powerful performance earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.Two years later, Washington won that award for his turn as an embittered yet courageous runaway slave in the Civil War drama Glory. The honor effectively put him on the Hollywood A-List, a place Washington managed to retain even as he appeared in films of wildly varying quality over the subsequent years. Some of his more notable work came from his collaboration with director Spike Lee; over the course of the 1990s, Washington starred in three of his films, playing a jazz trumpeter in Mo' Better Blues (1990), the title role in Lee's epic 1992 biopic Malcolm X (for which he received a Best Actor Oscar nomination), and the convict father of a high school basketball star in He Got Game (1998). Washington also turned in powerful performances in a number of other films, such as Mississippi Masala (1991), in which he played a man in love with an Indian woman; Philadelphia (1993), in which he portrayed a homophobic lawyer who takes on the cause of an AIDS-stricken man (Tom Hanks); and Devil in a Blue Dress (1994), which cast him as a 1940s private detective. Washington also proved himself believable as an action star, with the success of such thrillers as The Pelican Brief (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), and The Siege (1998) attesting to his capabilities. In 1999, Washington starred in another thriller, The Bone Collector, playing a paralyzed forensics expert who joins forces with a young policewoman (Angelina Jolie) to track down a serial killer. That same year, he starred in the title role of Norman Jewison's The Hurricane. Based on the true story of a boxer wrongly accused of murdering three people in 1966, the film featured stellar work by Washington as the wronged man, further demonstrating his remarkable capacity for telling a good story. His performance earned him a number of honors, including a Best Actor Golden Globe and a Best Actor Oscar nomination. -- Rebecca Flint, All Movie Guide