About Us
Denzel Washington, one of Hollywood's most respected actors, has starred in 39 movies, including his latest, The Great Debaters. To be released in 2009 is The Taking of Pelham One Two Three which is a thriller novel set in New York in which a subway train is hijacked, and the four hijackers are demanding ransom money.
Denzel Washington began his acting career in 1977 in a made-for-television movie Wilma. In 1989, Washington won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film Glory.
Born in New York City in 1954, Washington's mother was a beauty parlor owner, and his father was an ordained Pentecostal minister. Denzel Washington received a B.A. in Drama and Journalism from Fordham University where he played collegiate basketball.
Washington and his wife, Pauletta, were married in 1983 and have four children.
