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Denzel Washington
Actor and filmmaker; two-time Academy Award winner
The actor who proved a Black leading man could carry any story Hollywood dared to tell.
The rise
Born on 28 December 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York, he studied journalism at Fordham and drama at the American Conservatory Theater. His range — from Steve Biko to Malcolm X to a corrupt detective — and his two Academy Awards established him as one of the greatest actors of his generation.