In 1995, Hackman played an inept Hollywood producer in Get Shorty and the villainous fast-draw champion John Herrod in The Quick and the Dead opposite Sharon Stone, Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe, as well as submarine Captain Frank Ramsey in the film Crimson Tide with Denzel Washington.

In 1991, he embarked on a serious acting career, portraying police detective Scotty Appleton in Mario Van Peebles ' feature film New Jack City, gang leader Odessa ( alongside Denzel Washington and John Lithgow ) in Ricochet ( 1991 ), gang leader King James in Trespass ( 1992 ), followed by a notable lead role performance in Surviving the Game ( 1994 ), in addition to many supporting roles, such as J-Bone in Johnny Mnemonic ( 1995 ), and the marsupial mutant T-Saint in Tank Girl ( 1995 ).

Since then, Demme's films have included an adaptation of Toni Morrison's Beloved, and remakes of two popular films: The Truth About Charlie, based on Charade that starred Mark Wahlberg in the Cary Grant role ; and The Manchurian Candidate, with Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep.

The Harlem Lindy Hop dance club and zoot suit culture forms a colourful backdrop in the early part of Spike Lee's film Malcolm X, starring Denzel Washington.

According to a 1995 Premiere magazine article, actor Denzel Washington also confronted Tarantino on his usage of racial slurs in his pictures, but mentioned that Tarantino was a " fine artist.

Denzel Washington and Benicio del Toro had initially been cast, both actors having been paid salaries of $ 20 m and $ 15 m respectively without the film having gone into production.

He co-starred with Denzel Washington in Virtuosity and with Sharon Stone in The Quick and the Dead in 1995.

However, he failed to win the Oscar that year, losing to Denzel Washington.

In 2006 he re-teamed with Gladiator director Ridley Scott for A Good Year, the first of two consecutive collaborations ( the second being American Gangster co-starring again with Denzel Washington, released in late 2007 ).

* In 1987, Richard Attenborough directed the movie Cry Freedom, a biographical drama about Biko starring Denzel Washington and Kevin Kline.

Waits played the role of " The Engineer " in the film The Book of Eli, opposite Denzel Washington, which opened in January 2010.

In 1977 a made-for-TV docudrama titled Wilma ( also known as The Story of Wilma Rudolph ) was produced by Bud Greenspan ; it starred Shirley Jo Finney, Cicely Tyson, Jason Bernard and Denzel Washington in one of his first roles.

* The film Glory ( starring Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, and Matthew Broderick ), shows events of 1863, notably the assault on Fort Wagner.

* In 2006, Zondervan announced the production of The Bible Experience, an audio recording of the TNIV featuring performances by Angela Bassett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Blair Underwood, Denzel Washington, and several other leading celebrities.

Past recipients of the UCLA Spencer Tracy Award include James Stewart, Michael Douglas, Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Anthony Hopkins, Kirk Douglas and Morgan Freeman.

* Denzel Washington Actor Oakland Military Academy, in New Windsor, New York.

* 2005: Denzel Washington played Brutus in the first Broadway production of the play in over fifty years.

* Frank Lucas, famous heroin dealer, subject of American Gangster motion picture starring Denzel Washington.

It was remade in 1996 as The Preacher's Wife starring Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, and Courtney B. Vance.

The 1991 film Mississippi Masala starred Denzel Washington and Sarita Choudhury, and profiled a family of displaced Ugandan-Indians living and working in Mississippi.

* Pauletta Pearson Washington-wife of actor Denzel Washington, Actress.

Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. ( born December 28, 1954 ) is an American actor, film director and film producer.

Denzel Washington was born in Mount Vernon, near New York City, New York on December 28, 1954.

His father, Reverend Denzel Hayes Washington, Sr., a native of Buckingham County, Virginia, served as an ordained Pentecostal minister, and also worked for the Water Department and a local department store, S. Klein.

The film follows John Quincy Archibald ( Denzel Washington ), a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it.

The movie Carbon Copy (' 1981 movie featuring Denzel Washington and George Segal ) was also based in San Marino.

The film stars Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker and was nominated for a Golden Globe award in 2008.

Denzel Washington was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Carter.

His only Broadway production, Checkmates, in 1988, co-starring Ruby Dee, was also the Broadway debut of Denzel Washington.

Denzel Washington won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2001, notably beating out Russell Crowe's performance as John Nash for A Beautiful Mind, and the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain in 2002 for his performance in Training Day, and Ethan Hawke was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2001 for the film.

* Denzel Washington-Lt. Parker Barnes, the main protagonist who was later put into prison after killing a man that killed his family.

Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling ( Denzel Washington ) was involved in a friendly fire incident in Al Bathra during the Gulf War.

Denzel Washington ’ s acting was specifically lauded as Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote, “ In Washington's haunted eyes, in the stunning cinematography of Roger Deakins ( Fargo ) that plunges into the mad flare of combat, in the plot that deftly turns a whodunit into a meditation on character and in Zwick's persistent questioning of authority, Courage Under Fire honors its subject and its audience .” Additionally Peter Stack of the San Francisco Chronicle said that, “ Denzel Washington is riveting .”

Tolson was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the film The Great Debaters.

Barry was chosen by a majority of Washington residents and tourists from Tussauds ' " Top 10 Wish List ," in a contest that pitted him against Cal Ripken, Al Gore, Denzel Washington, Carl Bernstein, Halle Berry, Martin Sheen, Marilyn Monroe, Nancy Reagan and Oprah Winfrey.

The success of the 1935 Wiley College debate team, coached by professor and poet Melvin Tolson, was the subject of a 2005 AMS Pictures documentary The Great Debaters, The Real Great Debaters of Wiley College which received heavy play around Texas followed by 2007 movie The Great Debaters, directed by and starring Denzel Washington.

Denzel Washington won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.

His part in its winning performance was portrayed by Denzel Whitaker in the 2007 film The Great Debaters, directed by and starring Denzel Washington.

Edward Frank " Ed " Limato ( July 10, 1936 – July 3, 2010 ) was an American talent agent and a senior vice president at the William Morris Agency, representing clients such as Michelle Pfeiffer, Mel Gibson, Steve Martin, Richard Gere, and Denzel Washington.

" Titans Spirit " was a rousing seven-minute exploration of the movie's energetic themes that projected from Denzel Washington as he spoke during filming.

A 2011 poll conducted by Reuters and Ipsos revealed that White was considered to be the most popular and most trusted celebrity among Americans, beating out the likes of Denzel Washington, Sandra Bullock, and Tom Hanks.

Trellick Tower is featured in the 1988 film For Queen and Country, starring Denzel Washington and was the filming location for Shopping, a 1994 film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson.

The press release of this remake stated the script was written for actors Richard Gere and Denzel Washington.