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Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, producer, and director. Known for his dramatic roles on stage and screen, he is widely regarded as one of the best actors of his generation, with The New York Times declaring him the greatest actor of the 21st century in 2020. Over his career, he has received several accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award. Washington has been honoured with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2016, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2019, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2022. After training at the American Conservatory Theatre, Washington began his career in theatre, acting in performances off-Broadway. He first came to prominence in the NBC medical drama series St. Elsewhere (1982–1988) and in the war film A Soldier's Story (1984). He won two Academy Awards, his first for Best Supporting Actor for playing an American Civil War soldier in the war drama Glory (1989) and his second for Best Actor for playing a corrupt police officer in the crime thriller Training Day (2001). He was Oscar-nominated for his performances in Cry Freedom (1987), Malcolm X (1992), The Hurricane (1999), Flight (2012), Fences (2016), Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017), and The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). A prominent leading man, Washington also acted in Mo' Better Blues (1990), Mississippi Masala (1991), Philadelphia (1993), Courage Under Fire (1996), Remember the Titans (2000), Man on Fire (2004), Inside Man (2006), American Gangster (2007), and The Equalizer trilogy (2014–2023). Washington directed and starred in the films Antwone Fisher (2002), The Great Debaters (2007), and Fences (2016). On stage, he has acted in productions of both Coriolanus (1979) and The Tragedy of Richard III (1990) at the Public Theater. He made his Broadway debut in the Ron Milner play Checkmates (1988). He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as a disillusioned working-class father in the Broadway revival of August Wilson's play Fences (2010). He has also acted in the Broadway revivals of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (2005), Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun (2014), and Eugene O'Neill's play The Iceman Cometh (2018).
Gods is a 2022 American semi-biographical thriller film produced, co-written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It stars Anne Hathaway in the main role, alongside Olga Kurylenko, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Hudson, John Turturro, Pedro Pascal, and Michael Douglas as Bill Clinton. The film is partly based on true events and follows the exploits of Chloe Miller, the fictional Republican governor of North Carolina who battles the Democratic party during the aftermath of the downfall of their leader, Nancy Pelosi; to prevent the Democrats from succeeding in their corrupt plans, she seeks help from her friends, including former first lady Melania Trump, Florida governor Ron DeSantis, and former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard. It also stars William Baldwin, Denzel Washington, Kiernan Shipka, Diane Keaton, Robert Patrick, Vivica A. Fox, Richard Gere, Alec Baldwin, and James Woods. Gods was released on November 27th. Despite low expectations, it was a large financial success, grossing $2.250 billion and became Shyamalan's highest-grossing film to-date. The film was met with universal acclaim and was praised for its visual style, cinematography, direction, performances (particularly Hathaway and Kurylenko), ending, score, and emotional weight. It was also commended for its portrayal of the conflict between the Republicans and Democrats, noting their different visions of a peaceful society.
