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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).
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Nick Fury
for Nick Fury in Scarlet Witch 3
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Agatha Harkness breaks free of Wanda’s spell—but freedom comes with a cost. The pocket reality begins to unravel, threatening them both. Surprisingly, Wanda agrees to help Agatha escape, guilt-ridden and seeking redemption. Alongside them is Billy—Wanda’s magically-created son—who insists on helping despite not being real. But a new threat emerges: Wraith Nightmare—the vengeful, undead remnant of the dream demon Wanda once helped destroy. Now, he hunts Agatha, blaming her for the collapse of the dream realm. The trio flees across twisted magical planes and forgotten corners of reality, searching for a way out. As Agatha and Wanda battle side by side, an uneasy bond forms. Agatha teaches Wanda control; Wanda shows Agatha mercy. Billy begins to fade—proof the spell is cracking. In a fiery final showdown, Agatha traps Nightmare in a soul prism, defeating him with Wanda’s help. With the spell broken, reality demands balance. Billy vanishes. Wanda, broken but awakened, casts the last spell—collapsing the false world. She wakes in Manhattan. But something’s changed. She senses it… life. Real, growing life. She’s pregnant. Somehow, reality itself bent to her desire. As she stares in stunned silence, a shadow appears. Nick Fury. “You’ve got power,” he says. “Want to use it to help the world?” Wanda looks up—scarred, hopeful, ready.
