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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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Shatterhand is the 25th instalment in the James Bond film series produced by Eon Productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Sony Pictures. It is Daniel Craig's fifth performance as James Bond. Blofeld has spent the last five years in MI6's Federal prison. The MI6's disclosed headquarters is attacked by a villainous German cooperation, which kidnaps Bloefeld. Upon noticing the abscents of Blofeld from the prison, Bond notices an ingraved scripture wrote on the prison wall, "Life can end with the shatter of the hand". Bond and the M16 is to believe Blofeld has escaped. The German cooperation is ran by notorious villain, Julius No, whom is working under the name "Shatterhand". Blofeld is kidnapped by him to help give secrets about the MI6 that only he knows. Refusing to give the secrets away due to the "unprofesional welcome", Julius begins to torture Blofeld. It is revealed that Mr. Hinx now works for Julius. Since Blofeld is being no help, Julius has Mr. Hinx kill him, but Mr. Hinx let's Blofeld go free. Julius then decides to turn to plan #2, which is kidnap Mrs. Moneypenny and lure Bond to them. Julius continues to leave "shatterhand" quotes on the main computer systems of the MI6. Bond is certain that Blodfeld is behind the kidnapping of Mrs. Moneypenny. Bond arrives at the German cooperation and quickly meets Mr. Hinx, which turns into a fist fight. Bond escapes Mr. Hinx and rescues Mrs. Moneypenny. Upon leaving, Julius introduces himself to Bond. Bond gives Mrs. Moneypenny a gun and tells her to run to the plane. Bond and Julius square off. After a long and bloody gun fight, Julius has the chance to kill Bond, but a gun shot goes off and Julius falls over on top of Bond. Bond lies there with his eyes closed and says, "I thought I told you to go to the plane". Bond opens his eyes and turns his head to see Blofeld standing against the wall. A gun slides out of his hand and hits the ground.
