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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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for General Ridley in SUIKODEN 2 LIVE ACTION(2028)
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The story begins with of the hero,Riou adoptive grandson of the great Jowston hero,Genkaku,now living in the Highland Kingdom. Serving in the Highland youth army,the hero's regiment is betrayed by Highland prince,Luca Blight in order to manufacture a war with Jowston. Escaping with his best friend,Jowy Atreides, and adoptive sister Nanami,the three soon find themselves embroiled in Jowston's defense against Highland. Jowy rejoins in the Highland Army and as the King of Highland. Nanami tried to convince Riou to quit fighting and run away many times throughout the war,but Riou refused. Eventually,she decided to simply let Riou fight out his war,but secretly she was hurt by the fact that her brother had to fight against friend, Jowy. During the siege on Rockaxe,she is shown to be protective to both Riou and Jowy. Nanami wields her three-piece rod to confront Gorudo and his knights,but she was heavily injured from their arrow shots. This causes the both of them to get angry at them and to kill Gorudo. Riou was informed that Nanami had passed away. Bearing the Bright Shield and Black Sword Runes,the two are destined to oppose each other. Riou forces eventually emerge victorious,but the war will not end until the hero and Jowy meet at Tenzan Pass for one final duel. Riou decides he no longer wishes to lead the Dunan Army,and Jowy uses his second chance at life to atone for his sins as King. The two vow to be together without Nanami died.
