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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).
Denzel Washington
Nick Fury
for Nick Fury in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
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The Mutant Control Agency, now operating as A.I.M., launches the Wonder Man Project. Simon Williams is promised he’ll surpass the X-Men, but as the transformation worsens, the world takes notice. Meanwhile, Steve Rogers, Clint Barton, and Logan are sent to Berlin to shut down a Hydra-run particle accelerator. Nick Fury assembles reinforcements: Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow), Matt Murdock (Daredevil), and Spider-Man, who joined after Fury contacted him through Iceman. The team infiltrates the Hydra base, battling through soldiers until they’re stopped by Wonder Man, guarding the accelerator. After a brutal fight, they subdue him and learn the accelerator made him—Hydra is creating superhumans. But the real mastermind isn’t Hydra—it’s A.I.M., with George Tarleton leading the project under Mr. Sinister, who now controls A.I.M. Sinister reveals the scale of their plan, claiming the heroes can't win. But Wonder Man turns, blasting Sinister and sending Tarleton into the accelerator, which seals behind him. As Tarleton cries for help, Sinister walks away. The team escapes with Wonder Man. Back at HQ, Fury warns this is only the beginning. The world needs defenders. These six are now the Avengers.
