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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).
Forensic scientist Barry Allen was just an ordinary man, constantly buried in paperwork and crime scene investigations at the Central City Police Department. But one stormy night changes everything. Struck by a bolt of lightning and exposed to mysterious chemicals, Barry awakens from a coma to discover he has gained the ability to move at superhuman speeds. With the help of his close friends and allies, Barry learns to harness his newfound powers, becoming Central City’s guardian—the Flash. However, Barry soon realizes he wasn’t the only one affected by the strange storm that night. Across the city, others have developed dangerous abilities, including Leonard Snart, an opportunistic criminal who now wields a cold gun capable of freezing anything in his path. Dubbed Captain Cold, Snart assembles a crew of rogues—each with their own deadly skills—to seize control of Central City’s underworld. As Barry struggles to balance his responsibilities as a crime scene investigator and his secret life as the Flash, he finds himself facing a growing wave of metahuman threats. Pushed to his limits, he must prove that speed alone isn’t enough to be a hero. In a city now filled with chaos, Barry will have to rely on his heart, intelligence, and the allies he’s made along the way to defeat the Rogues and embrace his destiny as the fastest man alive.
