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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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Elgin Wilkes
for Elgin Wilkes in The Shadows Of Detroit
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Set in the 1930s during the height of the Great Depression, follows the story of Agent Benjamin "Benny" Anderson, a skilled and tenacious FBI agent assigned to the Detroit office. The city is under the tight grip of the notorious gangster, Michael "Viper" Volante, who controls a giant criminal empire, spreading fear and corruption throughout Detroit. Determined to bring down Viper and dismantle his empire, Agent Benny realizes that he cannot take on such a formidable adversary alone. He decides to assemble a team of exceptional individuals with unique skills and backgrounds. He builds a team with a credential from FBI leadership. This team is built of a former Pinkerton agent, a former gangster who was taken out of prison for this mission, a wild west legend known for fastest hands, a WWI veteran known for being an unbeatable shooter and soldier, and bounty hunter. Together embarks on a dangerous and thrilling mission to dismantle Viper's empire. They must navigate through a web of corruption, bribery, and treachery within the city's law enforcement and political circles. As the plot unfolds, the team faces numerous challenges, close calls, and personal sacrifices. They begin to uncover shocking secrets that link Viper's empire to influential figures in the government, making their mission even more perilous. While danger looms at every turn, they must rely on each other's strengths to overcome adversity and bring Viper to justice.
