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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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The Weight Of The Cross is an American neo-Western action thriller miniseries created by Alejandro Gomez Monteverde and developed by Angel for their streaming service of the same name. The second prequel to Wyoming's Cross and the third installment in the franchise by Angel about the American West, it stars Anne Hathaway and Chloë Grace Moretz, the latter reprising her role as Rose Stone, with newcomers Lucas Black, Terry Crews, Carrie Underwood, Stephen Baldwin, Mark Wahlberg, Matthew McConaughey, John Ratzenberger, Jamie Foxx, and Denzel Washington. The entire series is narrated by Dove Cameron, who portrayed Bailey Stone, the protagonist of Wyoming's Cross. Produced by Pinnacle Peak Pictures and Kendrick Brothers, the series's story is set during World War II and follows an older Rose (Hathaway), who finds herself forced to protect her ranch, and more importantly, her family, from Nazi supporters and greedy dealers, and other tyrants who want her land for nothing but profit. The Weight of the Cross premiered on January 1st, 2028, and eventually was released a month later on February 5th; like its predecessors, the series received universal acclaim. Critics, audiences and biblical viewers praised its depth, writing, action sequences, visuals, performances (particularly Hathaway, Black, and Washington), cinematography, score, and emotional weight. A final series is in development, which will also be the last prequel.
