Good News: 'Happy Birthday to Denzel Washington who turns 67 today. December 28, 2021
Denzel was born in 1954.'
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061228/
>The acclaimed actor grew up in blue-collar households in Mount Vernon, New York, and Florida, after which he attended university and discovered his talent for acting while working at a summer camp. He went on to win a Tony and two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for the historical war film Glory and Best Actor for the crime thriller Training Day.
Denzels consistently stellar performances since the 1980s included many portrayals of real-life figures such as anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko in Cry Freedom, the boxer Rubin Carter in The Hurricane, the Virginia High School football coach who fought racism in Remember the Titans, the Muslim civil rights activist Malcolm X, and the educator Melvin B. Tolson in The Great Debatersa movie he also directed.
His third film as a director, Fences, in which he also starred in 2016, was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
A devout Christian, hes been married for 38 years to Pauletta Pearson, and has served as the national spokesperson and a board member for Boys & Girls Clubs of America for over a quarter century. Hes done so much for one New York City public elementary school that they decided to officially rename their school after him.<
There's a bit more text, photos and a video accessible at the link. Denzel has long been
one of my favorite actors.