Denzel Washington

Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is an American actor, director and producer. He is more famous for his performance in the 2001 movie "Shock Education" and won the Best Actor Award at the 74th Academy Awards in 2002. In 2016, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the 73rd Golden Globe Awards. In 2016, "Fences", which he directed and starred in, won the Best Actor Award at the 23rd Screen Actors Guild Award and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and the Oscar for Best Actor. In 2019, he won the 47th American Film Institute (AFI) Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2020, the "New York Times" selected Denzo Washington as the first among "the greatest actors of the 21st century so far". In 2025, he won the Honorary Palme d'Or from the 78th Cannes Film Festival.