After a period of indecision on which major to study and dropping out of school for a semester, Washington worked as a counselor at an overnight summer camp, Camp Sloane YMCA in Lakeville, Connecticut. A major career break came when he starred as Dr. Phillip Chandler in the television hospital drama St. Elsewhere which ran from 1982 to 1988 on NBC. Washington was reunited with Lee to play one of his most critically acclaimed roles as the title character of 1992′s Malcolm X. His performance as the black nationalist leader earned him another nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. in 2000, Washington appeared in the Disney film Remember the Titans which grossed over $100 million at the United States box office. Washington was last seen onstage in the summer of 1990 in the title role of the Public Theater’s production of Shakespeare’s Richard III and in 2005, after a 15-year hiatus, he appeared onstage again in another Shakespeare play as Marcus Brutus in Julius Caesar on Broadway. in February 2009, Washington began filming The Book of Eli, a post-Apocalyptic drama set in the near future which was released in January 2010. Washington is a devout Christian, and has considered becoming a preacher. I take what talent I’ve been given seriously, and I want to use it for good.” in 1995 he donated 2.5 million dollars to help build the new West Angeles Church of God in Christ facility in Los Angeles.

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He first rose to prominence when he joined the cast of the medical drama, St. Elsewhere, playing Dr. Philip Chandler for six years. His father, Reverend Denzel H. Washington, Sr., a native of Buckingham County, Virginia, served as an ordained Pentecostal minister, and also worked for the Water Department and a local department store, S. Klein. Washington was interested in attending Texas Tech University: “I grew up in the Boys Club in Mount Vernon, and we were the Red Raiders. Washington spent the summer of 1976 in St. Mary’s City, Maryland in summer stock theater performing Wings of the Morning, the Maryland State play. Shortly after graduating from Fordham, Washington made his professional acting debut in the 1977 made-for-television film Wilma with his first Hollywood appearance in the 1981 film Carbon Copy. Washington shared a 1982 Distinguished Ensemble Performance Obie Award for playing Private First Class Melvin Peterson in the Off-Broadway Negro Ensemble Company production A Soldier’s Play which premiered November 20, 1981. Washington also appeared in several television, film and stage roles such as the films A Soldier’s Story (1984), Hard Lessons (1986) and Power (1986). 1991, Washington starred as Bleek Gilliam in the Spike Lee film Mo’ Better Blues.

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