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Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received two Golden Globe awards, a Tony Award, and two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for the historical drama-war film ''Glory'' (1989) and Best Actor for his role as a corrupt cop in the crime thriller ''Training Day'' (2001).〔(April 4, 2002). "(Halle Berry, Denzel Washington get historic wins at Oscars ). ''Jet''. Digital version retrieved March 17, 2008. 〕 Washington has received much critical acclaim for his film work since the 1990s, including his portrayals of real-life figures such as South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko in ''Cry Freedom'' (1987), Muslim minister and human rights activist Malcolm X in ''Malcolm X'' (1992), boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter in ''The Hurricane'' (1999), football coach Herman Boone in ''Remember the Titans'' (2000), poet and educator Melvin B. Tolson in ''The Great Debaters'' (2007), and drug kingpin Frank Lucas in ''American Gangster'' (2007). He has been a featured actor in the films produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and has been a frequent collaborator of directors Spike Lee and the late Tony Scott. ==Early life and education== Washington was born in Mount Vernon, near New York City. His father, Denzel Hayes Washington, Sr., a native of Buckingham County, Virginia, was an ordained Pentecostal minister, and also worked for the Water Department and at a local department store, S. Klein. His mother, Lennis "Lynne" (née Lowe), was a beauty parlor owner and operator born in Georgia and partly raised in Harlem.〔http://familyhistoryinsider.com/denzel-washingtons-ancestor-registered-to-vote-in-georgia-in-1867/〕 Washington attended Pennington-Grimes Elementary School in Mount Vernon until 1968. When he was 14, his parents broke up, and his mother sent him to a private preparatory school, Oakland Military Academy in New Windsor, New York. "That decision changed my life," Washington later said, "because I wouldn't have survived in the direction I was going. The guys I was hanging out with at the time, my running buddies, have now done maybe 40 years combined in the penitentiary. They were nice guys, but the streets got them." After Oakland, Washington next attended Mainland High School, a public high school in Daytona Beach, Florida, from 1970 to 1971.〔 He was interested in attending Texas Tech University: "I grew up in the Boys Club in Mount Vernon, and we were the Red Raiders. So when I was in high school, I wanted to go to Texas Tech in Lubbock just because they were called the Red Raiders and their uniforms looked like ours."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Leach OK with star power )〕 Washington earned a B.A. in Drama and Journalism from Fordham University in 1977. At Fordham, he played collegiate basketball as a guard〔(Frank Isola, "Spurs Coach Sticks Neck Out for Carlesimo" ), ''New York Daily News'', June 5, 2003.〕 under coach P.J. Carlesimo. After a period of indecision on which major to study and dropping out of school for a semester, Washington worked as creative arts director at an overnight summer camp, Camp Sloane YMCA in Lakeville, Connecticut. He participated in a staff talent show for the campers and a colleague suggested he try acting.〔Paisner, Daniel (''A Hand to Guide Me'' ) (Meredith Books, 2006), p. 17. ISBN 978-0-696-23049-3〕 Returning to Fordham that fall with a renewed purpose, Washington enrolled at the Lincoln Center campus to study acting, and where he was given the title roles in Eugene O'Neill's ''The Emperor Jones'' and Shakespeare's ''Othello''. He then attended graduate school at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, where he stayed for one year before returning to New York to begin a professional acting career.〔(Denzel Washington Biography ), AllMovie.com. accessdate=February 13, 2008〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Denzel Washington」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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