How many Academy Awards and Oscar nominations does Denzel Washington have?
Let’s take a look at how many Oscars Denzel Washington has won and how many times he has been nominated for Hollywood’s biggest award
The second of three children in a Protestant family, Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema. Born in Mount Vernon, New York in 1954, the veteran African American actor is one of the great performers of the last few decades. His versatility has led him to take on roles of all types and in all possible situations.
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After starting journalism studies in the seventies, his career in the world of acting began on stage, although he soon moved to the small screen with television productions. The most notable was the series ‘St. Elsewhere’, in which he played the role of Dr. Philip Chandler for six seasons.
By the late nineties, he was becoming one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. In 1987, he starred in ‘Cry Freedom’, a film that earned him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In 1989, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ‘Glory’.
Washington’s success continued in the nineties, a decade in which he gained the respect and acclaim of critics. His portrayal of Malcolm X in the eponymous film earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. He later starred alongside Tom Hanks in ‘Philadelphia’ in 1993.
His career continued with hits such as ‘The Pelican Brief’, ‘The Preacher’s Wife’, ‘Fallen’, ‘The Bone Collector’, and ‘Hurricane’, for which he received another Oscar nomination. In 2001, he played Sergeant Alonzo Harris in ‘Training Day’. This time, Washington won another Academy Award, this time for Best Actor.
Since then, Washington has continued to make a multitude of films, including ‘John Q’, ‘American Gangster’, ‘The Book of Eli’, ‘2 Guns’, ‘Flight’, ‘The Equalizer’, ‘The Magnificent Seven’, ‘Roman J. Israel, Esq’, among others. In addition, in 2021, he starred in the film ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’, for which he was also nominated for Best Actor. He has also directed various films, including ‘Fences’, which was critically acclaimed and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture in 2016.
How many Oscars and nominations does Denzel Washington have?
Washington has two Academy Awards in his possession. He has been nominated for Best Supporting Actor twice, for ‘Cry Freedom’ and ‘Glory’, winning the Oscar for the latter. As Best Actor, he has been nominated five times: ‘Malcolm X’, ‘Hurricane’, ‘Training Day’, ‘Flight’, ‘Fences’, ‘Roman J. Israel, Esq.’, and ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’. He has won the Academy Award only once in this category, for ‘Training Day’.
Finally, he has a nomination for Best Picture for ‘Fences’. He is the African American actor with the most nominations in the history of the Academy Awards, a total of 10 counting all categories.
Washington has won two Golden Globes and another honorary Golden Globe, as well as numerous nominations, also among the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Tony Awards, and Emmy Awards. His success has crossed borders, with victories at the Berlin and San Sebastián International Film Festivals.