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 Denzel enrolled at Fordham University after graduating from high school, intending to pursue a career in journalism.[([[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000243/bio|imdb]])] Denzel enrolled at Fordham University after graduating from high school, intending to pursue a career in journalism.[([[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000243/bio|imdb]])]
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 +===== Starting Acting =====
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 +He caught the acting bug after appearing in many undergraduate theatrical performances. After earning a B.A. in Drama and Journalism in 1977, Washington moved to San Francisco to pursue a scholarship at the American Conservatory Theater. He barely stayed for a year before going to New York to pursue a professional acting career.[([[https://horatioalger.org/members/member-detail/denzel-washington|horatioalger]])]
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 +===== First Paid Acting Job =====
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 +In St. Mary's City, Maryland, he had his first paid acting job in a summer stock theater stage show. "Wings of the Morning" is a drama about the establishment of Maryland (now the state of Maryland) and the early days of the Maryland colonial assembly (a legislative body).[([[https://guyanachronicle.com/2014/09/20/denzel-washington-jr-the-most-oscar-winning-two-and-most-nominated-five-black-actoractress-in-academy-history/|guyanachronicle]])]
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 +===== Big Debut =====
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 +He made his feature film debut in the comedy A Carbon Copy (1981).[([[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Denzel-Washington|Britannica]])]
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 +===== St.Elsewhere =====
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 +Washington's breakthrough came when he featured as Dr. Phillip Chandler in NBC's television medical drama St. Elsewhere, which aired from 1982 to 1988.[([[https://www.navigatethechaos.com/post/do-you-realize-ease-is-a-threat-to-progress|navigatethechaos]])]
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 +===== More Productions =====
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 +He also appeared in various television, motion picture, and stage productions, including A Soldier's Story (1984), Hard Lessons (1986), and Power(1986).[([[https://www.gtawiki.cyou/view-https-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denzel_Washington|gtawiki]])]
 +
 +===== Cry Freedom =====
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 +He got an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1987 for his performance as South African anti-apartheid political leader Steven Biko in Richard Attenborough's Cry Freedom.[([[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092804/|imdb]])]
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 +===== Glory =====
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 +Washington earned the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1989 for his performance of Tripp, the fugitive slave in Edward Zwick's stirring historical drama Glory (1989).[([[https://www.regalmag.com/entertainment/film/academy-awards/honoring-brothers-named-oscar-denzel-washington/|regalmag]])]
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