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Denzel enrolled at Fordham University after graduating from high school, intending to pursue a career in journalism.[([[https:// | Denzel enrolled at Fordham University after graduating from high school, intending to pursue a career in journalism.[([[https:// | ||
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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:// | ||
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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" | ||
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+ | ===== Big Debut ===== | ||
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+ | He made his feature film debut in the comedy A Carbon Copy (1981).[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== More Productions ===== | ||
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+ | He also appeared in various television, motion picture, and stage productions, | ||
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+ | ===== 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' | ||
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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' |