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Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. is his full name.1)
He was born in Mount Vernon, New York on December 28, 1954.2)
Denzel Washington, Sr., his father, was a Pentecostal pastor, and his mother, Lennis (Lowe), was a beautician.3)
Denzel Washington has a younger brother named David and an older sister named Lorice.4)
Denzel enrolled at Fordham University after graduating from high school, intending to pursue a career in journalism.5)