Denzel Washington: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Denzel Washington. Jul 20, 2026
Add new Web site: ABC News - Denzel Washington on His 'Mischievous' Childhood, Unique Road to Acting. May 28, 2026
Add new Web site: CBS News - Denzel Washington through the years. Apr 20, 2026
Anniversary information added. Dec 24, 2025
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Oscar Winner Denzel Washington. Dec 01, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - Denzel Washington: The Fresh Air interview. Oct 11, 2025
Noted the release of Highest 2 Lowest (2025). Aug 12, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC Audio - Radio 1's Screen Time - Denzel Washington Interview Special: Movies That Made Me. Aug 02, 2025
Added the Broadway production of Othello. Mar 25, 2025
Questions and answers added. Mar 13, 2025
Updated the discussion of his Presidential Medal of Freedom. Jan 06, 2025
Added his role in Gladiator II (2024). Nov 20, 2024
Article revised and updated. Sep 17, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 26, 2024
Noted that he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Jul 21, 2022
Add new Web site: Famous African Americans - Biography of Denzel Washington. Jul 18, 2022
Added his Oscar nomination for The Tragedy of Macbeth. Feb 09, 2022
Added the films The Tragedy of Macbeth and A Journal for Jordan. Dec 23, 2021
Added the film The Little Things. Feb 05, 2021
Display issue corrected. Aug 06, 2020
Added cross-references. May 04, 2020
Added the play The Iceman Cometh and the movie The Equalizer 2 (2018). Jul 19, 2018
Noted that he received an Oscar nomination for his performance in Roman J. Israel, Esq. Jan 23, 2018
Added the movie Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017). Nov 03, 2017
Added his Oscar nomination for Fences. Jan 24, 2017
Added the film Fences. Dec 21, 2016
Added the film The Magnificent Seven. Dec 01, 2016
Added that he won the Cecil B. DeMille Award. Jan 11, 2016
Noted the release of The Equalizer (2014). Sep 26, 2014
Add new Web site: BlackPast - Biography of Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. May 22, 2014
Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of Denzel Washington. May 22, 2014
Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Denzel Washington. Aug 25, 2013
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Denzel Washington. Aug 25, 2013
Added the movie 2 Guns (2013) and noted that he earned an Oscar nomination for his performance in Flight (2012). Aug 02, 2013
Added the movie Flight (2012). Nov 02, 2012
Added the movie Safe House (2012). Changed the end date of St. Elsewhere from 1987 to 1988. Feb 10, 2012
Add new Web site: Rader's Chem4Kids.com - Thermodynamics. May 26, 2011
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Denzel Washington Profile. May 26, 2011
He won a Tony Award in 2010. Jun 16, 2010
In 2010 he starred in the Broadway revival of August Wilson's Fences. Apr 28, 2010
Added the movie The Book of Eli (2010). Jan 15, 2010
Added The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009). Jun 12, 2009
Article revised and updated. Nov 28, 2007
Article revised. Nov 10, 2005
New article added. Dec 10, 2004
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