A handsome, intelligent, and stylish actor, Denzel Washington is the natural heir, with a modern edge, to Sidney Poitier, the first film star to have demonstrated that an African American could become a heartthrob and a top box-office draw in the...

Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is a two-time Academy Award- winning American actor and director. He has garnered much critical acclaim for his portrayals of several real-life figures, such as Steve Biko, Malcolm X, Rubin...

Michigan Chronicle 01-28-2003 There comes a point in the moviegoer's life when full appreciation of the awesome acting skills of Denzel Washington kicks in. Usually it is after witnessing -- no, make that experiencing -- yet another of Washington's amazing performances. Maybe...

TWENTY-THREE years after he made what one writer called an "inauspicious" movie debut in a comedy called Carbon Copy, Denzel Washington, the actor, director, public presence and Icon, is celebrating his 50th birthday with the class that has distinguished one of the great...

Russell Crowe, who is 43, says he's planning to be baptized. "I'd like to do it this year," the Oscar-winning actor tells Men's Journal. "My mom and dad decided to let my brother and me make our own decisions about God when we got to...

Forest Whitaker, an Oscar winner for his portrayal of ruthless dictator Idi Amin, is reversing direction to play one of the Bible's most beloved figures in a new audio version of the Old Testament.Whitaker is the voice of Moses in "Inspired By ... The Bible...