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Denzel Washington is an American actor, film producer, and director, noted for his roles in Malcolm X, The Hurricane, and Training Day. He was born in 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York, and later attended Fordham University. His role as Dr. Phillip Chandler on NBC’s hospital drama St. Elsewhere is known as his breakout in Hollywood. He is the recipient of two Academy awards for his roles in Glory and Training Day.

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The Equalizer

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In this action drama directed by Antoine Fuqua, Washington plays McCall, a former Black Ops agent who fakes his own death in order to dedicate himself to a quiet life. After meeting a young Russian girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he comes out of his self imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice re-awakened. Co-starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Bill Pullman, David Harbour and Melissa Leo.

Well, I think he’s looking to put his past behind him and circumstances brought him here, working at Walmart. He’s trying real hard. I actually say…there’s a line I say, ‘I’ve done a lot of bad things in the past, things I’m not proud of.’ I actually promised, in my back story, I promised my wife that I wouldn’t go back to being that person, but you wouldn’t have a movie then [laughs], so he’s drawn back in.

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23 Sep, 2014

Denzel Washington interview

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Washington appears as a guest on The Late Show with David Letterman and talks about the possibility of being James Bond.

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was someone calls, like a talks radio show – I think I was in London, I was somewhere in Europe. And they said, “Would you want to be the next James Bond?” And I said, “Yeah, sure, why not. In fact, let’s start a campaign.” And you can’t say things like that, they started a campaign.