Denzel Washington - Milestones

• 2004: Received a People's Choice nomination for Favorite movie actor
• 2004: Cast in the role of Bennet Marco, originally played by Frank Sinatra, in remake of "The Manchurian Candidate"
• 2004: Starred opposite Dakota Fanning in Tony Scott's "Man on Fire"
• 2003: Earned a People's Choice nomination for Favorite movie actor
• 2003: Portrayed Chief Detective Matt Whitlock in the thriller "Out of Time"
• 2002: Starred in "John Q" as a man who confronts an HMO that withholds treatment from his ill child
• 2002: Feature directorial debut, "The Antwone Fisher Story"; also co-starred
• 2001: Undertook villainous role as a cop on the take paired with a rookie (Ethan Hawke) in "Training Day"; received Oscar as Best Actor, only the second black man to achieve that honor
• 2000: Starred in Boaz Yakin's "Remember the Titans", based on a true story of a newly-integrated high school football team in the South going on to a state championship
• 2000: Was one of the producers of the documentary "Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks"
• 1999: Played former middleweight boxer Ruben 'Hurricane' Carter in Norman Jewison's "Hurricane"; received Best Actor Oscar nomination
• 1999: Delivered a convincing central turn as a paralyzed NYC criminologist who helps solve the identity of a serial killer in "The Bone Collector"
• 1998: Reteamed with Lee for "He Got Game", dusting off his basketball skills for the effort
• 1998: Third film with Edward Zwick, "The Siege"
• 1997: Made directing debut with "In Harm's Way", a music video for the Winans
• 1996: Acted opposite Whitney Houston in Penny Marshall's "The Preacher's Wife"
• 1996: Reteamed with Zwick for "Courage Under Fire"
• 1995: Headlined macho adventure-thriller "Crimson Tide", which teamed him with Gene Hackman
• 1995: Starred in Carl Franklin's "The Devil in a Blue Dress", a unique film noir from a black point-of-view; first feature produced under the auspices of his production company Mundy Lane
• 1995: Executive produced TV documentary, "Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream" (TBS)
• 1995: Provided the voice of title character in "Rumpelstiltskin", a segment of HBO's animated "Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child"
• 1993: Acted opposite Julia Roberts in "The Pelican Brief"
• 1993: Portrayed ambulance-chasing lawyer who, inspite of his own homophobia, agrees to represent an AIDS-stricken lawyer (Tom Hanks) who claims discrimination in his dismissal from a law firm in Jonathan Demme's "Philadelphia"
• 1993: Displayed his Shakespearean chops as Don Pedro in Kenneth Brannagh's film adaptation of "Much Ado About Nothing"
• 1992: Played "Malcolm X"; second film with Lee; garnered Best Actor Academy Award nomination
• 1992: Excelled as a carpet salesman in the small art film "Mississippi Masala"
• 1991: Essayed title role in NYSF production of "Richard III"
• 1990: Initial collaboration with director Spike Lee, "Mo' Better Blues" playing jazz musician Bleek Gilliam
• 1989: Earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his work as the defiant slave-turned-soldier in "Glory"; first film with director Edward Zwick
• 1989: US debut as feature lead, "The Mighty Quinn"
• 1988: First time headlining a feature, the British film "For Queen and Country"
• 1987: Made Broadway debut in disastrous run of Ron Milner's "Checkmates"
• 1987: Portrayed martyred South African leader Steven Biko in Richard Attenborogh's "Cry Freedom"; earning first Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor
• 1986: Selected by director Sidney Lumet for the role of a public relations executive in "Power", even though the part had originally been written for a white man
• 1984: Earned critical praise for reprising Peterson in Norman Jewison's film "A Soldier's Story", adapted from Fuller's play
• 1982: TV series debut as regular playing Dr Phillip Chandler on the NBC medical drama "St. Elsewhere"
• 1981: Feature film debut in "Carbon Copy"
• 1981: First time playing Malcolm Shabazz (aka Malcolm X) in New Federal Theater stage production of "When the Chicken Comes Home to Roost"
• 1981: Originated role of PFC Melvin Peterson in Charles Fuller's Pulitzer-winning "A Soldier's Play" at the Negro Ensemble Theater; won OBIE Award
• 1979: Acted in CBS miniseries "Flesh and Blood"
• 1979: Appeared in New York Shakespeare Festival (NYSF) production of "Coriolanus"
• 1977: TV-movie debut in "Wilma" (CBS), biography of Olympic runner Wilma Rudolph; future wife Pauletta Pearson also acted in telefilm
• Will reunite with director Spike Lee for the fourth time to star in the drama "Inside Man" (lensed 2005)
• Cast as Frank Lucas, who built a heroin dynasty in the early '70s by smuggling the drug into the U.S. in the caskets of soldiers killed in Vietnam, in the drama "American Gangster," based on a New York Magazine article by Mark Jacobson (lensed 2004)
• While a camp counselor in Lakeville, Connecticut, took his first turn onstage during a talent show, catching the acting bug
• Will star as Brutus in the Broadway production of "Julius Caesar" (April 2005)
• Worked in New York with New Federal Theater and Negro Ensemble Company
• Opened Georgia, a restaurant in Los Angeles
• Founded Mundy Lane Entertainment, named for the street on which he grew up
• Theatrical debut in Fordham University production of Eugene O'Neill's "The Emperor Jones"