Film
Denzel Washington
Photographed by Jeremy Jakubowicz
Denzel Washington is an American actor and director. He has won two Academy Awards, for Glory and Training Day, and a Tony Award for the play Fences, which he later brought to the screen as director. He also played Malcolm X for Spike Lee, with whom he has worked several times.
Career highlights
- Glory, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Malcolm X
- Training Day, Academy Award for Best Actor
- Fences, Tony Award, then the film he directed
- Honorary Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival 2025
Biography sources
Denzel Washington at the Cannes Film Festival 2025, Highest 2 Lowest
19 May 2025 · Cannes · 78th Cannes Film Festival, out of competition
On 19 May 2025, Denzel Washington was in Cannes for the premiere of Highest 2 Lowest, Spike Lee’s film screened out of competition. That evening, the festival surprised him with an honorary Palme d’Or. A few hours earlier, Jeremy Jakubowicz photographed him in black and white as he stepped out of a car, in a dark suit, his hand raised in greeting.
The same day, he photographed Spike Lee and the film’s cast, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, A$AP Rocky and Aubrey Joseph.
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