This year, Denzel Washington stars in his sixth Broadway show, Othello, in the title role, with Jake Gyllenhaal as the scheming Iago.
Denzel Washington may not see himself as a “Hollywood actor” due to being a proud New Yorker and a stage actor who happens to star in movies.
Back in 1979, Denzel Washington played multiple supporting roles in Coriolanus at NYC’s Joseph Papp Public Theater.
Denzel Washington is an example of an actor who’s in the business not for the fame, but to continue showing audiences what he could do through each transformative performance.