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American actor Denzel Washington made his feature film debut in Carbon Copy (1981). In 1982, Washington made his first appearance in the medical drama St. Elsewhere as Dr. Philip Chandler. The role proved to be the breakthrough in his career. In 1987, he played Steve Biko, an anti-apartheid activist in the Richard Attenborough-directed drama Cry Freedom, for which he received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Two years later, Washington won the award for playing Trip, a former slave-turned-soldier in the Civil War film Glory (1989). Washington received the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin International Film Festival for playing the eponymous civil rights activist in Spike Lee's Malcolm X (1992). He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, as well as his second Silver Bear for Best Actor, for playing wrongly-convicted boxer Rubin Carter in the biographical film The Hurricane (1999). For his next role as corrupt cop Detective Alonzo Harris in the crime thriller Training Day (2001), Washington received the Academy Award for Best Actor. (Full list...)