Submitted by Nick Maro Denzel Washington is a talented actor with a long and successful career in film. Some of his most popular and critically acclaimed movies include: Fences (2016) Washington directed and starred in this adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by August Wilson. He plays Troy Maxson, a former baseball player struggling to provide for his family in 1950s Pittsburgh. “A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.” Training Day (2001) Washington won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Detective