Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. was born in Mount Vernon, New York, on December 28, 1954. His mother, Lennis "Lynne" (Lowe), was a beauty parlor owner and operator born in Georgia and partly raised in Harlem, New York .

May 22, 2024 · Denzel Washington was born to Denzel Hayes Washington Sr., a Pentecostal minister and Lennis, a beautician. He has two siblings. He attended Pennington-Grimes Elementary School till 1968. His parents divorced when he was 14 and he began to get involved in street violence.

Sep 26, 2016 · Denzel Washington stopped by ABC News' "Popcorn With Peter Travers" to discuss his acting career and his childhood.

Jan 23, 2025 · Denzel Washington was born in Mount Vernon, New York, in 1954 and grew up there until age 14, when he was sent to a boarding school by his parents. He later graduated from Fordham University, in 1977, where he studied journalism.

Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. was born on December 28, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York. He is the middle of three children of a beautician mother, Lennis, from Georgia, and a Pentecostal minister father, Denzel Washington, Sr., from Virginia.

Apr 22, 2021 · Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. was born on December 28, 1954, in Mount Vernon, New York. His father, Denzel Sr., was a Pentecostal minister, and his mother, Lennie, was a beauty shop owner.

Washington was born in Mount Vernon, New York to Denzel Hayes Washington Sr.(father) and Lennis(mother). His father was and employee of the New York City Water Department and an ordained pentecostal minister.

Denzel Washington was born on February 28, 1954, in Mount Vernon, New York. He was the middle child of three born to Denzel Hayes Washington Sr. and Lennis Washington. His father was a minister and his mother was a beautician.

Washington was born on December 28, 1954 near New York City. His father, Reverend Denzel Hayes Washington Sr. was a minister, and his mother Lennis owned a beauty parlor. At the age of 6, he joined the local Boys & Girls Club of America in Mount Vernon, New York where he first performed on stage.

Apr 5, 2024 · Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. was born on December 28, 1954, in Mount Vernon, New York. His mother, Lennis “Lynne,” operated a beauty parlor and hailed from Georgia, having spent part of her upbringing in Harlem, New York.