Denzel Washington

 Denzel Washington, an American screenwriter, actor and producer, with a net worth of $280 million, is an American screenwriter, director as well as an actor and screenwriter. Denzel Washington is an actor and screenwriter as well as a producer, director and screenwriter with a net worth of $280 million. He was born in Mount Vernon on December 28 the year 1954. His parents and beauty salon owner Lennis and Pentecostal ministerand municipal worker Denzel Washington, Sr., divorced when Denzel was 14.After the divorce, Denzel's mother enrolled him to Oakland Military Academy in New Windsor, New York. In the future, the actor was able to credit the decision as saving his life. Prior to leaving to attend the military academy, he and some of his closest companions were on a bad path. In an interview with Parade Magazine, Washington said that those friends later went on to serve about 40 years in jail, collectively.Denzel was a student at Fordham University in New York City and played collegiate basketball. He took a year off to consider his future and figure out what his major should be. He also spent time at an YMCA camp.