The Untold Truth Of Denzel Washington
The Untold Truth Of Denzel Washington Jason Merritt/Getty Images
Denzel Washington was last seen on the screen in 2018 s
The Equalizer 2 (and won t return again until 2021 in
The Little Things), but there s never a bad time to talk about one of our greatest living actors. Washington has played the most compassionate heroes, the cruelest villains, and the regular joes living somewhere in between, and he s never been less than brilliant no matter where he goes on that spectrum.
He can do everything from Shakespeare to a trash-TV-based action franchise. He s worked with many of the world s greatest filmmakers, and his industry clout brought many of them to prominence in the first place. And he s proven he can stand right alongside them by directing his own masterpieces like
Pose s Ryan Jamaal Swain on Why He Feels More Liberated Than Ever
This freedom dreamer finds himself in a good place despite the global pandemic. December 11 2020 4:43 PM EST
Pose’s breakout star, Ryan Jamaal Swain, always knew he wanted to be a performer. The showbiz bug bit him at 4 years old after he’d finished a tap routine and he relished in the applause so much that he couldn’t bring himself to exit the stage. Thus began his serious pursuit of the arts.
As a child in Birmingham, Ala., Swain studied ballet, jazz, and modern hip-hop dance. He performed with several dance companies before turning to acting at the Alabama School of Fine Arts. He went on to earn a BFA at Howard University and study at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford, England.