In November 1986, a 32-year-old Denzel Washington graced the cover of ESSENCE. It was the magazine’s Sixth Annual Men’s Issue but his first being the duvet star. On the time, Washington had three film roles under his belt, but only one yr later he would receive his first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Cry Freedom. Two years later he would win that award for his portrayal of a former slave-turned-soldier in the 1989 civil war film Glory.
By the point Washington graced the duvet of ESSENCE again in 1996, he was already getting ready to becoming revered as one in all the best actors of all time, having received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his portrayal of Malcolm X and starred within the acclaimed legal drama Philadelphia alongside Tom Hanks.
Between 1986 and 2016, the actor would go on to have six covers in total–sharing one together with his wife of 39 years, Pauletta Washington, and one other together with his Fences co-star Viola Davis–the stories capturing only a fraction of the thespian’s prowess on screen and on stage. As we have a good time the fascinating Capricorn‘s birth, here’s a glance back at his ESSENCE covers up to now.
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