Although his Best Actor Oscar came for Training Day, an action movie in which he plays a corrupt cop, Washington prefers to play deep character roles rather than action heroes.
In 2002, Denzel Washington won best actor for "Training Day" and Halle Berry best actress for "Monster's Ball."
Though he has played rough, violent characters in films like Training Day, American Gangster, and now Eli, Washington is in real life a kind, calm family man.
