John David Washington is an American actor, producer, and former professional football player. He played college football at Morehouse College and signed with the St. Louis Rams as an Undrafted free agent in 2006. Professionally, Washington spent four years as the running back for the United Football League's Sacramento Mountain Lions. Washington shifted to an acting career like his father, Denzel Washington, and mother, Pauletta. He was part of the main cast of the HBO comedy series Ballers (2015-2019). His breakthrough came playing Ron Stallworth in Spike Lee's 2018 crime film BlacKkKlansman, for which he received both Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. In 2020, he starred in Christopher Nolan's science fiction action-thriller film Tenet, for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Actor.

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John David Washington in The Piano Lesson (2024)

Samuel L. Jackson, David Lee, Michael Potts, John David Washington, and Ray Fisher in The Piano Lesson (2024)

John David Washington and Robert Pattinson in Tenet (2020)

John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, and Elizabeth Debicki in Tenet (2020)

John David Washington and Madeleine Yuna Voyles in The Creator (2023)

John David Washington in The Creator (2023)

John David Washington in BlacKkKlansman (2018)

John David Washington and Zendaya in Malcolm & Marie (2021)

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