Denzel Washington’s Kids: Everything To Know About His 4 Children With Wife Pauletta

Denzel Washington, 67, is 1 of the astir talented actors successful the movie industry but he’s besides a doting dada to four children, who helium shares with his woman Pauletta Washington, 72. The Training Day prima and the histrion welcomed lad John David Washington, girl Katia Washington, and twins Malcolm and Olivia Washington, implicit the people of their marriage, and they’ve go immoderate beauteous awesome individuals of their own.

Denzel’s eldest lad has been a rising prima successful his ain right. He starred successful the 2022 film Amsterdam alongside large actors similar Christian Bale and Margot Robbie. He plays the lawyer Harold Woodsmen, who’s suspected of execution successful the lawsuit of a dormant U.S. legislator successful the 1930s.

Find retired much astir Denzel and Pauletta’s kids from oldest to youngest below.

John David

John David Washington poses astatine an event. (Shutterstock)

John is Denzel and Pauletta’s oldest child. He was calved connected July 28, 1984, conscionable implicit a twelvemonth aft his parents got married. John took an involvement successful acting and sports aboriginal connected and acted successful a fewer of his dad’s films successful the aboriginal 1990s earlier playing shot erstwhile helium attended Morehouse College. His skills led him to getting signed with the St. Louis Rams arsenic an undrafted escaped cause successful the NFL successful 2006 and was released that aforesaid year. He went connected to play successful NFL Europe for the Rhein Fire successful 2007 and was drafted by the California Redwoods of the UFL successful 2009. He played with the latter, which was renamed the Sacramento Mountain Lions until 2012.

In the aboriginal 2010s, John returned to acting and played successful respective different films specified arsenic Malcolm & Marie and the tv bid Baller from 2015 until 2019. He’s been appearing successful plentifulness of movies with critically acclaimed filmmakers like Christopher Nolan in 2020, erstwhile helium starred in Tenet. He worked with David O. Russell on his 2022 film Amsterdam.

John has been precise unfastened astir pursuing successful his dad’s footsteps passim his career. He admitted that helium tries to enactment his acting up of worrying astir his father’s thoughts connected his performances successful a September 2022 property league speaking astir his Broadway debut in The Piano Lesson, per People. “Am I tense erstwhile [my begetter is] watching maine connected stage?” helium said. “I don’t cognize if I person clip to beryllium tense astir what helium thinks.” Although helium did uncover the champion proposal helium got from Denzel. “The state to fail, to find out, flourish successful that failure. In that being uncomfortable, you’ll find the top parts of yourself arsenic an artist,” helium explained.

Despite speaking astir the inspiration helium recovered from his dad, John did unfastened up astir his father’s prominence successful the movie manufacture made him initially privation to play shot alternatively than enactment successful an August 2021 interrogation with iNews. “Because of his presumption successful the business, I became an introvert. I rebelled arsenic a teenager, but I enactment that resentment into carnal activity, which was football. It requires a helmet, truthful cipher sees your face. They spot the sanction Washington, but they don’t cognize who you are. They don’t care,” helium told the outlet.

Katia

Katia Washington poses with her member Malcolm astatine an event. (Shutterstock)

Katia is Denzel and Pauletta’s second-born child. She was welcomed into the satellite connected Nov. 27, 1986 and proved she’s conscionable arsenic awesome arsenic her different household members erstwhile she earned a instrumentality grade from Yale University successful 2010. She went connected to enactment arsenic a shaper successful Hollywood and has worked connected assorted films, including Pieces of a Woman, Assassination Nation, and Fences. She besides worked successful the editorial section for Quentin Tarantino‘s movie Django Unchained.

Malcolm & Olivia

Olivia Washington poses astatine an event. (Shutterstock)

Malcolm and Olivia are twins and the youngest children of Denzel and Pauletta. They were calved connected Apr. 10, 1991 and person led engaged and palmy lives conscionable similar their siblings. Malcolm graduated from the University of Pennsylvania successful 2013 and played hoops astatine the school. He went connected to enactment arsenic a shaper and manager successful the movie manufacture and has worked connected assorted productions. Some of his manager credits see The Last Bookstore, Trouble Man and Benny Got Shot while immoderate of his shaper credits include North Hollywood, The Dispute and Summer of 17.

Olivia graduated from New York University and went connected to enactment arsenic a exemplary and an actress. She has appeared successful assorted films and tv series, including Great Performances, She’s Gotta Have It, Chicago P.D., and Mr. Robot, Madoff.