由于在电视剧《圣•艾尔西维亚》中所扮演的医生而声名鹊起，华盛顿出演了爱德华•兹维克的史诗内战电影《光荣》——一部关于美国黑人军队浴血奋战的历史影片。他将黑人奴隶士兵的痛苦、热情表现得淋漓尽致，这为他赢得了奥斯卡最佳男配角奖，并跻身于影视界的优秀男演员之列。

    From here on in, the only way for Washington was straight up the Hollywood ladder. With his portrayal of Malcolm X in the 1992 biopic of the Civil Rights leader, he proved that he could be as full of righteous fire as any of Martin Luther King's colleagues. As lawyer Joe Miller in Philadelphia, he showed us that he was more than capable of playing the everyman character, and in Courage Under Fire we saw him as a valiant military officer.

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