Popsugar Celebrity Nostalgia Young Denzel Washington Pictures Whatever Your Day Has Been Like, These Young Denzel Washington Pictures Will Make It Better 13 March 2019 by Corinne Sullivan Image Source: Getty / Aaron Rapoport With two Golden Globe Awards, one Tony Award, and two Academy Awards under his belt, Denzel Washington definitely is an American treasure — not to mention one of Hollywood's sexiest and most charismatic leading men. But unless you watched St. Elsewhere (in which the actor starred as Dr. Phillip Chandler), you probably forgot just how cute Denzel was back in the day before he became a household name in the early '90s. Though all you really have to do is look at his son, actor John David Washington, to see what Denzel looked like in his 20s and 30s, you should also check out the gallery for a trip down memory lane. 1 Carbon Copy (1981) Image Source: Everett Collection 1 / 54 2 Carbon Copy (1981) Image Source: Everett Collection 2 / 54 3 St. Elsewhere (1982-1988) Image Source: Everett Collection 3 / 54 4 St. Elsewhere (1982-1988) Image Source: Everett Collection 4 / 54 5 St. Elsewhere (1982-1988) Image Source: Everett Collection 5 / 54 6 Goodbye Ain't Gone (1983) Image Source: Everett Collection 6 / 54 7 A Soldier's Story (1984) Image Source: Everett Collection 7 / 54 8 A Solider's Story (1984) Image Source: Everett Collection 8 / 54 9 Power (1986) Image Source: Everett Collection 9 / 54 10 Power (1986) Image Source: Everett Collection 10 / 54 11 The George McKenna Story (1986) Image Source: Everett Collection 11 / 54 12 The George McKenna Story (1986) Image Source: Everett Collection 12 / 54 13 Denzel Washington in a Promotional Shot From the 1980s Image Source: Getty / Aaron Rapoport 13 / 54 14 Cry Freedom (1987) Image Source: Everett Collection 14 / 54 15 Cry Freedom (1987) Image Source: Everett Collection 15 / 54 16 Cry Freedom (1987) Image Source: Everett Collection 16 / 54 17 For Queen and Country (1988) Image Source: Everett Collection 17 / 54 18 For Queen and Country (1988) Image Source: Everett Collection 18 / 54 19 For Queen and Country (1988) Image Source: Everett Collection 19 / 54 20 The Mighty Quinn (1989) Image Source: Everett Collection 20 / 54 21 The Mighty Quinn (1989) Image Source: Everett Collection 21 / 54 22 Heart Condition (1990) Image Source: Everett Collection 22 / 54 23 Denzel Washington at the 62nd Annual Academy Awards in 1990 Image Source: Getty / Barry King 23 / 54 24 Mo' Better Blues (1990) Image Source: Everett Collection 24 / 54 25 Mo' Better Blues (1990) Image Source: Everett Collection 25 / 54 26 Mo' Better Blues (1990) Image Source: Everett Collection 26 / 54 27 Ricochet (1991) Image Source: Everett Collection 27 / 54 28 Ricochet (1991) Image Source: Everett Collection 28 / 54 29 Ricochet (1991) Image Source: Everett Collection 29 / 54 30 Ricochet (1991) Image Source: Everett Collection 30 / 54 31 Denzel Washington and Wife Pauletta at the 63rd Annual Academy Awards in 1991 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur 31 / 54 32 Malcolm X (1992) Image Source: Everett Collection 32 / 54 33 Malcolm X (1992) Image Source: Everett Collection 33 / 54 34 Denzel Washington at the 65th Annual Academy Awards in 1993 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur 34 / 54 35 Denzel Washington at the Premiere of Philadelphia in 1993 Image Source: Getty / Mitchell Gerber 35 / 54 36 Much Ado About Nothing (1993) Image Source: Everett Collection 36 / 54 37 The Pelican Brief (1993) Image Source: Everett Collection 37 / 54 38 The Pelican Brief (1993) Image Source: Everett Collection 38 / 54 39 Denzel Washington at the 67th Annual Academy Awards in 1995 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur 39 / 54 40 Denzel Washington at the ShoWest Festival in 1995 Image Source: Getty / Jeff Kravitz 40 / 54 41 Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) Image Source: Everett Collection 41 / 54 42 Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) Image Source: Everett Collection 42 / 54 43 The Crimson Tide (1995) Image Source: Everett Collection 43 / 54 44 The Crimson Tide (1995) Image Source: Everett Collection 44 / 54 45 Denzel Washington and Whitney Houston at the 27th Annual NAACP Image Awards in 1996 Image Source: Getty / Steve Granitz 45 / 54 46 The Preacher's Wife (1996) Image Source: Everett Collection 46 / 54 47 Courage Under Fire (1996) Image Source: Everett Collection 47 / 54 48 Denzel Washington at the 28th Annual NAACP Image Awards in 1997 Image Source: Getty / Steve Granitz 48 / 54 49 Denzel Washington at Mann's Chinese Theatre in 1998 Image Source: Getty / Steve Granitz 49 / 54 50 Fallen (1998) Image Source: Everett Collection 50 / 54 51 He Got Game (1998) Image Source: Everett Collection 51 / 54 52 Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie at the Premiere of The Bone Collector in 1999 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur 52 / 54 53 Denzel Washington at the Premiere of The Hurricane in 1999 Image Source: Getty / Steve Granitz 53 / 54 54 The Hurricane (1999) Image Source: Everett Collection 54 / 54 NostalgiaMoviesEye CandyDenzel Washington