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Isaiah Washington is an American and Sierra Leonean television and film actor. Born in Houston, Texas, in 1963, he began his work period in 1991. He is educated at Howard University and speaks English.
Washington has received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. He is a member of the Republican Party and the Democratic Party in the United States. He is male and has three children.
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Film & TV
Houston, Texas, USA
Isaiah Washington IV (born August 3, 1963) is an American actor and internet personality. Following a series of film appearances, he came to prominence for portraying Dr. Preston Burke in the first three seasons of the series Grey's Anatomy from 2005 to 2007. Washington began his career collaborating with director Spike Lee on the films Crooklyn (1994), Clockers (1995), Girl 6 (1996), and Get on…
Known for
- Oscar Shaw — Ernie2026
- Dashing Through the Snow — Deputy Director Winters2025
- James the Second — Dr. Ramesh2025
- God's Not Dead: In God We Trust — Daryl Smith2024
- Corsicana — Bass Reeves2022
- God's Not Dead: We The People — Daryl Smith2021
- WriterBoy's Dream — Brian2020
- Cut Throat City — Sinclair Stewart2020
- P-Valley — Mayor Tydell Ruffin2020
- Keys to the City — August King2019
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Key facts
- Born
- Isaiah Washington IV , ( 1963-08-03 ) August 3, 1963 (age 62) , Houston , Texas , U.S.
- Citizenship
- United States Sierra Leone
- Alma mater
- Howard University
- Occupations
- Actor film producer
- Years active
- 1991–present
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Isaiah
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sierra Leone
- Place of birth
- Houston
- Occupation
- television actor
- Educated at
- Howard University
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Isaiah Washington.JPG
- Number of children
- 3
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- Isaiah Washington
- date of birth
- 1963-08-03
- start of work period
- 1991-00-00
- social media followers
- 184032
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Encyclopedic overview
Isaiah Washington IV (born August 3, 1963) is an American actor. Following a series of film appearances, he came to prominence as Dr. Preston Burke in Grey's Anatomy (2005–2007; 2014).
Washington began his career collaborating with director Spike Lee on the films Crooklyn (1994), Clockers (1995), Girl 6 (1996), and Get on the Bus (1996). He also appeared in the films Love Jones (1997), Bulworth (1998), Out of Sight (1998), True Crime (1999), Romeo Must Die (2000), Exit Wounds (2001), Ghost Ship (2002), and Hollywood Homicide (2003). In 2005, Washington landed his breakthrough role as Preston Burke on Grey's Anatomy. He was dismissed after the third season due to his alleged usage of a homophobic slur while in argument with Patrick Dempsey and allegedly referring to a cast member, T. R. Knight, although he would return for a guest appearance in 2014. From 2014 to 2018, Washington portrayed Thelonious Jaha on The CW's science fiction television series The 100.
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