Washington shifted to an acting career like his father, Denzel Washington and mother, Pauletta Washington. He has had roles in the HBO comedy series Ballers and in Spike Lee\'s 2018 film BlacKkKlansman, the latter of which earned him both Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.\n', '

Washington was raised in the Toluca Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, the son of actor Denzel Washington and actress and singer Pauletta Washington (née Pearson); he is the oldest of their four children. At the age of seven, he appeared as a student in a Harlem classroom in Spike Lee\'s 1992 feature film Malcolm X, which starred Washington\'s father in the title role.\n', '

Washington attended Campbell Hall School in Los Angeles, where he was a letterman in football, basketball, and track. He graduated from Campbell Hall School in 2002.\n', '

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