Isaiah Washington

Actor Isaiah Washington is a veteran actor best known as Dr. Preston Burke on ABC's Grey's Anatomy. Born in Houston, the two-time NAACP Image award winner is also recognized for his roles in films and shows like NYPD Blue, Law & Order, Crooklyn, Love Jones and Exit Wounds. In 2011 he penned his first novel, a memoir entitled A Man From Another Land, after tracing his roots to Sierra Leone and becoming the first African-American to gain dual citizenship in the U.S. and African country.

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Isaiah Washington: August 3

The former Grey's Anatomy star turns 49. (Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Dior)

Isaiah Washington, Grey's Anatomy

His dismissal from the hit show (following homophobic remarks he made to co-star TR Knight) was infamous, but Washington didn't go down without a fight. "They fired the wrong guy," he told the Houston Chronicle, implying that it was Knight who sho...

Isaiah Washington

Despite his dozens of film credits, Washington will always be best known as gifted surgeon Dr. Preston Burke on the hit show Grey's Anatomy, and also for his controversial discharge from the series. Since then, Washington has involved himself in a...

Hurricane Season Premiere

Based on a true story, Hurricane Season follows the transformation of a team whose future was uncertain until one man made it possible.

Isaiah Washington

In 1996, former Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington played half of a gay couple on their way to the 1995 Million Man March in Washington, D.C., in Spike Lee's Get On The Bus. Played by Harry Lennix and Washington, the gay lovers are on the verge...
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