With his father’s outsize stature looming overhead, John David Washington stiff-armed Hollywood for the NFL. Now he’s merged the two — and become the best thing on HBO’s 'Ballers.

No matter how familiar you are with American actor John David Washington, you’ve definitely heard of his father. Denzel Washington is universally considered one of the greatest performers of his ...

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John David Washington and his sister, played by Danielle Deadwyler, battle over a prized heirloom piano that tears their family apart in the trailer (below) for Netflix's The Piano Lesson ...

The film's star, John David ... Washington, plays the role of Mama Ola. In the famous Wilson play, a battle brews in the Charles household. At the center stands a prized heirloom piano tearing two ...