Denzel Washington reached for the bottle after losing out on the Academy Award for Best Actor to Kevin Spacey in 2000. The “Gladiator II” star, 69, who had already won an Oscar in 1989, received his fourth nomination for his role as Rubin Carter in the 1999 film,

Denzel Washington has so many unforgettable performances on his resume, it’s nearly impossible to narrow down his best roles to a top two or three. One character that most fans agree should be near the top of the list is Rubin Carter in “The Hurricane.

Screen legend Denzel Washington has opened up about the “bitter” private fallout from his 2000 Oscar loss, when he lost the Best Actor award to Kevin Spacey.

Kevin Spacey has had his share of ugly headlines across the past couple of years, but Denzel Washington recently said rumors swirled about him a long time before those reports popped up. In fact, Washington said,

Denzel Washington is about to grace us with his new villain character in Gladiator II, where he looks to be having the time of his life. He’s currently doing the promotional blitz as the Ridley Scott sequel hits theaters soon.

Denzel Washington wasn't too pleased to lose the Best Actor Oscar to "American Beauty" star Kevin Spacey — so much so, in fact, that he felt bitterness over his "Hurricane" loss for years to come. The actor (who later won the top Oscar for "Training Day") revealed in an interview with Esquire published Tuesday that the resentment of the situation lasted "for about 15 years.