About John David Washington
John David Washington is an American actor and former professional football player. He started his career in college football at Morehouse College and signed with the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent in 2006. Professionally, Washington spent four years as a running back for the United Football League's Sacramento Mountain Lions. He shifted to acting, and was part of the main cast of the HBO comedy series Ballers (2015–2019) and appeared in the western film The Old Man & the Gun (2018). Washington's breakthrough role came playing Ron Stallworth in Spike Lee's crime drama BlacKkKlansman (2018), for which he received Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. As a Morehouse College senior, Washington led the conference in rushing with 1,198 yards (a school record). Washington began acting in 1992, appearing in the film Malcolm X alongside his father Denzel Washington, then in 2015, he won the role of Ricky Jerret, an NFL player, in the HBO drama series Ballers. In 2025, Washington became the face of Tom Ford's fragrance Bois Pacifique. "John David Washington". In his college career, Washington held the school's single-game (242 yards) and career (3,699 yards) rushing records from 2005-2011.
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