Isaiah Washington
Washington in 2008, photo by PrPhotos
Birth Name: Isaiah Washington III
Place of Birth: Houston, Harris, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 3, 1963
Ethnicity: African-American, Creole [including Angolan, Sierra Leonean]
Isaiah Washington is an American actor and internet personality. He has appeared in several Spike Lee films, and starred as Dr. Preston Burke on the ABC medical drama Grey’s Anatomy.
He was raised partly in Missouri City, Texas. Isaiah is married to Jenisa, with whom he has three children.
A DNA test showed Isaiah to have ancestry from the Mbundu in Angola, and from Sierra Leonea, specifically the Mende and Temne people. Isaiah has been granted Sierra Leonean citizenship, and has participated in charity work in the country.
Isaiah’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Broussard.
well,there you have it;george washington our “founding father” was an african american.lol
I had no Idea there where a lot of black people in Texas, I think there are more their than in Cali
You have no idea about anything. Thank you anyway, now we know you are from Colombia
I’m not from Colombia are you obsess with Colombia or something? If I was from Colombia I wouldn’t care about this whole race crap Only in the United States they make a big deal about this race stuff
Well that may be true, it was a popular name.Although I can truly say,out of all the black people I’ve known,I’ve never met one.Although the amount I have met,is no where near 40 million.
most Washington in US are African-American