Background
Washington is also the son of Ulysses S. Washington, a noted professor and former football coach at Delaware State University.
Washington is also the son of Ulysses S. Washington, a noted professor and former football coach at Delaware State University.
He attended University of Richmond, and is an openly-avid fan of that school"s Spiders basketball team
He anchors Eyewitness News on Columbia Broadcasting System 3 at 6 Prime Minister and 11 Prime Minister with Jessica Dean, and formerly hosted Eyewitness News This Morning on Columbia Broadcasting System and The CW Philly with co-anchor Erika Von Tiehl, as well as Talk Philly with Pat Ciarrocchi weekdays at noon. He is also the Godfather of Philadelphia Eagles safety Nate Allen, as stated in a radio interview by Nate Allen. Prior to joining KYW-television in 1986 as a weekend sportscaster, he was a sports anchor at WBBH-television in Fort Myers, Florida and at WSB-television in Atlanta.
In 1996, he began his co-anchoring duties at KYW on morning newscasts.
In addition to his daily anchor duties, he provides viewers with "Keepin" lieutenant Reel," a special segment of the morning newscast during which he previews one of the week"s theatrical releases and interviews the releases" stars and directors. Washington also hosted the local teen issues discussion show "Rap Around," which dealt with topics such as race, prom fashions, and having a brother.
In 2004, he put together a special report on the still controversial Philadelphia Experiment. On November 11, 2011, a performance was aired on KYW-television where Washington joined the Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale, of which he is a former member, and the "Facebook Volunteer Choir" at the Zion Baptist Church in north Philadelphia in singing God Bless America, in tribute to America"s military veterans.
Instead, he chose to film a performance for Veterans Day.
The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia inducted Washington into their Hall of Fame in 2008. Washington is the second cousin of actor Denzel Washington and has had small parts in such movies as Unbreakable (2000), Signs (2002), Shooter (2007), and the 2004 remake of The Manchurian Candidate. He appeared in an episode of the short-lived Columbia Broadcasting System drama series Hack.
He also appeared on The Happening (2008) portraying a television news anchor, his real life profession.
He had a minor, non-speaking part in the film Live Free or Die Hard (2007).