- Source of Wealth: Film, Television
- Age: 56
- Birth Place: Houston, Texas, United Satates
- Height: 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Marital Status: Married (Jenisa Garland)
- Full Name: Isaiah Washington IV
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: August 3, 1963
- Ethnicity: African American of Sierra Leonean heritage
- Occupation: Actor
- Education: Howard University
- Children: 3 (Iman, Isaiah V, Tyme)
Washington began his screen career on television, appearing in the soap operas As the World Turns and One Life to Live. He made his big screen debut in Spike Lee’s Crooklyn (1994), and he subsequently appeared in Lee’s Clockers (1995), Girl 6 (1996), and Get on the Bus (1996), the last of which cast him as a gay man on his way to the 1995 Million Man March in Washington, D.C. Isaiah Washington earned his net worth as an actor for several Spike Lee films, as well as on ABC drama Grey’s Anatomy where he played the role of Dr. Preston Burke. Born in Houston, Texas, he has been part of the acting community since 1991.
A genealogical DNA test conducted by African Ancestry, Inc. revealed that Washington’s maternal ancestry can be traced to what is now Sierra Leone. He traveled to Sierra Leone in May 2006 marking the beginning of his charity work and was granted Sierra Leonean Citizenship, making him the first African American to be granted full citizenship based on DNA.