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5 unusual facts about Ukee Washington


Ukee Washington

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 is also the Godfather of Philadelphia Eagles safety Nate Allen, as stated in a radio interview by Nate Allen.

He anchors Eyewitness News This Morning on CBS 3 and The CW Philly with co-anchor Erika Von Tiehl, and co-hosts Talk Philly with Pat Ciarrocchi weekdays at noon.

On November 11, 2011, a performance was aired on KYW-TV 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.

Ulysses S. Washington

Ulysses S. Washington was the first person in his family to graduate from college and is the father of Ukee Washington, a television news anchor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.



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