Hollywood superstar Denzel Washington has revealed one of the key secrets to his successful career on the big screen - his barber.
DailyMailTV has obtained footage of Washington honoring Larry M Cherry on stage Sunday night at the Hollywood Beauty Awards, admitting that his barber acts as his confidante, psychiatrist and psychotherapist on all his movies.
And Cherry says that the double Oscar winner uses him to create and carve the famous characters beloved by the world.
The pair spoke of their mutual love and lifted the veil on their secret partnership, which goes beyond just a quick trim and beard tidy.
Denzel Washington, 64, paid tribute to his longtime hair stylist Larry M Cherry at Sunday night's Hollywood Beauty Awards
DailyMailTV obtained footage from the award ceremony where Washington revealed Cherry acts as his confidante, psychiatrist and psychotherapist on all his films
The Malcolm X star revealed that Cherry's nickname is 'Seldom Seen' as he is a silent and hidden support on sets.
He smiled as he called him 'my man, my brother, my friend..Larry Cherry.'
The actor, 64, has had Cherry on his team since he worked with him on the 1992 biopic Malcom X, directed by Spike Lee.
After hitting it off with Washington, he's continued to be his hair stylist from Courage Under Fire, The Siege and the Bone Collector in the mid to late 90s through to last year's The Equalizer 2.
Their other collaborations include Training Day, John Q, Man On Fire, the Manchurian Candidate, Inside Man, American Gangster, The Taking Of Pelham 123, Unstoppable and Flight, among others.
Standing on stage to hand him Outstanding Achievement In Hairstyling, Washington smiled: 'We go back over thirty years, we have made 28, 29 films.’
Laughing he added: 'He is my barber...they still say barber? He can cut hairs!'
He then turned serious: 'He is my confidante, psychologist, psychiatrist. He has done everything. He is
