10.0
10.0
The Making of Gladiator II
2024
as Self
Denzel Washington
Also known as: Denzel Hayes Washington Jr., Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr., Denzel Hayes Washington...
Acting
Born:December 28, 1954(age 71)
Birthplace:Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Nationality:United States
Height:6'1" (185 cm)
Education:Fordham University, Pennington-Grimes Elementary School, Oakland Military Academy, Mainland High School, Mount Vernon High School, The Center for Early Education
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Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, producer, and director. Known for his dramatic roles on stage and screen, he is widely regarded as one of the best actors of his generation, with The New York Times declaring him the greatest actor of the 21st century in 2020. Over his career, he has received several accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award. Washington has been honoured with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2016, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2019, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2022. After training at the American Conservatory Theatre, Washington began his career in theatre, acting in performances off-Broadway. He first came to prominence in the NBC medical drama series St. Elsewhere (1982–1988) and in the war film A Soldier's Story (1984). He won two Academy Awards, his first for Best Supporting Actor for playing an American Civil War soldier in the war drama Glory (1989) and his second for Best Actor for playing a corrupt police officer in the crime thriller Training Day (2001). He was Oscar-nominated for his performances in Cry Freedom (1987), Malcolm X (1992), The Hurricane (1999), Flight (2012), Fences (2016), Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017), and The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). A prominent leading man, Washington also acted in Mo' Better Blues (1990), Mississippi Masala (1991), Philadelphia (1993), Courage Under Fire (1996), Remember the Titans (2000), Man on Fire (2004), Inside Man (2006), American Gangster (2007), and The Equalizer trilogy (2014–2023). Washington directed and starred in the films Antwone Fisher (2002), The Great Debaters (2007), and Fences (2016). On stage, he has acted in productions of both Coriolanus (1979) and The Tragedy of Richard III (1990) at the Public Theater. He made his Broadway debut in the Ron Milner play Checkmates (1988). He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as a disillusioned working-class father in the Broadway revival of August Wilson's play Fences (2010). He has also acted in the Broadway revivals of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (2005), Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun (2014), and Eugene O'Neill's play The Iceman Cometh (2018).
Filmography (88 movies)
8.5
8.5
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
2022
as Self (archive footage)
8.0
8.0
Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway
1992
as Narrator
7.7
7.7
Philadelphia
1993
as Joe Miller
7.6
7.6
Remember the Titans
2000
as Coach Herman Boone
7.6
7.6
Sidney
2022
as Self
7.6
7.6
American Gangster
2007
as Frank Lucas
7.5
7.5
Malcolm X
1992
as Malcolm X
7.5
7.5
Training Day
2001
as Alonzo
7.5
7.5
Glory
1989
as Pvt. Trip
7.5
7.5
Man on Fire
2004
as John W. Creasy
7.4
7.4
The Hurricane
1999
as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
7.4
7.4
Inside Man
2006
as Keith Frazier
7.3
7.3
Chasing Trane
2017
as John Coltrane (voice)
7.3
7.3
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003
as Self
7.3
7.3
The Equalizer 3
2023
Producer
7.3
7.3
The Equalizer
2014
Producer
7.2
7.2
The Great Debaters
2007
Director
7.2
7.2
Crimson Tide
1995
as Lt. Commander Ronald "Ron" Hunter
7.1
7.1
John Q
2002
as John Quincy Archibald
7.0
7.0
Cry Freedom
1987
as Steve Biko
6.9
6.9
Much Ado About Nothing
1993
as Don Pedro of Aragon
6.9
6.9
Antwone Fisher
2002
Producer
6.9
6.9
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021
as Macbeth
6.9
6.9
A Journal for Jordan
2021
Director
6.9
6.9
Fences
2016
Director
6.9
6.9
Déjà Vu
2006
as Doug Carlin
6.8
6.8
Flight
2012
as Whip Whitaker
6.8
6.8
The Book of Eli
2010
Producer
6.8
6.8
A Soldier's Story
1984
as Private First Class Peterson
6.8
6.8
The Bone Collector
1999
as Lincoln Rhyme
6.8
6.8
Fallen
1998
as John Hobbes
6.8
6.8
The Equalizer 2
2018
Producer
6.7
6.7
He Got Game
1998
as Jake Shuttlesworth
6.6
6.6
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020
Producer
6.6
6.6
Gladiator II
2024
as Macrinus
6.6
6.6
Unstoppable
2010
as Frank Barnes
6.6
6.6
The Pelican Brief
1993
as Gray Grantham
6.5
6.5
2 Guns
2013
as Robert 'Bobby' Trench
6.5
6.5
Courage Under Fire
1996
as Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling
6.5
6.5
Mo' Better Blues
1990
as Bleek Gilliam
6.5
6.5
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
6.5
6.5
Straight from the Streets
2000
as Self
6.5
6.5
Denzel Washington: Reel Life
2018
as Self
6.5
6.5
Devil in a Blue Dress
1995
as Easy Rawlins
6.5
6.5
Safe House
2012
Executive Producer
6.5
6.5
The Magnificent Seven
2016
as Sam Chisolm
6.4
6.4
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009
as Walter Garber
6.4
6.4
Giving Voice
2020
as Self
6.4
6.4
Mississippi Masala
1991
as Demetrius Williams
6.4
6.4
The George McKenna Story
1988
as George McKenna
6.3
6.3
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017
Producer
6.3
6.3
Out of Time
2003
as Matt Lee Whitlock
6.3
6.3
The Little Things
2021
as Joe 'Deke' Deacon
6.3
6.3
The Siege
1998
as Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard
6.3
6.3
Wilma
1977
as Robert Eldridge, age 18
6.3
6.3
NBA at 50
1996
as Self - Host
6.1
6.1
Ricochet
1991
as Nick Styles
6.0
6.0
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
1997
as Humpty Dumpty / The Crooked Man (voice)
6.0
6.0
The Mighty Quinn
1989
as Xavier Quinn
6.0
6.0
The Piano Lesson
2024
Producer
6.0
6.0
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
2000
Producer
5.9
5.9
Power
1986
as Arnold Billings
5.8
5.8
The Preacher's Wife
1996
as Dudley
5.7
5.7
Carbon Copy
1981
as Roger Porter
5.7
5.7
License to Kill
1986
as Martin Sawyer
5.6
5.6
Highest 2 Lowest
2025
as David King
5.6
5.6
Heart Condition
1990
as Napoleon Stone
5.5
5.5
Virtuosity
1995
as Parker Barnes
5.5
5.5
Flesh & Blood
1979
as Kirk
5.3
5.3
For Queen & Country
1988
as Reuben
5.2
5.2
Denzel Washington: American Icon
2024
as Self
5.0
5.0
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
1992
as Narrator
5.0
5.0
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005
as Self
4.6
4.6
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
as Self
3.5
3.5
Coriolanus
1979
as Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier
Rabbit Ears - John Henry
1990
as Narrator (voice)
Here Comes the Flood
TBA
Untitled Hannibal Project
TBA
Producer
Number 4
2006
as Self
Black Panther 3
TBA
The Equalizer 4
TBA
as Robert McCall
The Equalizer 5
TBA
as Robert McCall
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
2024
as Self
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
1995
as Self
Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'
2008
as Self
Denzel Washington: Falling Forward
2025
Rabbit Ears - Anansi
1991
as Narrator (voice)
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