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Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

Acting December 28, 1954 (71 years old) Mount Vernon, New York, USA

Biography

Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor. Known for his dramatic roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, an Actor Award, two Golden Globes, two Silver Bears and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for a Grammy Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2020, The New York Times named Washington the greatest actor of the 21st century. He has also been honoured with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2016, AFI Life Achievement Award in 2019, the Honorary Palme d'Or in 2025, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2025. Films in which he has appeared have grossed over $5.1 billion worldwide. After training at the American Conservatory Theater, Washington began his career in theatre, acting in Off-Broadway performances. 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). Washington won Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for playing an American Civil War soldier in the war drama Glory (1989) and for Best Actor for playing a corrupt police officer in the crime thriller Training Day (2001). He was Oscar-nominated for his roles 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). Washington has starred in other notable films, including The Pelican Brief, Philadelphia (both 1993); Crimson Tide, Devil in a Blue Dress (both 1995); He Got Game (1998); Remember the Titans (2000); Man on Fire (2004); Déjà Vu, Inside Man (both 2006); American Gangster (2007); Unstoppable, The Book of Eli (both 2010); The Equalizer trilogy (2014–2023), Gladiator II (2024), and Highest 2 Lowest (2025). Washington has also directed the films Antwone Fisher (2002), The Great Debaters (2007), Fences (2016), and A Journal for Jordan (2021). On stage, he has acted in The Public Theater productions of Coriolanus (1979) and The Tragedy of Richard III (1990). 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) and Othello (2025), Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun (2014), and Eugene O'Neill's play The Iceman Cometh (2018).

Movies 94

Training Day 7.5

Training Day

as Alonzo

2001
The Equalizer 7.3

The Equalizer

as Robert McCall

2014
Gladiator II 6.6

Gladiator II

as Macrinus

2024
The Equalizer 3 7.3

The Equalizer 3

as Robert McCall

2023
Flight 6.9

Flight

as Whip Whitaker

2012
The Magnificent Seven 6.5

The Magnificent Seven

as Sam Chisolm

2016
The Equalizer 2 6.8

The Equalizer 2

as Robert McCall

2018
American Gangster 7.6

American Gangster

as Frank Lucas

2007
Man on Fire 7.5

Man on Fire

as John W. Creasy

2004
Déjà Vu 6.9

Déjà Vu

as Doug Carlin

2006
The Book of Eli 6.8

The Book of Eli

as Eli

2010
Inside Man 7.4

Inside Man

as Keith Frazier

2006
Remember the Titans 7.7

Remember the Titans

as Coach Herman Boone

2000
Philadelphia 7.7

Philadelphia

as Joe Miller

1993
Unstoppable 6.6

Unstoppable

as Frank Barnes

2010
Fallen 6.8

Fallen

as John Hobbes

1998
The Pelican Brief 6.6

The Pelican Brief

as Gray Grantham

1993
Highest 2 Lowest 5.5

Highest 2 Lowest

as David King

2025
The Bone Collector 6.8

The Bone Collector

as Lincoln Rhyme

1999
2 Guns 6.5

2 Guns

as Robert 'Bobby' Trench

2013
Crimson Tide 7.2

Crimson Tide

as Lt. Commander Ronald "Ron" Hunter

1995
John Q 7.2

John Q

as John Quincy Archibald

2002
Glory 7.5

Glory

as Pvt. Trip

1989
Safe House 6.5

Safe House

as Tobin Frost

2012
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 6.4

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

as Walter Garber

2009
The Little Things 6.4

The Little Things

as Joe 'Deke' Deacon

2021
The Take

The Take

as Christian Carter

2027
Malcolm X 7.6

Malcolm X

as Malcolm X

1992
The Tragedy of Macbeth 6.9

The Tragedy of Macbeth

as Macbeth

2021
Fences 6.9

Fences

as Troy Maxson

2016
The Hurricane 7.4

The Hurricane

as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

1999
Much Ado About Nothing 6.9

Much Ado About Nothing

as Don Pedro

1993
Virtuosity 5.5

Virtuosity

as Parker Barnes

1995
The Siege 6.3

The Siege

as Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard

1998
The Manchurian Candidate 6.5

The Manchurian Candidate

as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco

2004
Courage Under Fire 6.6

Courage Under Fire

as Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling

1996
Roman J. Israel, Esq. 6.3

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

as Roman J. Israel

2017
The Great Debaters 7.3

The Great Debaters

as Melvin B. Tolson

2007
Devil in a Blue Dress 6.5

Devil in a Blue Dress

as Easy Rawlins

1995
Out of Time 6.4

Out of Time

as Matt Lee Whitlock

2003
Ricochet 6.1

Ricochet

as Nick Styles

1991
The Preacher's Wife 5.8

The Preacher's Wife

as Dudley

1996
He Got Game 6.8

He Got Game

as Jake Shuttlesworth

1998
Black Panther 3

Black Panther 3

2028
Antwone Fisher 7.0

Antwone Fisher

as Dr. Jerome Davenport

2002
Mississippi Masala 6.4

Mississippi Masala

as Demetrius Williams

1991
A Soldier's Story 6.8

A Soldier's Story

as Private First Class Peterson

1984
Cry Freedom 7.0

Cry Freedom

as Steve Biko

1987
Val 7.2

Val

as Self (archive)

2021
Carbon Copy 5.8

Carbon Copy

as Roger Porter

1981
Mo' Better Blues 6.5

Mo' Better Blues

as Bleek Gilliam

1990
Sidney 6.9

Sidney

as Self

2022
The Mighty Quinn 6.0

The Mighty Quinn

as Xavier Quinn

1989
Power 5.8

Power

as Arnold Billings

1986
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King 8.1

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

as Self (archive footage)

2020
Heart Condition 5.7

Heart Condition

as Napoleon Stone

1990
Flesh & Blood 5.9

Flesh & Blood

as Kirk

1979
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial 4.6

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

as Self

2009
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! 7.0

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

as Self (archive footage)

1994
Denzel Washington: American Icon 6.1

Denzel Washington: American Icon

as Self

2024
The George McKenna Story 6.3

The George McKenna Story

as George McKenna

1988
License to Kill 5.7

License to Kill

as Martin Sawyer

1986
Wilma 6.6

Wilma

as Robert Eldridge, age 18

1977
Romare Bearden: A Life in Collage

Romare Bearden: A Life in Collage

as self

2026
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute 6.5

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

as Self

1988
For Queen & Country 5.3

For Queen & Country

as Reuben

1988
Compassionate Release

Compassionate Release

2027
Whitney, a Look Back 10.0

Whitney, a Look Back

as Self (archive footage)

2022
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special 6.2

Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

as Humpty Dumpty / The Crooked Man (voice)

1997
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' 6.0

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'

as Self

2005
The Making of Gladiator II 10.0

The Making of Gladiator II

as Self

2024
A Century of Cinema 8.3

A Century of Cinema

as Self

1994
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend 5.0

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

as Self (archive footage)

2021
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act 8.5

Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

as Self (archive footage)

2022
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker 7.2

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

as Self

2003
Chasing Trane 7.3

Chasing Trane

as John Coltrane (voice)

2017
Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'

Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'

as Self

2008
Straight from the Streets 7.3

Straight from the Streets

as Self

2000
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision

The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision

as Self

2024
Coriolanus 5.0

Coriolanus

as Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier

1979
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'

Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'

as Self

2002
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' 4.8

People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'

as Self (archive)

2004
Training Day: Crossing the Line

Training Day: Crossing the Line

Denzel Washington: Falling Forward

Denzel Washington: Falling Forward

2025
The Making of 'Crimson Tide' 9.0

The Making of 'Crimson Tide'

as Self

1995
American Gangster Special

American Gangster Special

as Self

Giving Voice 6.4

Giving Voice

as Self

2020
NBA at 50 6.5

NBA at 50

as Self - Host

1996
Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway 8.0

Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway

as Narrator (voice)

1992
Denzel Washington: Reel Life 6.5

Denzel Washington: Reel Life

as Self

2018
Untitled Hannibal Film

Untitled Hannibal Film

as Hannibal the Great

Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II 7.5

Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II

as Narrator (voice)

1992
Rabbit Ears - John Henry

Rabbit Ears - John Henry

as Narrator (voice)

1990
Rabbit Ears - Anansi

Rabbit Ears - Anansi

as Narrator (voice)

1991

TV Shows 42

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 5.8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

2014
Late Show with David Letterman 6.5

Late Show with David Letterman

as Self - Guest

1993
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 6.1

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self - Guest

2015
The View 4.3

The View

as Self

1997
The Graham Norton Show 7.2

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

2007
LIVE with Kelly and Mark 5.6

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark 5.6

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

1988
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 5.3

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 5.3

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

2003
CBS News Sunday Morning 6.8

CBS News Sunday Morning

as Self

1979
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 5.3

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 5.3

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

as Self - Guest

1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show 5.5

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

2003
Great Performances 6.1

Great Performances

as Self

1971
Wogan 5.6

Wogan

as Self

1982
Golden Globe Awards 7.0

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

1944
Golden Globe Awards 7.0

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

1944
American Experience 6.5

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

1988
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin 6.0

ZDF-Mittagsmagazin

as Self

1989
Wetten, dass..? 5.6

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

1981
St. Elsewhere 5.7

St. Elsewhere

as Philip Chandler

1982
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1956
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner / Presenter

1956
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

1956
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter 6.2

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

as Self

2015
Today 5.6

Today

as Self

1952
Goldene Kamera 5.7

Goldene Kamera

as Self

1984
The Oscars 7.1

The Oscars

as Self

1953
The Reichen Show 4.8

The Reichen Show

as Self - Guest

2005
TRL 5.2

TRL

as Self

1998
On Air with Ryan Seacrest 9.5

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

as Self

2004
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child 6.3

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as King Omar (voice)

1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child 6.3

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Humpty Dumpty / Crooked Man (voice)

1995
Circus Halligalli 6.1

Circus Halligalli

as Self

2013
Parkinson 7.0

Parkinson

as Self - Guest

2004
The Early Show 6.2

The Early Show

as Self - Guest

1999
The American Film Institute Salute to ... 6.3

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ... 6.3

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self - Honoree

1973
Number One on the Call Sheet 3.9

Number One on the Call Sheet

as Self

2025
Hollywood Black 3.0

Hollywood Black

as Self (archive footage)

2024
Flesh & Blood 7.0

Flesh & Blood

as Kirk

1979
Live from Studio Five 3.8

Live from Studio Five

as Self

2009

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