Denzel Washington
Known for Acting · 119 credits
- Born
- 1954-12-28 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- Mount Vernon, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. · Denzel Hayes Washington · دنزل واشینگتون · 丹素·华盛顿 · デンゼル ワシントン · دِنزل واشینگتن
Biography
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).
Known For
TV Shows (33)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The View
1997
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self / Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Wogan
1982
as Self
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Philip Chandler
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter / Self - Winner / Presenter / Self - Nominee
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
The Reichen Show
2005
as Self - Guest
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
1989
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as King Omar (voice) / Humpty Dumpty / Crooked Man (voice)
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
TRL
1998
as Self
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
as Self
Today
1952
as Self
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
as Self
Circus Halligalli
2013
as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self / Self - Honoree
The Early Show
1999
as Self - Guest
Hollywood Black
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Live from Studio Five
2009
as Self
Flesh & Blood
1979
as Kirk
Movies (86)
The Equalizer
2014
as Robert McCall
The Equalizer 3
2023
as Robert McCall
Gladiator II
2024
as Macrinus
The Equalizer 2
2018
as Robert McCall
Man on Fire
2004
as John W. Creasy
American Gangster
2007
as Frank Lucas
Training Day
2001
as Alonzo
The Book of Eli
2010
as Eli
The Magnificent Seven
2016
as Sam Chisolm
Remember the Titans
2000
as Coach Herman Boone
Unstoppable
2010
as Frank Barnes
Highest 2 Lowest
2025
as David King
2 Guns
2013
as Robert 'Bobby' Trench
Inside Man
2006
as Keith Frazier
Flight
2012
as Whip Whitaker
John Q
2002
as John Quincy Archibald
Déjà Vu
2006
as Doug Carlin
Crimson Tide
1995
as Lt. Commander Ronald "Ron" Hunter
Glory
1989
as Pvt. Trip
The Bone Collector
1999
as Lincoln Rhyme
Safe House
2012
as Tobin Frost
The Little Things
2021
as Joe 'Deke' Deacon
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009
as Walter Garber
Malcolm X
1992
as Malcolm X
The Siege
1998
as Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard
The Pelican Brief
1993
as Gray Grantham
Fences
2016
as Troy Maxson
Philadelphia
1993
as Joe Miller
Fallen
1998
as John Hobbes
The Hurricane
1999
as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
Much Ado About Nothing
1993
as Don Pedro
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017
as Roman J. Israel
Devil in a Blue Dress
1995
as Easy Rawlins
Flesh & Blood
1979
as Kirk
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
Courage Under Fire
1996
as Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling
Ricochet
1991
as Nick Styles
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021
as Macbeth
Virtuosity
1995
as Parker Barnes
The Great Debaters
2007
as Melvin B. Tolson
He Got Game
1998
as Jake Shuttlesworth
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Out of Time
2003
as Matt Lee Whitlock
Carbon Copy
1981
as Roger Porter
Sidney
2022
as Self
Antwone Fisher
2002
as Dr. Jerome Davenport
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
as Self
Cry Freedom
1987
as Steve Biko
The Preacher's Wife
1996
as Dudley
Mo' Better Blues
1990
as Bleek Gilliam
Mississippi Masala
1991
as Demetrius Williams
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Mighty Quinn
1989
as Xavier Quinn
Power
1986
as Arnold Billings
A Soldier's Story
1984
as Private First Class Peterson
Coriolanus
1979
as Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier
For Queen & Country
1988
as Reuben
Chasing Trane
2017
as John Coltrane (voice)
Heart Condition
1990
as Napoleon Stone
The George McKenna Story
1988
as George McKenna
Here Comes the Flood
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003
as Self
Black Panther 3
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
as Self
Denzel Washington: Falling Forward
2025
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005
as Self
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Giving Voice
2020
as Self
Straight from the Streets
2000
as Self
License to Kill
1986
as Martin Sawyer
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
1997
as Humpty Dumpty / The Crooked Man (voice)
Wilma
1977
as Robert Eldridge, age 18
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
1995
as Self
The Making of Gladiator II
2024
as Self
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
2024
as Self
Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'
2008
as Self
Untitled Hannibal Film
as Hannibal
Rabbit Ears - John Henry
1990
as Narrator (voice)
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
1992
as Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Anansi
1991
as Narrator (voice)
NBA at 50
1996
as Self - Host
Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway
1992
as Narrator (voice)
American Gangster Special
as Self
Denzel Washington: American Icon
2024
as Self
Denzel Washington: Reel Life
2018
as Self
About Denzel Washington
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 119 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Denzel Washington has appeared in 86 films and 33 TV shows.
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- The Equalizer (2014) — as Robert McCall
- The Equalizer 3 (2023) — as Robert McCall
- Gladiator II (2024) — as Macrinus
- The Equalizer 2 (2018) — as Robert McCall
- Man on Fire (2004) — as John W. Creasy
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