Denzel Washington
Known for Acting · 122 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 (34)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee
The View
1997
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
as Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
Wogan
1982
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter / Self - Winner / Presenter / Self - Nominee
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self / Self - Guest
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Great Performances
1971
as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self - Guest
The Reichen Show
2005
as Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Philip Chandler
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Today
1952
as Self
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)
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
as Self
TRL
1998
as Self
Circus Halligalli
2013
as Self
The Early Show
1999
as Self - Guest
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self / Self - Honoree
Hollywood Black
2024
as Self (archive footage)
A Better Tomorrow
2001
as Reggie Malone
Flesh & Blood
1979
as Kirk
Live from Studio Five
2009
as Self
Movies (88)
The Equalizer
2014
as Robert McCall
Gladiator II
2024
as Macrinus
The Equalizer 3
2023
as Robert McCall
The Magnificent Seven
2016
as Sam Chisolm
The Equalizer 2
2018
as Robert McCall
American Gangster
2007
as Frank Lucas
Déjà Vu
2006
as Doug Carlin
Man on Fire
2004
as John W. Creasy
Training Day
2001
as Alonzo
The Book of Eli
2010
as Eli
2 Guns
2013
as Robert 'Bobby' Trench
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021
as Macbeth
Inside Man
2006
as Keith Frazier
Highest 2 Lowest
2025
as David King
Flight
2012
as Whip Whitaker
Glory
1989
as Pvt. Trip
Here Comes the Flood
Remember the Titans
2000
as Coach Herman Boone
John Q
2002
as John Quincy Archibald
Crimson Tide
1995
as Lt. Commander Ronald "Ron" Hunter
Unstoppable
2010
as Frank Barnes
The Bone Collector
1999
as Lincoln Rhyme
Fallen
1998
as John Hobbes
The Little Things
2021
as Joe 'Deke' Deacon
Safe House
2012
as Tobin Frost
Philadelphia
1993
as Joe Miller
Fences
2016
as Troy Maxson
The Pelican Brief
1993
as Gray Grantham
Malcolm X
1992
as Malcolm X
Courage Under Fire
1996
as Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017
as Roman J. Israel
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009
as Walter Garber
The Great Debaters
2007
as Melvin B. Tolson
The Hurricane
1999
as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
Much Ado About Nothing
1993
as Don Pedro
Devil in a Blue Dress
1995
as Easy Rawlins
Virtuosity
1995
as Parker Barnes
Out of Time
2003
as Matt Lee Whitlock
The Siege
1998
as Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard
Ricochet
1991
as Nick Styles
He Got Game
1998
as Jake Shuttlesworth
The Preacher's Wife
1996
as Dudley
A Soldier's Story
1984
as Private First Class Peterson
Mo' Better Blues
1990
as Bleek Gilliam
Cry Freedom
1987
as Steve Biko
Flesh & Blood
1979
as Kirk
Heart Condition
1990
as Napoleon Stone
Black Panther 3
Antwone Fisher
2002
as Dr. Jerome Davenport
The Mighty Quinn
1989
as Xavier Quinn
Coriolanus
1979
as Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier
Carbon Copy
1981
as Roger Porter
Mississippi Masala
1991
as Demetrius Williams
License to Kill
1986
as Martin Sawyer
The George McKenna Story
1988
as George McKenna
Sidney
2022
as Self
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Straight from the Streets
2000
as Self
Power
1986
as Arnold Billings
Chasing Trane
2017
as John Coltrane (voice)
Untitled Hannibal Film
as Hannibal the Great
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
as Self (archive footage)
For Queen & Country
1988
as Reuben
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
2024
as Self
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Denzel Washington: Falling Forward
2025
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
1995
as Self
Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'
2008
as Self
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
2002
as Self
The Making of Gladiator II
2024
as Self
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
as Self
NBA at 50
1996
as Self - Host
Giving Voice
2020
as Self
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
as Self
Wilma
1977
as Robert Eldridge, age 18
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Rabbit Ears - John Henry
1990
as Narrator (voice)
Denzel Washington: Reel Life
2018
as Self
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
1992
as Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Anansi
1991
as Narrator (voice)
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005
as Self
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
2004
as Self (archive)
American Gangster Special
as Self
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003
as Self
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
1997
as Humpty Dumpty / The Crooked Man (voice)
Denzel Washington: American Icon
2024
as Self
Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway
1992
as Narrator (voice)
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 122 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Denzel Washington has appeared in 88 films and 34 TV shows.
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- The Equalizer (2014) — as Robert McCall
- Gladiator II (2024) — as Macrinus
- The Equalizer 3 (2023) — as Robert McCall
- The Magnificent Seven (2016) — as Sam Chisolm
- The Equalizer 2 (2018) — as Robert McCall
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