Cast
Denzel Washington
Acting
Cast
Denzel Washington
Known for
Acting
Born
1954-12-28
From
Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Also known as Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr., Denzel Hayes Washington, دنزل واشینگتون
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).
★7.3
MOVIE2014
The Equalizer
as Robert McCall
★6.6
MOVIE2024
Gladiator II
as Macrinus
★7.3
MOVIE2023
The Equalizer 3
as Robert McCall
★6.5
MOVIE2016
The Magnificent Seven
as Sam Chisolm
★6.8
MOVIE2018
The Equalizer 2
as Robert McCall
★7.6
MOVIE2007
American Gangster
as Frank Lucas
★6.9
MOVIE2006
Déjà Vu
as Doug Carlin
★7.5
MOVIE2004
Man on Fire
as John W. Creasy
★7.5
MOVIE2001
Training Day
as Alonzo
★6.8
MOVIE2010
The Book of Eli
as Eli
★6.5
MOVIE2013
2 Guns
as Robert 'Bobby' Trench
★6.9
MOVIE2021
The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Macbeth
★7.4
MOVIE2006
Inside Man
as Keith Frazier
★5.5
MOVIE2025
Highest 2 Lowest
as David King
★6.9
MOVIE2012
Flight
as Whip Whitaker
★7.5
MOVIE1989
Glory
as Pvt. Trip
MOVIETBA
Here Comes the Flood
★7.7
MOVIE2000
Remember the Titans
as Coach Herman Boone
★7.1
MOVIE2002
John Q
as John Quincy Archibald
★7.2
MOVIE1995
Crimson Tide
as Lt. Commander Ronald "Ron" Hunter
★6.6
MOVIE2010
Unstoppable
as Frank Barnes
★6.8
MOVIE1999
The Bone Collector
as Lincoln Rhyme
★6.8
MOVIE1998
Fallen
as John Hobbes
★6.4
MOVIE2021
The Little Things
as Joe 'Deke' Deacon
★6.5
MOVIE2012
Safe House
as Tobin Frost
★7.7
MOVIE1993
Philadelphia
as Joe Miller
★6.9
MOVIE2016
Fences
as Troy Maxson
★6.6
MOVIE1993
The Pelican Brief
as Gray Grantham
★7.6
MOVIE1992
Malcolm X
as Malcolm X
★6.5
MOVIE1996
Courage Under Fire
as Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling
★6.3
MOVIE2017
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
as Roman J. Israel
★6.4
MOVIE2009
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
as Walter Garber
★7.3
MOVIE2007
The Great Debaters
as Melvin B. Tolson
★7.4
MOVIE1999
The Hurricane
as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
★6.5
MOVIE2004
The Manchurian Candidate
as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
★7.0
MOVIE1993
Much Ado About Nothing
as Don Pedro
★6.5
MOVIE1995
Devil in a Blue Dress
as Easy Rawlins
★5.5
MOVIE1995
Virtuosity
as Parker Barnes
★6.4
MOVIE2003
Out of Time
as Matt Lee Whitlock
★6.3
MOVIE1998
The Siege
as Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard
★6.1
MOVIE1991
Ricochet
as Nick Styles
★6.7
MOVIE1998
He Got Game
as Jake Shuttlesworth
★5.8
MOVIE1996
The Preacher's Wife
as Dudley
★6.8
MOVIE1984
A Soldier's Story
as Private First Class Peterson
★6.5
MOVIE1990
Mo' Better Blues
as Bleek Gilliam
★7.0
MOVIE1987
Cry Freedom
as Steve Biko
★5.9
MOVIE1979
Flesh & Blood
as Kirk
★5.7
MOVIE1990
Heart Condition
as Napoleon Stone
MOVIETBA
Black Panther 3
★6.9
MOVIE2002
Antwone Fisher
as Dr. Jerome Davenport
★6.0
MOVIE1989
The Mighty Quinn
as Xavier Quinn
★5.0
MOVIE1979
Coriolanus
as Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier
★5.9
MOVIE1981
Carbon Copy
as Roger Porter
★6.4
MOVIE1991
Mississippi Masala
as Demetrius Williams
★5.7
MOVIE1986
License to Kill
as Martin Sawyer
★6.3
MOVIE1988
The George McKenna Story
as George McKenna
★7.0
MOVIE2022
Sidney
as Self
★5.0
MOVIE2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
★7.3
MOVIE2000
Straight from the Streets
as Self
★5.8
MOVIE1986
Power
as Arnold Billings
★7.3
MOVIE2017
Chasing Trane
as John Coltrane (voice)
MOVIETBA
Untitled Hannibal Film
as Hannibal the Great
★8.1
MOVIE2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self (archive footage)
★5.3
MOVIE1988
For Queen & Country
as Reuben
MOVIE2024
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE2025
Denzel Washington: Falling Forward
★9.0
MOVIE1995
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
as Self
MOVIE2008
Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'
as Self
MOVIE2002
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE2024
The Making of Gladiator II
as Self
★4.6
MOVIE2009
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE1996
NBA at 50
as Self - Host
★6.4
MOVIE2020
Giving Voice
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE1988
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
as Self
★6.6
MOVIE1977
Wilma
as Robert Eldridge, age 18
★8.5
MOVIE2022
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE1990
Rabbit Ears - John Henry
as Narrator (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE2018
Denzel Washington: Reel Life
as Self
★7.5
MOVIE1992
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE1991
Rabbit Ears - Anansi
as Narrator (voice)
★6.0
MOVIE2005
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
as Self
★4.8
MOVIE2004
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
as Self (archive)
MOVIETBA
American Gangster Special
as Self
★7.3
MOVIE2003
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE1997
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
as Humpty Dumpty / The Crooked Man (voice)
★5.3
MOVIE2024
Denzel Washington: American Icon
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1992
Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway
as Narrator (voice)