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).
The Equalizer
as Robert McCall
The Equalizer 3
as Robert McCall
Gladiator II
as Macrinus
The Equalizer 2
as Robert McCall
Man on Fire
as John W. Creasy
Training Day
as Alonzo
American Gangster
as Frank Lucas
The Magnificent Seven
as Sam Chisolm
Inside Man
as Keith Frazier
Unstoppable
as Frank Barnes
The Book of Eli
as Eli
Crimson Tide
as Lt. Commander Ronald "Ron" Hunter
2 Guns
as Robert 'Bobby' Trench
Highest 2 Lowest
as David King
John Q
as John Quincy Archibald
Déjà Vu
as Doug Carlin
Remember the Titans
as Coach Herman Boone
Glory
as Pvt. Trip
Flight
as Whip Whitaker
Fences
as Troy Maxson
Malcolm X
as Malcolm X
Philadelphia
as Joe Miller
The Bone Collector
as Lincoln Rhyme
The Pelican Brief
as Gray Grantham
Fallen
as John Hobbes
Safe House
as Tobin Frost
The Hurricane
as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
as Walter Garber
The Siege
as Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard
The Little Things
as Joe 'Deke' Deacon
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
as Roman J. Israel
Flesh & Blood
as Kirk
He Got Game
as Jake Shuttlesworth
Much Ado About Nothing
as Don Pedro
Devil in a Blue Dress
as Easy Rawlins
The Manchurian Candidate
as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
Courage Under Fire
as Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling
The Great Debaters
as Melvin B. Tolson
Virtuosity
as Parker Barnes
Ricochet
as Nick Styles
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Macbeth
Out of Time
as Matt Lee Whitlock
Antwone Fisher
as Dr. Jerome Davenport
Sidney
as Self
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Self (archive footage)
Carbon Copy
as Roger Porter
Mississippi Masala
as Demetrius Williams
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
as Self
The Preacher's Wife
as Dudley
Cry Freedom
as Steve Biko
Heart Condition
as Napoleon Stone
Mo' Better Blues
as Bleek Gilliam
The Mighty Quinn
as Xavier Quinn
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self (archive footage)
A Soldier's Story
as Private First Class Peterson
Coriolanus
as Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier
The George McKenna Story
as George McKenna
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
as Self
Power
as Arnold Billings
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
as Self
Here Comes the Flood
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
as Self
Black Panther 3
Chasing Trane
as John Coltrane (voice)
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
as Self
Denzel Washington: Falling Forward
Giving Voice
as Self
Wilma
as Robert Eldridge, age 18
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
as Humpty Dumpty / The Crooked Man (voice)
License to Kill
as Martin Sawyer
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
as Self (archive footage)
Straight from the Streets
as Self
For Queen & Country
as Reuben
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
as Self
The Making of Gladiator II
as Self
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
as Narrator (voice)
Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'
as Self
Untitled Hannibal Film
as Hannibal
Rabbit Ears - John Henry
as Narrator (voice)
NBA at 50
as Self - Host
Rabbit Ears - Anansi
as Narrator (voice)
Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway
as Narrator (voice)
Denzel Washington: American Icon
as Self
American Gangster Special
as Self
Denzel Washington: Reel Life
as Self