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.
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).
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Filmography (Movies)
Denzel Washington: Falling Forward
Character:
Release Date:20/10/2025
Highest 2 Lowest
Character:David King
Release Date:14/08/2025
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
Character:Self
Release Date:21/11/2024
The Making of Gladiator II
Character:Self
Release Date:18/11/2024
Gladiator II
Character:Macrinus
Release Date:13/11/2024
Denzel Washington: American Icon
Character:Self
Release Date:24/10/2024
The Equalizer 3
Character:Robert McCall
Release Date:30/08/2023
Sidney
Character:Self
Release Date:10/09/2022
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/02/2022
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Character:Macbeth
Release Date:05/12/2021
The Little Things
Character:Joe 'Deke' Deacon
Release Date:28/01/2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/01/2021
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/08/2020
Giving Voice
Character:Self
Release Date:26/01/2020
Denzel Washington: Reel Life
Character:Self
Release Date:17/08/2018
The Equalizer 2
Character:Robert McCall
Release Date:19/07/2018
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Character:Roman J. Israel
Release Date:17/11/2017
Chasing Trane
Character:John Coltrane (voice)
Release Date:14/04/2017
Fences
Character:Troy Maxson
Release Date:16/12/2016
The Magnificent Seven
Character:Sam Chisolm
Release Date:14/09/2016
The Equalizer
Character:Robert McCall
Release Date:24/09/2014
2 Guns
Character:Robert 'Bobby' Trench
Release Date:02/08/2013
Flight
Character:Whip Whitaker
Release Date:22/02/2012
Safe House
Character:Tobin Frost
Release Date:08/02/2012
Unstoppable
Character:Frank Barnes
Release Date:04/11/2010
The Book of Eli
Character:Eli
Release Date:14/01/2010
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Character:Walter Garber
Release Date:10/06/2009
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Character:Self
Release Date:18/01/2009
Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'
Character:Self
Release Date:14/10/2008
The Great Debaters
Character:Melvin B. Tolson
Release Date:25/12/2007
American Gangster
Character:Frank Lucas
Release Date:02/11/2007
Déjà Vu
Character:Doug Carlin
Release Date:22/11/2006
Number 4
Character:Self
Release Date:08/08/2006
Inside Man
Character:Keith Frazier
Release Date:17/03/2006
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
Character:Self
Release Date:08/02/2005
The Manchurian Candidate
Character:Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
Release Date:30/07/2004
Man on Fire
Character:John W. Creasy
Release Date:23/04/2004
Out of Time
Character:Matt Lee Whitlock
Release Date:03/10/2003
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
Character:Self
Release Date:20/05/2003
Antwone Fisher
Character:Dr. Jerome Davenport
Release Date:19/12/2002
John Q
Character:John Quincy Archibald
Release Date:15/02/2002
Training Day
Character:Alonzo
Release Date:05/10/2001
Remember the Titans
Character:Coach Herman Boone
Release Date:29/09/2000
Straight from the Streets
Character:Self
Release Date:19/09/2000
The Bone Collector
Character:Lincoln Rhyme
Release Date:04/11/1999
The Hurricane
Character:Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
Release Date:17/09/1999
The Siege
Character:Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard
Release Date:06/11/1998
He Got Game
Character:Jake Shuttlesworth
Release Date:01/05/1998
Fallen
Character:John Hobbes
Release Date:16/01/1998
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
Character:Humpty Dumpty / The Crooked Man (voice)
Release Date:12/10/1997
The Preacher's Wife
Character:Dudley
Release Date:13/12/1996
NBA at 50
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:01/11/1996
Courage Under Fire
Character:Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling
Release Date:04/07/1996
Devil in a Blue Dress
Character:Easy Rawlins
Release Date:29/09/1995
Virtuosity
Character:Parker Barnes
Release Date:04/08/1995
Crimson Tide
Character:Lt. Commander Ronald "Ron" Hunter
Release Date:12/05/1995
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1995
Philadelphia
Character:Joe Miller
Release Date:22/12/1993
The Pelican Brief
Character:Gray Grantham
Release Date:17/09/1993
Much Ado About Nothing
Character:Don Pedro of Aragon
Release Date:07/05/1993
Malcolm X
Character:Malcolm X
Release Date:18/11/1992
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
Character:Narrator
Release Date:11/11/1992
Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway
Character:Narrator
Release Date:02/11/1992
Ricochet
Character:Nick Styles
Release Date:04/10/1991
Mississippi Masala
Character:Demetrius Williams
Release Date:18/09/1991
Rabbit Ears - Anansi
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:17/08/1991
Rabbit Ears - John Henry
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/09/1990
Mo' Better Blues
Character:Bleek Gilliam
Release Date:03/08/1990
Heart Condition
Character:Napoleon Stone
Release Date:02/02/1990
Glory
Character:Pvt. Trip
Release Date:15/12/1989
The Mighty Quinn
Character:Xavier Quinn
Release Date:17/02/1989
The George McKenna Story
Character:George McKenna
Release Date:01/08/1988
For Queen & Country
Character:Reuben
Release Date:17/05/1988
Cry Freedom
Character:Steve Biko
Release Date:06/11/1987
License to Kill
Character:Martin Sawyer
Release Date:16/12/1986
Power
Character:Arnold Billings
Release Date:31/01/1986
A Soldier's Story
Character:Private First Class Peterson
Release Date:14/09/1984
Carbon Copy
Character:Roger Porter
Release Date:06/08/1981
Flesh & Blood
Character:Kirk
Release Date:14/10/1979
Coriolanus
Character:Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier
Release Date:31/03/1979
Wilma
Character:Robert Eldridge, age 18
Release Date:19/12/1977
Television Appearances
Number One on the Call Sheet
Character:Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self
Circus Halligalli
Character:Self
Live from Studio Five
Character:Self
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
The Reichen Show
Character:Self - Guest
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Character:Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character:Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self- Guest
The Early Show
Character:Self - Guest
TRL
Character:Self
The View
Character:Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Character:King Omar (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Character:Humpty Dumpty / Crooked Man (voice)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
Character:Self
American Experience
Character:Self - Narrator
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self - Guest
Goldene Kamera
Character:Self
St. Elsewhere
Character:Philip Chandler
Wogan
Character:Self
Wetten, dass..?
Character:Self
CBS News Sunday Morning
Character:Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Character:Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Character:Self - Honoree
Great Performances
Character:Self
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Winner/Presenter
The Oscars
Character:Self
Today
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
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