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Denzel Washington
Born · December 28, 1954 (69 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Bio
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Denzel Washington, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Gladiator II
Macrinus
6.7
2024
The Equalizer 3
Robert McCall
7.3
2023
The Equalizer 2
Robert McCall
6.8
2018
The Magnificent Seven
Sam Chisolm
6.5
2016
The Equalizer
Robert McCall
7.3
2014
2 Guns
Robert 'Bobby' Trench
6.5
2013
Flight
Whip Whitaker
6.8
2012
Safe House
Tobin Frost
6.5
2012
Unstoppable
Frank Barnes
6.6
2010
The Book of Eli
Eli
6.8
2010
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Walter Garber
6.3
2009
The Great Debaters
Melvin B. Tolson
7.3
2007
American Gangster
Frank Lucas
7.6
2007
Déjà Vu
Doug Carlin
6.9
2006
Inside Man
Keith Frazier
7.4
2006
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
Self
5.0
2005
The Manchurian Candidate
Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
6.5
2004
Man on Fire
John W. Creasy
7.5
2004
Out of Time
Matt Lee Whitlock
6.3
2003
Antwone Fisher
Dr. Jerome Davenport
6.9
2002
John Q
John Quincy Archibald
7.1
2002
Training Day
Alonzo
7.5
2001
Remember the Titans
Coach Herman Boone
7.6
2000
The Bone Collector
Lincoln Rhyme
6.8
1999
The Hurricane
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
7.4
1999
The Siege
Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard
6.3
1998
He Got Game
Jake Shuttlesworth
6.7
1998
Fallen
John Hobbes
6.8
1998
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
Humpty Dumpty / The Crooked Man (voice)
6.7
1997
The Preacher's Wife
Dudley
5.8
1996
Courage Under Fire
Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling
6.5
1996
Devil in a Blue Dress
Easy Rawlins
6.4
1995
Virtuosity
Parker Barnes
5.5
1995
Crimson Tide
Lt. Commander Ronald "Ron" Hunter
7.2
1995
Philadelphia
Joe Miller
7.7
1993
The Pelican Brief
Gray Grantham
6.6
1993
Much Ado About Nothing
Don Pedro of Aragon
6.9
1993
Malcolm X
Malcolm X
7.5
1992
Ricochet
Nick Styles
6.1
1991
Mississippi Masala
Demetrius Williams
6.3
1991
Rabbit Ears - Anansi
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1991
Rabbit Ears - John Henry
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1990
Mo' Better Blues
Bleek Gilliam
6.5
1990
Heart Condition
Napoleon Stone
5.5
1990
Glory
Pvt. Trip
7.5
1989
The Mighty Quinn
Xavier Quinn
6.2
1989
The George McKenna Story
George McKenna
6.2
1988
For Queen & Country
Reuben
5.3
1988
Cry Freedom
Steve Biko
7.0
1987
License to Kill
Martin Sawyer
5.8
1986
Power
Arnold Billings
5.9
1986
A Soldier's Story
Private First Class Peterson
6.8
1984
Carbon Copy
Roger Porter
5.7
1981
Untitled Hannibal Project
0.0
Highest 2 Lowest
0.0
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
Self
0.0
2024
The Making of Gladiator II
Self
0.0
2024
Denzel Washington: American Icon
Self
1.0
2024
Denzel Washington : Un modèle américain
Self (archive footage)
7.6
2022
Sidney
Self
7.7
2022
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Macbeth
6.9
2021
The Little Things
Joe "Deke" Deacon
6.3
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)
8.0
2021
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Self (archive footage)
8.1
2020
Giving Voice
Self
6.4
2020
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Roman J. Israel
6.3
2017
Chasing Trane
John Coltrane (voice)
7.3
2017
Fences
Troy Maxson
6.9
2016
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
5.7
2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2014
Circus Halligalli
Self · (1 episode)
5.4
2013
Live from Studio Five
Self · (1 episode)
3.3
2009
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Self
4.6
2009
The View
Self · (1 episode)
4.4
1997
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
Narrator
5.0
1992
Number 4
Self
0.0
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (5 episodes)
7.2
2007
The Reichen Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
4.8
2005
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Self · (2 episodes)
9.5
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2003
Straight from the Streets
Self
6.5
2000
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Humpty Dumpty / Crooked Man (voice) · (1 episode)
6.0
1995
Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway
Narrator
8.0
1992
Black Panther 3
0.0
The Equalizer 4
Robert McCall
0.0
The Equalizer 5
Robert McCall
0.0
The Early Show
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
5.7
1999
TRL
Self · (1 episode)
5.2
1998
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
King Omar (voice) · (1 episode)
6.0
1995
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(3 episodes)
5.4
1992
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1989
American Experience
Self - Narrator · (1 episode)
7.5
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self · (5 episodes)
5.2
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.2
1988
St. Elsewhere
Philip Chandler · (137 episodes)
5.4
1982
Wogan
Self · (1 episode)
4.5
1982
Wetten, dass..?
Self · (2 episodes)
5.5
1981
Flesh & Blood
Kirk
5.0
1979
Coriolanus
Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier
6.0
1979
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self · (1 episode)
6.2
1979
Wilma
Robert Eldridge, age 18
6.3
1977
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · (1 episode)
6.3
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self - Honoree · (1 episode)
6.3
1973
Great Performances
Self · (1 episode)
5.2
1971
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
3.5
1966
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Winner/Presenter · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
The Oscars
Self · (8 episodes)
7.0
1953
Today
Self · (2 episodes)
5.5
1952
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
6.8
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (2 episodes)
6.8
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · (1 episode)
6.8
1944