Denzel Washington

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1954-12-28 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Mount Vernon, New York, USA

Denzel Washington

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 Presidentia...

Acting

2006

Inside Man

as Keith Frazier

2001

Training Day

as Alonzo

2003

Out of Time

as Matt Lee Whitlock

1992

Malcolm X

as Malcolm X

2000

Remember the Titans

as Coach Herman Boone

1996

Courage Under Fire

as Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling

1999

The Hurricane

as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

2010

2007

American Gangster

as Frank Lucas

1989

The Mighty Quinn

as Xavier Quinn

1996

2006

Déjà Vu

as Doug Carlin

2002

John Q

as John Quincy Archibald

1993

Much Ado About Nothing

as Don Pedro of Aragon

1995

Devil in a Blue Dress

as Easy Rawlins

1995

Crimson Tide

as Lt. Commander Ronald "Ron" Hunter

1998

Fallen

as John Hobbes

1998

He Got Game

as Jake Shuttlesworth

1999

The Bone Collector

as Lincoln Rhyme

2004

Man on Fire

as John W. Creasy

1995

Virtuosity

as Parker Barnes

1991

Ricochet

as Nick Styles

1984

A Soldier's Story

as Private First Class Peterson

1993

The Pelican Brief

as Gray Grantham

1993

Philadelphia

as Joe Miller

1987

Cry Freedom

as Steve Biko

1989

Glory

as Pvt. Trip

1998

The Siege

as Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard

2002

Antwone Fisher

as Dr. Jerome Davenport

2024

Gladiator II

as Macrinus

2007

The Great Debaters

as Melvin B. Tolson

2004

The Manchurian Candidate

as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco

1991

Mississippi Masala

as Demetrius Williams

1990

Heart Condition

as Napoleon Stone

1990

Mo' Better Blues

as Bleek Gilliam

1988

The George McKenna Story

as George McKenna

1988

2010

Unstoppable

as Frank Barnes

2009

1986

Power

as Arnold Billings

1986

License to Kill

as Martin Sawyer

2023

The Equalizer 3

as Robert McCall

1981

Carbon Copy

as Roger Porter

2012

Safe House

as Tobin Frost

2014

The Equalizer

as Robert McCall

2013

2 Guns

as Robert 'Bobby' Trench

2012

Flight

as Whip Whitaker

-

Untitled Hannibal Project

as Hannibal Barca

2025

Highest 2 Lowest

as David King

2016

The Magnificent Seven

as Sam Chisolm

2018

The Equalizer 2

as Robert McCall

1990

Rabbit Ears - John Henry

as Narrator (voice)

1991

Rabbit Ears - Anansi

as Narrator (voice)

1977

Wilma

as Robert Eldridge, age 18

1979

1979

Coriolanus

as Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier

1997

Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

as Humpty Dumpty / The Crooked Man (voice)

2022

Sidney

as Self

2020

2016

Fences

as Troy Maxson

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

-

Number 4

as Self

2017

Chasing Trane

as John Coltrane (voice)

2017

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

as Roman J. Israel

2021

The Little Things

as Joe 'Deke' Deacon

2020

-

The Equalizer 4

as Robert McCall

-

The Equalizer 5

as Robert McCall

2022

Denzel Washington: A Model American

as Self (archive footage)

2021

Val

as Self (archive footage)

2022

Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

as Self (archive footage)

Production

2010

The Book of Eli

as Producer

2002

Antwone Fisher

as Director

2007

2012

Safe House

as Executive Producer

2023

The Equalizer 3

as Producer

2014

The Equalizer

as Producer

2016

Fences

as Director

2016

Fences

as Producer

2024

The Piano Lesson

as Producer

2018

The Equalizer 2

as Producer

2017

2021

2021

2002

Antwone Fisher

as Producer

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