12/28/1954
Mount Vernon, New York, USA:
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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Denzel Washington: Falling Forward (2025) as |
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Highest 2 Lowest (2025) as David King |
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The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision (2024) as Self |
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The Making of Gladiator II (2024) as Self |
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Gladiator II (2024) as Macrinus |
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Denzel Washington: American Icon (2024) as Self |
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The Equalizer 3 (2023) as Robert McCall |
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Sidney (2022) as Self |
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Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act (2022) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) as Macbeth |
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The Little Things (2021) as Joe 'Deke' Deacon |
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Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend (2021) as Self (archive footage) |
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Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King (2020) as Self (archive footage) |
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Giving Voice (2020) as Self |
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Denzel Washington: Reel Life (2018) as Self |
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The Equalizer 2 (2018) as Robert McCall |
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Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017) as Roman J. Israel |
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Chasing Trane (2017) as John Coltrane (voice) |
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Fences (2016) as Troy Maxson |
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The Magnificent Seven (2016) as Sam Chisolm |
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The Equalizer (2014) as Robert McCall |
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2 Guns (2013) as Robert 'Bobby' Trench |
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Flight (2012) as Whip Whitaker |
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Safe House (2012) as Tobin Frost |
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Unstoppable (2010) as Frank Barnes |
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The Book of Eli (2010) as Eli |
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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) as Walter Garber |
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We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (2009) as Self |
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Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster' (2008) as Self |
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The Great Debaters (2007) as Melvin B. Tolson |
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American Gangster (2007) as Frank Lucas |
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Déjà Vu (2006) as Doug Carlin |
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Inside Man (2006) as Keith Frazier |
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By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' (2005) as Self |
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The Manchurian Candidate (2004) as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco |
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Man on Fire (2004) as John W. Creasy |
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Out of Time (2003) as Matt Lee Whitlock |
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The Evolution of an American Filmmaker (2003) as Self |
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Antwone Fisher (2002) as Dr. Jerome Davenport |
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John Q (2002) as John Quincy Archibald |
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Training Day (2001) as Alonzo |
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Remember the Titans (2000) as Coach Herman Boone |
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Straight from the Streets (2000) as Self |
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The Bone Collector (1999) as Lincoln Rhyme |
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The Hurricane (1999) as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter |
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The Siege (1998) as Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard |
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He Got Game (1998) as Jake Shuttlesworth |
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Fallen (1998) as John Hobbes |
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Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special (1997) as Humpty Dumpty / The Crooked Man (voice) |
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The Preacher's Wife (1996) as Dudley |
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NBA at 50 (1996) as Self - Host |
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Courage Under Fire (1996) as Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling |
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Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) as Easy Rawlins |
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Virtuosity (1995) as Parker Barnes |
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Crimson Tide (1995) as Lt. Commander Ronald "Ron" Hunter |
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The Making of 'Crimson Tide' (1995) as Self |
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Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994) as Self (archive footage) |
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Philadelphia (1993) as Joe Miller |
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The Pelican Brief (1993) as Gray Grantham |
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Much Ado About Nothing (1993) as Don Pedro of Aragon |
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Malcolm X (1992) as Malcolm X |
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Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II (1992) as Narrator (voice) |
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Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway (1992) as Narrator (voice) |
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Ricochet (1991) as Nick Styles |
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Mississippi Masala (1991) as Demetrius Williams |
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Rabbit Ears - Anansi (1991) as Narrator (voice) |
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Rabbit Ears - John Henry (1990) as Narrator (voice) |
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Mo' Better Blues (1990) as Bleek Gilliam |
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Heart Condition (1990) as Napoleon Stone |
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Glory (1989) as Pvt. Trip |
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The Mighty Quinn (1989) as Xavier Quinn |
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The George McKenna Story (1988) as George McKenna |
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Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute (1988) as Self |
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For Queen & Country (1988) as Reuben |
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Cry Freedom (1987) as Steve Biko |
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License to Kill (1986) as Martin Sawyer |
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Power (1986) as Arnold Billings |
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A Soldier's Story (1984) as Private First Class Peterson |
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Carbon Copy (1981) as Roger Porter |
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Flesh & Blood (1979) as Kirk |
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Coriolanus (1979) as Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier |
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Wilma (1977) as Robert Eldridge, age 18 |
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American Gangster Special () as Self |
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Black Panther 3 () as |
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Here Comes the Flood () as |
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Untitled Hannibal Film () as Hannibal |
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The Piano Lesson (2024) Producer |
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La espera (2023) Thanks |
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The Equalizer 3 (2023) Producer |
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A Journal for Jordan (2021) Director |
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A Journal for Jordan (2021) Producer |
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) Producer |
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The Equalizer 2 (2018) Producer |
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Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017) Producer |
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Fences (2016) Director |
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Fences (2016) Producer |
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The Equalizer (2014) Producer |
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Safe House (2012) Executive Producer |
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The Book of Eli (2010) Producer |
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The Great Debaters (2007) Director |
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Antwone Fisher (2002) Director |
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Antwone Fisher (2002) Producer |
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Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks (2000) Producer |
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Untitled Hannibal Film () Producer |