12/28/1954
Mount Vernon, New York, USA:
Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (nato il 28 dicembre 1954) è un attore, produttore e regista americano. Conosciuto per i suoi ruoli drammatici a teatro e sullo schermo, è ampiamente considerato uno dei migliori attori della sua generazione, con il New York Times che lo ha dichiarato il più grande attore del XXI secolo nel 2020. Nel corso della sua carriera ha ricevuto numerosi riconoscimenti, tra cui due Premi Oscar, tre Golden Globe, un Screen Actors Guild Award e un Tony Award, oltre a nomination per due Emmy Awards e un Grammy Award. Washington è stata insignita del Cecil B. DeMille Award nel 2016, dell'AFI Life Achievement Award nel 2019 e della Presidential Medal of Freedom nel 2022. Dopo la formazione all'American Conservatory Theatre, Washington iniziò la sua carriera teatrale, recitando in spettacoli off-Broadway. È diventato famoso per la prima volta nella serie drammatica medica della NBC St. Elsewhere (1982–1988) e nel film di guerra A Soldier's Story (1984). Ha vinto due Premi Oscar, il primo come Miglior Attore Non Protagonista per aver interpretato un soldato della Guerra Civile Americana nel dramma bellico Glory (1989) e il secondo come Miglior Attore per aver interpretato un poliziotto corrotto nel thriller poliziesco Training Day (2001). È stato candidato all'Oscar per le sue interpretazioni in Cry Freedom (1987), Malcolm X (1992), The Hurricane (1999), Flight (2012), Fences (2016), Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017) e The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). Protagonista di rilievo, Washington ha anche recitato 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) e la trilogia The Equalizer (2014–2023). Washington ha diretto e recitato nei film Antwone Fisher (2002), The Great Debaters (2007) e Fences (2016). Sul palcoscenico, ha recitato in produzioni sia di Coriolanus (1979) che de The Tragedy of Richard III (1990) al Public Theater. Ha debuttato a Broadway nella pièce di Ron Milner Checkmates (1988). Ha vinto il Tony Award come miglior attore in un'opera teatrale per il suo ruolo di padre operaio disilluso nella ripresa a Broadway della pièce Fences di August Wilson (2010). Ha inoltre recitato nelle riprese a Broadway di Giulio Cesare di William Shakespeare (2005), A Raisin in the Sun di Lorraine Hansberry (2014) e nello spettacolo The Iceman Cometh di Eugene O'Neill (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 |