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Denzel Washington

Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is an American actor, director, and producer. He has been described as an actor who reconfigured "the concept of classic movie stardom", associating with characters defined by their grace, dignity, humanity, and inner strength.


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  • Denzel Hayes Washington Jr.
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2 Guns

2013
as Robert 'Bobby' Trench

A Soldier's Story

1984
as Private First Class Peterson

American Gangster

2007
as Frank Lucas

Antwone Fisher

2002
as Dr. Jerome Davenport

Carbon Copy

1981
as Roger Porter

Champs

2015
as Himself

Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane

2017
as John Coltrane (voice)

Courage Under Fire

1996
as Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling

Crimson Tide

1995
as Lt. Commander Ron Hunter

Cry Freedom

1987
as Steve Biko

Devil in a Blue Dress

1995
as Ezekiel 'Easy' Rawlins

Déjà Vu

2006
as Agent Doug Carlin - ATF

Fallen

1998
as John Hobbes

Fences

2016
as Troy Maxson

Flight

2012
as Whip Whitaker

Glory

1989
as Pvt. Trip

Hannibal

as Hannibal

He Got Game

1998
as Jake Shuttlesworth

Heart Condition

1990
as Napoleon Stone

Inside Man

2006
as Detective Keith Frazier

John Q

2002
as John Quincy Archibald

License to Kill

1984
as Martin Sawyer

Malcolm X

1992
as Malcolm X

Man on Fire

2004
as Creasy

Mississippi Masala

1991
as Demetrius Williams

Mo' Better Blues

1990
as Bleek Gilliam

Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

1997
as Humpty Dumpty / The Crooked Man (voice)

Much Ado About Nothing

1993
as Don Pedro of Aragon

Out of Time

2003
as Matthias " Lee " Whitlock

Philadelphia

1993
as Joe Miller

Power

1986
as Arnold Billings

Remember the Titans

2000
as Coach Herman Boone

Ricochet

1991
as Nick Styles

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

2017
as Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Safe House

2012
as Tobin Frost

Straight from the Streets

2000
as Denzel Washington

The Bone Collector

1999
as Lincoln Rhyme

The Equalizer

2014
as Robert McCall

The Equalizer 2

2018
as Robert McCall

The Equalizer 3

2023
as Robert McCall

The George McKenna Story

1986
as George McKenna

The Great Debaters

2007
as Melvin B. Tolson

The Hurricane

1999
as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

The Little Things

2021
as Joe 'Deke' Deacon

The Magnificent Seven

2016
as Sam Chisolm

The Manchurian Candidate

2004
as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco

The March

2013
as Narrator

The Mighty Quinn

1989
as Xavier Quinn

The Pelican Brief

1993
as Gray Grantham

The Siege

1998
as Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

2009
as Walter Garber

The Tragedy of Macbeth

2021
as Lord Macbeth

Training Day

2001
as Alonzo Harris

Unstoppable

2010
as Frank Barnes

Virtuosity

1995
as Lt. Parker Barnes

Whitney Houston: The Greatest Hits

2000
as Dudley (segment "Step by Step")

Wilma

1977
as Robert Eldridge, age 18 (as Denzel Washington, Jr.)

Director

Movie A Journal for Jordan 2021
Movie Antwone Fisher 2002
Movie Fences 2016
Movie The Great Debaters 2007

Producer

Movie A Journal for Jordan 2021
Movie Fences 2016
Movie Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks 2000
Movie Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom 2020
Movie Roman J. Israel, Esq. 2017
Movie Safe House 2012
Movie The Book of Eli 2010
Movie The Equalizer 2014
Movie The Equalizer 2 2018