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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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The Equalizer 3

2023
as Robert McCall

The Tragedy of Macbeth

2021
as Lord Macbeth

The Little Things

2021
as Joe 'Deke' Deacon

The Equalizer 2

2018
as Robert McCall

Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane

2017
as John Coltrane (voice)

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

2017
as Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Fences

2016
as Troy Maxson

The Magnificent Seven

2016
as Sam Chisolm

Champs

2015
as Himself

The Equalizer

2014
as Robert McCall

The March

2013
as Narrator

2 Guns

2013
as Robert 'Bobby' Trench

Flight

2012
as Whip Whitaker

Safe House

2012
as Tobin Frost

Unstoppable

2010
as Frank Barnes

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

2009
as Walter Garber

The Great Debaters

2007
as Melvin B. Tolson

American Gangster

2007
as Frank Lucas

Déjà Vu

2006
as Agent Doug Carlin - ATF

Inside Man

2006
as Detective Keith Frazier

The Manchurian Candidate

2004
as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco

Man on Fire

2004
as Creasy

Out of Time

2003
as Matthias " Lee " Whitlock

John Q

2002
as John Quincy Archibald

Antwone Fisher

2002
as Dr. Jerome Davenport

Training Day

2001
as Alonzo Harris

Straight from the Streets

2000
as Denzel Washington

Whitney Houston: The Greatest Hits

2000
as Dudley (segment "Step by Step")

Remember the Titans

2000
as Coach Herman Boone

The Hurricane

1999
as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

The Bone Collector

1999
as Lincoln Rhyme

He Got Game

1998
as Jake Shuttlesworth

Fallen

1998
as John Hobbes

The Siege

1998
as Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard

Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

1997
as Humpty Dumpty / The Crooked Man (voice)

Courage Under Fire

1996
as Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling

Virtuosity

1995
as Lt. Parker Barnes

Devil in a Blue Dress

1995
as Ezekiel 'Easy' Rawlins

Crimson Tide

1995
as Lt. Commander Ron Hunter

Much Ado About Nothing

1993
as Don Pedro of Aragon

The Pelican Brief

1993
as Gray Grantham

Philadelphia

1993
as Joe Miller

Malcolm X

1992
as Malcolm X

Mississippi Masala

1991
as Demetrius Williams

Ricochet

1991
as Nick Styles

Mo' Better Blues

1990
as Bleek Gilliam

Heart Condition

1990
as Napoleon Stone

The Mighty Quinn

1989
as Xavier Quinn

Glory

1989
as Pvt. Trip

Cry Freedom

1987
as Steve Biko

The George McKenna Story

1986
as George McKenna

Power

1986
as Arnold Billings

A Soldier's Story

1984
as Private First Class Peterson

License to Kill

1984
as Martin Sawyer

Carbon Copy

1981
as Roger Porter

Wilma

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

Hannibal

as Hannibal

Director

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

Producer

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