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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 Little Things

2021
as Joe 'Deke' Deacon

Inside Man

2006
as Detective Keith Frazier

Man on Fire

2004
as Creasy

The Magnificent Seven

2016
as Sam Chisolm

Philadelphia

1993
as Joe Miller

The Bone Collector

1999
as Lincoln Rhyme

2 Guns

2013
as Robert 'Bobby' Trench

Safe House

2012
as Tobin Frost

Unstoppable

2010
as Frank Barnes

The Tragedy of Macbeth

2021
as Lord Macbeth

The Equalizer

2014
as Robert McCall

The Equalizer 2

2018
as Robert McCall

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

2009
as Walter Garber

The Equalizer 3

2023
as Robert McCall

Training Day

2001
as Alonzo Harris

American Gangster

2007
as Frank Lucas

Flight

2012
as Whip Whitaker

Déjà Vu

2006
as Agent Doug Carlin - ATF

John Q

2002
as John Quincy Archibald

Fences

2016
as Troy Maxson

Remember the Titans

2000
as Coach Herman Boone

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

2017
as Roman J. Israel, Esq.

The Pelican Brief

1993
as Gray Grantham

Malcolm X

1992
as Malcolm X

A Soldier's Story

1984
as Private First Class Peterson

He Got Game

1998
as Jake Shuttlesworth

Carbon Copy

1981
as Roger Porter

Mississippi Masala

1991
as Demetrius Williams

Hannibal

as Hannibal

The George McKenna Story

1986
as George McKenna

Virtuosity

1995
as Lt. Parker Barnes

Crimson Tide

1995
as Lt. Commander Ron Hunter

The Mighty Quinn

1989
as Xavier Quinn

The Siege

1998
as Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard

Cry Freedom

1987
as Steve Biko

Wilma

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

St. Elsewhere

1982
as Phillip Chandler

Whitney Houston: The Greatest Hits

2000
as Dudley (segment "Step by Step")

Champs

2015
as Himself

Out of Time

2003
as Matthias " Lee " Whitlock

The Manchurian Candidate

2004
as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco

Much Ado About Nothing

1993
as Don Pedro of Aragon

Antwone Fisher

2002
as Dr. Jerome Davenport

Courage Under Fire

1996
as Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling

Fallen

1998
as John Hobbes

Mo' Better Blues

1990
as Bleek Gilliam

Devil in a Blue Dress

1995
as Ezekiel 'Easy' Rawlins

Glory

1989
as Pvt. Trip

The March

2013
as Narrator

Straight from the Streets

2000
as Denzel Washington

The Great Debaters

2007
as Melvin B. Tolson

Ricochet

1991
as Nick Styles

The Hurricane

1999
as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane

2017
as John Coltrane (voice)

Heart Condition

1990
as Napoleon Stone

License to Kill

1984
as Martin Sawyer

Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

1997
as Humpty Dumpty / The Crooked Man (voice)

Power

1986
as Arnold Billings

Director

Movie Fences 2016
Episode Grey's Anatomy
The Sound of Silence
2016
Movie Antwone Fisher 2002
Movie A Journal for Jordan 2021
Movie The Great Debaters 2007

Producer

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

Guest Star

Episode The Graham Norton Show
Episode 1
2014
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Denzel Washington, Maggie Gyllenhaal
2021
Episode American Experience
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
1992
Episode Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Mother Goose: A Rappin' & Rhymin' Special
1997
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Denzel Washington; James McCartney
2013
Episode Parkinson
Simon Cowell, Naomi Campbell, Denzel Washington, Ronan Keating
2004
Episode Wogan: The Best Of
Action Heroes
2015
Episode Channel 4 (UK) Documentaries
Baka: People of the Rainforest
1987
Episode Good Morning America
Denzel Washington
2005
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Denzel Washington, Dr. O. Wayne Isom, The Low Anthem
2010
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Denzel Washington, Kate Upton, Lukas Graham
2017
Episode The Jonathan Ross Show
Denzel Washington, Keira Knightley,Tom Hardy, Dionne Warwick
2012
Episode On Air With Ryan Seacrest
4/23/04
2004
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Denzel Washington, The Fray
2012
Episode Today
February 8, 2012
2012
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Denzel Washington, Allison Williams, Talib Kweli, Rick Ross, Yummy Bingham
2017
Episode LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Chris Pratt, Denzel Washington, Brian 'Q' Quinn, James 'Murr' Murray, Sal Vulcano, Joe Gatto
2016
Episode Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Rumpelstiltskin
1995
Episode BBC Documentaries
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013
Episode El Hormiguero
Denzel Washington
2012
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Denzel Washington, Tony Bennett
2016
Episode The Project (2009)
Wednesday 08 Feb
2017
Episode Independent Lens
Chasing Trane
2017
Episode The Graham Norton Show
Episode 17
2017
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Denzel Washington, Shaun White, Sara Bareilles
2014
Episode ITV at the Movies
Episode 9
2010
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Game Night: NBA Finals 2009, Game 3
2009
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Denzel Washington, John Chancellor, Faith Ford, Richard Marx
1990
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Denzel Washington, Paul Banks
2012
Episode Wetten, dass..?
Wetten, dass..? aus Bremen
2006
Episode Wetten, dass..?
Wetten, dass..? aus Hannover
2010
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Denzel Washington, Minnie Driver, Usher
2016
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Denzel Washington, Bobcat Goldthwait, Dawes
2018
Episode The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Denzel Washington, Reed Timmer, Corinne Bailey Rae
2010
Episode The Graham Norton Show
Episode 13
2022
Episode Wetten, dass..?
Wetten, dass..? aus Offenburg
2013