Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

Acting

Born December 28, 1954 · Mount Vernon, New York, USA

5 films as director · Active 2002–2021

Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor. Known for his dramatic roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, an Actor…

Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman

1993

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

2007

Wetten, dass..?

Wetten, dass..?

1981

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

The View

The View

1997

Directed(5)

A Journal for Jordan

2021A Journal for Jordan★ 6.9

Fences

2016Fences★ 6.9

The Great Debaters

2007The Great Debaters★ 7.3

Antwone Fisher

2002Antwone Fisher★ 6.9

Acting(121)

2028Black Panther 3

2025Denzel Washington: Falling Forward

2025Highest 2 LowestDavid King

2025Number One on the Call SheetSelf

2024The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a VisionSelf

2024The Making of Gladiator IISelf

2024Gladiator IIMacrinus

2024Denzel Washington: American IconSelf

2024Hollywood BlackSelf (archive footage)

2023The Equalizer 3Robert McCall

2022Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning ActSelf (archive footage)

2021The Tragedy of MacbethMacbeth

2021The Little ThingsJoe 'Deke' Deacon

2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood LegendSelf (archive footage)

2020Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a KingSelf (archive footage)

2020Giving VoiceSelf

2018Denzel Washington: Reel LifeSelf

2018The Equalizer 2Robert McCall

2017Roman J. Israel, Esq.Roman J. Israel

2017Chasing TraneJohn Coltrane (voice)

2016FencesTroy Maxson

2016The Magnificent SevenSam Chisolm

2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest

2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf

2014The EqualizerRobert McCall

2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf

20132 GunsRobert 'Bobby' Trench

2013Circus HalligalliSelf

2012FlightWhip Whitaker

2012Safe HouseTobin Frost

2010UnstoppableFrank Barnes

2010The Book of EliEli

2009Live from Studio FiveSelf

2009The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3Walter Garber

2009We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln MemorialSelf

2008Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'Self

2007The Great DebatersMelvin B. Tolson

2007American GangsterFrank Lucas

2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf

2006Déjà VuDoug Carlin

2006Inside ManKeith Frazier

2005The Reichen ShowSelf - Guest

2005By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'Self

2004The Manchurian CandidateMajor Bennett Ezekiel Marco

2004People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'Self (archive)

2004Man on FireJohn W. Creasy

2004On Air with Ryan SeacrestSelf

2003Out of TimeMatt Lee Whitlock

2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf

2003The Evolution of an American FilmmakerSelf

2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest

2002Antwone FisherDr. Jerome Davenport

2002Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'Self

2002John QJohn Quincy Archibald

2001Training DayAlonzo

2000Remember the TitansCoach Herman Boone

2000Straight from the StreetsSelf

1999The Bone CollectorLincoln Rhyme

1999The Early ShowSelf - Guest

1999The HurricaneRubin "Hurricane" Carter

1998The SiegeAnthony 'Hub' Hubbard

1998He Got GameJake Shuttlesworth

1998FallenJohn Hobbes

1997Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' SpecialHumpty Dumpty / The Crooked Man (voice)

1997The ViewSelf

1996The Preacher's WifeDudley

1996NBA at 50Self - Host

1996Courage Under FireLieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling

1995Devil in a Blue DressEasy Rawlins

1995VirtuosityParker Barnes

1995Crimson TideLt. Commander Ronald "Ron" Hunter

1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildKing Omar (voice)

1995The Making of 'Crimson Tide'Self

1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!Self (archive footage)

1993PhiladelphiaJoe Miller

1993The Pelican BriefGray Grantham

1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Guest

1993Much Ado About NothingDon Pedro

1992Malcolm XMalcolm X

1992Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War IINarrator (voice)

1992Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on BroadwayNarrator (voice)

1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1991RicochetNick Styles

1991Mississippi MasalaDemetrius Williams

1991Rabbit Ears - AnansiNarrator (voice)

1990Rabbit Ears - John HenryNarrator (voice)

1990Mo' Better BluesBleek Gilliam

1990Heart ConditionNapoleon Stone

1989GloryPvt. Trip

1989ZDF-MittagsmagazinSelf

1989The Mighty QuinnXavier Quinn

1988American ExperienceNarrator (voice)

1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf

1988The George McKenna StoryGeorge McKenna

1988Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday TributeSelf

1988For Queen & CountryReuben

1987Cry FreedomSteve Biko

1986License to KillMartin Sawyer

1986PowerArnold Billings

1984A Soldier's StoryPrivate First Class Peterson

1984Goldene KameraSelf

1982St. ElsewherePhilip Chandler

1981Carbon CopyRoger Porter

1981Wetten, dass..?Self

1979Flesh & BloodKirk

1979Flesh & BloodKirk

1979CoriolanusRoman Soldier / Volscian Soldier

1979CBS News Sunday MorningSelf

1977WilmaRobert Eldridge, age 18

1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self

1971Great PerformancesSelf

1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter

1953The OscarsSelf

1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter

Here Comes the Flood

American Gangster SpecialSelf

Untitled Hannibal FilmHannibal the Great