Denzel Washington
Skuespiller, Produsent, Regissør
28. desember 1954 (71 år)
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 Award, two Golden Globes, two Silver Bears and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for a Grammy Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2020, The New York Times named Washington the greatest actor of the 21st century. He has also been honoured with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2016, AFI Life Achievement Award in 2019, the Honorary Palme d'Or in 2025, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2025. Films in which he has appeared have grossed over $5.1 billion worldwide.
After training at the American Conservatory Theater, Washington began his career in theatre, acting in Off-Broadway performances. He first came to prominence in the NBC medical drama series St. Elsewhere (1982–1988), and in the war film A Soldier's Story (1984). Washington won Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for playing an American Civil War soldier in the war drama Glory (1989) and for Best Actor for playing a corrupt police officer in the crime thriller Training Day (2001). He was Oscar-nominated for his roles in Cry Freedom (1987), Malcolm X (1992), The Hurricane (1999), Flight (2012), Fences (2016), Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017), and The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021).
Washington has starred in other notable films, including The Pelican Brief, Philadelphia (both 1993); Crimson Tide, Devil in a Blue Dress (both 1995); He Got Game (1998); Remember the Titans (2000); Man on Fire (2004); Déjà Vu, Inside Man (both 2006); American Gangster (2007); Unstoppable, The Book of Eli (both 2010); The Equalizer trilogy (2014–2023), Gladiator II (2024), and Highest 2 Lowest (2025). Washington has also directed the films Antwone Fisher (2002), The Great Debaters (2007), Fences (2016), and A Journal for Jordan (2021).
On stage, he has acted in The Public Theater productions of Coriolanus (1979) and The Tragedy of Richard III (1990). He made his Broadway debut in the Ron Milner play Checkmates (1988). He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as a disillusioned working-class father in the Broadway revival of August Wilson's play Fences (2010). He has also acted in the Broadway revivals of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (2005) and Othello (2025), Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun (2014), and Eugene O'Neill's play The Iceman Cometh (2018).
After training at the American Conservatory Theater, Washington began his career in theatre, acting in Off-Broadway performances. He first came to prominence in the NBC medical drama series St. Elsewhere (1982–1988), and in the war film A Soldier's Story (1984). Washington won Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for playing an American Civil War soldier in the war drama Glory (1989) and for Best Actor for playing a corrupt police officer in the crime thriller Training Day (2001). He was Oscar-nominated for his roles in Cry Freedom (1987), Malcolm X (1992), The Hurricane (1999), Flight (2012), Fences (2016), Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017), and The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021).
Washington has starred in other notable films, including The Pelican Brief, Philadelphia (both 1993); Crimson Tide, Devil in a Blue Dress (both 1995); He Got Game (1998); Remember the Titans (2000); Man on Fire (2004); Déjà Vu, Inside Man (both 2006); American Gangster (2007); Unstoppable, The Book of Eli (both 2010); The Equalizer trilogy (2014–2023), Gladiator II (2024), and Highest 2 Lowest (2025). Washington has also directed the films Antwone Fisher (2002), The Great Debaters (2007), Fences (2016), and A Journal for Jordan (2021).
On stage, he has acted in The Public Theater productions of Coriolanus (1979) and The Tragedy of Richard III (1990). He made his Broadway debut in the Ron Milner play Checkmates (1988). He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as a disillusioned working-class father in the Broadway revival of August Wilson's play Fences (2010). He has also acted in the Broadway revivals of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (2005) and Othello (2025), Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun (2014), and Eugene O'Neill's play The Iceman Cometh (2018).
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| 2025 | Highest 2 Lowest · as David King |
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| 2024 | Gladiator II · as Macrinus |
| 2023 | The Equalizer 3 · as Robert Mccall |
| 2022 | Bonnie · as John W. Creasy |
| 2021 | The Tragedy of Macbeth · as Macbeth |
| 2021 | A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks · as Malcolm X |
| 2021 | The Little Things · as Joe 'deke' Deacon |
| 2019 | Alan Pakula: Going for Truth · as Gray GranthamPå Plex |
| 2018 | The Equalizer 2 · as Robert Mccall |
| 2017 | Roman J. Israel, Esq. · as Roman J. Israel |
| 2016 | Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary · as John Coltrane (voice) |
| 2016 | Fences · as Troy Maxson |
| 2016 | The Magnificent Seven · as Sam Chisolm |
| 2014 | The Equalizer · as Robert Mccall |
| 2013 | The March · as Narrator |
| 2013 | 2 Guns · as Robert 'bobby' Trench |
| 2012 | Flight · as Whip Whitaker |
| 2012 | Safe House · as Tobin Frost |
| 2010 | American Grindhouse · as Cast |
| 2010 | Unstoppable · as Frank Barnes |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli · as Eli |
| 2009 | I Am Love · as Joe Miller |
| 2009 | The Taking of Pelham 123 · as Walter Garber |
| 2007 | The Great Debaters · as Melvin B. Tolson |
| 2007 | American Gangster · as Frank Lucas |
| 2007 | For the Bible Tells Me So · as Coach Herman Boone |
| 2006 | Deja Vu · as Doug Carlin |
| 2006 | Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters · as Alonzo |
| 2006 | Inside Man · as Keith Frazier |
| 2004 | The Manchurian Candidate · as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco |
| 2004 | Man on Fire · as John W. Creasy |
| 2004 | The Story of Erotic Film · as Cast |
| 2003 | Out of Time · as Matt Lee Whitlock |
| 2002 | Antwone Fisher · as Dr. Jerome Davenport |
| 2002 | John Q · as John Quincy Archibald |
| 2001 | Training Day · as Alonzo |
| 2000 | Remember the Titans · as Coach Herman Boone |
| 2000 | Whitney Houston: The Greatest Hits · as Dudley (segment: Step By Step) |
| 1999 | The Bone Collector · as Lincoln Rhyme |
| 1999 | The Hurricane · as Rubin "hurricane" Carter |
| 1998 | The Siege · as Anthony 'hub' Hubbard |
| 1998 | He Got Game · as Jake Shuttlesworth |
| 1998 | Fallen · as John Hobbes |
| 1997 | Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special · as Humpty Dumpty / The Crooked Man (voice) |
| 1996 | The Preacher's Wife · as Dudley |
| 1996 | Courage Under Fire · as Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling |
| 1995 | Devil in a Blue Dress · as Easy Rawlins |
| 1995 | Virtuosity · as Parker Barnes |
| 1995 | Crimson Tide · as Lt. Commander Ronald "ron" Hunter |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child · as King Omar (voice) |
| 1993 | Philadelphia · as Joe Miller |
| 1993 | The Pelican Brief · as Gray Grantham |
| 1993 | Much Ado About Nothing · as Don PedroPå Plex |
| 1992 | Malcolm X · as Malcolm X |
| 1992 | Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1992 | Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | Ricochet · as Nick Styles |
| 1991 | Mississippi Masala · as Demetrius Williams |
| 1990 | Mo' Better Blues · as Bleek Gilliam |
| 1990 | Heart Condition · as Napoleon Stone |
| 1989 | Glory · as Pvt. Trip |
| 1989 | The Mighty Quinn · as Xavier Quinn |
| 1989 | Baka: The People of the Rainforest · as Narrator |
| 1988 | American Experience · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1988 | For Queen & Country · as Reuben |
| 1987 | Cry Freedom · as Steve Biko |
| 1986 | The George McKenna Story · as George Mckenna |
| 1986 | Power · as Arnold Billings |
| 1984 | A Soldier's Story · as Private First Class Peterson |
| 1984 | License to Kill · as Martin Sawyer |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere · as Philip Chandler |
| 1981 | Carbon Copy · as Roger Porter |
| 1979 | Flesh & Blood · as Kirk |
| 1979 | Coriolanus · as Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier |
| 1977 | Wilma · as Robert Eldridge, Age 18 |
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| 2012 | Safe House · as Executive Producer |
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| 1995 | Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream · as Executive Producer |
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