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Denzel Washington
Actor, Producer, Director
Born December 28, 1954 (67 years)
Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. is an American actor, screenwriter, director and film producer. He first rose to prominence when he joined the cast of the medical drama St. Elsewhere, playing Dr. Philip Chandler for six years. He has received much critical acclaim for his work in film since the 1990s, including for his portrayals of real-life figures, such as Steve Biko, Malcolm X, Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter, Melvin B. Tolson, Frank Lucas, and Herman Boone. Washington has received two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe awards, and a Tony Award. He is notable for winning the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his part in Glory in 1989, and the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2001 for his role in the film Training Day.
Filmography
| 2021 | The Tragedy of Macbeth · as Macbeth |
| 2021 | The Little Things · as Joe "Deke" Deacon |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 | The Equalizer 2 · as Robert McCall |
| 2017 | Roman J. Israel, Esq. · as Roman J. Israel |
| 2016 | The Magnificent Seven · as Sam Chisolm |
| 2016 | Fences · as Troy Maxson |
| 2014 | The Equalizer · as Robert McCall |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2013 | 2 Guns · as Robert 'Bobby' Trench |
| 2013 | The March · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2013 | Circus HalliGalli (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2012 | Safe House · as Tobin Frost |
| 2012 | Flight · as Whip Whitaker |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli · as Eli |
| 2010 | Unstoppable · as Frank Barnes |
| 2009 | The Taking of Pelham 123 · as Walter Garber |
| 2009 | I Am Love · as Joe Miller |
| 2007 | American Gangster · as Frank Lucas |
| 2007 | The Great Debaters · as Melvin B. Tolson |
| 2007 | For the Bible Tells Me So · as Coach Herman Boone |
| 2006 | Inside Man · as Detective Keith Frazier |
| 2006 | Deja Vu · as Doug Carlin |
| 2004 | Man on Fire · as John W. Creasy |
| 2004 | The Manchurian Candidate · as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco |
| 2003 | Out of Time · as Matthias " Lee " Whitlock |
| 2002 | Antwone Fisher · as Dr. Jerome Davenport |
| 2002 | John Q · as John Quincy Archibald |
| 2001 | Training Day · as Alonzo Harris |
| 2000 | Remember the Titans · as Coach Herman Boone |
| 2000 | Bamboozled · as (archive footage) |
| 1999 | The Hurricane · as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter |
| 1999 | The Bone Collector · as Lincoln Rhyme |
| 1998 | Fallen · as John Hobbes |
| 1998 | He Got Game · as Jake Shuttlesworth |
| 1998 | The Siege · as Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard |
| 1996 | Courage Under Fire · as Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling |
| 1996 | The Preacher's Wife · as Dudley |
| 1995 | Devil in a Blue Dress · as Easy Rawlins |
| 1995 | Crimson Tide · as Hunter |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV Series) · as Humpty Dumpty / Crooked Man (voice) |
| 1995 | Virtuosity · as Lt. Parker Barnes |
| 1993 | Philadelphia · as Joe Miller |
| 1993 | The Pelican Brief · as Gray Grantham |
| 1993 | Much Ado About Nothing · as Don Pedro of Aragon |
| 1992 | Malcolm X · as Malcolm X |
| 1992 | Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II · as Narrator |
| 1992 | Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway · as Narrator |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1991 | Ricochet · as Nick Styles |
| 1991 | Mississippi Masala · as Demetrius Williams |
| 1990 | Heart Condition · as Napoleon Stone |
| 1990 | Mo' Better Blues · as Bleek Gilliam |
| 1989 | Glory · as Pvt. Trip |
| 1989 | The Mighty Quinn · as Xavier Quinn |
| 1989 | 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 |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere (TV Series) · as Philip Chandler |
| 1981 | Carbon Copy · as Roger Porter |
| 1977 | Wilma · as Robert Eldridge, age 18 |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Unknown |