Denzel Washington
Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. (born December 28, 1954) 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Denzel Washington, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Dec 28, 1954 In Mount Vernon, New York, États-Unis
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 77
- First Appeared:
- In the series Today 1952-01-14
- Latest Project:
- Movie Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King 2020-08-30
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self (archive footage) | 2020-08-30 |
| Movie | The Equalizer 2 | Robert McCall | 2018-07-19 |
| Movie | Chasing Trane | John Coltrane (voice) | 2017-04-14 |
| Movie | Roman J. Israel, Esq. | Roman J. Israel | 2017-11-17 |
| Movie | The Magnificent Seven | Sam Chisolm | 2016-09-14 |
| Movie | Fences | Troy Maxson | 2016-12-16 |
| Movie | Champs | Himself | 2015-03-13 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | 2014-02-01 | |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Himself | 2014-02-17 |
| Movie | The Equalizer | Robert McCall | 2014-09-24 |
| Series | Circus Halligalli | Unknown | 2013-02-25 |
| Movie | 2 Guns | Robert 'Bobby' Trench | 2013-08-02 |
| Movie | The March | Narrator (voice) | 2013-08-26 |
| Movie | Safe House | Tobin Frost | 2012-02-09 |
| Movie | Flight | Whip Whitaker | 2012-11-02 |
| Movie | Unstoppable | Frank Barnes | 2010-11-04 |
| Movie | The Book of Eli | Eli | 2010-01-11 |
| Movie | The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 | Walter Garber | 2009-06-11 |
| Movie | We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial | Self | 2009-01-18 |
| Series | Live from Studio Five | Unknown | 2009-09-14 |
| Movie | American Gangster | Frank Lucas | 2007-11-02 |
| Movie | The Great Debaters | Melvin B. Tolson | 2007-12-27 |
| Movie | Inside Man | Detective Keith Frazier | 2006-03-17 |
| Movie | Déjà Vu | Doug Carlin | 2006-11-22 |
| Movie | By Any Means Necessary: The Making of Malcolm X | Himself | 2005-02-08 |
| Series | The Reichen Show | 2005-11-11 | |
| Movie | Man on Fire | John W. Creasy | 2004-04-23 |
| Movie | People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' | Self | 2004-07-19 |
| Movie | The Manchurian Candidate | Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco | 2004-07-30 |
| Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
| Movie | Out of Time | Matthias " Lee " Whitlock | 2003-10-03 |
| Movie | John Q | John Quincy Archibald | 2002-02-15 |
| Movie | Antwone Fisher | Dr. Jerome Davenport | 2002-12-19 |
| Movie | Training Day | Alonzo Harris | 2001-10-05 |
| Movie | Remember the Titans | Coach Herman Boone | 2000-09-29 |
| Movie | The Hurricane | Rubin "Hurricane" Carter | 1999-09-17 |
| Movie | The Bone Collector | Lincoln Rhyme | 1999-11-04 |
| Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
| Movie | Fallen | John Hobbes | 1998-01-16 |
| Movie | He Got Game | Jake Shuttlesworth | 1998-05-01 |
| Movie | The Siege | Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard | 1998-11-06 |
| Series | TRL | Unknown | 1998-09-14 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special | Humpty Dumpty / The Crooked Man (voice) | 1997-10-12 |
| Movie | Courage Under Fire | Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling | 1996-07-04 |
| Movie | The Preacher's Wife | Dudley | 1996-12-13 |
| Movie | Virtuosity | Lt. Parker Barnes | 1995-08-04 |
| Movie | Crimson Tide | Hunter | 1995-05-12 |
| Movie | Devil in a Blue Dress | Easy Rawlins | 1995-09-15 |
| Movie | Much Ado About Nothing | Don Pedro of Aragon | 1993-05-07 |
| Movie | The Pelican Brief | Gray Grantham | 1993-12-16 |
| Movie | Philadelphia | Joe Miller | 1993-12-22 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Movie | Malcolm X | Malcolm X | 1992-11-18 |
| Movie | Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II | Narrator | 1992-11-11 |
| Movie | Mississippi Masala | Demetrius Williams | 1991-09-18 |
| Movie | Ricochet | Nick Styles | 1991-10-04 |
| Movie | Heart Condition | Napoleon Stone | 1990-02-02 |
| Movie | Mo' Better Blues | Bleek Gilliam | 1990-08-03 |
| Movie | The Mighty Quinn | Xavier Quinn | 1989-02-17 |
| Movie | Glory | Pvt. Trip | 1989-12-15 |
| Movie | The George McKenna Story | George McKenna | 1988-01-12 |
| Movie | For Queen & Country | Reuben | 1988-05-17 |
| Movie | Cry Freedom | Steve Biko | 1987-11-06 |
| Movie | Power | Arnold Billings | 1986-01-31 |
| Movie | License to Kill | Martin Sawyer | 1984-01-10 |
| Movie | A Soldier's Story | Private First Class Peterson | 1984-09-14 |
| Series | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan | Unknown | 1983-04-04 |
| Series | St. Elsewhere | Dr. Philip Chandler | 1982-10-26 |
| Series | Wogan | Himself | 1982-05-04 |
| Series | Wanna bet, that..? | Unknown | 1981-02-14 |
| Movie | Carbon Copy | Roger Porter | 1981-08-06 |
| Movie | Flesh & Blood | Kirk | 1979-10-14 |
| Movie | Wilma | Robert Eldridge, age 18 (as Denzel Washington, Jr.) | 1977-12-19 |
| Series | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Unknown | 1973-04-02 |
| Series | The Academy Awards | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |
| Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |