Denzel Washington (I)

Actor | Producer | Director

Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. was born on December 28, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York. He is the ...

Born: December 28, 1954

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Denzel Washington on His Best-Known Roles

Denzel Washington, star of The Equalizer 2, looks back on four of his best-known movies including Training Day, Malcolm X, The Book of Eli, and Fences.

Watch Denzel discuss his previous movies

Filmography

Known For

Fences Troy Maxson (2016)
Training Day Alonzo (2001)
The Book of Eli Eli (2010)
Known For

Antwone Fisher Dr. Jerome Davenport (2002)
Actor

The Tragedy of Macbeth Macbeth (2021)
The Little Things Joe 'Deke' Deacon (2021)
The Equalizer 2 Robert McCall (2018)
Roman J. Israel, Esq. Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)
Fences Troy Maxson (2016)
The Magnificent Seven Chisolm (2016)
The Equalizer Robert McCall (2014)
2 Guns Bobby (2013)
Flight Whip Whitaker (2012)
Safe House Tobin Frost (2012)
Unstoppable Frank (2010)
The Book of Eli Eli (2010)
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 Walter Garber (2009)
The Great Debaters Melvin B. Tolson (2007)
American Gangster Frank Lucas (2007)
Deja Vu Doug Carlin (2006)
Inside Man Detective Keith Frazier (2006)
The Manchurian Candidate Ben Marco (2004)
Man on Fire John W. Creasy (2004)
Out of Time Matt Lee Whitlock (2003)
Antwone Fisher Dr. Jerome Davenport (2002)
John Q John Quincy Archibald (2002)
Training Day Alonzo (2001)
Remember the Titans Coach Herman Boone (2000)
The Hurricane Rubin Carter (1999)
The Bone Collector Lincoln Rhyme (1999)
The Siege Anthony Hubbard (1998)
He Got Game Jake Shuttlesworth (1998)
Fallen John Hobbes (1998)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Humpty Dumpty (1995-1997)
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special Humpty Dumpty / The Crooked Man (1997)
The Preacher's Wife Dudley (1996)
Courage Under Fire Nat Serling (1996)
Devil in a Blue Dress Easy Rawlins (1995)
Virtuosity Lt. Parker Barnes (1995)
Crimson Tide Hunter (1995)
Philadelphia Joe Miller (1993)
The Pelican Brief Gray Grantham (1993)
Rabbit Ears: John Henry Narrator (1993)
Much Ado About Nothing Don Pedro (1993)
Malcolm X Malcolm X (1992)
Great Performances Narrator (1992)
Rabbit Ears: Anansi Narrator (1991)
Ricochet Nick Styles (1991)
Mississippi Masala Demetrius (1991)
Mo' Better Blues Bleek Gilliam (1990)
Heart Condition Napoleon Stone (1990)
Glory Pvt. Trip (1989)
For Queen & Country Reuben James (1989)
The Mighty Quinn Xavier Quinn (1989)
St. Elsewhere Dr. Philip Chandler (1982-1988)
Cry Freedom Steve Biko (1987)
The George McKenna Story George McKenna (1986)
Power Arnold Billings (1986)
A Soldier's Story Private First Class Peterson (1984)
License to Kill Martin Sawyer (1984)
Carbon Copy Roger Porter (1981)
Coriolanus Aedile / Roman Citizen (1979)
Flesh & Blood Kirk (1979)
Actor

Wilma Robert Eldridge, age 18 (1977)
Producer

A Journal for Jordan (2021)
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
The Equalizer 2 (2018)
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)
Fences (2016)
Tyrese Gibson: Shame (2015)
The Equalizer (2014)
Safe House (2012)
The Book of Eli (2010)
Antwone Fisher (2002)
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks (2000)
Producer

Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream (1995)
Director

A Journal for Jordan (2021)
Fences (2016)
Grey's Anatomy (2016)
The Great Debaters (2007)
Director

Antwone Fisher (2002)
Soundtrack

Fences (2016)
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Heart Condition (1990)
Soundtrack

The Mighty Quinn (1989)
Archive footage

Entertainment Tonight (2009-2022)
Whitney, a Look Back (2022)
The Charlie Kirk Show (2022)
Fearless with Jason Whitlock (2022)
Josiah Rises (2022)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2022)
Daniel Day-Lewis - L'héritier (2021)
Snoop Dogg - The Doggfather (2021)
The Movies That Made Us (2021)
ITV Celebrites Interviews (2021)
Canelo: The Greatest Athlete You've Never Seen (2021)
60 Minutes (2000-2021)
Allen v. Farrow (2021)
Loving Neverland (2020)
Elo Veut Savoir (2020)
The Hour of Power (2020)
Netflix vs. the World (2019)
Hollywood's Stories (2019)
The Movies (2019)
Fox News Sunday (2018)
They've Gotta Have Us (2018)
Celebrity Page (2018)
Les Chroniques du Mea (2018)
Anonymous: This Will Change Everything You Know 2018-2019 (2017)
Hell's Club Part 2. Another Night (2017)
Lorraine (2017)
Good Morning Britain (2017)
Extra (2014-2017)
Top 10 Secrets and Mysteries (2017)
Access Hollywood (2017)
The Insider (2017)
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (2016)
Els dies clau (2015)
Welcome to the Basement (2015)
Tellement Gay! Homosexualité et pop culture (2015)
Live with Kelly and Ryan (2014)
Inside Edition (2014)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (2014)
Pioneers of Television (2014)
And the Oscar Goes to... (2014)
Movie Guide (2013)
The Graham Norton Show (2013)
Ebert Presents: At the Movies (2011)
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2010)
I Am Love (2009)
Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (2008)
The Siege: Taking New York (2007)
The Siege: Freedom Is History (2007)
For the Bible Tells Me So (2007)
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' (2005)
80s (2005)
E! True Hollywood Story (2005)
Tvist (2005)
Cinema mil (2005)
Michael Moore, el gran agitador (2004)
Die Geschichte des erotischen Films (2004)
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' (2003)
A Century of Black Cinema (2003)
Hell Up in Hollywood: Soul Cinema and the 1970s (2003)
Shirtless: Hollywood's Sexiest Men (2002)
Headliners & Legends with Matt Lauer (2002)
Glory: The Making of History (2000)
Whitney Houston: The Greatest Hits (2000)
Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1995)
Archive footage

All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994)
Peter Gabriel: Biko (1988)

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Awards

Did You Know

Trivia

Became a father for the 2nd time at age 32 when his wife Pauletta Washington gave birth to their daughter Katia Washington on November 27, 1987.

[on what roles he would like to redo] Probably Shakespeare. I did "Othello" in college, and "Richard III", and those are the two roles I'd like to revisit. Movies? There's a couple I wish I hadn't done. I won't say which ones, but there are a couple...

Trademark

Often portrays real people: Rubin "Hurricane" Carter in The Hurricane (1999), Malcolm X in Malcolm X (1992), Herman Boone in Remember the Titans (2000), Frank Lucas in American Gangster (2007), Steve Biko in Cry Freedom (1987) and Melvin Tolson in ...