Denzel Washington
American actor (born 1954) · United States · Actors
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Something wrong?He's collected two Oscars, a Tony, and been called the greatest actor of the 21st century by The New York Times - and the $5.1 billion his films have made say audiences show up whether he's playing a corrupt cop or a Civil War soldier.
A life in dates
Highest 2 LowestFilm, 2025David King2024“I wasn't put on this earth to act. I was put on this earth to share and to be an example of the power and wisdom and grace and mercy of God in my life.”In their words24 November 2024As quoted in Denzel's Divine Encounter, 24 November 2024“I actually kissed a man in the film, but they took it out, they cut it. I think they got chicken.”In their words31 October 2024As quoted in Denzel Washington Reveals He had a Gay Kiss in 'Gladiator II' But It Was Cut, 31 October 20242023
The Equalizer 3Film, Producer2022Presidential Medal of FreedomAward2020
Ma Rainey's Black BottomFilm, Producer2017
Roman J. Israel, Esq.Film, Producer2015
Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSeries2014Donostia AwardAward
The EqualizerFilm, 2014Producer2012
FlightFilm, Whip Whitaker2011“But I do see you today. And I’m encouraged by what I see. I’m strengthened by what I see. I love what I see.”In their words16 May 2011As quoted in A Graduation Speech By Denzel Washington, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA. 16 May 20112010“If you don’t love your fellow man, women, person, then you don’t have anything.”In their wordsJanuary 2010As quoted in "'The Book of Eli': Interview with Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis, and Gary Oldman" (January 2010), by Sara Shereen Bakhshian,Tony Award for Best Actor in a PlayAward2009Horatio Alger AwardAward
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3Film, 2009Walter Garber2007
The Graham Norton ShowSeries2006
Déjà VuFilm, Doug Carlin2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Series
Out of TimeFilm, 2003Matt Lee Whitlock2002Academy Award for Best ActorAwardMTV Movie Award for Best VillainAward2001Jane Fonda Humanitarian AwardAward
Training DayFilm, 2001Alonzo2000Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture DramaAwardSilver Bear for Best ActorAward1999
The Bone CollectorFilm, Lincoln Rhyme1996
Courage Under FireFilm, Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling1995“I'm an actor, not a politician. I don't represent a race. I don't represent any group. I just represent the character I'm playing at the time.”In their words11 May 1995As quoted in "Going Deep" (11 May 1995), by Mal Vincent, The Virginian-Pilot1993Silver Bear for Best ActorAward
Late Show with David LettermanSeries, 1993
Much Ado About NothingFilm, 1993Don Pedro1990Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorAwardGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion PictureAward1989ZDF-MittagsmagazinSeries
GloryFilm, 1989Pvt. Trip1984Goldene KameraSeries1981
Wetten, dass..?Series1971
Great PerformancesSeries1954Born28 December 1954Also in Deutsch
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Washington at the 62nd Academy Awards (1990), at which he won Best Supporting Actor for the film Glory
Washington at the White House in 1999
Washington in 2000
Washington after a performance of Julius Caesar in May 2005
Washington with Anne Hathaway at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in 2010
Washington at the premiere of The Equalizer in 2014
Washington at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.In their own words 5
, I wasn't put on this earth to act. I was put on this earth to share and to be an example of the power and wisdom and grace and mercy of God in my life.
I actually kissed a man in the film, but they took it out, they cut it. I think they got chicken.
But I do see you today. And I’m encouraged by what I see. I’m strengthened by what I see. I love what I see.
Filmography 40
HLHighest 2 Lowest
GIGladiator IITEThe Equalizer 3
TTThe Little Things
TMThe Tragedy of MacbethMBMa Rainey's Black Bottom
TEThe Equalizer 2RERoman J. Israel, Esq.
TSThe Magnificent Seven
FEFencesTEThe Equalizer
GU2 GunsFLFlight
SHSafe House
TEThe Book of Eli
UNUnstoppableTPThe Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
AGAmerican Gangster
TDThe Great Debaters
IMInside ManDVDéjà Vu
MFMan on Fire
TCThe Manchurian CandidateOTOut of Time
JQJohn QTDTraining Day
RTRemember the TitansTCThe Bone Collector
THThe Hurricane
FAFallen
TSThe Siege
HGHe Got GameCFCourage Under Fire
CTCrimson Tide
DDDevil in a Blue Dress
TBThe Pelican Brief
PHPhiladelphiaMNMuch Ado About Nothing
MXMalcolm XGLGlory153 credits on file
Television 24
TCThe Late Show with Stephen ColbertCRClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TFThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonTSThe Graham Norton Show
GAGrey's AnatomyJLJimmy Kimmel Live!
TSThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
TVThe ViewLLLate Show with David Letterman
TLThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
LMLIVE with Kelly and Mark
AEAmerican Experience
SESt. Elsewhere
WOWoganWDWetten, dass..?
CMCBS News Sunday MorningGPGreat Performances
TATony Awards
TOThe Oscars
TOToday
GAGolden Globe AwardsAwards
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Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. trained at the American Conservatory Theater before finding his first major visibility in the NBC medical drama St. Elsewhere from 1982 to 1988. He won his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor playing a Civil War soldier in Glory in 1989, then took Best Actor twelve years later as a corrupt police officer in Training Day. Between those wins came a run through Malcolm X, The Hurricane, Philadelphia, and a string of thrillers that made him one of the most bankable leads in Hollywood. He's also built a theater career, winning a Tony in 2010 for the August Wilson play Fences - which he later directed and starred in on screen, earning another Oscar nomination. In 2025 he received both the Honorary Palme d'Or and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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