Denzel Washington on screen and stage

Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, director, and producer. He has been described as an actor who reconfigured "the concept of classic movie stardom", associating with characters defined by their grace, dignity, humanity, and inner strength. He has received seventeen NAACP Image Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, one Tony Award, and two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for playing Union Army soldier Private Trip in the historical drama film Glory (1989), and Best Actor for his role as corrupt detective Alonzo Harris in the crime thriller Training Day (2001).
Washington has received much critical acclaim for his film work since the 1980s, including his portrayals of real-life figures such as South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko in Cry Freedom (1987), Muslim minister and human rights activist Malcolm X in Malcolm X (1992), boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter in The Hurricane (1999), football coach Herman Boone in Remember the Titans (2000), poet and educator Melvin B. Tolson in The Great Debaters (2007), and drug kingpin Frank Lucas in American Gangster (2007). He has been a featured actor in films produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and has been a frequent collaborator of directors Spike Lee, Antoine Fuqua, and Tony Scott. In 2016, he received the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards.
In 2002, Washington made his directorial debut with the biographical film Antwone Fisher. His second directorial effort was The Great Debaters (2007). His third film, Fences (2016), in which he also starred, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
== Film ==
Title 	Year	Role 	Director(s) 	Notes 	Ref.
Carbon Copy 	1981	Roger Porter 	Michael Schultz 	 	[21]
A Soldier's Story 	1984	Pfc. Melvin Peterson 	Norman Jewison 	 	[22]
Power 	1986	Arnold Billings 	Sidney Lumet 	 	[23]
Cry Freedom 	1987	Steve Biko 	Richard Attenborough	Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor	[24]
For Queen and Country 	1988	Reuben James 	Martin Stellman 	 	[25]
The Mighty Quinn 	1989	Xavier Quinn 	Carl Schenkel 	 	[26]
Glory 	1989	Pvt. Silas Tripp 	Edward Zwick 	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 	[23]
Heart Condition 	1990	Napoleon Stone 	James D. Parriott 	 	[27]
Mo' Better Blues 	1990	Bleek Gilliam 	Spike Lee 	 	[28]
Mississippi Masala 	1991	Demetrius Williams 	Mira Nair 	 	[29]
Ricochet 	1991	Nick Styles 	Russell Mulcahy 	 	[30]
Malcolm X 	1992	Malcolm X 	Spike Lee 	Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor 	[23]
Much Ado About Nothing 	1993	Don Pedro of Aragon 	Kenneth Branagh 	 	[31]
The Pelican Brief 	1993	Gray Grantham 	Alan J. Pakula 	 	[32]
Philadelphia 	1993	Joe Miller 	Jonathan Demme 	 	[33]
Crimson Tide 	1995	Lt. Commander Ron Hunter 	Tony Scott 	 	[34]
Virtuosity 	1995	Lt. Parker Barnes 	Brett Leonard 	 	[23]
Devil in a Blue Dress 	1995	Easy Rawlins 	Carl Franklin 	 	[23]
Courage Under Fire 	1996	Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Serling	Edward Zwick 	 	[23]
The Preacher's Wife 	1996	Dudley 	Penny Marshall 	 	[35]
Fallen 	1998	Detective John Hobbes 	Gregory Hoblit 	 	[36]
He Got Game 	1998	Jake Shuttlesworth 	Spike Lee 	 	[23]
The Siege 	1998	Anthony Hubbard 	Edward Zwick 	 	[23]
The Bone Collector 	1999	Lincoln Rhyme 	Phillip Noyce 	 	[23]
The Hurricane 	1999	Rubin Carter 	Norman Jewison 	Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor 	[10]
Remember the Titans 	2000	Herman Boone 	Boaz Yakin 	 	[11]
Training Day 	2001	Detective Alonzo Harris 	Antoine Fuqua 	Academy Award for Best Actor 	[23]
John Q. 	2002	John Q. Archibald 	Nick Cassavetes 	 	[37]
Antwone Fisher 	2002	Dr. Jerome Davenport 	Himself 	Also producer 	[38]
Out of Time 	2003	Matt Lee Whitlock 	Carl Franklin 	 	[39]
Man on Fire 	2004	John W. Creasy 	Tony Scott 	 	[40]
The Manchurian Candidate	2004	Maj. Ben Marco 	Jonathan Demme 	 	[41]
Inside Man 	2006	Keith Frazier 	Spike Lee 	 	[42]
Déjà Vu 	2006	Doug Carlin 	Tony Scott 	 	[43]
American Gangster 	2007	Frank Lucas 	Ridley Scott 	 	[23]
The Great Debaters 	2007	Melvin B. Tolson 	Himself 	Also director 	[23]
The Taking of Pelham 123	2009	Walter Garber 	Tony Scott 	 	[23]
The Book of Eli 	2010	Eli 	Hughes brothers 	Also producer 	[44]
Unstoppable 	2010	Frank Barnes 	Tony Scott 	 	[45]
Safe House 	2012	Tobin Frost 	Daniel Espinosa 	 	[46]
Flight 	2012	William "Whip" Whitaker Sr. 	Robert Zemeckis 	Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor 	[47]
2 Guns 	2013	Robert "Bobby" Trench 	Baltasar Kormákur 	 	[23]
The Equalizer 	2014	Robert McCall 	Antoine Fuqua 	Also producer 	[48]
The Magnificent Seven 	2016	Sam Chisolm 	Antoine Fuqua 	 	[49]
Fences 	2016	Troy Maxson 	Himself 	Also producer
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Picture	[50]
Roman J. Israel, Esq. 	2017	Roman J. Israel 	Dan Gilroy 	Also producer
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor	[51]
The Equalizer 2 	2018	Robert McCall 	Antoine Fuqua 	Also producer 	[52]
== Television ==
Title 	Year(s) 	Role(s) 	Channel 	Notes 	Ref(s)
The Wilma Rudolph Story 	1977 	Robert Eldridge – age 18	NBC 	Television film 	[53]
[54]
Flesh & Blood 	1979 	Kirk 	CBS 	Television film 	[55]
[56]
St. Elsewhere 	1982–1988 	Dr. Philip Chandler 	NBC 	137 episodes 	[57]
License to Kill 	1984 	Martin Sawyer 	CBS 	Television film 	[58]
The George McKenna Story 	1986 	George McKenna 	CBS 	Also known as Hard Lessons
Television film 	[59]
Great Performances 	1992 	Narrator 	PBS 	Episode: "Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway"	[60]
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II	1992 	Narrator 	PBS 	Documentary film 	[61]
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child 	1995 	King Omar 	HBO 	Episode: "Rumpelstiltskin"
Voice only 	[62]
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child 	1997 	Humpty Dumpty
Crooked Man	HBO 	Episode: "Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special"
Voice only	[62]
[63]
The March 	2013 	Narrator 	PBS 	Documentary film 	[64]
Grey's Anatomy 	2016 	 	ABC 	Director; Episode: "The Sound of Silence" 	[65]
Dell and Gary 	2024-present	The President 	Disney XD	Recurring role
Voice only 	
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