Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

Birthday: 1954-12-28

Place of birth: Mount Vernon, New York, USA

Also known as: Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr., Denzel Hayes Washington, دنزل واشینگتون, 丹素·华盛顿, デンゼル ワシントン, دِنزل واشینگتن, دِنزِل هِیز واشینگتن جونیور

imdb_id: nm0000243

Biography:

Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, producer, and director. Known for his dramatic roles on stage and screen, he is widely regarded as one of the best actors of his generation, with The New York Times declaring him the greatest actor of the 21st century in 2020. Over his career, he has received several accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award. Washington has been honoured with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2016, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2019, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2022. After training at the American Conservatory Theatre, Washington began his career in theatre, acting in performances off-Broadway. He first came to prominence in the NBC medical drama series St. Elsewhere (1982–1988) and in the war film A Soldier's Story (1984). He won two Academy Awards, his first for Best Supporting Actor for playing an American Civil War soldier in the war drama Glory (1989) and his second for Best Actor for playing a corrupt police officer in the crime thriller Training Day (2001). He was Oscar-nominated for his performances in Cry Freedom (1987), Malcolm X (1992), The Hurricane (1999), Flight (2012), Fences (2016), Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017), and The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). A prominent leading man, Washington also acted in Mo' Better Blues (1990), Mississippi Masala (1991), Philadelphia (1993), Courage Under Fire (1996), Remember the Titans (2000), Man on Fire (2004), Inside Man (2006), American Gangster (2007), and The Equalizer trilogy (2014–2023). Washington directed and starred in the films Antwone Fisher (2002), The Great Debaters (2007), and Fences (2016). On stage, he has acted in productions of both Coriolanus (1979) and The Tragedy of Richard III (1990) at the Public Theater. He made his Broadway debut in the Ron Milner play Checkmates (1988). He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as a disillusioned working-class father in the Broadway revival of August Wilson's play Fences (2010). He has also acted in the Broadway revivals of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (2005), Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun (2014), and Eugene O'Neill's play The Iceman Cometh (2018).

Played in movies:

The Making of Gladiator II

Score: 10.0

Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

Score: 8.5

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

Score: 8.1

Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway

Score: 8.0

Philadelphia

Score: 7.7

Remember the Titans

Score: 7.6

American Gangster

Score: 7.6

Sidney

Score: 7.6

Malcolm X

Score: 7.5

Training Day

Score: 7.5

Glory

Score: 7.5

Man on Fire

Score: 7.5

The Hurricane

Score: 7.4

Inside Man

Score: 7.4

The Equalizer 3

Score: 7.3

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

Score: 7.3

Chasing Trane

Score: 7.3

The Equalizer

Score: 7.3

The Great Debaters

Score: 7.2

Crimson Tide

Score: 7.2

John Q

Score: 7.1

And the Oscar Goes To...

Score: 7.0

Cry Freedom

Score: 7.0

Much Ado About Nothing

Score: 6.9

Antwone Fisher

Score: 6.9

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Score: 6.9

Déjà Vu

Score: 6.9

Fences

Score: 6.9

Flight

Score: 6.8

The Bone Collector

Score: 6.8

The Book of Eli

Score: 6.8

Fallen

Score: 6.8

The Equalizer 2

Score: 6.8

A Soldier's Story

Score: 6.8

He Got Game

Score: 6.7

Denzel Washington: American Icon

Score: 6.7

Gladiator II

Score: 6.7

Unstoppable

Score: 6.6

The Pelican Brief

Score: 6.6

2 Guns

Score: 6.5

Courage Under Fire

Score: 6.5

Straight from the Streets

Score: 6.5

Highest 2 Lowest

Score: 6.5

Devil in a Blue Dress

Score: 6.5

Mo' Better Blues

Score: 6.5

Safe House

Score: 6.5

The Manchurian Candidate

Score: 6.5

The Magnificent Seven

Score: 6.5

Mississippi Masala

Score: 6.4

Giving Voice

Score: 6.4

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

Score: 6.4

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Score: 6.3

Out of Time

Score: 6.3

The Little Things

Score: 6.3

The Siege

Score: 6.3

Wilma

Score: 6.3

The George McKenna Story

Score: 6.2

Ricochet

Score: 6.1

The Mighty Quinn

Score: 6.1

Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

Score: 6.0

Power

Score: 5.9

The Preacher's Wife

Score: 5.8

Carbon Copy

Score: 5.7

License to Kill

Score: 5.7

Heart Condition

Score: 5.6

Virtuosity

Score: 5.5

Flesh & Blood

Score: 5.5

For Queen & Country

Score: 5.3

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Score: 5.0

Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II

Score: 5.0

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'

Score: 5.0

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

Score: 4.6

Coriolanus

Score: 3.5

Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'

Score: 0.0

FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY

Score: 0.0

The Ten Commandments

Score: 0.0

Here Comes the Flood

Score: 0.0

The Making of 'Crimson Tide'

Score: 0.0

The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision

Score: 0.0

The Equalizer 5

Score: 0.0

The Equalizer 4

Score: 0.0

Black Panther 3

Score: 0.0

Number 4

Score: 0.0

Rabbit Ears - Anansi

Score: 0.0

Rabbit Ears - John Henry

Score: 0.0

Untitled Hannibal Project

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

Score: 9.5

American Experience

Score: 7.4

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

The Graham Norton Show

Score: 7.2

Number One on the Call Sheet

Score: 7.0

The Oscars

Score: 7.0

CBS News Sunday Morning

Score: 6.9

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Score: 6.3

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Score: 6.3

The Early Show

Score: 6.3

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Score: 6.2

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Score: 6.0

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Score: 6.0

ZDF-Mittagsmagazin

Score: 6.0

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Score: 6.0

Tony Awards

Score: 5.9

Tony Awards

Score: 5.9

Tony Awards

Score: 5.9

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Score: 5.8

Today

Score: 5.8

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Score: 5.7

Goldene Kamera Verleihung

Score: 5.7

St. Elsewhere

Score: 5.6

Great Performances

Score: 5.5

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Score: 5.5

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Score: 5.5

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Score: 5.5

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Score: 5.4

Circus Halligalli

Score: 5.4

Wetten, dass..?

Score: 5.3

TRL

Score: 5.1

The Reichen Show

Score: 4.8

Wogan

Score: 4.5

The View

Score: 4.3

Live from Studio Five

Score: 3.7