Denzel Washington

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

123

Gender

Male

Birthday

1954-12-28 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Mount Vernon, New York, USA

Denzel Washington

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).

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • The View

    The View

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Wogan

    Wogan

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • CBS News Sunday Morning

    CBS News Sunday Morning

  • Gladiator II

    Gladiator II

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • The Equalizer 3

    The Equalizer 3

  • St. Elsewhere

    St. Elsewhere

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • ZDF-Mittagsmagazin

    ZDF-Mittagsmagazin

  • Wetten, dass..?

    Wetten, dass..?

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Highest 2 Lowest

    Highest 2 Lowest

  • The Reichen Show

    The Reichen Show

  • The Equalizer 2

    The Equalizer 2

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • American Gangster

    American Gangster

  • The Book of Eli

    The Book of Eli

  • Man on Fire

    Man on Fire

  • Inside Man

    Inside Man

  • The Magnificent Seven

    The Magnificent Seven

  • Unstoppable

    Unstoppable

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

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

  • Safe House

    Safe House

  • Training Day

    Training Day

  • Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

  • Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

  • Déjà Vu

    Déjà Vu

  • Glory

    Glory

  • Flight

    Flight

  • The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

    The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

  • On Air with Ryan Seacrest

    On Air with Ryan Seacrest

  • 2 Guns

    2 Guns

  • John Q

    John Q

  • The Siege

    The Siege

  • The Little Things

    The Little Things

  • The Tragedy of Macbeth

    The Tragedy of Macbeth

  • The Bone Collector

    The Bone Collector

  • Remember the Titans

    Remember the Titans

  • Fallen

    Fallen

  • Mississippi Masala

    Mississippi Masala

  • Ricochet

    Ricochet

  • Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II

    Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II

  • Cry Freedom

    Cry Freedom

  • TRL

    TRL

  • Sidney

    Sidney

  • Malcolm X

    Malcolm X

  • Philadelphia

    Philadelphia

  • Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing

  • Circus Halligalli

    Circus Halligalli

  • The Hurricane

    The Hurricane

  • The Pelican Brief

    The Pelican Brief

  • Heart Condition

    Heart Condition

  • Carbon Copy

    Carbon Copy

  • Wilma

    Wilma

  • Number One on the Call Sheet

    Number One on the Call Sheet

  • The Manchurian Candidate

    The Manchurian Candidate

  • The Great Debaters

    The Great Debaters

  • Fences

    Fences

  • Giving Voice

    Giving Voice

  • Today

    Today

  • The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

    The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

  • Power

    Power

  • Out of Time

    Out of Time

  • Courage Under Fire

    Courage Under Fire

  • A Soldier's Story

    A Soldier's Story

  • Chasing Trane

    Chasing Trane

  • Crimson Tide

    Crimson Tide

  • The George McKenna Story

    The George McKenna Story

  • Denzel Washington: Falling Forward

    Denzel Washington: Falling Forward

  • The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

  • The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

  • He Got Game

    He Got Game

  • Antwone Fisher

    Antwone Fisher

  • The Preacher's Wife

    The Preacher's Wife

  • Roman J. Israel, Esq.

    Roman J. Israel, Esq.

  • Virtuosity

    Virtuosity

  • Devil in a Blue Dress

    Devil in a Blue Dress

  • Mo' Better Blues

    Mo' Better Blues

  • The Mighty Quinn

    The Mighty Quinn

  • The Early Show

    The Early Show

  • Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

    Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

  • For Queen & Country

    For Queen & Country

  • The Making of Gladiator II

    The Making of Gladiator II

  • Here Comes the Flood

    Here Comes the Flood

  • Coriolanus

    Coriolanus

  • Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway

    Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway

  • Flesh & Blood

    Flesh & Blood

  • License to Kill

    License to Kill

  • The Equalizer 4

    The Equalizer 4

  • The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision

    The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision

  • The Making of 'Crimson Tide'

    The Making of 'Crimson Tide'

  • Straight from the Streets

    Straight from the Streets

  • Black Panther 3

    Black Panther 3

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

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

  • Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

    Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

  • Denzel Washington: American Icon

    Denzel Washington: American Icon

  • Live from Studio Five

    Live from Studio Five

  • Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

    Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

  • The Equalizer 5

    The Equalizer 5

  • Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

    Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

  • Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'

    Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'

  • Untitled Hannibal Project

    Untitled Hannibal Project

  • NBA at 50

    NBA at 50

  • Denzel Washington: Reel Life

    Denzel Washington: Reel Life

  • Untitled Black Panther Sequel

    Untitled Black Panther Sequel

  • Rabbit Ears - John Henry

    Rabbit Ears - John Henry

  • Number 4

    Number 4

  • Rabbit Ears - Anansi

    Rabbit Ears - Anansi