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

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • ZDF-Mittagsmagazin

    ZDF-Mittagsmagazin

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • CBS News Sunday Morning

    CBS News Sunday Morning

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Wogan

    Wogan

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • Wetten, dass..?

    Wetten, dass..?

  • The View

    The View

  • Highest 2 Lowest

    Highest 2 Lowest

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Gladiator II

    Gladiator II

  • St. Elsewhere

    St. Elsewhere

  • St. Elsewhere

    St. Elsewhere

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • The Reichen Show

    The Reichen Show

  • 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

  • On Air with Ryan Seacrest

    On Air with Ryan Seacrest

  • The Equalizer 3

    The Equalizer 3

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Magnificent Seven

    The Magnificent Seven

  • Remember the Titans

    Remember the Titans

  • 2 Guns

    2 Guns

  • The Equalizer 2

    The Equalizer 2

  • Today

    Today

  • TRL

    TRL

  • Training Day

    Training Day

  • Man on Fire

    Man on Fire

  • The Bone Collector

    The Bone Collector

  • American Gangster

    American Gangster

  • Inside Man

    Inside Man

  • The Book of Eli

    The Book of Eli

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • Malcolm X

    Malcolm X

  • Déjà Vu

    Déjà Vu

  • The Manchurian Candidate

    The Manchurian Candidate

  • The Hurricane

    The Hurricane

  • Circus Halligalli

    Circus Halligalli

  • Courage Under Fire

    Courage Under Fire

  • The Siege

    The Siege

  • The Little Things

    The Little Things

  • Number One on the Call Sheet

    Number One on the Call Sheet

  • A Soldier's Story

    A Soldier's Story

  • Glory

    Glory

  • Mississippi Masala

    Mississippi Masala

  • Flight

    Flight

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

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

  • The Great Debaters

    The Great Debaters

  • The Making of Gladiator II

    The Making of Gladiator II

  • Giving Voice

    Giving Voice

  • John Q

    John Q

  • The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

  • The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

  • Unstoppable

    Unstoppable

  • Philadelphia

    Philadelphia

  • The Tragedy of Macbeth

    The Tragedy of Macbeth

  • The Mighty Quinn

    The Mighty Quinn

  • Safe House

    Safe House

  • The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

    The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

  • Sidney

    Sidney

  • Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing

  • Cry Freedom

    Cry Freedom

  • Crimson Tide

    Crimson Tide

  • Fences

    Fences

  • Fallen

    Fallen

  • Carbon Copy

    Carbon Copy

  • The Pelican Brief

    The Pelican Brief

  • Ricochet

    Ricochet

  • Wilma

    Wilma

  • Power

    Power

  • The Early Show

    The Early Show

  • The George McKenna Story

    The George McKenna Story

  • Virtuosity

    Virtuosity

  • Out of Time

    Out of Time

  • The Making of 'Crimson Tide'

    The Making of 'Crimson Tide'

  • Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway

    Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway

  • The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

    The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

  • Roman J. Israel, Esq.

    Roman J. Israel, Esq.

  • Denzel Washington: American Icon

    Denzel Washington: American Icon

  • Antwone Fisher

    Antwone Fisher

  • Mo' Better Blues

    Mo' Better Blues

  • Devil in a Blue Dress

    Devil in a Blue Dress

  • He Got Game

    He Got Game

  • Heart Condition

    Heart Condition

  • Coriolanus

    Coriolanus

  • For Queen & Country

    For Queen & Country

  • The Equalizer 4

    The Equalizer 4

  • Straight from the Streets

    Straight from the Streets

  • License to Kill

    License to Kill

  • The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision

    The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision

  • Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II

    Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II

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

    Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

  • The Preacher's Wife

    The Preacher's Wife

  • Live from Studio Five

    Live from Studio Five

  • Black Panther 3

    Black Panther 3

  • Flesh & Blood

    Flesh & Blood

  • Here Comes the Flood

    Here Comes the Flood

  • Chasing Trane

    Chasing Trane

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

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

  • Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

    Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

  • Untitled Hannibal Project

    Untitled Hannibal Project

  • The Equalizer 5

    The Equalizer 5

  • Rabbit Ears - John Henry

    Rabbit Ears - John Henry

  • Rabbit Ears - Anansi

    Rabbit Ears - Anansi

  • FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY

    FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY

  • Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

    Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

  • Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'

    Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'

  • NBA at 50

    NBA at 50

  • Number 4

    Number 4

  • Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

    Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

  • Denzel Washington: Reel Life

    Denzel Washington: Reel Life