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Starring:

Denzel Washington

  • First Movie - Coriolanus 1979
  • Last Movie - Gladiator II 2024
  • Total Movies - 52
  • Future Movies -
    • Gladiator II (22nd November 2024)
  • Highest Grossing Movies
    • UK: American Gangster (2007) - £9,550,535
    • US: American Gangster (2007) - $130,164,645
    • World: American Gangster (2007) - $266,465,037
  • Combined grosses
    • UK - £131.2 Million
    • US - $2.2 Billion
    • Global - $2.6 Billion
  • Highest Rated Movie - Philadelphia (1994) - 100%
  • Lowest rated movie - American Gangster (2007) - 50%

Acting credits By Year of release

Gladiator II

Director(s):
Starring:
Paul Mescal • Denzel WashingtonPedro PascalConnie Nielsen • Djimon Hounsou

2024

The Equalizer 3

(Denzel Washington plays Robert McCall)

Director(s):
Starring:
Denzel WashingtonDakota Fanning • Eugenio Mastrandrea • David Denman • Gaia Scodellaro
2023

The Tragedy of Macbeth

(Denzel Washington plays Macbeth)

Director(s):
Starring:
Denzel Washington • Frances McDormand • Alex Hassell • Bertie Carvel • Brendan Gleeson

2021

The Little Things

(Denzel Washington plays Joe 'Deke' Deacon)

Director(s):
Starring:
Denzel WashingtonRami MalekJared Leto • Chris Bauer • Michael Hyatt
2021

The Equalizer 2

(Denzel Washington plays Robert McCall)

Director(s):
Starring:
Denzel WashingtonPedro Pascal • Ashton Sanders • Orson Bean • Bill Pullman

2018

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Director(s):
Dan Gilroy

Starring:
Denzel WashingtonColin Farrell • Carmen Ejogo • Lynda Gravatt • Amanda Warren

2018

Fences

Director(s):
Denzel Washington

Starring:
Denzel WashingtonViola Davis • Stephen Henderson • Jovan Adepo • Russell Hornsby

2017

The Magnificent Seven

Director(s):
Starring:
Denzel WashingtonChris PrattEthan Hawke • Vincent D'Onofrio • Byung-hun Lee
2016

The Equalizer

Director(s):
Starring:

2014

2 Guns

(Denzel Washington plays Bobby)

Director(s):
Starring:
Denzel WashingtonMark WahlbergPaula Patton • Bill Paxton • Fred Ward

2013

Flight

(Denzel Washington plays Whip Whitaker)

Director(s):
Starring:
Nadine Velazquez • Denzel Washington • Carter Cabassa • Adam C. Edwards • Tamara Tunie

2012

Safe House

Director(s):
Starring:
Denzel WashingtonRyan ReynoldsVera Farmiga • Brendan Gleeson • Sam Shepard

2012

Unstoppable

(Denzel Washington plays Frank)

Director(s):
Starring:
Denzel WashingtonChris PineRosario Dawson • Ethan Suplee • Kevin Dunn

2010

The Book of Eli

Director(s):
Albert HughesAllen Hughes

Starring:

2010

The Taking of Pelham 123

Director(s):
Starring:
Denzel WashingtonJohn Travolta • Luis Guzmn • Victor Gojcaj • John Turturro
2009

American Gangster

Director(s):
Starring:
2007

The Great Debaters

Director(s):
Denzel Washington

Starring:
Denzel Washington • Nate Parker • Jurnee Smollett-Bell • Denzel Whitaker • Jermaine Williams

2007

Déjà Vu

Director(s):
Starring:

2006

Inside Man

Director(s):
Starring:
2006

The Manchurian Candidate

Director(s):
Starring:
Jeffrey Wright • Pablo Schreiber • Anthony Mackie • Dorian Missick • Jose Pablo Cantillo

2004

Man On Fire

Director(s):
Starring:
Denzel WashingtonDakota Fanning • Marc Anthony • Radha Mitchell • Christopher Walken

2004

Out of Time

Director(s):
Carl Franklin

Starring:
Denzel WashingtonEva Mendes • Sanaa Lathan • Dean Cain • John Billingsley

2003

Antwone Fisher

Director(s):
Denzel Washington

Starring:
Derek Luke • Malcolm David Kelley • Cory Hodges • Denzel Washington • Joy Bryant

2003

John Q

(Denzel Washington plays John Quincy Archibald)

Director(s):
Nick CassavetesGabriela OlteanDenzel WashingtonKimberly EliseRon AnnabelleDaniel E. SmithAnne HecheJames Woods

Starring:
Denzel WashingtonRobert Duvall • James Woods • Anne Heche • Kimberly Elise

2002

Training Day

Director(s):
Starring:
Denzel WashingtonEthan Hawke • Scott Glenn • Tom Berenger • Harris Yulin

2002

Remember the Titans

Director(s):
Boaz Yakin

Starring:
Denzel Washington • Will Patton • Wood Harris • Ryan Hurst • Donald Faison

2001

The Hurricane

Director(s):
Norman Jewison

Starring:
Denzel Washington • Vicellous Reon Shannon • Deborah Kara Unger • Liev Schreiber • John Hannah

2000

The Bone Collector

Director(s):
Phillip Noyce

Starring:
Denzel WashingtonAngelina JolieQueen Latifah • Michael Rooker • Michael McGlone
2000

The Siege

(Denzel Washington plays Anthony Hubbard)

Director(s):
Starring:
Denzel WashingtonAnnette BeningBruce Willis • Tony Shalhoub • Sami Bouajila

1998

He Got Game

(Denzel Washington plays Jake Shuttlesworth)

Director(s):
Starring:
Denzel Washington • Ray Allen • Milla JovovichRosario Dawson • Hill Harper

1998

Fallen

Director(s):
Starring:
Denzel WashingtonJohn GoodmanDonald Sutherland • Embeth Davidtz • James Gandolfini

1998

The Preachers Wife

Director(s):
Penny Marshall

Starring:
Denzel WashingtonWhitney Houston • Courtney B. Vance • Gregory Hines • Jenifer Lewis

1997

Courage Under Fire

Director(s):
Starring:
Denzel WashingtonMeg Ryan • Lou Diamond Phillips • Michael Moriarty • Matt Damon

1996

Virtuosity

(Denzel Washington plays Lt. Parker Barnes)

Director(s):
Brett Leonard

Starring:
Denzel Washington • Kelly Lynch • Russell Crowe • Stephen Spinella • William Forsythe

1996

Devil In a Blue Dress

(Denzel Washington plays Easy Rawlins)

Director(s):
Carl Franklin

Starring:
Denzel Washington • Tom Sizemore • Jennifer Beals • Don Cheadle • Maury Chaykin

1995

Crimson Tide

(Denzel Washington plays Hunter)

Director(s):
Starring:
Denzel WashingtonGene Hackman • Matt Craven • George Dzundza • Viggo Mortensen

1995

Philadelphia

Director(s):
Starring:
Tom HanksDenzel Washington • Roberta Maxwell • Buzz Kilman • Karen Finley
1994

The Pelican Brief

(Denzel Washington plays Gray Grantham)

Director(s):
Starring:
Julia RobertsDenzel Washington • Sam Shepard • John Heard • Tony Goldwyn

1994

Much Ado About Nothing

(Denzel Washington plays Don Pedro)

Director(s):
Starring:
Richard Briers • Kate Beckinsale • Imelda Staunton • Jimmy Yuill • Brian Blessed
1993

Malcolm X

(Denzel Washington plays Malcolm X)

Director(s):
Starring:
Denzel Washington • Angela Bassett • Albert Hall • Al Freeman Jr. • Delroy Lindo
1993

Ricochet

(Denzel Washington plays Nick Styles)

Director(s):
Starring:
Denzel WashingtonJohn Lithgow • Ice-T • Kevin Pollak • Lindsay Wagner

1991

Mississippi Masala

(Denzel Washington plays Demetrius Williams)

Director(s):
Mira Nair

Starring:
Denzel Washington • Sarita Choudhury • Roshan Seth • Sharmila Tagore • Charles S. Dutton

1991

Heart Condition

(Denzel Washington plays Napoleon Stone)

Director(s):
James D. Parriott

Starring:
Bob Hoskins • Denzel Washington • Chloë Webb • Roger E. Mosley • Janet DuBois
1990

Mo' Better Blues

Director(s):
Starring:
Denzel WashingtonSpike LeeWesley Snipes • Giancarlo Esposito • Robin Harris

1990

Glory

(Denzel Washington plays Pvt. Trip)

Director(s):
Starring:
1990

For Queen & Country

(Denzel Washington plays Reuben James)

Director(s):
Martin Stellman

Starring:
Denzel Washington • Dorian Healy • Sean Chapman • Graham McTavish • Geff Francis

1989

The Mighty Quinn

Director(s):
Carl Schenkel

Starring:
Denzel Washington • James Fox • Mimi Rogers • M. Emmet Walsh • Sheryl Lee Ralph

1989

Cry Freedom

(Denzel Washington plays Steve Biko)

Starring:
Josette Simon • Wabei Siyolwe • John Matshikiza • Juanita Waterman • Evelyn Sithole
1987

Power

Director(s):
Sidney Lumet

Starring:

1986

A Soldiers Story

Director(s):
Norman Jewison

Starring:
Howard E. Rollins Jr. • Adolph Caesar • Art Evans • David Alan Grier • David Harris

1985

Carbon Copy

Director(s):
Michael Schultz

Starring:
George Segal • Susan Saint James • Jack Warden • Dick Martin • Denzel Washington

1981

Coriolanus

Director(s):
Wilford Leach

Starring:
Frank Adu • Wayne Anthony • Bimbo • Thomas Martell Brimm • Christine Campbell

1979