Denzel Washington

RECENT CREDITS


HIGHLIGHTS
2009 Once again teamed with Tony Scott for the remake of "The Taking of Pelham 123"
2007 Cast as Frank Lucas, a real-life 70's heroin kingpin in the Ridley Scott directed "American Gangster"; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
2007 Directed (also acted) "The Great Debaters"; a true story based on the Wiley College debate team in the 1930s
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

The Book of Eli  2010 -Screenplay (Revised), Eli
Producer, Screenplay, Actor
Film


Unstoppable  2010 -Frank
Actor
Film


The Twenty-Eighth Amendment   -Cast
Actor
Film


The Matarese Circle   -Brandon Scofield
Actor
Film


Steinbeck's Point Of View   -Cast
Actor
Film


Circle William  
Actor
Film


Brothers in Arms  
Director, Producer
Film


Inside Man 2   -Cast
Actor
Film


Journal for Jordan   -Cast
Director, Producer, Actor
Film


The Taking of Pelham 123  2009 -Walter Garber
Actor
Film


2009 MTV Movie Awards  2009 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night  2008 -Cast
Actor
TV
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The 80th Annual Academy Awards  2008 -Presenter
Actor
TV


The 39th Annual NAACP Image Awards  2008 -Winner
Actor
TV


Dateline NBC: Going for Gold  2008 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


The Great Debaters  2007 -Melvin B Tolson
Director, Actor
Film


American Gangster  2007 -Frank Lucas
Actor
Film


Deja Vu  2006 -Doug Carlin
Actor
Film


Inside Man  2006 -Detective Keith Frazier
Actor
Film


The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards  2006 -Presenter
Actor
TV


BET AWARDS 2005  2005 -Humanitarian Award Recipient
Actor
TV


The Manchurian Candidate  2004 -Ben Marco
Actor
Film


The 2004 ESPY Awards  2004 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem  2004 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Man on Fire  2004 -Creasy
Actor
Film


Out of Time  2003 -Matt Lee Whitlock
Actor
Film


Oscar Countdown 2003  2003
Actor
TV


The 75th Annual Academy Awards  2003 -Presenter
Actor
TV


The 34th NAACP Image Awards  2003
Actor
TV


Antwone Fisher  2002 -Dr Jerome Davenport
Director, Producer, Actor
Film


The 74th Annual Academy Awards  2002 -Presenter
Actor
TV


John Q.  2002 -John Quincy Archibald
Actor
Film


Training Day  2001 -Alonzo Harris
Actor
Film


The 2001 Essence Awards  2001 -Presenter
Actor
TV


On the Record With Bob Costas  2001 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards  2001 -Honoree
Actor
TV


Twice Born  2000 -of Muhammad Ali
Voice
TV


Remember the Titans  2000 -Coach Boone
Actor
Film


The 6th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards  2000 -Presenter
Actor
TV


The Hurricane  1999 -Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
Actor
Film


The Bone Collector  1999 -Lincoln Rhyme
Actor
Film


True Life: I Am Driving While Black  1999 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


The 71st Annual Academy Awards Presentation  1999 -Presenter
Actor
TV


John Henry  1999 -Narration
Narrator
TV


The Great Christmas Movies  1998 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


The Siege  1998 -Anthony Hubbard
Actor
Film


He Got Game  1998 -Jake Shuttlesworth
Actor
Film


The 70th Annual Academy Awards  1998 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Fallen  1998 -John Hobbes
Actor
Film


The Pelican Brief  1998 -Gray Grantham
Actor
Film


Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special  1997 -of Crooked Man, of Humpty Dumpty
Voice, Voice
TV


Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Golden Boy  1997 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


The ShoWest Awards  1997
Actor
TV


The 28th NAACP Image Awards  1997
Actor
TV


The Preacher's Wife  1996 -Dudley
Actor
Film


NBA at 50  1996 -Host
Actor
TV


Courage Under Fire  1996 -Nat Serling
Actor
Film


The 27th Annual NAACP Image Awards  1996 -Host
Actor
TV


The 1996 ESPY Awards  1996
Actor
TV


Devil in A Blue Dress  1995 -Easy Rawlins
Actor
Film


Virtuosity  1995 -Parker Barnes
Actor
Film


Crimson Tide  1995 -Lt Commander Jim Hunter
Actor
Film


Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream  1995
Executive Producer
TV


The 67th Annual Academy Awards  1995 -Presenter
Actor
TV


The Third Annual Trumpet Awards Ceremony  1995 -Presenter
Actor
TV


The Essence Awards  1994
Actor
TV


The 1993 MTV Movie Awards  1993 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Much Ado About Nothing  1993 -Don PedroPrince of Arragon
Actor
Film


The 65th Annual Academy Awards Presentation  1993 -Presenter
Actor
TV


The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards  1993 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Philadelphia  1993 -Joe Miller
Actor
Film


Malcolm X  1992 -Malcolm X
Actor
Film


Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway  1992 -Narration
Narrator
TV


American Heroes & Legends  1992 -Narration
Narrator
TV


The Essence Awards  1992 -Host
Actor
TV


Dateline NBC  1992 -Himself
Actor
TV
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The 64th Annual Academy Awards Presentation  1992 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Mississippi Masala  1992 -Demetrius
Actor
Film


Ricochet  1991 -Nick Styles
Actor
Film


ABC in Concert  1991
Actor
TV


The 45th Annual Tony Awards  1991
Actor
TV


The 63rd Annual Academy Awards Presentation  1991 -Presenter
Actor
TV


The 23rd Annual NAACP Image Awards  1991 -Host
Actor
TV


Motown 30: What's Goin' On!  1990
Actor
TV


Mo' Better Blues  1990 -Bleek Gilliam
Actor, Song Performer
Film


The 62nd Annual Academy Awards Presentation  1990 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Heart Condition  1990 -Napoleon Stone
Actor
Film


For Queen & Country  1989 -Reuben James
Actor
Film


The Mighty Quinn  1989 -Xavier
Actor, Song Performer
Film


Baka: People of the Forest  1989 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Glory  1989 -Trip
Actor
Film


Cry Freedom  1987 -Stephen Biko
Actor
Film


The George McKenna Story  1986 -George McKenna
Actor
TV


Power  1986 -Arnold Billings
Actor
Film


A Soldier's Story  1984 -PFC Peterson
Actor
Film


License to Kill  1984 -Martin Sawyer
Actor
TV


St. Elsewhere  1982 -Dr Philip Chandler
Actor
TV


Carbon Copy  1981 -Roger Porter
Actor
Film


Flesh and Blood  1979 -Kirk
Actor
TV


Wilma  1977 -Robert Eldridge--age 18
Actor
TV


Reunion  
Actor
Film


Anansi   -Narration
Narrator
TV


A Century of Black Cinema   -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Cantor's Dilemma  
Producer
Film




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Highlights

2009 Once again teamed with Tony Scott for the remake of "The Taking of Pelham 123"
2007 Cast as Frank Lucas, a real-life 70's heroin kingpin in the Ridley Scott directed "American Gangster"; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
2007 Directed (also acted) "The Great Debaters"; a true story based on the Wiley College debate team in the 1930s
2006 Re-teamed with director Spike Lee for the fourth time to star in the hostage drama "Inside Man"
2006 Re-teamed with director Tony Scott for the thriller, "Deja Vu"
2005 Starred as Brutus in the Broadway production of "Julius Caesar"
2004 Starred opposite Dakota Fanning in Tony Scott's "Man on Fire"
2004 Cast in the role of Bennet Marco, originally played by Frank Sinatra, in remake of "The Manchurian Candidate"
2003 Portrayed Chief Detective Matt Whitlock in the thriller "Out of Time"
2002 Starred in "John Q" as a man who confronts an HMO that withholds treatment from his ill child
2002 Feature directorial debut, "The Antwone Fisher Story"; also co-starred
2001 Undertook villainous role as a cop on the take paired with a rookie (Ethan Hawke) in "Training Day"; received Oscar as Best Actor
2000 Starred in Boaz Yakin's "Remember the Titans"; film was based on the true story of a newly-integrated high school football team in the South going on to a state championship
2000 Was one of the producers of the documentary "Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks"
1999 Delivered a convincing turn as a paralyzed NYC criminologist who helps solve the identity of a serial killer in "The Bone Collector"
1999 Played former middleweight boxer Ruben 'Hurricane' Carter in Norman Jewison's "Hurricane"; received Best Actor Oscar nomination
1998 Re-teamed with Lee for "He Got Game"
1998 Third film with Edward Zwick, "The Siege"
1997 Made directing debut with "In Harm's Way," a music video for the Winans
1996 Acted opposite Whitney Houston in Penny Marshall's "The Preacher's Wife"
1996 Re-teamed with Zwick for "Courage Under Fire"
1995 Starred in Carl Franklin's film noir, "The Devil in a Blue Dress"; first feature produced under the auspices of his production company Mundy Lane
1995 Executive produced TV documentary, "Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream" (TBS)
1995 Headlined the adventure-thriller "Crimson Tide"; teamed him with Gene Hackman
1993 Portrayed ambulance-chasing lawyer who, inspite of his own homophobia, agrees to represent an AIDS-stricken lawyer (Tom Hanks) who claims discrimination in his dismissal from a law firm in Jonathan De
1993 Acted opposite Julia Roberts in "The Pelican Brief"
1993 Displayed his Shakespearean chops as Don Pedro in Kenneth Brannagh's film adaptation of "Much Ado About Nothing"
1992 Excelled as a carpet salesman in the small art film "Mississippi Masala"
1992 Played the Black Nationalist leader, "Malcolm X"; second film with Lee; garnered Best Actor Academy Award nomination
1991 Essayed title role in NYSF production of "Richard III"
1990 Initial collaboration with director Spike Lee, "Mo' Better Blues" playing jazz musician Bleek Gilliam
1989 US debut as feature lead, "The Mighty Quinn"
1989 Earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his work as the defiant slave-turned-soldier in "Glory"; first film with director Edward Zwick
1988 First time headlining a feature, the British film "For Queen and Country"
1987 Portrayed martyred South African leader Steven Biko in Richard Attenborogh's "Cry Freedom"; earning first Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor
1987 Made Broadway debut in disastrous run of Ron Milner's "Checkmates"
1986 Selected by director Sidney Lumet for the role of a public relations executive in "Power"; part was originally written for a white man
1984 Earned critical praise for reprising Peterson in Norman Jewison's film "A Soldier's Story"; adapted from Fuller's play
1982 TV series debut as regular playing Dr Phillip Chandler on the NBC medical drama "St. Elsewhere"
1981 Feature film debut in "Carbon Copy"
1981 First time playing Malcolm Shabazz (aka Malcolm X) in New Federal Theater stage production of "When the Chicken Comes Home to Roost"
1981 Originated role of PFC Melvin Peterson in Charles Fuller's Pulitzer-winning "A Soldier's Play" at the Negro Ensemble Theater
1979 Acted in CBS miniseries "Flesh and Blood"
1979 Appeared in New York Shakespeare Festival (NYSF) production of "Coriolanus"
1977 TV-movie debut in "Wilma" (CBS), biography of Olympic runner Wilma Rudolph; future wife Pauletta Pearson also acted in telefilm
While a camp counselor in Lakeville, CT, took his first turn onstage during a talent show
Theatrical debut in Fordham University production of Eugene O'Neill's "The Emperor Jones"
Worked in New York with New Federal Theater and Negro Ensemble Company
Opened Georgia, a restaurant in Los Angeles
Founded Mundy Lane Entertainment, named for the street on which he grew up


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