Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington has appeared in 45 movies on CringeMDb. 9 contain sex scenes, nudity or sexual violence, and 36 do not.
- Most recent parent-safe movie: Highest 2 Lowest (2025)
- Most recent with adult content: The Little Things (2021)
Born December 28, 1954 · Known for acting
20.0% Featured Movie Cringe Score (45 movies)
Denzel Washington Movie Credits
Certified Parent-Safe
Inside Man
...as Keith Frazier
Malcolm X
...as Malcolm X
Remember the Titans
...as Coach Herman Boone
Courage Under Fire
...as Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling
The Hurricane
...as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
The Book of Eli
...as Eli
The Preacher's Wife
...as Dudley
Déjà Vu
...as Doug Carlin
Much Ado About Nothing
...as Don Pedro
John Q
...as John Quincy Archibald
Crimson Tide
...as Lt. Commander Ronald "Ron" Hunter
Fallen
...as John Hobbes
The Bone Collector
...as Lincoln Rhyme
Man on Fire
...as John W. Creasy
Virtuosity
...as Parker Barnes
Ricochet
...as Nick Styles
The Pelican Brief
...as Gray Grantham
Philadelphia
...as Joe Miller
Antwone Fisher
...as Dr. Jerome Davenport
Gladiator II
...as Macrinus
The Great Debaters
...as Melvin B. Tolson
The Manchurian Candidate
...as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
Mississippi Masala
...as Demetrius Williams
Unstoppable
...as Frank Barnes
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
...as Walter Garber
The Equalizer 3
...as Robert McCall
Safe House
...as Tobin Frost
Highest 2 Lowest
...as David King
The Magnificent Seven
...as Sam Chisolm
The Equalizer 2
...as Robert McCall
Sidney
...as Self
Giving Voice
...as Self
Fences
...as Troy Maxson
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
...as Roman J. Israel
The Tragedy of Macbeth
...as Macbeth
Val
...as Self (archive)
Certified Cringeworthy
Training Day
...as Alonzo
American Gangster
...as Frank Lucas
Devil in a Blue Dress
...as Easy Rawlins
He Got Game
...as Jake Shuttlesworth
The Siege
...as Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard
The Equalizer
...as Robert McCall
2 Guns
...as Robert 'Bobby' Trench
Flight
...as Whip Whitaker
The Little Things
...as Joe 'Deke' Deacon
About Denzel Washington
Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor. Known for his dramatic roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, an Actor Award, two Golden Globes, two Silver Bears and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for a Grammy Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2020, The New York Times named Washington the greatest actor of the 21st century. He has also been honoured with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2016, AFI Life Achievement Award in 2019, the Honorary Palme d'Or in 2025, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2025. Films in which he has appeared have grossed over $5.1 billion worldwide.
After training at the American Conservatory Theater, Washington began his career in theatre, acting in Off-Broadway performances. 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). Washington won Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for playing an American Civil War soldier in the war drama Glory (1989) and for Best Actor for playing a corrupt police officer in the crime thriller Training Day (2001). He was Oscar-nominated for his roles 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).
Washington has starred in other notable films, including The Pelican Brief, Philadelphia (both 1993); Crimson Tide, Devil in a Blue Dress (both 1995); He Got Game (1998); Remember the Titans (2000); Man on Fire (2004); Déjà Vu, Inside Man (both 2006); American Gangster (2007); Unstoppable, The Book of Eli (both 2010); The Equalizer trilogy (2014–2023), Gladiator II (2024), and Highest 2 Lowest (2025). Washington has also directed the films Antwone Fisher (2002), The Great Debaters (2007), Fences (2016), and A Journal for Jordan (2021).
On stage, he has acted in The Public Theater productions of Coriolanus (1979) and The Tragedy of Richard III (1990). 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) and Othello (2025), Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun (2014), and Eugene O'Neill's play The Iceman Cometh (2018).
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