Biography
Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is an American actor and producer. 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 honored 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.
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Awards & recognition
- Presidential Medal of Freedom · 2025
- Presidential Medal of Freedom · 2022
- Donostia Award · 2014
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 2010
- Horatio Alger Award · 2009
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- Academy Award — Best Actor · 2002
- MTV Movie Award — Best Villain · 2002
- Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award · 2001
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama · 2000
- Silver Bear — Best Actor · 2000
- Silver Bear — Best Actor · 1993
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1990
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 1990
- Honorary Palme d'Or
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 2022 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 2018 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2017 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 2017 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 2013 · nominated
- MTV Movie Award — Best Villain · 2008 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 2002 · nominated
- Chicago Film Critics Association Award — Best Actor · 2002 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 2000 · nominated
- Chicago Film Critics Association Award — Best Actor · 1997 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1993 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1990 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1988 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
Grey's Anatomy
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Remember the Titans
Philadelphia
American Gangster
Malcolm X
Man on Fire
Training Day
Glory
Inside Man
The Hurricane
The Equalizer 3
Sidney
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
The Equalizer
The Great Debaters
The Graham Norton Show
Crimson Tide
John Q
A Journal for Jordan
Much Ado About Nothing
Cry Freedom
CBS News Sunday Morning
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Fences
Flight
Deja Vu
Antwone Fisher
The Equalizer 2
The Book of Eli
The Bone Collector
Fallen
A Soldier's Story
He Got Game
Gladiator II
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Unstoppable
The Pelican Brief
The Magnificent Seven
2 Guns
Safe House
The Manchurian Candidate
Courage Under Fire
Devil in a Blue Dress
Mo' Better Blues
American Experience
Denzel Washington: Falling Forward
The Little Things
Giving Voice