Denzel Washington
Data di nascita: 28 dicembre 1954
Luogo di nascita: Mount Vernon, New York, USA
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).
Filmografia
Film e serie TV in cui Denzel Washington ha recitato o preso parte
Film
Film · Documentario · 2025
Film · Thriller · 2025
Film · Documentario · 2024
Film · Documentario · 2024
Film · Azione · 2024
Film · Documentario · 2024
Film · Azione · 2023
Film · Documentario · 2022
Film · Documentario · 2022
Film · Dramma · 2021
Film · Dramma · 2021
Film · Dramma · 2021
Film · Documentario · 2020
Film · Documentario · 2020
Film · Documentario · 2018
Film · Azione · 2018
Film · Dramma · 2017
Film · Documentario · 2017
Film · Dramma · 2016
Film · Avventura · 2016
Film · Thriller · 2014
Film · Azione · 2013
Film · Dramma · 2012
Film · Azione · 2012
Film · Azione · 2010
Film · Azione · 2010
Film · Crime · 2009
Film · Documentario · 2009
Film · Documentario · 2008
Film · Dramma · 2007
Film · Dramma · 2007
Film · Azione · 2006
Film · Crime · 2006
Film · Documentario · 2005
Film · Thriller · 2004
Film · Azione · 2004
Film · Thriller · 2003
Film · Documentario · 2003
Film · Dramma · 2002
Film · Dramma · 2002
Film · Azione · 2001
Film · Dramma · 2000
Film · Documentario · 2000
Film · Crime · 1999
Film · Dramma · 1999
Film · Dramma · 1998
Film · Dramma · 1998
Film · Crime · 1998
Film · Animazione · 1997
Film · Famiglia · 1996
Film · Documentario · 1996
Film · Dramma · 1996
Film · Thriller · 1995
Film · Azione · 1995
Film · Thriller · 1995
Film · Documentario · 1995
Film · Famiglia · 1994
Film · Dramma · 1993
Film · Thriller · 1993
Film · Dramma · 1993
Film · Dramma · 1992
Film · Documentario · 1992
Film · Crime · 1991
Film · Dramma · 1991
Film · Animazione · 1990
Film · Dramma · 1990
Film · Commedia · 1990
Film · Dramma · 1989
Film · Azione · 1989
Film · Dramma · 1988
Film · Musica · 1988
Film · Dramma · 1988
Film · Dramma · 1987
Film · Dramma · 1986
Film · Dramma · 1986
Film · Mistero · 1984
Film · Commedia · 1981
Film · Dramma · 1979
Film · Storia · 1979
Film · Dramma · 1977
Film · Thriller
Serie TV
Serie · Documentario · 2025
Serie · Documentario · 2024
Serie · Commedia · 2015
Serie · Talk · 2015
Serie · Commedia · 2014
Serie · Talk · 2013
Serie · Talk · 2009
Serie · Commedia · 2007
Serie · Talk · 2005
Serie · Dramma · 2005
Serie · Talk · 2004
Serie · Commedia · 2003
Serie · Talk · 2003
Serie · News · 1999
Serie · 1998
Serie · Talk · 1997
Serie · Animazione · 1995
Serie · Talk · 1993
Serie · Talk · 1992
Serie · Documentario · 1988
Serie · Talk · 1988
Serie · Dramma · 1982
Serie · Talk · 1982
Serie · Dramma · 1981
Serie · Dramma · 1979
Serie · News · 1979
Serie · Reality · 1973
Serie · Commedia · 1971
Serie · 1956
Serie · 1953
Serie · News · 1952
Serie · Reality · 1944