Denzel Washington

The Little Things (2021)

As: Deke

Deke, a burnt-out Kern County, CA deputy sheriff teams with Baxter, a crack LASD detective, to nab a serial killer. Deke's nose for the “little things” proves eerily accurate, but his willingness to circumvent the rules embroils Baxter in a soul-shattering dilemma. Meanwhile, Deke must wrestle with a dark secret from his past.

Directed by: John Lee Hancock

Stars: Jared Leto | Denzel Washington | Natalie Morales | Sofia Vassilieva | Rami Malek

The Equalizer 2 (2018)

As: Robert McCall

Robert McCall returns to deliver his special brand of vigilante justice -- but how far will he go when it's someone he loves?

Runtime: 121 min.

Directed by: Antoine Fuqua

Stars: Bill Pullman | Melissa Leo | Denzel Washington | Pedro Pascal | Ashton Sanders

Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)

As: Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others take the credit. When his partner – the firm’s frontman – has a heart attack, Israel suddenly takes on that role. He soon discovers some unsettling truths about the firm – truths that conflict with his values of helping the poor and dispossessed – and finds himself in an existential crisis that leads ...

Runtime: 122 min.

Directed by: Dan Gilroy

Stars: Colin Farrell | Denzel Washington | Lynda Gravatt | Carmen Ejogo | Amanda Warren

Chasing Trane (2017)

As: John Coltrane (voice)

The film explores the global power and impact of the music of John Coltrane and reveals the passions, experiences and forces that shaped his life and revolutionary sounds.

Runtime: 99 min.

Directed by: John Scheinfeld

Stars: Denzel Washington | Common | John Densmore | Bill Clinton | Carlos Santana

Fences (2016)

As: Troy Maxson

In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to raise a family.

Runtime: 139 min.

Directed by: Denzel Washington

Stars: Denzel Washington | Viola Davis | Stephen Henderson | Russell Hornsby | Jovan Adepo

The Magnificent Seven (2016)

As: Sam Chisolm

Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves.

Runtime: 132 min.

Directed by: Antoine Fuqua

Stars: Denzel Washington | Chris Pratt | Ethan Hawke | Vincent D'Onofrio | Lee Byung-hun

Champs (2015)

As: Himself

A documentary about the sport of boxing, as seen through the eyes of champions Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins.

Runtime: 85 min.

Directed by: Bert Marcus

Stars: 50 Cent | Spike Lee | Mike Tyson | Evander Holyfield | Bernard Hopkins

The Equalizer (2014)

As: Robert McCall

In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against ...

Runtime: 132 min.

Directed by: Antoine Fuqua

Stars: Marton Csokas | Denzel Washington | Chloë Grace Moretz | David Harbour | Haley Bennett

The March (2013)

As: Narrator (voice)

The March is the feature documentary narrated by Denzel Washington about the renowned and historic 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

Runtime: 60 min.

Directed by: John Akomfrah

Stars: Denzel Washington

2 Guns (2013)

As: Robert 'Bobby' Trench

A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.

Runtime: 109 min.

Directed by: Baltasar Kormákur

Stars: Denzel Washington | Mark Wahlberg | Fred Ward | Bill Paxton | Paula Patton

Flight (2012)

As: Whip Whitaker

Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but ...

Runtime: 138 min.

Directed by: Robert Zemeckis

Stars: Kelly Reilly | Bruce Greenwood | Denzel Washington | John Goodman | Don Cheadle

Safe House (2012)

As: Tobin Frost

A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead.

Runtime: 115 min.

Directed by: Daniel Espinosa

Stars: Brendan Gleeson | Denzel Washington | Vera Farmiga | Ryan Reynolds | Joel Kinnaman

Unstoppable (2010)

As: Frank Barnes

A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down on Stanton, Pennsylvania, and only two men can stop it: a veteran engineer and a young conductor. Thousands of lives hang in the balance as these ordinary heroes attempt to chase down one million tons of hurtling steel and prevent an epic disaster.

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Tony Scott

Stars: Rosario Dawson | Kevin Corrigan | Chris Pine | Denzel Washington | Ethan Suplee

The Book of Eli (2010)

As: Eli

A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.

Runtime: 118 min.

Directed by: Allen Hughes | Albert Hughes

Stars: Gary Oldman | Denzel Washington | Mila Kunis | Ray Stevenson | Jennifer Beals

The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)

As: Walter Garber

Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.

Runtime: 106 min.

Directed by: Tony Scott

Stars: John Turturro | Denzel Washington | Victor Gojcaj | John Travolta | Luis Guzmán

The Great Debaters (2007)

As: Melvin B. Tolson

The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African American college students into an historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.

Runtime: 126 min.

Directed by: Denzel Washington

Stars: Forest Whitaker | Denzel Whitaker | Denzel Washington | Nate Parker | Kimberly Elise

American Gangster (2007)

As: Frank Lucas

Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Based on a true story.

Runtime: 157 min.

Directed by: Ridley Scott

Stars: Russell Crowe | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Denzel Washington | Josh Brolin | Lymari Nadal

Déjà Vu (2006)

As: Agent Doug Carlin - ATF

Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a time-shifting surveillance device to help prevent crime.

Runtime: 126 min.

Directed by: Tony Scott

Stars: Jim Caviezel | Adam Goldberg | Val Kilmer | Denzel Washington | Paula Patton

Inside Man (2006)

As: Detective Keith Frazier

Bank robber Dalton Russell enters a Manhattan bank, locks the doors and takes hostages, working methodically and without haste. Detective Frazier is assigned to negotiate, but his mind is occupied with the corruption charges he is facing. With an army of police surrounding the bank, the thief, the cop and a high-profile 'fixer' enter high-stakes negotiations.

Runtime: 129 min.

Directed by: Spike Lee

Stars: Willem Dafoe | Denzel Washington | Christopher Plummer | Clive Owen | Jodie Foster

The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

As: Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco

Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened ...

Runtime: 129 min.

Directed by: Jonathan Demme

Stars: Liev Schreiber | Denzel Washington | Meryl Streep | Jon Voight | Kimberly Elise

Man on Fire (2004)

As: Creasy

Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.

Runtime: 146 min.

Directed by: Tony Scott

Stars: Denzel Washington | Radha Mitchell | Dakota Fanning | Christopher Walken | Marc Anthony

Out of Time (2003)

As: Matthias " Lee " Whitlock

Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he's trusted in order to find out the truth.

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Carl Franklin

Stars: Dean Cain | Denzel Washington | Eva Mendes | John Billingsley | Sanaa Lathan

Antwone Fisher (2002)

As: Dr. Jerome Davenport

A sailor prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful past and begins a quest to find the family he never knew.

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: Denzel Washington

Stars: Denzel Washington | Derek Luke | Joy Bryant | Cory Hodges | Malcolm David Kelley

John Q (2002)

As: John Quincy Archibald

John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.

Runtime: 116 min.

Directed by: Nick Cassavetes

Stars: Denzel Washington | Anne Heche | Robert Duvall | Kimberly Elise | Daniel E. Smith

Training Day (2001)

As: Alonzo Harris

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.

Runtime: 122 min.

Directed by: Antoine Fuqua

Stars: Tom Berenger | Harris Yulin | Scott Glenn | Denzel Washington | Ethan Hawke

Remember the Titans (2000)

As: Coach Herman Boone

After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he could be. The two men learn to overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions.

Runtime: 113 min.

Directed by: Boaz Yakin

Stars: Ryan Hurst | Will Patton | Denzel Washington | Wood Harris | Hayden Panettiere

The Bone Collector (1999)

As: Lincoln Rhyme

Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The murderer's special signature is to leave tantalizing clues based on the grim remains of his crimes.

Runtime: 118 min.

Directed by: Phillip Noyce

Stars: Michael Rooker | Angelina Jolie | Denzel Washington | Queen Latifah | Michael McGlone

The Hurricane (1999)

As: Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

Runtime: 146 min.

Directed by: Norman Jewison

Stars: Deborah Kara Unger | Liev Schreiber | Denzel Washington | John Hannah | Vicellous Reon Shannon

The Siege (1998)

As: Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard

The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York that lead to the declaration of martial law.

Runtime: 116 min.

Directed by: Edward Zwick

Stars: Sami Bouajila | Bruce Willis | Denzel Washington | Annette Bening | Tony Shalhoub

He Got Game (1998)

As: Jake Shuttlesworth

A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter sentence.

Runtime: 136 min.

Directed by: Spike Lee

Stars: Rosario Dawson | Denzel Washington | Jill Kelly | Hill Harper | Ray Allen

Fallen (1998)

As: John Hobbes

Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.

Runtime: 124 min.

Directed by: Gregory Hoblit

Stars: Denzel Washington | Donald Sutherland | James Gandolfini | John Goodman | Embeth Davidtz

Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special (1997)

As: Humpty Dumpty / The Crooked Man (voice)

Whoopi Goldberg is the voice of Mother Goose in this all-star, all-rhyming tale set in multi-ethnic nursery-rhyme land.

Stars: Whoopi Goldberg | Regis Philbin | Denzel Washington | Jimmy Smits | Kathie Lee Gifford

The Preacher's Wife (1996)

As: Dudley

Good natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived neighborhood they live in. On top of all this, his church is coming under threat from property developer Joe Hamilton. In desperation, Rev. Biggs prays to God for help - and help arrives in the form of an angel named Dudley.

Runtime: 123 min.

Directed by: Penny Marshall

Stars: Denzel Washington | Jenifer Lewis | Courtney B. Vance | Gregory Hines | Whitney Houston

Courage Under Fire (1996)

As: Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling

A US Army officer had made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up and he was reassigned to a desk job. Later he was tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. At first all seemed in order then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses....

Runtime: 116 min.

Directed by: Edward Zwick

Stars: Matt Damon | Denzel Washington | Lou Diamond Phillips | Meg Ryan | Michael Moriarty

Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

As: Ezekiel 'Easy' Rawlins

In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but ...

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: Carl Franklin

Stars: Tom Sizemore | Denzel Washington | Jennifer Beals | Don Cheadle | Maury Chaykin

Virtuosity (1995)

As: Lt. Parker Barnes

The Law Enforcement Technology Advancement Centre (LETAC) has developed SID version 6.7: a Sadistic, Intelligent, and Dangerous virtual reality entity which is synthesized from the personalities of more than 150 serial killers, and only one man can stop him.

Runtime: 106 min.

Directed by: Brett Leonard

Stars: Russell Crowe | William Forsythe | Kelly Lynch | Alanna Ubach | Denzel Washington

Crimson Tide (1995)

As: Lt. Commander Ron Hunter

On a US nuclear missile sub, a young first officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger happy captain from launching his missiles before confirming his orders to do so.

Runtime: 116 min.

Directed by: Tony Scott

Stars: Viggo Mortensen | Matt Craven | Denzel Washington | George Dzundza | Gene Hackman

Philadelphia (1993)

As: Joe Mille

Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.

Runtime: 125 min.

Directed by: Jonathan Demme

Stars: Tom Hanks | Antonio Banderas | Denzel Washington | Mary Steenburgen | Jason Robards

The Pelican Brief (1993)

As: Gray Grantham

Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.

Runtime: 141 min.

Directed by: Alan J. Pakula

Stars: Denzel Washington | John Heard | Julia Roberts | Sam Shepard | Tony Goldwyn

Much Ado About Nothing (1993)

As: Don Pedro of Aragon

In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to hatch a matchmaking scheme. Their targets are sharp-witted duo Benedick and Beatrice -- a tough task indeed, considering their corresponding distaste for love and each other. Meanwhile, meddling Don John plots to ruin the wedding.

Runtime: 111 min.

Directed by: Kenneth Branagh

Stars: Keanu Reeves | Michael Keaton | Kenneth Branagh | Richard Briers | Robert Sean Leonard

Malcolm X (1992)

As: Malcolm X

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.

Runtime: 202 min.

Directed by: Spike Lee

Stars: Denzel Washington | Delroy Lindo | Albert Hall | Angela Bassett | Al Freeman, Jr.

Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II (1992)

As: Narrator

An account of Black American soldiers in World War II who combated racism in the segregated military and on the home front.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: William Miles | Nina Rosenblum

Stars: Denzel Washington | Louis Gossett, Jr.

Ricochet (1991)

As: Nick Styles

An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: Russell Mulcahy

Stars: Denzel Washington | Ice-T | Kevin Pollak | John Lithgow | Lindsay Wagner

Mississippi Masala (1991)

As: Demetrius Williams

An Indian family is expelled from Uganda when Idi Amin takes power. They move to Mississippi and time passes. The Indian daughter falls in love with a black man, and the respective families have to come to terms with it.

Runtime: 118 min.

Directed by: Mira Nair

Stars: Charles S. Dutton | Denzel Washington | Sharmila Tagore | Sarita Choudhury | Roshan Seth

Mo' Better Blues (1990)

As: Bleek Gilliam

Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet. The story of Bleek's and Shadow's friendly rivalry on stage which spills into their professional relationship and threatens to tear apart the quartet.

Runtime: 129 min.

Directed by: Spike Lee

Stars: John Turturro | Giancarlo Esposito | Denzel Washington | Wesley Snipes | Spike Lee

Heart Condition (1990)

As: Napoleon Stone

A bigoted policeman is given the heart of a slain black defense lawyer,who returns as a ghost to ask the cop to help take down the men who murdered him

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: James D. Parriott

Stars: Bob Hoskins | Denzel Washington | Ray Baker | Chloe Webb | Ja'net DuBois

Glory (1989)

As: Pvt. Trip

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

Runtime: 122 min.

Directed by: Edward Zwick

Stars: Morgan Freeman | Cary Elwes | Denzel Washington | Matthew Broderick | Jihmi Kennedy

Baka: The People of the Rainforest (1989)

As: Narrator

Intimate story of a Baka family living a traditional life in the rainforests of Cameroun.

Directed by: Phil Agland

Stars: Denzel Washington

The Mighty Quinn (1989)

As: Xavier Quinn

Police chief Xavier Quinn investigates the gruesome murder of Donald Pater, one of the wealthiest residents on a Caribbean island. He was found decapitated in his Jacuzzi. Although the local political establishment, especially crooked Governor Chalk, insists that small-time thief Maubee is responsible, Xavier has his doubts. This view is complicated by the police chief's personal history with Maubee: The ...

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Carl Schenkel

Stars: Mimi Rogers | Denzel Washington | James Fox | M. Emmet Walsh | Sheryl Lee Ralph

For Queen & Country (1988)

As: Reuben

A retired British soldier struggles to adjust to everyday life, with increasing difficulty.

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Martin Stellman

Stars: Bruce Payne | Denzel Washington | Paul McKenzie | Dorian Healy | Amanda Redman

Cry Freedom (1987)

As: Steve Biko

A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.

Runtime: 157 min.

Directed by: Richard Attenborough

Stars: Kevin Kline | Denzel Washington | John Matshikiza | Penelope Wilton | Kate Hardie

The George McKenna Story (1986)

As: George McKenna

Washington plays a school principal in a tough inner city Los Angeles high school out to rid it of drugs, gangs, low moral of teachers, and restore educational values.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Eric Laneuville

Stars: Denzel Washington | Lynn Whitfield | Earl Billings | Ray Buktenica | Akosua Busia

Power (1986)

As: Arnold Billing

Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the man destined to succeed him, unknown and mysterious businessman Jerome Cade...

Runtime: 111 min.

Directed by: Sidney Lumet

Stars: Denzel Washington | Richard Gere | Kate Capshaw | Gene Hackman | Julie Christie

A Soldier's Story (1984)

As: Private First Class Peterson

In the towm of Tynen, Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the local Army Base. A military lawyer, also a black man, is sent from Washington to conduct an investigation. Facing an uncooperative chain of command and fearful black troops, Captain Davenport must battle with deceipt and prejudice in order to find out exactly who really did kill Sergeant Waters.

Runtime: 101 min.

Directed by: Norman Jewison

Stars: Art Evans | Denzel Washington | Adolph Caesar | Robert Townsend | Howard Rollins

License to Kill (1984)

As: Martin Sawyer

A grieving family whose daughter was killed in a car crash with a drunken driver is outraged and frustrated as they encounter the inevitable bureaucratic delays in bringing the case to trial. Once in the courtroom, they are horror-stricken as the young, hard-pressed district attorney seems unable to overcome the technicalities and maneuverings that the driver's attorney uses to keep his client out of ...

Runtime: 96 min.

Directed by: Jud Taylor

Stars: Denzel Washington | Millie Perkins | Penny Fuller | Don Murray | James Farentino

Carbon Copy (1981)

As: Roger Porter

A white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a black teen-age son who can't wait to be adopted into the, almost-exclusively-white community of, San Marino, California.

Runtime: 92 min.

Directed by: Michael Schultz

Stars: George Segal | Denzel Washington | Jack Warden | Paul Winfield | Susan Saint James

Flesh & Blood (1979)

As: Kirk

A convict takes up boxing in prison and this brings a new meaning to his life. Once out, his trainer motivates him to become a professional boxer. He cares about only two other things, his uncomfortably close mother and absent father.

Runtime: 240 min.

Directed by: Jud Taylor

Stars: Tom Berenger | Mitchell Ryan | Kristin Griffith | John Cassavetes | Suzanne Pleshette

Wilma (1977)

As: Robert Eldridge, age 18 (as Denzel Washington, Jr.)

The story of American track sprinter Wilma Rudolph, who overcame physical handicaps to win three gold medals in the 1960 Olympics.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Bud Greenspan

Stars: Denzel Washington | Cicely Tyson | Joe Seneca | Jason Bernard | Shirley Jo Finney