Denzel Washington: movies and TV shows
Denzel Washington has 149 credits in the archive: 106 films and 43 TV series, from 1944 to 2025. Highest rated: On Air with Ryan Seacrest (9.5/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2025 · busiest year: 1988 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Number One on the Call Sheet | Self | TV | 3.6 | 70 |
| 2025 | Highest 2 Lowest | David King | Film | 5.5 | 70 |
| 2025 | Denzel Washington: Falling Forward | Film | — | 70 | |
| 2024 | Gladiator II | Macrinus | Film | 6.6 | 69 |
| 2024 | Hollywood Black | Self (archive footage) | TV | 3.7 | 69 |
| 2024 | The Piano Lesson | Film | 5.8 | 69 | |
| 2024 | The Making of Gladiator II | Self | Film | 10.0 | 69 |
| 2024 | The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision | Self | Film | — | 69 |
| 2024 | Denzel Washington: American Icon | Self | Film | 5.3 | 69 |
| 2023 | The Equalizer 3 | Robert McCall | Film | 7.3 | 68 |
| 2023 | The Equalizer 3 | Film | 7.3 | 68 | |
| 2023 | The Wait | Film | 5.9 | 68 | |
| 2022 | Sidney | Self | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 2022 | Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.5 | 67 |
| 2021 | The Tragedy of Macbeth | Macbeth | Film | 6.9 | 66 |
| 2021 | The Little Things | Joe 'Deke' Deacon | Film | 6.4 | 66 |
| 2021 | A Journal for Jordan | Film | 6.9 | 66 | |
| 2021 | A Journal for Jordan | Film | 6.9 | 66 | |
| 2021 | Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.0 | 66 |
| 2020 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Film | 6.6 | 65 | |
| 2020 | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.1 | 65 |
| 2020 | Giving Voice | Self | Film | 6.4 | 65 |
| 2018 | The Equalizer 2 | Robert McCall | Film | 6.8 | 63 |
| 2018 | The Equalizer 2 | Film | 6.8 | 63 | |
| 2018 | Denzel Washington: Reel Life | Self | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 2017 | Roman J. Israel, Esq. | Roman J. Israel | Film | 6.3 | 62 |
| 2017 | Roman J. Israel, Esq. | Film | 6.3 | 62 | |
| 2017 | Chasing Trane | John Coltrane (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 62 |
| 2016 | The Magnificent Seven | Sam Chisolm | Film | 6.5 | 61 |
| 2016 | Fences | Troy Maxson | Film | 6.9 | 61 |
| 2016 | Fences | Film | 6.9 | 61 | |
| 2016 | Fences | Film | 6.9 | 61 | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 60 |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | TV | 6.2 | 60 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV | 5.8 | 59 |
| 2014 | The Equalizer | Robert McCall | Film | 7.3 | 59 |
| 2014 | The Equalizer | Film | 7.3 | 59 | |
| 2013 | Circus Halligalli | Self | TV | 5.9 | 58 |
| 2013 | 2 Guns | Robert 'Bobby' Trench | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 2012 | Flight | Whip Whitaker | Film | 6.9 | 57 |
| 2012 | Safe House | Tobin Frost | Film | 6.5 | 57 |
| 2012 | Safe House | Film | 6.5 | 57 | |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | Eli | Film | 6.8 | 55 |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | Film | 6.8 | 55 | |
| 2010 | Unstoppable | Frank Barnes | Film | 6.6 | 55 |
| 2009 | The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 | Walter Garber | Film | 6.4 | 54 |
| 2009 | Live from Studio Five | Self | TV | 3.7 | 54 |
| 2009 | We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial | Self | Film | 4.6 | 54 |
| 2008 | Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster' | Self | Film | — | 53 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 52 |
| 2007 | American Gangster | Frank Lucas | Film | 7.6 | 52 |
| 2007 | The Great Debaters | Melvin B. Tolson | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 2007 | The Great Debaters | Film | 7.3 | 52 | |
| 2006 | Déjà Vu | Doug Carlin | Film | 6.9 | 51 |
| 2006 | Inside Man | Keith Frazier | Film | 7.4 | 51 |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | TV | 8.2 | 50 | |
| 2005 | The Reichen Show | Self - Guest | TV | 4.8 | 50 |
| 2005 | By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' | Self | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 2004 | On Air with Ryan Seacrest | Self | TV | 9.5 | 49 |
| 2004 | Man on Fire | John W. Creasy | Film | 7.5 | 49 |
| 2004 | The Manchurian Candidate | Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 2004 | People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' | Self (archive) | Film | 4.8 | 49 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV | 5.3 | 48 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | TV | 5.3 | 48 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV | 5.5 | 48 |
| 2003 | Out of Time | Matt Lee Whitlock | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 2003 | The Evolution of an American Filmmaker | Self | Film | 7.3 | 48 |
| 2002 | John Q | John Quincy Archibald | Film | 7.1 | 47 |
| 2002 | Antwone Fisher | Dr. Jerome Davenport | Film | 6.9 | 47 |
| 2002 | Antwone Fisher | Film | 6.9 | 47 | |
| 2002 | Antwone Fisher | Film | 6.9 | 47 | |
| 2002 | Behind the Scenes of 'John Q' | Self | Film | — | 47 |
| 2001 | Training Day | Alonzo | Film | 7.5 | 46 |
| 2001 | A Better Tomorrow | Reggie Malone | TV | 8.0 | 46 |
| 2000 | Remember the Titans | Coach Herman Boone | Film | 7.7 | 45 |
| 2000 | Straight from the Streets | Self | Film | 7.3 | 45 |
| 2000 | Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks | Film | 7.5 | 45 | |
| 1999 | The Early Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1999 | The Bone Collector | Lincoln Rhyme | Film | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1999 | The Hurricane | Rubin "Hurricane" Carter | Film | 7.4 | 44 |
| 1998 | TRL | Self | TV | 5.2 | 43 |
| 1998 | Fallen | John Hobbes | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1998 | The Siege | Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard | Film | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1998 | He Got Game | Jake Shuttlesworth | Film | 6.7 | 43 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 42 |
| 1997 | Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special | Humpty Dumpty / The Crooked Man (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 42 |
| 1996 | Courage Under Fire | Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling | Film | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1996 | The Preacher's Wife | Dudley | Film | 5.8 | 41 |
| 1996 | NBA at 50 | Self - Host | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | King Omar (voice) | TV | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Humpty Dumpty / Crooked Man (voice) | TV | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1995 | Crimson Tide | Lt. Commander Ronald "Ron" Hunter | Film | 7.2 | 40 |
| 1995 | Virtuosity | Parker Barnes | Film | 5.5 | 40 |
| 1995 | Devil in a Blue Dress | Easy Rawlins | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1995 | The Making of 'Crimson Tide' | Self | Film | 9.0 | 40 |
| 1994 | Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman | Self - Guest | TV | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1993 | The Pelican Brief | Gray Grantham | Film | 6.6 | 38 |
| 1993 | Philadelphia | Joe Miller | Film | 7.7 | 38 |
| 1993 | Much Ado About Nothing | Don Pedro | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | TV | 5.4 | 37 | |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self - Guest | TV | 5.4 | 37 |
| 1992 | Malcolm X | Malcolm X | Film | 7.6 | 37 |
| 1992 | Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway | Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1992 | Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1991 | Ricochet | Nick Styles | Film | 6.1 | 36 |
| 1991 | Mississippi Masala | Demetrius Williams | Film | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1991 | Rabbit Ears - Anansi | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 36 |
| 1990 | Heart Condition | Napoleon Stone | Film | 5.7 | 35 |
| 1990 | Mo' Better Blues | Bleek Gilliam | Film | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1990 | Rabbit Ears - John Henry | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 35 |
| 1989 | ZDF-Mittagsmagazin | Self | TV | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1989 | Glory | Pvt. Trip | Film | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1989 | The Mighty Quinn | Xavier Quinn | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self | TV | 5.6 | 33 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 33 |
| 1988 | American Experience | Narrator (voice) | TV | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1988 | The George McKenna Story | George McKenna | Film | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1988 | For Queen & Country | Reuben | Film | 5.3 | 33 |
| 1988 | Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute | Self | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1987 | Cry Freedom | Steve Biko | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1986 | Power | Arnold Billings | Film | 5.8 | 31 |
| 1986 | License to Kill | Martin Sawyer | Film | 5.7 | 31 |
| 1984 | Goldene Kamera | Self | TV | 5.7 | 29 |
| 1984 | A Soldier's Story | Private First Class Peterson | Film | 6.8 | 29 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 27 |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere | Philip Chandler | TV | 5.7 | 27 |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? | Self | TV | 5.4 | 26 |
| 1981 | Carbon Copy | Roger Porter | Film | 5.9 | 26 |
| 1979 | CBS News Sunday Morning | Self | TV | 6.8 | 24 |
| 1979 | Flesh & Blood | Kirk | Film | 5.9 | 24 |
| 1979 | Coriolanus | Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier | Film | 5.0 | 24 |
| 1979 | Flesh & Blood | Kirk | TV | — | 24 |
| 1977 | Wilma | Robert Eldridge, age 18 | Film | 6.6 | 22 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 18 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self - Honoree | TV | 6.3 | 18 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 16 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 1 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Winner / Presenter | TV | — | 1 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 1 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 1 |
| 1952 | Today | Self | TV | 5.6 | 2 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 10 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 10 |
| Here Comes the Flood | Film | — | — | ||
| Black Panther 3 | Film | — | — | ||
| Untitled Hannibal Film | Hannibal the Great | Film | — | — | |
| Untitled Hannibal Film | Film | — | — | ||
| American Gangster Special | Self | Film | — | — |