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Acting

Denzel Washington

Career: Active from 1977 to 2025, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 59
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: Malcolm X
81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 66 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Denzel Washington Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Absurdist Humor
0.6, average 2.0
Physical Comedy
0.9, average 2.4
Situational Comedy
1.4, average 2.7
Cringe Humor
0.9, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 6
Character-Driven 6
Social Commentary 5
Psychological Tension 5
Biographical Drama 5
Social Justice 5
Moral Ambiguity 5
Gritty Realism 4
High-Octane Action 4
Crime 3
Urban Decay 3
Moral Dilemma 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

75

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

The Take

as Carter

Untitled Hannibal Film

as Hannibal the Great

2020s

9 titles · average score 66

Highest 2 Lowest

65

as David King

Gladiator II

64

as Macrinus

The Piano Lesson

69

Producer

The Equalizer 3

69

as Robert McCall

The Wait

62

Thanks

The Little Things

53

as Joe 'Deke' Deacon

The Tragedy of Macbeth

80

as Macbeth

A Journal for Jordan

53

Director, Producer

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

80

Producer

2010s

11 titles · average score 65

The Equalizer 2

58

as Robert McCall

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

59

as Roman J. Israel

Chasing Trane

72

as John Coltrane (voice)

The Magnificent Seven

62

as Sam Chisolm

Fences

78

as Troy Maxson

The Equalizer

65

as Robert McCall

2 Guns

62

as Robert 'Bobby' Trench

Flight

74

as Whip Whitaker

Safe House

57

as Tobin Frost

The Book of Eli

58

as Eli

Unstoppable

73

as Frank Barnes

2000s

13 titles · average score 68

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

56

as Walter Garber

American Gangster

79

as Frank Lucas

The Great Debaters

74

as Melvin B. Tolson

Inside Man

78

as Keith Frazier

Déjà Vu

64

as Doug Carlin

Man on Fire

60

as John W. Creasy

The Manchurian Candidate

71

as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco

Out of Time

63

as Matt Lee Whitlock

John Q

49

as John Quincy Archibald

Antwone Fisher

71

as Dr. Jerome Davenport

Training Day

76

as Alonzo

Remember the Titans

70

as Coach Herman Boone

1990s

25 titles · average score 64

The Bone Collector

51

as Lincoln Rhyme

The Hurricane

77

as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

Fallen

58

as John Hobbes

The Siege

55

as Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard

He Got Game

72

as Jake Shuttlesworth

Courage Under Fire

73

as Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling

Crimson Tide

77

as Lt. Commander Ronald "Ron" Hunter

Virtuosity

41

as Parker Barnes

The Pelican Brief

59

as Gray Grantham

Philadelphia

76

as Joe Miller

Malcolm X

81

as Malcolm X

Ricochet

61

as Nick Styles

1980s

11 titles · average score 64

Glory

76

as Pvt. Trip

The Mighty Quinn

69

as Xavier Quinn

For Queen & Country

54

as Reuben

The George McKenna Story

59

as George McKenna

American Experience

75

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Cry Freedom

70

as Steve Biko

Power

44

as Arnold Billings

License to Kill

56

as Martin Sawyer

A Soldier's Story

75

as Private First Class Peterson

St. Elsewhere

77

TV show · as Philip Chandler

Carbon Copy

51

as Roger Porter

1970s

4 titles · average score 60

Flesh & Blood

60

as Kirk

Flesh & Blood

66

TV show · as Kirk

Coriolanus

as Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier

Wilma

55

as Robert Eldridge, age 18