Denzel Washington Highlights

  • 2009: Once again teamed with Tony Scott for the remake of "The Taking of Pelham 123"
  • 2007: Directed (also acted) "The Great Debaters"; a true story based on the Wiley College debate team in the 1930s
  • 2007: Cast as Frank Lucas, a real-life 70's heroin kingpin in the Ridley Scott directed "American Gangster"; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
  • 2006: Re-teamed with director Tony Scott for the thriller, "Deja Vu"
  • 2006: Re-teamed with director Spike Lee for the fourth time to star in the hostage drama "Inside Man"
  • 2005: Starred as Brutus in the Broadway production of "Julius Caesar"
  • 2004: Cast in the role of Bennet Marco, originally played by Frank Sinatra, in remake of "The Manchurian Candidate"
  • 2004: Starred opposite Dakota Fanning in Tony Scott's "Man on Fire"
  • 2003: Portrayed Chief Detective Matt Whitlock in the thriller "Out of Time"
  • 2002: Starred in "John Q" as a man who confronts an HMO that withholds treatment from his ill child
  • 2002: Feature directorial debut, "The Antwone Fisher Story"; also co-starred
  • 2001: Undertook villainous role as a cop on the take paired with a rookie (Ethan Hawke) in "Training Day"; received Oscar as Best Actor
  • 2000: Starred in Boaz Yakin's "Remember the Titans"; film was based on the true story of a newly-integrated high school football team in the South going on to a state championship
  • 2000: Was one of the producers of the documentary "Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks"
  • 1999: Delivered a convincing turn as a paralyzed NYC criminologist who helps solve the identity of a serial killer in "The Bone Collector"
  • 1999: Played former middleweight boxer Ruben 'Hurricane' Carter in Norman Jewison's "Hurricane"; received Best Actor Oscar nomination
  • 1998: Third film with Edward Zwick, "The Siege"
  • 1998: Re-teamed with Lee for "He Got Game"
  • 1997: Made directing debut with "In Harm's Way," a music video for the Winans
  • 1996: Acted opposite Whitney Houston in Penny Marshall's "The Preacher's Wife"
  • 1996: Re-teamed with Zwick for "Courage Under Fire"
  • 1995: Starred in Carl Franklin's film noir, "The Devil in a Blue Dress"; first feature produced under the auspices of his production company Mundy Lane
  • 1995: Headlined the adventure-thriller "Crimson Tide"; teamed him with Gene Hackman
  • 1995: Executive produced TV documentary, "Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream" (TBS)
  • 1993: Displayed his Shakespearean chops as Don Pedro in Kenneth Brannagh's film adaptation of "Much Ado About Nothing"
  • 1993: Portrayed ambulance-chasing lawyer who, inspite of his own homophobia, agrees to represent an AIDS-stricken lawyer (Tom Hanks) who claims discrimination in his dismissal from a law firm in Jonathan Demme's "Philadelphia"
  • 1993: Acted opposite Julia Roberts in "The Pelican Brief"
  • 1992: Excelled as a carpet salesman in the small art film "Mississippi Masala"
  • 1992: Played the Black Nationalist leader, "Malcolm X"; second film with Lee; garnered Best Actor Academy Award nomination
  • 1991: Essayed title role in NYSF production of "Richard III"
  • 1990: Initial collaboration with director Spike Lee, "Mo' Better Blues" playing jazz musician Bleek Gilliam
  • 1989: Earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his work as the defiant slave-turned-soldier in "Glory"; first film with director Edward Zwick
  • 1989: US debut as feature lead, "The Mighty Quinn"
  • 1988: First time headlining a feature, the British film "For Queen and Country"
  • 1987: Portrayed martyred South African leader Steven Biko in Richard Attenborogh's "Cry Freedom"; earning first Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor
  • 1987: Made Broadway debut in disastrous run of Ron Milner's "Checkmates"
  • 1986: Selected by director Sidney Lumet for the role of a public relations executive in "Power"; part was originally written for a white man
  • 1984: Earned critical praise for reprising Peterson in Norman Jewison's film "A Soldier's Story"; adapted from Fuller's play
  • 1982: TV series debut as regular playing Dr Phillip Chandler on the NBC medical drama "St. Elsewhere"
  • 1981: Originated role of PFC Melvin Peterson in Charles Fuller's Pulitzer-winning "A Soldier's Play" at the Negro Ensemble Theater
  • 1981: Feature film debut in "Carbon Copy"
  • 1981: First time playing Malcolm Shabazz (aka Malcolm X) in New Federal Theater stage production of "When the Chicken Comes Home to Roost"
  • 1979: Appeared in New York Shakespeare Festival (NYSF) production of "Coriolanus"
  • 1979: Acted in CBS miniseries "Flesh and Blood"
  • 1977: TV-movie debut in "Wilma" (CBS), biography of Olympic runner Wilma Rudolph; future wife Pauletta Pearson also acted in telefilm
  • While a camp counselor in Lakeville, CT, took his first turn onstage during a talent show
  • Worked in New York with New Federal Theater and Negro Ensemble Company
  • Founded Mundy Lane Entertainment, named for the street on which he grew up
  • Theatrical debut in Fordham University production of Eugene O'Neill's "The Emperor Jones"
  • Opened Georgia, a restaurant in Los Angeles

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