Denzel Washington Filmography: Movies and Television Credits

This Denzel Washington filmography covers 58 movie titles and 4 television titles from the available cast credits. Multiple roles in the same title are grouped together. It is a selection of screen credits, rather than a complete record of every performance. Credits may include acting, voice work, uncredited roles and appearances as themselves.

Denzel Washington movies by release year

The years below are film release years, not filming dates.

• Carbon Copy (1981) as Roger Porter
• A Soldier's Story (1984) as Private First Class Peterson
• License to Kill (1986) as Martin Sawyer
• Power (1986) as Arnold Billings
• Cry Freedom (1987) as Steve Biko
• For Queen & Country (1988) as Reuben
• The George McKenna Story (1988) as George McKenna
• Glory (1989) as Pvt. Trip
• The Mighty Quinn (1989) as Xavier Quinn
• Heart Condition (1990) as Napoleon Stone
• Mo' Better Blues (1990) as Bleek Gilliam
• Mississippi Masala (1991) as Demetrius Williams
• Ricochet (1991) as Nick Styles
• Malcolm X (1992) as Malcolm X
• Much Ado About Nothing (1993) as Don Pedro
• Philadelphia (1993) as Joe Miller
• The Pelican Brief (1993) as Gray Grantham
• Crimson Tide (1995) as Lt. Commander Ronald "Ron" Hunter
• Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) as Easy Rawlins
• Virtuosity (1995) as Parker Barnes
• Courage Under Fire (1996) as Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling
• The Preacher's Wife (1996) as Dudley
• Fallen (1998) as John Hobbes
• He Got Game (1998) as Jake Shuttlesworth
• The Siege (1998) as Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard
• The Bone Collector (1999) as Lincoln Rhyme
• The Hurricane (1999) as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
• Remember the Titans (2000) as Coach Herman Boone
• Training Day (2001) as Alonzo
• Antwone Fisher (2002) as Dr. Jerome Davenport
• John Q (2002) as John Quincy Archibald
• Out of Time (2003) as Matt Lee Whitlock
• Man on Fire (2004) as John W. Creasy
• The Manchurian Candidate (2004) as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
• Déjà Vu (2006) as Doug Carlin
• Inside Man (2006) as Keith Frazier
• American Gangster (2007) as Frank Lucas
• The Great Debaters (2007) as Melvin B. Tolson
• The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) as Walter Garber
• The Book of Eli (2010) as Eli
• Unstoppable (2010) as Frank Barnes
• Flight (2012) as Whip Whitaker
• Safe House (2012) as Tobin Frost
• 2 Guns (2013) as Robert 'Bobby' Trench
• The Equalizer (2014) as Robert McCall
• Fences (2016) as Troy Maxson
• The Magnificent Seven (2016) as Sam Chisolm
• Chasing Trane (2017) as John Coltrane (voice)
• Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017) as Roman J. Israel
• The Equalizer 2 (2018) as Robert McCall
• Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King (2020) as Self (archive footage)
• Giving Voice (2020) as Self
• The Little Things (2021) as Joe 'Deke' Deacon
• The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) as Macbeth
• Sidney (2022) as Self
• The Equalizer 3 (2023) as Robert McCall
• Gladiator II (2024) as Macrinus
• Highest 2 Lowest (2025) as David King

Denzel Washington television roles and appearances

Television titles are listed alphabetically. An appearance date is included only where verified for Denzel Washington; a programme's premiere year does not establish when a performer appeared in it.

• American Experience as Narrator (voice)
• Great Performances as Self
• St. Elsewhere as Philip Chandler
• The Oscars as Self

Credit information: TMDB, with additional sources listed below where used. The titles shown here do not establish the beginning or end of Denzel Washington's career, and omissions should not be treated as evidence that a credit does not exist.