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[1] Denzel Washington is the lead actor in Remember the Titans (2000), playing Coach Herman Boone.
[2] Carbon Copy (1981) was Denzel Washington's feature film debut.
[3] He played Pfc. Melvin Peterson in A Soldier's Story (1984).
[4] He played Arnold Billings in Power (1986).
[5] He played Steve Biko in Cry Freedom (1987) and received his first Oscar nomination.
[6] He played Reuben James in For Queen and Country (1988).
[7] He played Xavier Quinn in The Mighty Quinn (1989).
[8] He played Private Silas Trip in Glory (1989) and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
[9] He played Napoleon Stone in Heart Condition (1990).
[10] He played Bleek Gilliam in Mo' Better Blues (1990).
[11] He played Demetrius Williams in Mississippi Masala (1991).
[12] He played Nick Styles in Ricochet (1991).
[13] He played Malcolm X in Malcolm X (1992) and received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
[14] He played Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing (1993).
[15] He played Gray Grantham in The Pelican Brief (1993).
[16] He played Joe Miller in Philadelphia (1993).
[17] He played Lt. Commander Ron Hunter in Crimson Tide (1995).
[18] He played Lt. Parker Barnes in Virtuosity (1995).
[19] He played Ezekiel 'Easy' Rawlins in Devil in a Blue Dress (1995).
[20] He played Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Serling in Courage Under Fire (1996).
[21] He played Dudley in The Preacher's Wife (1996).
[22] He played Detective John Hobbes in Fallen (1998).
[23] He played Jake Shuttlesworth in He Got Game (1998).
[24] He played Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard in The Siege (1998).
[25] He played Lincoln Rhyme in The Bone Collector (1999).
[26] He played Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter in The Hurricane (1999) and received an Oscar nomination.
[27] He played Detective Alonzo Harris in Training Day (2001) and won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
[28] He played John Quincy Archibald in John Q (2002).
[29] He played Dr. Jerome Davenport in Antwone Fisher (2002), which he also directed.
[30] He played Matt Lee Whitlock in Out of Time (2003).
[31] He played John W. Creasy in Man on Fire (2004).
[32] He played Major Bennett Marco in The Manchurian Candidate (2004).
[33] He played Detective Keith Frazier in Inside Man (2006).
[34] He played Doug Carlin in Déjà Vu (2006).
[35] He played Frank Lucas in American Gangster (2007).
[36] He played Melvin B. Tolson in The Great Debaters (2007), which he also directed.
[37] He played Walter Garber in The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009).
[38] He played Eli in The Book of Eli (2010).
[39] He played Frank Barnes in Unstoppable (2010).
[40] He played Tobin Frost in Safe House (2012).
[41] He played Whip Whitaker in Flight (2012) and received an Oscar nomination.
[42] He played Robert 'Bobby' Trench in 2 Guns (2013).
[43] He played Robert McCall in The Equalizer (2014).
[44] He played Sam Chisolm in The Magnificent Seven (2016).
[45] He played Troy Maxson in Fences (2016), which he also directed, and received an Oscar nomination.
[46] He played Roman J. Israel, Esq. in Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017) and received an Oscar nomination.
[47] He played Robert McCall in The Equalizer 2 (2018).
[48] He played Joe 'Deke' Deacon in The Little Things (2021).
[49] He played Lord Macbeth in The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) and received an Oscar nomination.
[50] He played Robert McCall in The Equalizer 3 (2023).
[51] He played Macrinus in Gladiator II (2024).
[52] Highest 2 Lowest was released in August 2025 and is no longer in post-production as of January 2026.
[53] He played Dr. Philip Chandler in St. Elsewhere.
[54] He is a 10-time Academy Award nominee (9 acting, 1 producing) and has won twice.