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Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington
Born 28 Dec 1954, in Mount Vernon, New York

Wise words: "I remain thankful for the gifts that I've been given and I try to use them in a good way, in a positive way."


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Denzel Washington - photos

  • Denzel Washington in American Gangster Denzel Washington in American Gangster

Denzel Washington - news / articles


  • Washington set to produce cop drama - 15 August 2009
    -Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington is setting his sights on a return to the small screen - he's in negotiations to produce a new police drama.- -The Training Day star is eyeing a role as executive producer on upcoming TV show Billy Stiles, about a gang member who becom


  • Washington stuffed himself for Pelham - 26 July 2009
    -Denzel Washington was delighted when movie bosses ordered him to fatten up for his latest movie role - because he thoroughly enjoyed stuffing his face with junk food.- -The actor appears in The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, alongside John Travolta, playing an overweight charac


  • Washington hops back on board Unstoppable - 24 July 2009
    -Oscar winner Denzel Washington has rejoined the cast of action thriller Unstoppable, just weeks after withdrawing his name from the project.- -The Training Day star was all set to reteam with director Tony Scott for their fifth film collaboration, following previous succe

Denzel Washington - what members say


  • Philadelphia
  • Philadelphia review by A customer from Glasgow, Scotland
    Rated - 4 stars Worthy but moving 19 May 2005
    ...eback Mountain' still shy from showing real onscreen intimacy between two men. Denzel Washington's everyman character almost steals the show from Hanks. Their relationship is ...  
  • Glory
  • Glory review by from Colchester, England
    Rated - 4 stars Mostly, Glorious! 29 November 2004
    ...oderick in one of his best roles, but the most memorable performance comes from Denzel Washington. This movie may have led to his typical typecasting as an angry young man, whil...  
  • The Hurricane
  • The Hurricane review by A customer from Derbyshire, England
    Rated - 5 stars An outstanding film 29 March 2004
    ...might sound like a story you've seen many times before. But don't be put off - Denzel Washington's powerful performance carries this film onto another level. You really feel f...  

Denzel Washington - filmography


  • Book of Eli (2010)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Mila Kunis,  Albert Hughes
    Director: Allen Hughs
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In the not-too-distant future, across the wasteland of what once was America, a lone warrior (Washington) must fight to bring civilization the knowledge that could be the key to its redemption and save the future of humanity.
    Rate this: 4.5 stars out of 5 91% from 17 members
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  • The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  John Travolta,  John Turturro
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The ordinary day of New York City subway dispatcher Walter Garber is thrown into chaos by an audacious crime: the hijacking of a subway train. Ryder, the criminal mastermind who leads the highly-armed gang of four hijackers, threatens to execute the train's passengers, unless a large ransom is paid ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 475 members
    Due for release on 11th January 2010
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  • Inside Man on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Clive Owen,  Jodie Foster
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Inside Man is the story of a tough cop, Detective Frazier (Denzel Washington), who matches wits with a clever bank robber, Dalton (Clive Owen), in a tense hostage drama. As the dangerous cat-and-mouse game unfolds, a wild card emerges: Madaline (Jodie Foster), a power broker with a hidden agenda, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 71,156 members
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  • Deja Vu on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Paula Patton,  Val Kilmer
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    When a ferry filled with crewmen from the USS Nimitz and their families is blown up in New Orleans, Federal Agent Doug Carlin (Washington) is brought in to help with the investigation. He becomes attached to an experimental FBI surveillance unit that uses spacefolding technology to look back a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 87,019 members
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  • The Manchurian Candidate on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Liev Schreiber,  Meryl Streep
    Director: Jonathan Demme
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    U.S. Army Major Bennett Marco (Washington) can’t sleep at night … and he doesn’t want to. Marco spends his days giving inspiring speeches about his platoon’s ambush in the Kuwaiti desert and the heroics of Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Schreiber), who won the Medal of Honor for saving Marco’s crew. But ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 63,686 members
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  • Out Of Time on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Eva Mendez,  Dean Cain
    Director: Carl Franklin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Carl Franklin and Denzel Washington team-up once more for this hilariously refreshing noir thriller. Washington is Matt Lee Whitlock, police chief of a small Florida town just outside of Miami. In the process of getting a divorce from the woman he still loves, Alex (the sultry Eva Mendes), Chief ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 15,325 members
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  • Virtuosity on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Kelly Lynch,  Russell Crowe
    Director: Brett Leonard
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    In 1999 Los Angeles, an imprisoned ex-cop is given one last shot at redemption when he's turned loose to track down a virtual killer who has escaped the confines of cyberspace. Computer-generated special effects enhance this thriller from the director of 1992's "The Lawnmower Man."
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,336 member
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  • Malcolm X on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Angela Bassett,  Albert Hall
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Spike Lee brings the life of African-American leader Malcolm X (an intense Denzel Washington in an Oscar-nominated performance) to the big screen in this sprawling, epic biographical drama. Born Malcolm Little, son of a Nebraska preacher, on May 19, 1925, he became one of the most militant leaders ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 7,613 members
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  • Mississippi Masala (1991)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Sarita Choudhury
    Director: Mira Nair
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An Indian family is expelled from Uganda when Idi Amin takes power. They move to Mississippi and time passes. The Indian daughter falls in love with a black man, and the respective families have to come to terms with it.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 67 members
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  • Ricochet on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  John Lithgow,  Ice-T
    Director: Russell Mulcahy
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A cop (Denzel Washington) receives lots of media attention when he nabs an infamous, sadistic killer (John Lithgow) at an amusement park. The murderer stews in jail for seven years, obsessively following the rising career of his arresting officer, who becomes a DA with a promising future, a husband,..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,379 member
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  • Mo' Better Blues on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Spike Lee,  Denzel Washington,  Wesley Snipes
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 394 members
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  • Glory on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Matthew Broderick,  Denzel Washington,  Cary Elwes
    Director: Edward Zwick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    GLORY recounts the bravery of a group of Civil War soldiers often overlooked by history--the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts, a troop of free black men who fought to help win liberty for their enslaved brothers. Based on the historical novels ONE GALLANT RUSH by Peter Burchand and LAY THIS LAUREL by ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 4,018 members
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  • For Queen And Country (1988)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Dorian Healy,  Amanda Redman
    Director: Martin Stellman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Rueben, a black veteran from the Falklands conflict, returns home to the housing estate where he lived as a younger man. Older, wiser, and chastened by his experiences, he has become a different man from the thieving, brawling soccer hooligan who signed up on a whim, nine years before.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 379 members
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Denzel Washington - watch online


  • The Manchurian Candidate to Watch Now (2004)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Meryl Streep,  Liev Schreiber
    Director: Jonathan Demme
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 129 minutes
    Academy Award winners Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep, along with Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Liev Schreiber, mesmerize a whole new generation of audiences in Academy Award winner Jonathan Demme's "The Manchurian Candidate." As the entire nation watches the presidential campaign hurtle towards ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 45 members
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  • Virtuosity to Watch Now (1995)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Kelly Lynch,  Russell Crowe
    Director: Brett Leonard
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 105 minutes
    He's a composite of some 200 personalities, each and every one a notorious killer. He's Sid 6.7, a virtual reality creation designed to put L.A. police officers to the test. But Sid isn't playing games anymore. He's escaped the bounds of cyberspace. And if you think he's unconquerable in the world ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 17 members
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Denzel Washington facts

5 most recent films

Book of Eli - 4.5 stars
Taking Of Pelham 123, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
The Taking of Pelham 123 - 3.5 stars
American Gangster - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars
American Gangster - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Man On Fire - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
The Great Debaters - 4.0 stars
American Gangster - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Cry Freedom - 4.0 stars
Remember The Titans - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Happily Ever After - Collection 3 - 2.0 stars
Taking Of Pelham 123, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
St Elsewhere - Season 2 - 3.0 stars
Book of Eli - 4.5 stars
License to Kill - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Kimberly Elise - 8 times - show films
Ted Levine - 7 times - show films
Liev Schreiber - 5 times - show films
Russell Crowe - 5 times - show films
James Gandolfini - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Tony Scott - 8 times - show films
Spike Lee - 6 times - show films
Edward Zwick - 6 times - show films
Jonathan Demme - 5 times - show films
Antoine Fuqua - 3 times - show films


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