Denzel Washington Movies – His Impressive List Keeps Growing
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Denzel Washington’s movies career was actually started by him appearing in commercials! He appeared as Grapes in the Fruit of the Loom commercials. His first professional debut was in a made for television movie called Wilma in 1977. His first Hollywood appearance was in 1981 in the movie Carbon Copy.
The biggest break of Denzel Washington’s career came in the form of the hospital drama series St. Elsewhere. This drama series ran from 1982 – 1988. One key point to note here is that Denzel was one of the very few African Americans to ever appear in the series during its six year run.
In 1987 Denzel Washington starred in Richard Attenborough’s Cry Freedom movie where he played a South African anti-apartheid activist. For his role as Steven Biko he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Two years later in 1989 Denzel Washington won an Academy Award for the Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film Glory. In 1989 he also played in the movie The Mighty Quinn. His other movie that same year was as a disillusioned British soldier who returns home to a life of violence in the movie For Queen and Country.
The Denzel Washington movies saga continues into the 1990’s with movies such as Mo’ Better Blues where he played with Spike Lee. Two years later in 1992 Denzel was reunited with Spike Lee in the movie Malcolm X which is one of his most critically acclaimed roles to date. He earned an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as the black nationalist leader.
It would take until 1998 until Denzel hooked up yet again with Spike Lee. This time their reunion came in the movie He Got Game. The following year the Denzel Washington movies list would include The Hurricane film. This was a true story about a boxer who was initially convicted for triple murder and then had his conviction overturned. This sparked an outcry with a reporter when he saw the boxer portrayed as innocent and started his own campaign to persuade voters not to vote for this movie at the Academy Awards that year.
In 2000 Denzel Washington received a Golden Globe award for the movie The Hurricane. Important to note is the fact that since Sidney Poitier received this award no other African-American had ever won a Golden Globe until it was awarded to Denzel!
During the following years Denzel Washington movies included thrillers such as Out of Time and Man on Fire and yet another Spike Lee directed movie the Inside Man. Denzel co-starred with Jodie Foster and Clive Owen.
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In 2007 Denzel directed and starred in The Great Debaters. His next movie came out in 2009 and was a remake of the 1970’s thriller The Taking of Pelham One Two Three along with John Travolta.
Throughout his movie career Denzel has earned a ton of respect from many people in different walks of life. For example he was one of three people that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia would speak to when negotiating for the release of three defense contractors that had been held hostage for 5 years.
Denzel has been awarded honorary doctorates from Fordham University, the University of Pennsylvania and Morehouse College.
The Denzel Washington Movies List continues to grow and besides his movies there are theater and television films that he has appeared in. This list’s growth does not appear to be slowing down. Two movies are currently in filming or at the pre-production stage for 2012!
The Denzel Washington Movies List
|
Year |
Film |
Role |
| 1977 | Wilma | Robert Eldridge |
| 1981 | Carbon Copy | Roger Porter |
| 1984 | License to Kill | Martin Sawyer |
| A Soldier’s Story | Pfc. Melvin Peterson | |
| 1986 | The George McKenna Story | George McKenna |
| Power | Arnold Billings | |
| 1987 | Cry Freedom | Steve Biko |
| 1989 | The Mighty Quinn | Xavier Quinn |
| For Queen and Country | Reuben James | |
| Glory | Pvt. Trip | |
| 1990 | Heart Condition | Napoleon Stone |
| Mo’ Better Blues | Bleek Gilliam | |
| 1991 | Ricochet | Nicholas Styles |
| 1992 | Mississippi Masala | Demetrius Williams |
| Malcolm X | Malcolm X | |
| 1993 | Much Ado About Nothing | Don Pedro of Aragon |
| The Pelican Brief | Gray Grantham | |
| Philadelphia | Joe Miller | |
| 1995 | Crimson Tide | Lt. Commander Ron Hunter |
| Virtuosity | Lt. Parker Barnes | |
| Devil in a Blue Dress | Easy Rawlins | |
| 1996 | Courage Under Fire | Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Serling |
| The Preacher’s Wife | Dudley | |
| 1998 | Fallen | Detective John Hobbes |
| He Got Game | Jake Shuttlesworth | |
| The Siege | Special Agent Anthony ‘Hub’ Hubbard FBI | |
| 1999 | The Bone Collector | Lincoln Rhyme |
| The Hurricane | Rubin “Hurricane” Carter | |
| 2000 | Remember the Titans | Coach Herman Boone |
| The Loretta Claiborne Story | Himself | |
| 2001 | Training Day | Detective Alonzo Harris |
| 2002 | John Q | John Quincy Archibald |
| Antwone Fisher | Dr. Jerome Davenport | |
| 2003 | Out of Time | Police Chief Matthias Lee Whitlock |
| 2004 | Man on Fire | John Creasy |
| The Manchurian Candidate | Major Ben Marco | |
| 2006 | Inside Man | Detective Keith Frazier |
| Déjà Vu | Special Agent Doug Carlin | |
| 2007 | American Gangster | Frank Lucas |
| The Great Debaters | Melvin B. Tolson | |
| 2009 | The Taking of Pelham 123 | Walter Garber |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | Eli |
| Unstoppable | Frank Barnes | |
| 2012 | Safe House | Tobin Frost |
| The Matarese Circle | Brandon Scofield |
As you can see this is an impressive list and don’t be surprised to see more films added to the Denzel Washington Movies List in the very near future. He is raking up tons of awards with his latest coming in 2010. A Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in the play Fences.
