FrameThrower · Actors · Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
24 films · 1,913 frames · top-billed in 24 · 1990–2024
Born 28 December 1954 · Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is an American actor. Known for his dramatic roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, an Actor Award, two Golden Globes, two Silver Bears and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for a Grammy Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2020, The New York Times named Washington the greatest actor of the 21st century. He has also been honoured with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2016, AFI Life Achievement Award in 2019, the Honorary Palme d'Or in 2025, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2025.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 24 films · 1,913 frames · top-billed in 24 · 1990–2024
- Academy Award for Best Actor2002
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor1990
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama2000
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture1990
- Honorary Palme d'Or
- Silver Bear for Best Actor2000
- Silver Bear for Best Actor1993
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play2010
- Presidential Medal of Freedom2025
- Presidential Medal of Freedom2022
- Donostia Award2014
- Horatio Alger Award2009
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,913 frames from the 24 films we hold. This is the look of the work Denzel takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 24 films we hold, 46% of their frames are night, 46% low key — the look of the work Denzel takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Gladiator II
2024 · Macrinus
The Equalizer 3
2023 · Robert McCall
The Little Things
2021 · Joe 'Deke' Deacon
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021 · Macbeth
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017 · Roman J. Israel
The Magnificent Seven (2016)
2016 · Sam Chisolm
Fences
2016 · Troy Maxson
The Equalizer
2014 · Robert McCall
The Book of Eli
2010 · Eli
Unstoppable
2010 · Frank Barnes
American Gangster
2007 · Frank Lucas
Inside Man
2006 · Keith Frazier
The Manchurian Candidate
2004 · Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
Man on Fire
2004 · John W. Creasy
John Q
2002 · John Quincy Archibald
Training Day
2001 · Alonzo
The Hurricane
1999 · Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
He Got Game
1998 · Jake Shuttlesworth
Devil In A Blue Dress
1995 · Easy Rawlins
Crimson Tide
1995 · Lt. Commander Ronald "Ron" Hunter
The Pelican Brief
1993 · Gray Grantham
Malcolm X
1992 · Malcolm X
Mississippi Masala
1991 · Demetrius Williams
Mo’ Better Blues
1990 · Bleek Gilliam
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
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