Denzel Washington (1954)
85.6 TOPICAL actor score · #59 of 1,977 actors
Denzel Washington (1954) has a TOPICAL actor score of 85.6 - one of the 100 best actors of all time by TOPICAL's score. Their strongest parts are acting honours and career standing. They've won 7 acting honours from 8 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Their best ten-year run was 1992-2001. Best films: Glory (1989), Malcolm X (1992), Training Day (2001).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours98
Prime93
Their movies63
Credits61
Career standing98
- Acting honours7 wins, 8 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Actor; Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; Honorary Palme d'Or
- Prime1992-2001
- Credits62 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 36 scored films (35 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 111 languages
“In 2020, The New York Times named Washington the greatest actor of the 21st century.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10
Denzel Washington's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 291 | Glory | 1989 | 2 |
| 312 | Philadelphia | 1993 | 2 |
| 494 | Malcolm X | 1992 | 1 |
| 519 | Training Day | 2001 | 1 |
| 701 | American Gangster | 2007 | 1 |
| 866 | Fences | 2016 | 1 |
| 1,008 | Inside Man | 2006 | 1 |
| 1,153 | Crimson Tide | 1995 | 1 |
| 1,238 | Flight | 2012 | 1 |
| 1,586 | The Hurricane | 1999 | 1 |
| 1,693 | Remember the Titans | 2000 | 1 |
| 2,098 | A Soldier's Story | 1984 | 5 |
| 2,439 | Cry Freedom | 1987 | 2 |
| 2,561 | The Equalizer 3 | 2023 | 1 |
| 2,593 | The Manchurian Candidate | 2004 | 1 |
| 2,604 | Man on Fire | 2004 | 1 |
| 2,636 | The Equalizer | 2014 | 1 |
| 2,813 | Unstoppable | 2010 | 1 |
| 3,025 | John Q | 2002 | 1 |
| 3,110 | Déjà Vu | 2006 | 1 |
| 3,158 | The Book of Eli | 2010 | 1 |
| 3,178 | Gladiator II | 2024 | 2 |
| 3,285 | Courage Under Fire | 1996 | 1 |
| 3,289 | The Magnificent Seven | 2016 | 1 |
| 3,667 | Roman J. Israel, Esq. | 2017 | 1 |
| 3,681 | The Equalizer 2 | 2018 | 1 |
| 3,707 | The Pelican Brief | 1993 | 2 |
| 3,842 | 2 Guns | 2013 | 1 |
| 3,930 | Safe House | 2012 | 1 |
| 3,980 | The Bone Collector | 1999 | 1 |
| 3,983 | The Little Things | 2021 | 1 |
| 4,158 | The Siege | 1998 | 1 |
| 4,199 | The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 | 2009 | 1 |
| 4,259 | Out of Time | 2003 | 1 |
| 4,767 | The Preacher's Wife | 1996 | 1 |
| 6,181 | Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II | 1992 | 1 |