Denzel Washington career
Denzel Washington averages 6.83 across 52 rated films as an actor, with Training Day on top at 7.8.
Average
6.83
52 rated films
Best rated
7.8
Training Day
Peak five
7.52
1999 to 2002
7+ run
5 films
1999 to 2002
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
 Highest 2 Lowest | 2025 | David King | 5.5 | 35,883 |
 Gladiator II | 2024 | Macrinus | 6.4 | 314K |
 The Equalizer 3 | 2023 | Robert McCall | 6.8 | 166K |
 The Little Things | 2021 | Joe 'Deke' Deacon | 6.3 | 148K |
 The Tragedy of Macbeth | 2021 | Macbeth | 7.1 | 45,208 |
 The Equalizer 2 | 2018 | Robert McCall | 6.7 | 234K |
 Roman J. Israel, Esq. | 2017 | Roman J. Israel, Esq. | 6.5 | 49,124 |
| Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary | 2016 | John Coltrane | 7.3 | 2,662 |
 Fences | 2016 | Troy Maxson | 7.2 | 127K |
 The Magnificent Seven | 2016 | Chisolm | 6.9 | 250K |
 The Equalizer | 2014 | Robert McCall | 7.3 | 473K |
 2 Guns | 2013 | Bobby | 6.7 | 240K |
 Flight | 2012 | Whip Whitaker | 7.3 | 402K |
 Safe House | 2012 | Tobin Frost | 6.7 | 251K |
 Unstoppable | 2010 | Frank | 6.8 | 221K |
 The Book of Eli | 2010 | Eli | 6.8 | 365K |
 The Taking of Pelham 123 | 2009 | Walter Garber | 6.4 | 219K |
 The Great Debaters | 2007 | Melvin B. Tolson | 7.5 | 66,947 |
 American Gangster | 2007 | Frank Lucas | 7.8 | 495K |
 Deja Vu | 2006 | Doug Carlin | 7.1 | 349K |
 Inside Man | 2006 | Detective Keith Frazier | 7.6 | 430K |
 The Manchurian Candidate | 2004 | Ben Marco | 6.6 | 124K |
 Man on Fire | 2004 | John W. Creasy | 7.7 | 427K |
 Out of Time | 2003 | Matt Lee Whitlock | 6.5 | 72,552 |
 Antwone Fisher | 2002 | Dr. Jerome Davenport | 7.3 | 41,064 |
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