1981
Denzel was
27
years old
Carbon Copy
as Roger Porter
A middle-aged married wealthy white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a working-class black teen-age son who wants to be adopted into…
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1984
Denzel was
30
years old
A Soldier's Story
as Private First Class Peterson
In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the local Army Base. Military lawyer, Captain Davenport—also a black…
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1986
Denzel was
32
years old
Power
as Arnold Billings
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam…
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1987
Denzel was
33
years old
Cry Freedom
as Steve Biko
A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a…
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1988
Denzel was
34
years old
For Queen & Country
as Reuben
A retired British soldier struggles to adjust to everyday life, with increasing difficulty.
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1989
Denzel was
35
years old
The Mighty Quinn
as Xavier Quinn
Police chief Xavier Quinn investigates the gruesome murder of Donald Pater, one of the wealthiest residents on a Caribbean island. He was found decapitated in…
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1989
Denzel was
35
years old
Glory
as Pvt. Trip
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.
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1990
Denzel was
36
years old
Heart Condition
as Napoleon Stone
Racist police officer Jack Moony has a vendetta against Napoleon Stone, a charismatic black lawyer who is sleeping with Jack's old flame Crystal Gerrity. Jack…
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1990
Denzel was
36
years old
Mo' Better Blues
as Bleek Gilliam
Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced…
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1991
Denzel was
37
years old
Ricochet
as Nick Styles
An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.
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1991
Denzel was
37
years old
Mississippi Masala
as Demetrius Williams
Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their Uganda home, twentysomething Mina finds herself co-operating a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi.…
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1992
Denzel was
38
years old
Malcolm X
as Malcolm X
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a…
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1993
Denzel was
39
years old
Much Ado About Nothing
as Don Pedro
In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to hatch a…
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1993
Denzel was
39
years old
The Pelican Brief
as Gray Grantham
A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.
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1993
Denzel was
39
years old
Philadelphia
as Joe Miller
Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the…
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1995
Denzel was
41
years old
Devil in a Blue Dress
as Easy Rawlins
In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious…
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1995
Denzel was
41
years old
Crimson Tide
as Lt. Commander Ronald "Ron" Hunter
After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey signs on a…
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1995
Denzel was
41
years old
Virtuosity
as Parker Barnes
The Law Enforcement Technology Advancement Centre (LETAC) has developed SID version 6.7: a Sadistic, Intelligent, and Dangerous virtual reality entity which is…
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1996
Denzel was
42
years old
Courage Under Fire
as Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling
A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper…
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1996
Denzel was
42
years old
The Preacher's Wife
as Dudley
Good-natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived neighborhood…
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1998
Denzel was
44
years old
Fallen
as John Hobbes
Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very…
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1998
Denzel was
44
years old
He Got Game
as Jake Shuttlesworth
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.
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1998
Denzel was
44
years old
The Siege
as Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard
The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his…
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1999
Denzel was
45
years old
The Hurricane
as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
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1999
Denzel was
45
years old
The Bone Collector
as Lincoln Rhyme
Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and incapable…
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2000
Denzel was
46
years old
Remember the Titans
as Coach Herman Boone
After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the…
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2001
Denzel was
47
years old
Training Day
as Alonzo
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
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2002
Denzel was
48
years old
John Q
as John Quincy Archibald
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO…
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2002
Denzel was
48
years old
Antwone Fisher
as Dr. Jerome Davenport
A sailor prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a…
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2003
Denzel was
49
years old
Out of Time
as Matt Lee Whitlock
Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt…
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2004
Denzel was
50
years old
Man on Fire
as John W. Creasy
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond,…
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2004
Denzel was
50
years old
The Manchurian Candidate
as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate…
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2006
Denzel was
52
years old
Inside Man
as Keith Frazier
When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations…
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2006
Denzel was
52
years old
Déjà Vu
as Doug Carlin
Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene and…
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2007
Denzel was
53
years old
American Gangster
as Frank Lucas
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service…
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2007
Denzel was
53
years old
The Great Debaters
as Melvin B. Tolson
The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college…
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2009
Denzel was
55
years old
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
as Walter Garber
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter…
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2010
Denzel was
56
years old
The Book of Eli
as Eli
A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
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2010
Denzel was
56
years old
Unstoppable
as Frank Barnes
When a massive, unmanned locomotive roars out of control, the threat is more ominous than just a derailment. The train is laden with toxic chemicals, and an…
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2012
Denzel was
58
years old
Safe House
as Tobin Frost
A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with…
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2012
Denzel was
58
years old
Flight
as Whip Whitaker
Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when…
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2013
Denzel was
59
years old
2 Guns
as Robert 'Bobby' Trench
A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very…
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2014
Denzel was
60
years old
The Equalizer
as Robert McCall
McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the…
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2016
Denzel was
62
years old
The Magnificent Seven
as Sam Chisolm
Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma Cullen…
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2016
Denzel was
62
years old
Fences
as Troy Maxson
In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to raise a…
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2017
Denzel was
63
years old
Chasing Trane
as John Coltrane (voice)
An account of the life of the brilliant jazz musician John Coltrane (1926-67), a gifted saxophonist, an extraordinarily talented thinker whose original,…
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2017
Denzel was
63
years old
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
as Roman J. Israel
Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others take the credit. When his partner – the firm's frontman – has a…
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2018
Denzel was
64
years old
The Equalizer 2
as Robert McCall
Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when his former…
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2021
Denzel was
67
years old
The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Macbeth
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to…
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2021
Denzel was
67
years old
The Little Things
as Joe 'Deke' Deacon
Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit,…
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2023
Denzel was
69
years old
The Equalizer 3
as Robert McCall
Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall…
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2024
Denzel was
70
years old
Gladiator II
as Macrinus
Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by…
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2025
Denzel was
71
years old
Highest 2 Lowest
as David King
When a titan music mogul, widely known as having the "best ears in the business", is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral…
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