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Denzel Washington
Washington in 2024
Born	Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (1954-12-28) December 28, 1954 (age 70) Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.
Education	Fordham University (BA) American Conservatory Theater
Occupations	Actor director producer
Years active	1975\u2013present
Works	Full list
Spouse	\n Pauletta Pearson (m. 1983)
Children	4, including John David, Malcolm and Olivia
Awards	Full list
Honors	Presidential Medal of Freedom (2025)

Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954)^[1] is an American actor, producer, and director. Known for his dramatic roles on stage and screen, The New York Times named him the greatest actor of the 21st century in 2020.^[2]^[3] He has received several accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award. Washington has been honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2016, AFI Life Achievement Award in 2019, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2025.^[a]^[5]^[6]\n

After training at the American Conservatory Theater, Washington began his career in theater, acting in performances off-Broadway. He first came to prominence in the NBC medical drama series St. Elsewhere (1982\u20131988), and in the war film A Soldier's Story (1984). He won Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for playing an American Civil War soldier in the war drama Glory (1989) and for Best Actor for playing a corrupt police officer in the crime thriller Training Day (2001).^[7] He was Oscar-nominated for his roles in Cry Freedom (1987), Malcolm X (1992), The Hurricane (1999), Flight (2012), Fences (2016), Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017), and The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021).\n

As a leading man, Washington has starred in the commercially successful films The Pelican Brief, Philadelphia (both 1993), Crimson Tide (1995), Remember the Titans (2000), Man on Fire (2004), D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu, Inside Man (both 2006), American Gangster (2007), Unstoppable, The Book of Eli (both 2010), Safe House (2012), 2 Guns (2013), and The Equalizer trilogy (2014\u20132023), among others. He has occasionally appeared in supporting roles, most notably in Gladiator II (2024). Washington made his directorial film debut with Antwone Fisher (2002) followed by The Great Debaters (2007), Fences (2016), and A Journal for Jordan (2021).\n

On stage, he has acted in productions of both Coriolanus (1979), and The Tragedy of Richard III (1990) at The Public Theater. He made his Broadway debut in the Ron Milner play Checkmates (1988). He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as a disillusioned working class father in the Broadway revival of August Wilson's play Fences (2010). He has also acted in the Broadway revivals of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (2005), Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun (2014), and Eugene O'Neill's play The Iceman Cometh (2018).\n

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Early life and education

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Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. was born in Mount Vernon, New York, on December 28, 1954. His mother, Lennis \"Lynne\" (Lowe), was a beauty parlor owner and operator born in Georgia and partly raised in Harlem, New York.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11] His father, Denzel Hayes Washington Sr., a native of Buckingham County, Virginia, was an ordained Pentecostal minister who was also an employee of the New York City Water Department, and worked at a local S. Klein department store.\n

Washington attended Pennington-Grimes Elementary School in Mount Vernon until 1968. When he was 14, his parents divorced and his mother sent him to the private preparatory school Oakland Military Academy in New Windsor, New York. Washington later said, \"That decision changed my life, because I wouldn't have survived in the direction I was going. The guys I was hanging out with at the time, my running buddies, have now done maybe 40 years combined in the penitentiary. They were nice guys, but the streets got them.\"^[12] After Oakland, he attended Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, Florida, from 1970 to 1971.^[8]\n

He was interested in attending Texas Tech University: \"I grew up in the Boys Club in Mount Vernon, and we were the Red Raiders. So when I was in high school, I wanted to go to Texas Tech in Lubbock just because they were called the Red Raiders and their uniforms looked like ours.\"^[13] Instead, he earned a BA in Drama and Journalism from Fordham University in 1977.^[14] At Fordham, he played collegiate basketball as a guard^[15] under coach P. J. Carlesimo.^[16] After a period of indecision on which major to study and taking a semester off, Washington worked as creative arts director of the overnight summer camp at Camp Sloane YMCA in Lakeville, Connecticut. He participated in a staff talent show for the campers and a colleague suggested he try acting.^[17]\n

Returning to Fordham that fall with a renewed purpose, Washington enrolled at the Lincoln Center campus to study acting, where he was cast in the title roles in Eugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones and Shakespeare's Othello. He then attended graduate school at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, California, where he stayed for one year before returning to New York to begin a professional acting career.^[18]\n

Career

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1976\u20131989: Early roles and rise to prominence

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Washington spent the summer of 1976 in St. Mary's City, Maryland, in summer stock theater performing Wings of the Morning,^[19]^[20] the Maryland State play, which was written for him by incorporating an African-American character/narrator based loosely on the historical figure from early colonial Maryland, Mathias de Sousa.^[19]\n

\nShortly after graduating from Fordham, Washington made his screen acting debut in the 1977 made-for-television film Wilma which was a docudrama about sprinter Wilma Rudolph, and made his first Hollywood appearance in the 1981 film Carbon Copy. He shared a 1982 Distinguished Ensemble Performance Obie Award for playing Private First Class Melvin Peterson in the Off-Broadway Negro Ensemble Company production A Soldier's Play which premiered November 20, 1981.^[21]

A major career break came when he starred as Dr. Phillip Chandler in NBC's television hospital drama St. Elsewhere, which ran from 1982 to 1988. He was one of only a few African-American actors to appear on the series for its entire six-year run. He also appeared in several television, motion picture and stage roles, such as the films A Soldier's Story (1984), Hard Lessons (1986) and Power (1986). In 1987, he starred as South African anti-apartheid political activist Stephen Biko in Richard Attenborough's Cry Freedom, for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.\n

In 1989, Washington won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of a defiant, self-possessed ex-slave soldier in the film Glory. That same year, he appeared in the film The Mighty Quinn; and in For Queen and Country, where he played the conflicted and disillusioned Reuben James, a British soldier who, despite a distinguished military career, returns to a civilian life where racism and inner-city life lead to vigilantism and violence.\n

1990\u20131999: Hollywood stardom and acclaim

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In the summer of 1990, Washington had appeared in the title role of the Public Theater's production of William Shakespeare's Richard III. Mel Gussow of The New York Times praised Washington as \"an actor of range and intensity, is expert at projecting a feeling of controlled rage\".^[22] Also that year Washington starred as Bleek Gilliam in the Spike Lee film Mo' Better Blues. Charles Murray of Empire praised Washington's performance as a \"taut portrayal of the driven musician\" and \"like all Lee\u2019s film, Mo\u2019 Better Blues is a real ensemble piece, and the standard of the performances is uniformly excellent: but Washington [and] Lee deserve extra plaudits.\"^[23] In 1991, he starred as Demetrius Williams in the Mira Nair directed romantic drama Mississippi Masala opposite Sarita Choudhury. Set primarily in rural Mississippi, the film explores interracial romance between African Americans and Indian Americans. Critic Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Times praised the chemistry of the two leads writing, \"Washington is an actor of immense and natural charm, and he makes a good match with Sarita Choudhury\".^[24]\n

Washington was reunited with Lee to play one of his most critically acclaimed roles, the title character of the historical epic Malcolm X (1992). The New York Times gave the film it's Critic's Pick with Vincent Canby declaring, \"In Denzel Washington it also has a fine actor who does for \"Malcolm X\" what Ben Kingsley did for \"Gandhi\". Mr. Washington not only looks the part, but he also has the psychological heft, the intelligence and the reserve to give the film the dramatic excitement\".^[25] His performance as the Black nationalist leader earned him another nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Also that year, he established the production company Mundy Lane Entertainment.^[26] The next year, he played the lawyer defending a gay man with AIDS played by Tom Hanks in the Jonathan Demme film Philadelphia (1993). Sight & Sound wrote, \"Casting Washington in the lead guaranteed the film the black audience that otherwise might not have had much interest in the problems of a rich white homosexual with Aids. But Aids is rampant in inner cities, where it attacks not just gay men, but IV drug users and women.\"^[27]\n

During the early and mid-1990s, Washington starred in several successful thrillers, including The Pelican Brief with Julia Roberts in 1993, and Crimson Tide with Gene Hackman in 1995, as well as the Shakespearean comedy Much Ado About Nothing directed by Kenneth Branagh. In 1996, he played a U.S. Army officer who investigates a female chopper commander's worthiness for the Medal of Honor in Courage Under Fire, opposite Meg Ryan. Variety wrote, \"All of [the] predicaments are palpably and convincingly registered through Washington\u2019s probing, reserved and sensitively drawn performance in a role that, in another era, might have been played by the likes of a Montgomery Clift or William Holden.\"^[28]\n

In 1996, he starred alongside Whitney Houston, and Courtney B. Vance in the romantic comedy The Preacher's Wife directed by Penny Marshall. The film is a remake of the 1947 film The Bishop's Wife starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and David Niven.^[29] In 1998, Washington starred in Spike Lee's film He Got Game. Washington played a father serving a six-year prison term when the prison warden offers him a temporary parole to convince his top-ranked high-school basketball player son (Ray Allen) to sign with the governor's alma mater, Big State. The film was Washington's third collaboration with Lee.^[30] The same year he starred in Gregory Hoblit's supernatural horror film Fallen (1998) with John Goodman, James Gandolfini, and Donald Sutherland.^[31]\n

In 1999, Washington acted alongside Angelina Jolie in the crime thriller The Bone Collector. That same year, Washington starred in The Hurricane, a film about boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, whose conviction for triple murder was overturned after he spent almost 20 years in prison. Although less successful at the box office than The Bone Collector, Hurricane had a better reception from critics.^[32] He received a Silver Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival for his role as Carter. Roger Ebert, film critic for The Chicago Sun-Times, wrote of Washington's performance, \"This is one of Denzel Washington's great performances, on a par with his work in Malcolm X.\"^[33]\n

2000\u20132009: Established actor and action roles

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At the 57th Golden Globe Awards in 2000, Washington won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor \u2013 Motion Picture Drama for his work in The Hurricane. He was the first black actor to win the award since Sidney Poitier in 1963.^[34]^[35] Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle declared, \"Washington gives a penetrating portrait of life at its most extreme. He takes the viewer into the mind of a man experiencing confinement and physical deprivation. More profoundly, he shows what it's like to deal every day with the torments of wild rage and impotence, despair and hope.\"^[36] In 2000, he portrayed Herman Boone, the high school football coach in the Disney sports drama film Remember the Titans which grossed over US$100 million in the U.S.^[37] Andrew O'Hehir of Salon wrote, \"Washington is of course the linchpin of Remember the Titans; he's a commanding actor in a commanding role, and as memorable as he was in The Hurricane.^[38]\n

Washington starred in the Antoine Fuqua directed crime thriller Training Day (2001) acting opposite Ethan Hawke. He portrayed Detective Alonzo Harris, a corrupt Los Angeles cop. Roger Ebert wrote of his performance, \"For Denzel Washington, [it is] a rare villainous role; he doesn't look, sound or move like his usual likable characters...he's like a monster from a horror film, unkillable and implacable.\"^[39] Washington won an Academy Award for Best Actor becoming the second African-American actor to win the category after Poitier, who was presented with an Honorary Academy Award the same night.^[40] He also received nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor \u2013 Motion Picture Drama and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role.\n

In 2002, he starred in the Nick Cassavettes directed healthcare-themed drama John Q. (2002) portraying John Quincy Archibald. Washington acted opposite James Woods, Robert Duvall, and Ray Liotta. The film was a financial success but received mixed reviews with critics praising Washington's performances. BBC film critic Neil Smith wrote, \"What credibility there is comes from Washington's intense, humane performance and the supporting players' sterling attempts to rise above the stereotypical roles with which they have been saddled.\"^[41] That same year Washington directed his first film, a well-reviewed drama called Antwone Fisher (2002), in which he also co-starred as a Navy psychiatrist. Stephen Holden of The New York Times praised his direction writing, \"Mr. Washington shows a confident grasp of cinematic narrative in a hearty meat-and-potatoes style. But the most remarkable aspect of his behind-the-camera debut is his brilliantly surefooted handling of actors.\" He also praised his acting adding, \"[He] is so sensitively reactive that his performance seems more lived than acted\".^[42]\n

Washington after a performance of *Julius Caesar* in May 2005

Between 2003 and 2006, Washington appeared in a series of thrillers that performed generally well at the box office, including Carl Franklin's Out of Time opposite Eva Mendez and Tony Scott's Man on Fire alongside Dakota Fanning. In 2004 he acted opposite Meryl Streep in the remake of the 1962 film of the same name, The Manchurian Candidate.^[43] In 2006, he starred in Inside Man, a Spike Lee-directed bank heist thriller co-starring Jodie Foster and Clive Owen. Todd McCarthy of Variety wrote, it's \"flashy cast, clever script and vibrant showcasing of New York City are strong plusses for Spike Lee's most mainstream studio venture\".^[44] Later that year he starred in the time travel movie D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu released in November.\n

In 2005, he was back onstage playing Brutus in the Broadway revival of Julius Caesar. Theatre critic Ben Brantley of The New York Times wrote, \"Washington does not embarrass himself, as leading citizens of Hollywood have been known to do on Broadway. But even brilliantined in the glow of his inescapable fame, he can't help getting lost amid the wandering, mismatched crowd and the heavy topical artillery that have been assembled here.\"^[45] Despite mixed reviews, the production's limited run was a consistent sell-out.^[46] In 2007, he co-starred with Russell Crowe for the second time (the first was 1995's Virtuosity) in Ridley Scott's crime drama American Gangster for which he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor \u2013 Motion Picture Drama nomination. He also directed and starred in the drama The Great Debaters with Forest Whitaker. He next appeared in Tony Scott's 2009 film The Taking of Pelham 123 (a remake of the 1974 thriller of the same name), where he played New York City subway security chief Walter Garber opposite John Travolta's villain.^[47]\n

2010\u20132019: Return to theater and The Equalizer trilogy

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Washington returned to Broadway playing Troy Maxson, opposite Viola Davis, in the revival of August Wilson's Fences (2010). Ben Brantley of The New York Times wrote, \"Mr. Washington has the fluid naturalness we associate with good screen actors... face and stance alone provide fascinating (and damning) glimpses into Troy\u2019s attitudes toward his son from an earlier relationships\".^[48] Washington won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play on June 13, 2010.^[49] That same year, Washington starred in The Book of Eli (2010), a post-apocalyptic action-drama set in the near future. Also in 2010, he starred as a veteran railroad engineer in the action film Unstoppable, about an unmanned, half-mile-long runaway freight train carrying dangerous cargo. The film was his fifth and final collaboration with director Tony Scott, following Crimson Tide (1995), Man on Fire (2004), D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu (2006) and The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009).\n

In 2012, Washington starred in Flight, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as an alcoholic airline pilot facing investigation for his part in a plane crash. He co-starred with Ryan Reynolds in Safe House, where he prepared for his role by subjecting himself to a torture session that included waterboarding.^[50] In 2013, Washington starred in 2 Guns, alongside Mark Wahlberg. From April to June 2014, Washington played the leading role in the Broadway production of Lorraine Hansberry's classic drama A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Kenny Leon.^[51] The show received positive reviews and won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play.^[52] That same year he starred in The Equalizer (2014), an action thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Richard Wenk, based on the television series of same name starring Edward Woodward.^[53] He reprised his role in his first sequel, The Equalizer 2 (2018) and the third and final sequel The Equalizer 3 (2023).\n

In 2016, Washington starred in The Magnificent Seven, a remake of the 1960 western film of the same name, alongside Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lee Byung-hun, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Haley Bennett, and Peter Sarsgaard. Principal photography began on May 18, 2015, in north Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The film premiered on September 8 at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, and was released in the United States in conventional and IMAX theaters on September 23, 2016.^[54] In The Magnificent Seven, Washington plays Sam Chisolm (\"the Bounty Hunter\"), a duly sworn warrant officer from Wichita, Kansas.^[55] His character was renamed from Chris Adams (played by Yul Brynner in the original film) to Sam Chisolm.^[56] It is Washington's first Western film.^[57] Washington did not watch Westerns growing up, as it was the end of the Western era in the movies. Moreover, he and his siblings were barred from going to the cinema by his father, a minister in a church. They grew up watching Biblical films instead, like King of Kings and The Ten Commandments, although he has said that he watched portions of the shows Rawhide and Bonanza.^[57]^[58] He did not view the original film in preparation, but has watched Seven Samurai.^[57] Fuqua flew to New York City to negotiate with Washington, who accepted the offer.^[59]^[60]\n

In 2016, Washington directed the film Fences, co-starring Viola Davis and Stephen McKinley Henderson and based on August Wilson's play of the same name, with a script by Wilson. Set in 1950s Pittsburgh, Washington plays a former Negro league baseball player working as a garbage collector who struggles to provide for his family and come to terms with the events of his life. The film was released on December 16, 2016, by Paramount Pictures. Owen Gleiberman of Variety wrote, \"Washington, as both actor and director, gets the conversation humming with a speed and alacrity that keeps the audience jazzed...Washington tears through it with a joyful ferocity, like a man possessed.\"^[61] For his performance, Washington was nominated in the Best Actor category for a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Academy Award. The film was nominated for three other Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, and won Davis her first Oscar, in the Best Supporting Actress category.\n

The following year, Washington starred in the legal drama film Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017). Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian wrote, \"[He]'s a star player, styling out his character\u2019s complicated and tricky mix of attributes...However contrived, this character is always fully and comfortably inhabited, and Washington brings off the funny moments\".^[62] While the film received mixed reviews, his performance was praised by critics and led to nominations for a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Academy Award, Washington's ninth Oscar nomination overall, and his sixth for Best Actor.\n

Beginning March 22, 2018, Washington starred as Theodore \"Hickey\" Hickman in a Broadway revival of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh. The production, directed by George C. Wolfe, began regular performances April 26 and ran for 14 weeks.^[63] Washington received positive reviews with Alexis Soloski of The Guardian writing, \"For most of it, Washington is playing Washington, letting his good looks and irrepressible charm do most of the character work, though the play\u2019s most exciting moments are when he lets that charm falter (something he\u2019s also been exploring in his recent film work, too) showing something uglier and more ravaged underneath.\"^[64]\n

2020\u2013present

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In 2020, he produced the Netflix film adaptation of the August Wilson play Ma Rainey's Black Bottom starring Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis. The film was directed by George C. Wolfe and received positive reviews. The following year he portrayed Deputy Sheriff Joe \"Deke\" Deacon in the crime thriller The Little Things acting opposite Rami Malek and Jared Leto. The film was released during the COVID-19 pandemic and was released in theaters and on HBO Max. Also in 2021, Washington portrayed the titular character in the 2021 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare tragedy Macbeth.^[65] He received universal acclaim for his performance and was nominated for several awards, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. That same year, Washington directed the drama A Journal for Jordan, based on the memoir A Journal for Jordan: A Story of Love and Honor by Dana Canedy. It received a wide theatrical release on December 25, 2021^[66] and received mixed reviews from critics.^[67]\n

In 2023, Washington was cast in Ridley Scott's epic historical drama Gladiator II alongside Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, and Derek Jacobi. The film is a sequel to Scott's Gladiator (2000).^[68] In 2024, Washington served as a producer of The Piano Lesson, the Netflix film adaptation of the August Wilson play of the same name starring John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, and Samuel L. Jackson.^[69] Washington was also cast as Carthaginian general Hannibal in an upcoming Netflix film; the decision was controversial in Tunisia.^[70]^[71]\n

In 2024, Washington was set to reunite with Spike Lee on the police procedural drama film High and Low, a remake of the 1963 Akira Kurosawa film of the same name.^[72] The film will be a joint production with A24 and Apple TV+ and will also star Jeffrey Wright and Ilfenesh Hadera.^[73] That same year, it was announced that Washington would return to Broadway portraying the title role in a revival of William Shakespeare's play Othello starring opposite Jake Gyllenhaal as Iago. The production will start in the spring of 2025 and will be directed by Kenny Leon, who previously directed Washington in the Broadway revivals of Fences and A Raisin in the Sun.^[74] Washington announced in November, that he would be starring in Black Panther 3, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.^[75]\n

Personal life

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Marriage and family

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On June 25, 1983, Washington married Pauletta Pearson, whom he met on the set of his first screen work, the television film Wilma. They have four children: John David, also an actor and a former football player;^[76]^[77] Katia, who graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in 2010; and twins Olivia and Malcolm. Malcolm graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in film studies, and Olivia played a role in Lee Daniels's film The Butler. Malcolm made his directorial debut with The Piano Lesson, with Denzel producing and John David starring in it.^[78] In 1995, Washington and his wife renewed their wedding vows in South Africa with Desmond Tutu officiating.^[79]\n

Religious beliefs

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Washington is a Pentecostal Evangelical Christian and a member of the West Angeles Church of God in Christ, located in Los Angeles.^[80] He has considered becoming a preacher.^[81] He stated in 1999, \"A part of me still says, 'Maybe, Denzel, you're supposed to preach. Maybe you're still compromising.' I've had an opportunity to play great men and, through their words, to preach. I take what talent I've been given seriously, and I want to use it for good.\"^[82] In 1995, he donated US$2.5 million to help build the new West Angeles Church of God in Christ facility in Los Angeles.^[83]^[84] Washington says he reads the Bible daily.^[85] Washington was baptized and received his ministry license from the Kelly Temple Church of God in Christ on December 21, 2024.^[86]\n

Service and recognition

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Washington has served as the national spokesman for Boys & Girls Clubs of America since 1993^[87] and has appeared in public service announcements and awareness campaigns for the organization.^[88] In addition, he has served as a board member for Boys & Girls Clubs of America since 1995.^[89] In 2006, for the organization's 100 anniversary, helped put together together with Daniel Paisner, a book that underscores the lesson: \u201cIf you want to change the world, start by changing the life of a child\u201d. \"A hand to guide me\" features examples from leaders as they tell their life-changing stories of mentorship, when as youngsters they were guided by a caring adult, which shaped the rest of their life, including over 70 of America's leading personalities in theater, sports, business, and politics such as Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, Whoopi Goldberg, Muhammad Ali, Yogi Berra, Toni Morrison, Cal Ripken Jr. and Colin Powell.^[90]\n

In mid-2004, Washington visited Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) at Fort Sam Houston, where he participated in a Purple Heart ceremony, presenting medals to three Army soldiers recovering from wounds they received while stationed in Iraq. He also visited the fort's Fisher House facilities, and after learning that it had exceeded its capacity, made a substantial donation to the Fisher House Foundation; this program focuses on building and providing homes for military personnel and their families free of charge while they receive medical care. Washington's other charitable contributions include US$1 million to Nelson Mandela's Children's Fund in 1995^[91] and US$1 million to Wiley College to resuscitate the college's debate team.^[92]\n

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) named Washington as one of three people (the others being directors Oliver Stone and Michael Moore) with whom they were willing to negotiate for the release of three defense contractors the group had held captive from 2003 to 2008.^[93] That effort by FARC was unsuccessful.^[94]\n

On May 18, 1991, Washington was awarded an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Fordham University, for having \"impressively succeeded in exploring the edge of his multifaceted talent\".^[95] In 2011, he donated US$2 million to Fordham for an endowed chair of the theater department, as well as US$250,000 to establish a theater-specific scholarship at the school. He also received an honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Morehouse College on May 20, 2007^[96] and an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania on May 16, 2011.^[97]\n

On October 11, 2021, the United States Army made Washington the 2021 Honorary Sergeant Major of the Army at the Annual Association of the U.S. Army conference for his work with the Fisher House Foundation (providing free homes for military families while receiving medical care). Sergeant Major of the Army Michael A. Grinston presented Washington with the award and said that Washington represented everything he was looking for in this year's honoree: humility, dedication to soldiers, and respect for the Army.^[98] In 2022, Washington was supposed to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, but it was delayed.^[99] Consequently, he received it in 2025.^[100]\n

Acting credits and accolades

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Main articles: Denzel Washington on screen and stage and List of awards and nominations received by Denzel Washington

Washington has received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and two Silver Bears. He has also received nominations for a Grammy Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Washington has also received numerous honorary awards such as the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award in 2007, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2016 and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2019. He was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2025. He is also a 13-time NAACP Image Award winner with four consecutive wins in the Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture award category from 1993\u20131997 and again from 2000\u20132003.^[101]\n

Over his career he has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the following performances:\n

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Year\n	Category\n	Nominated work\n	Result\n	Ref.\n
1988\n	Best Supporting Actor\n	Cry Freedom\n	Nominated\n	^[102]\n
1990\n	Glory\n	Won\n	^[103]\n
1993\n	Best Actor\n	Malcolm X\n	Nominated\n	^[104]\n
2000\n	The Hurricane\n	Nominated\n	^[105]\n
2002\n	Training Day\n	Won\n	^[106]\n
2013\n	Flight\n	Nominated\n	^[107]\n
2017\n	Fences\n	Nominated\n	^[108]\n
2018\n	Roman J. Israel, Esq.\n	Nominated\n	^[109]\n
2022\n	The Tragedy of Macbeth\n	Nominated\n	^[110]\n

Notes

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^ Washington was supposed to receive the award in 2022 but had to skip the ceremony after testing positive for COVID-19.^[4]\n

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\n On screen and stage \n Awards and nominations \n
Films directed	\n Antwone Fisher (2002) \n The Great Debaters (2007) \n Fences (2016) \n A Journal for Jordan (2021) \n
Family	\n John David Washington (son) \n Malcolm Washington (son) \n Olivia Washington (daughter) \n
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Awards for Denzel Washington

v t e Academy Award for Best Actor
1928\u20131950	\n Emil Jannings (1928) \n Warner Baxter (1929) \n George Arliss (1930) \n Lionel Barrymore (1931) \n Fredric March / Wallace Beery (1932) \n Charles Laughton (1933) \n Clark Gable (1934) \n Victor McLaglen (1935) \n Paul Muni (1936) \n Spencer Tracy (1937) \n Spencer Tracy (1938) \n Robert Donat (1939) \n James Stewart (1940) \n Gary Cooper (1941) \n James Cagney (1942) \n Paul Lukas (1943) \n Bing Crosby (1944) \n Ray Milland (1945) \n Fredric March (1946) \n Ronald Colman (1947) \n Laurence Olivier (1948) \n Broderick Crawford (1949) \n Jos\u00e9 Ferrer (1950) \n
1951\u20131975	\n Humphrey Bogart (1951) \n Gary Cooper (1952) \n William Holden (1953) \n Marlon Brando (1954) \n Ernest Borgnine (1955) \n Yul Brynner (1956) \n Alec Guinness (1957) \n David Niven (1958) \n Charlton Heston (1959) \n Burt Lancaster (1960) \n Maximilian Schell (1961) \n Gregory Peck (1962) \n Sidney Poitier (1963) \n Rex Harrison (1964) \n Lee Marvin (1965) \n Paul Scofield (1966) \n Rod Steiger (1967) \n Cliff Robertson (1968) \n John Wayne (1969) \n George C. Scott¹ (1970) \n Gene Hackman (1971) \n Marlon Brando¹ (1972) \n Jack Lemmon (1973) \n Art Carney (1974) \n Jack Nicholson (1975) \n
1976\u20132000	\n Peter Finch (1976) \n Richard Dreyfuss (1977) \n Jon Voight (1978) \n Dustin Hoffman (1979) \n Robert De Niro (1980) \n Henry Fonda (1981) \n Ben Kingsley (1982) \n Robert Duvall (1983) \n F. Murray Abraham (1984) \n William Hurt (1985) \n Paul Newman (1986) \n Michael Douglas (1987) \n Dustin Hoffman (1988) \n Daniel Day-Lewis (1989) \n Jeremy Irons (1990) \n Anthony Hopkins (1991) \n Al Pacino (1992) \n Tom Hanks (1993) \n Tom Hanks (1994) \n Nicolas Cage (1995) \n Geoffrey Rush (1996) \n Jack Nicholson (1997) \n Roberto Benigni (1998) \n Kevin Spacey (1999) \n Russell Crowe (2000) \n
2001\u2013present	\n Denzel Washington (2001) \n Adrien Brody (2002) \n Sean Penn (2003) \n Jamie Foxx (2004) \n Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005) \n Forest Whitaker (2006) \n Daniel Day-Lewis (2007) \n Sean Penn (2008) \n Jeff Bridges (2009) \n Colin Firth (2010) \n Jean Dujardin (2011) \n Daniel Day-Lewis (2012) \n Matthew McConaughey (2013) \n Eddie Redmayne (2014) \n Leonardo DiCaprio (2015) \n Casey Affleck (2016) \n Gary Oldman (2017) \n Rami Malek (2018) \n Joaquin Phoenix (2019) \n Anthony Hopkins (2020) \n Will Smith (2021) \n Brendan Fraser (2022) \n Cillian Murphy (2023) \n
¹ refused award that year

v t e Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1936\u20131950	\n Walter Brennan (1936) \n Joseph Schildkraut (1937) \n Walter Brennan (1938) \n Thomas Mitchell (1939) \n Walter Brennan (1940) \n Donald Crisp (1941) \n Van Heflin (1942) \n Charles Coburn (1943) \n Barry Fitzgerald (1944) \n James Dunn (1945) \n Harold Russell (1946) \n Edmund Gwenn (1947) \n Walter Huston (1948) \n Dean Jagger (1949) \n George Sanders (1950) \n
1951\u20131975	\n Karl Malden (1951) \n Anthony Quinn (1952) \n Frank Sinatra (1953) \n Edmond O'Brien (1954) \n Jack Lemmon (1955) \n Anthony Quinn (1956) \n Red Buttons (1957) \n Burl Ives (1958) \n Hugh Griffith (1959) \n Peter Ustinov (1960) \n George Chakiris (1961) \n Ed Begley (1962) \n Melvyn Douglas (1963) \n Peter Ustinov (1964) \n Martin Balsam (1965) \n Walter Matthau (1966) \n George Kennedy (1967) \n Jack Albertson (1968) \n Gig Young (1969) \n John Mills (1970) \n Ben Johnson (1971) \n Joel Grey (1972) \n John Houseman (1973) \n Robert De Niro (1974) \n George Burns (1975) \n
1976\u20132000	\n Jason Robards (1976) \n Jason Robards (1977) \n Christopher Walken (1978) \n Melvyn Douglas (1979) \n Timothy Hutton (1980) \n John Gielgud (1981) \n Louis Gossett Jr. (1982) \n Jack Nicholson (1983) \n Haing S. Ngor (1984) \n Don Ameche (1985) \n Michael Caine (1986) \n Sean Connery (1987) \n Kevin Kline (1988) \n Denzel Washington (1989) \n Joe Pesci (1990) \n Jack Palance (1991) \n Gene Hackman (1992) \n Tommy Lee Jones (1993) \n Martin Landau (1994) \n Kevin Spacey (1995) \n Cuba Gooding Jr. (1996) \n Robin Williams (1997) \n James Coburn (1998) \n Michael Caine (1999) \n Benicio del Toro (2000) \n
2001\u2013present	\n Jim Broadbent (2001) \n Chris Cooper (2002) \n Tim Robbins (2003) \n Morgan Freeman (2004) \n George Clooney (2005) \n Alan Arkin (2006) \n Javier Bardem (2007) \n Heath Ledger (2008) \n Christoph Waltz (2009) \n Christian Bale (2010) \n Christopher Plummer (2011) \n Christoph Waltz (2012) \n Jared Leto (2013) \n J. K. Simmons (2014) \n Mark Rylance (2015) \n Mahershala Ali (2016) \n Sam Rockwell (2017) \n Mahershala Ali (2018) \n Brad Pitt (2019) \n Daniel Kaluuya (2020) \n Troy Kotsur (2021) \n Ke Huy Quan (2022) \n Robert Downey Jr. (2023) \n

AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Actor

Tom Wilkinson (2001)
Jack Nicholson (2002)
Bill Murray (2003)
Liam Neeson (2004)
Jeff Daniels (2005)
Donald Sutherland (2006)
Chris Cooper (2007)
Frank Langella (2008)
Jeff Bridges (2009)
Colin Firth (2010)
Oliver Litondo (2011)
Denzel Washington (2012)
Bruce Dern (2013)
Steve Carell (2014)
Bryan Cranston (2015)
Denzel Washington (2016)
Gary Oldman (2017)
Viggo Mortensen (2018)
Adam Sandler (2019)
Anthony Hopkins (2020)
Will Smith (2021)
Brendan Fraser (2022)
Colman Domingo (2023)

AFI Life Achievement Award

John Ford (1973)
James Cagney (1974)
Orson Welles (1975)
William Wyler (1976)
Bette Davis (1977)
Henry Fonda (1978)
Alfred Hitchcock (1979)
James Stewart (1980)
Fred Astaire (1981)
Frank Capra (1982)
John Huston (1983)
Lillian Gish (1984)
Gene Kelly (1985)
Billy Wilder (1986)
Barbara Stanwyck (1987)
Jack Lemmon (1988)
Gregory Peck (1989)
David Lean (1990)
Kirk Douglas (1991)
Sidney Poitier (1992)
Elizabeth Taylor (1993)
Jack Nicholson (1994)
Steven Spielberg (1995)
Clint Eastwood (1996)
Martin Scorsese (1997)
Robert Wise (1998)
Dustin Hoffman (1999)
Harrison Ford (2000)
Barbra Streisand (2001)
Tom Hanks (2002)
Robert De Niro (2003)
Meryl Streep (2004)
George Lucas (2005)
Sean Connery (2006)
Al Pacino (2007)
Warren Beatty (2008)
Michael Douglas (2009)
Mike Nichols (2010)
Morgan Freeman (2011)
Shirley MacLaine (2012)
Mel Brooks (2013)
Jane Fonda (2014)
Steve Martin (2015)
John Williams (2016)
Diane Keaton (2017)
George Clooney (2018)
Denzel Washington (2019)
Julie Andrews (2022)
Nicole Kidman (2024)
Francis Ford Coppola (2025)

BET Award for Best Actor

Denzel Washington (2001)
Will Smith (2002)
Derek Luke (2003)
Denzel Washington (2004)
Jamie Foxx (2005)
Terrence Howard (2006)
Forest Whitaker (2007)
Denzel Washington (2008)
Will Smith (2009)
Idris Elba (2010)
Idris Elba (2011)
Kevin Hart (2012)
Jamie Foxx (2013)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (2014)
Terrence Howard (2015)
Michael B. Jordan (2016)
Mahershala Ali (2017)
Chadwick Boseman (2018)
Michael B. Jordan (2019)
Michael B. Jordan (2020)
Chadwick Boseman (2021)
Will Smith (2022)
Damson Idris (2023)
Denzel Washington (2024)

Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actor

Denzel Washington (2000)
Denzel Washington (2001)
Denzel Washington (2002)
Derek Luke (2003)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (2004)
Jamie Foxx / Bernie Mac (2005)
Terrence Howard (2006)
Forest Whitaker (2007)
Dev Patel (2008)
No Award (2009)
Morgan Freeman (2010)
Anthony Mackie (2011)
John Boyega (2012)
Denzel Washington (2013)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (2014)
David Oyelowo (2015)
Michael B. Jordan (2016)
Denzel Washington (2017)
Daniel Kaluuya (2018)
Chadwick Boseman (2019)
Eddie Murphy (2020)
Chadwick Boseman (2021)
Will Smith (2022)
Jeremy Pope (2023)

Black Reel Award for Outstanding Director

Malcolm D. Lee (2000)
Gina Prince-Bythewood (2001)
Antoine Fuqua (2002)
Denzel Washington (2003)
F. Gary Gray (2004)
Mario Van Peebles (2005)
Thomas Carter (2006)
Spike Lee (2007)
Gina Prince-Bythewood (2008)
No Award (2009)
Lee Daniels (2010)
Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes (2011)
Steve McQueen (2012)
Ava DuVernay (2013)
Steve McQueen (2014)
Ava DuVernay (2015)
Ryan Coogler (2016)
Barry Jenkins (2017)
Jordan Peele (2018)
Ryan Coogler (2019)
Jordan Peele (2020)
Regina King (2021)
Jeymes Samuel (2022)
Gina Prince-Bythewood (2023)
Cord Jefferson (2024)

Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor

Robert De Niro (1980)
Burt Lancaster (1981)
Dustin Hoffman (1982)
Eric Roberts (1983)
Haing S. Ngor (1984)
Jack Nicholson (1985)
Bob Hoskins (1986)
Albert Brooks (1987)
Daniel Day-Lewis (1988)
Daniel Day-Lewis (1989)
Jeremy Irons (1990)
Nick Nolte (1991)
Denzel Washington (1992)
Daniel Day-Lewis (1993)
Albert Finney (1994)
Nicolas Cage (1995)
Geoffrey Rush (1996)
Al Pacino (1997)
Brendan Gleeson (1998)
Jim Carrey (1999)
Colin Farrell (2000)
Brian Cox / Denzel Washington (2001)
Adrien Brody (2002)
Bill Murray (2003)
Jamie Foxx (2004)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005)
Forest Whitaker (2006)
Frank Langella (2007)
Sean Penn / Mickey Rourke (2008)
Jeremy Renner (2009)
Jesse Eisenberg (2010)
Brad Pitt (2011)
Daniel Day-Lewis (2012)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (2013)
Michael Keaton (2014)
Paul Dano / Leonardo DiCaprio (2015)
Casey Affleck (2016)
Daniel Kaluuya (2017)
John C. Reilly (2018)
Adam Sandler (2019)
Anthony Hopkins (2020)
Hidetoshi Nishijima (2021)
Colin Farrell (2022)
Paul Giamatti (2023)
Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet (2024)

v t e Britannia Awards
Excellence in Film	\n Albert R. Broccoli (1989) \n Michael Caine (1990) \n Peter Ustinov (1992) \n Martin Scorsese (1993) \n Anthony Hopkins (1995) \n Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein (1996) \n Dustin Hoffman (1997) \n John Travolta (1998) \n Stanley Kubrick (1999) \n Steven Spielberg (2000) \n George Lucas (2002) \n Hugh Grant (2003) \n Tom Hanks (2004) \n Tom Cruise (2005) \n Clint Eastwood (2006) \n Denzel Washington (2007) \n Sean Penn (2008) \n Robert De Niro (2009) \n Jeff Bridges (2010) \n Warren Beatty (2011) \n Daniel Day-Lewis (2012) \n George Clooney (2013) \n Robert Downey Jr. (2014) \n Meryl Streep (2015) \n Jodie Foster (2016) \n Matt Damon (2017) \n Cate Blanchett (2018) \n Jane Fonda (2019) \n
Excellence in Directing	\n Peter Weir (2003) \n Jim Sheridan (2004) \n Mike Newell (2005) \n Anthony Minghella (2006) \n Martin Campbell (2007) \n Stephen Frears (2008) \n Danny Boyle (2009) \n Christopher Nolan (2010) \n David Yates (2011) \n Quentin Tarantino (2012) \n Kathryn Bigelow (2013) \n Mike Leigh (2014) \n Sam Mendes (2015) \n Ang Lee (2016) \n Ava DuVernay (2017) \n Steve McQueen (2018) \n Jordan Peele (2019) \n
Worldwide Contribution to Entertainment	\n Howard Stringer (2003) \n Kirk Douglas (2009) \n Ridley Scott & Tony Scott (2010) \n John Lasseter (2011) \n Will Wright (2012) \n Ben Kingsley (2013) \n Judi Dench (2014) \n Harrison Ford (2015) \n Samuel L. Jackson (2016) \n Kenneth Branagh (2017) \n Kevin Feige (2018) \n Jackie Chan (2019) \n
British Artist of the Year	\n Rachel Weisz (2006) \n Kate Winslet (2007) \n Tilda Swinton (2008) \n Emily Blunt (2009) \n Michael Sheen (2010) \n Helena Bonham Carter (2011) \n Daniel Craig (2012) \n Benedict Cumberbatch (2013) \n Emma Watson (2014) \n James Corden (2015) \n Felicity Jones (2016) \n Claire Foy (2017) \n Emilia Clarke (2018) \n Phoebe Waller-Bridge (2019) \n
Excellence in Comedy	\n Betty White (2010) \n Ben Stiller (2011) \n Trey Parker and Matt Stone (2012) \n Sacha Baron Cohen (2013) \n Julia Louis-Dreyfus (2014) \n Amy Schumer (2015) \n Ricky Gervais (2016) \n Aziz Ansari (2017) \n Jim Carrey (2018) \n Steve Coogan (2019) \n
Excellence in Television	\n Aaron Spelling (1999) \n HBO Original Programming (2002) \n Dick Van Dyke (2017) \n Damian Lewis (2018) \n Norman Lear (2019) \n
Humanitarian Award	\n Richard Curtis (2007) \n Don Cheadle (2008) \n Colin Firth (2009) \n Idris Elba (2013) \n Mark Ruffalo (2014) \n Orlando Bloom (2015) \n Ewan McGregor (2016) \n
Retired Awards	\n BBC (1999) \n Tarsem Singh (1999) \n Angela Lansbury (2003) \n Helen Mirren (2004) \n Elizabeth Taylor (2005) \n Ronald Neame (2005) \n Sidney Poitier (2006) \n Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne (2007) \n

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Cecil B. DeMille (1951)
Walt Disney (1952)
Darryl F. Zanuck (1953)
Jean Hersholt (1954)
Jack L. Warner (1955)
Mervyn LeRoy (1956)
Buddy Adler (1957)
Maurice Chevalier (1958)
Bing Crosby (1959)
Fred Astaire (1960)
Judy Garland (1961)
Bob Hope (1962)
Joseph E. Levine (1963)
James Stewart (1964)
John Wayne (1965)
Charlton Heston (1966)
Kirk Douglas (1967)
Gregory Peck (1968)
Joan Crawford (1969)
Frank Sinatra (1970)
Alfred Hitchcock (1971)
Samuel Goldwyn (1972)
Bette Davis (1973)
Hal B. Wallis (1974)
No Award (1975)
Walter Mirisch (1976)
Red Skelton (1977)
Lucille Ball (1978)
Henry Fonda (1979)
Gene Kelly (1980)
Sidney Poitier (1981)
Laurence Olivier (1982)
Paul Newman (1983)
Elizabeth Taylor (1984)
Barbara Stanwyck (1985)
Anthony Quinn (1986)
Clint Eastwood (1987)
Doris Day (1988)
Audrey Hepburn (1989)
Jack Lemmon (1990)
Robert Mitchum (1991)
Lauren Bacall (1992)
Robert Redford (1993)
Sophia Loren (1994)
Sean Connery (1995)
Dustin Hoffman (1996)
Shirley MacLaine (1997)
Jack Nicholson (1998)
Barbra Streisand (1999)
Al Pacino (2000)
Harrison Ford (2001)
Gene Hackman (2002)
Michael Douglas (2003)
Robin Williams (2004)
Anthony Hopkins (2005)
Warren Beatty (2006)
No Award (2007)
Steven Spielberg (2008)
Martin Scorsese (2009)
Robert De Niro (2010)
Morgan Freeman (2011)
Jodie Foster (2012)
Woody Allen (2013)
George Clooney (2014)
Denzel Washington (2015)
Meryl Streep (2016)
Oprah Winfrey (2017)
Jeff Bridges (2018)
Tom Hanks (2019)
Jane Fonda (2020)
No Award (2021)
Eddie Murphy (2022)
No Award (2023)
Viola Davis (2024)

Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor

Jeremy Irons (1988)
Tom Cruise (1989)
Jeremy Irons (1990)
Anthony Hopkins (1991)
Denzel Washington (1992)
Liam Neeson (1993)
Tom Hanks (1994)
Nicolas Cage (1995)
Billy Bob Thornton (1996)
Robert Duvall (1997)
Ian McKellen (1998)
Russell Crowe (1999)
Tom Hanks (2000)
Gene Hackman (2001)
Daniel Day-Lewis (2002)
Bill Murray (2003)
Paul Giamatti (2004)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005)
Forest Whitaker (2006)
Daniel Day-Lewis (2007)
Mickey Rourke (2008)
Jeremy Renner (2009)
Colin Firth (2010)
Michael Shannon (2011)
Daniel Day-Lewis (2012)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (2013)
Michael Keaton (2014)
Leonardo DiCaprio (2015)
Casey Affleck (2016)
Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet (2017)
Ethan Hawke (2018)
Adam Driver (2019)
Chadwick Boseman (2020)
Benedict Cumberbatch (2021)
Colin Farrell (2022)
Paul Giamatti (2023)
Adrien Brody (2024)

Dallas\u2013Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor

Jeremy Irons (1990)
Anthony Hopkins (1991)
Denzel Washington (1992)
Anthony Hopkins (1993)
Tom Hanks (1994)
Nicolas Cage (1995)
Geoffrey Rush (1996)
Peter Fonda (1997)
Jim Carrey (1998)
Kevin Spacey (1999)
Russell Crowe (2000)
Russell Crowe (2001)
Jack Nicholson (2002)
Sean Penn (2003)
Paul Giamatti (2004)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005)
Forest Whitaker (2006)
Daniel Day-Lewis (2007)
Sean Penn (2008)
George Clooney (2009)
James Franco (2010)
George Clooney (2011)
Daniel Day-Lewis (2012)
Matthew McConaughey (2013)
Michael Keaton (2014)
Leonardo DiCaprio (2015)
Casey Affleck (2016)
Gary Oldman (2017)
Christian Bale (2018)
Adam Driver (2019)
Chadwick Boseman (2020)
Benedict Cumberbatch (2021)
Colin Farrell (2022)
Cillian Murphy (2023)
Ralph Fiennes (2024)

v t e Donostia Award
Lifetime Achievement Award at the San Sebasti\u00e1n International Film Festival
1980s	\n 1986: Gregory Peck / Gene Tierney \n 1987: Glenn Ford \n 1988: Vittorio Gassman \n 1989: Bette Davis \n
1990s	\n 1990: Claudette Colbert \n 1991: Anthony Perkins \n 1992: Lauren Bacall \n 1993: Robert Mitchum \n 1994: Lana Turner \n 1995: Susan Sarandon / Catherine Deneuve \n 1996: Al Pacino \n 1997: Michael Douglas / Jeremy Irons \n 1998: Jeanne Moreau / Anthony Hopkins / John Malkovich \n 1999: Anjelica Huston / Fernando Fern\u00e1n G\u00f3mez / Vanessa Redgrave \n
2000s	\n 2000: Michael Caine / Robert De Niro \n 2001: Julie Andrews / Warren Beatty / Francisco Rabal \n 2002: Jessica Lange / Bob Hoskins / Dennis Hopper / Francis Ford Coppola \n 2003: Robert Duvall / Sean Penn / Isabelle Huppert \n 2004: Annette Bening / Jeff Bridges / Woody Allen \n 2005: Willem Dafoe / Ben Gazzara \n 2006: Max von Sydow / Matt Dillon \n 2007: Liv Ullmann / Richard Gere \n 2008: Meryl Streep / Antonio Banderas \n 2009: Ian McKellen \n
2010s	\n 2010: Julia Roberts \n 2011: Glenn Close \n 2012: Oliver Stone / Ewan McGregor / Tommy Lee Jones / John Travolta / Dustin Hoffman \n 2013: Carmen Maura / Hugh Jackman \n 2014: Denzel Washington / Benicio del Toro \n 2015: Emily Watson \n 2016: Sigourney Weaver / Ethan Hawke \n 2017: Ricardo Dar\u00edn / Monica Bellucci / Agn\u00e8s Varda \n 2018: Hirokazu Kore-eda / Danny DeVito / Judi Dench \n 2019: Pen\u00e9lope Cruz / Costa-Gavras / Donald Sutherland \n
2020s	\n 2020: Viggo Mortensen \n 2021: Johnny Depp / Marion Cotillard \n 2022: Juliette Binoche / David Cronenberg \n 2023: Javier Bardem / V\u00edctor Erice / Hayao Miyazaki \n 2024: Pedro Almod\u00f3var / Cate Blanchett \n

v t e Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture \u2013 Drama
1943\u20131975	\n Paul Lukas (1943) \n Alexander Knox (1944) \n Ray Milland (1945) \n Gregory Peck (1946) \n Ronald Colman (1947) \n Laurence Olivier (1948) \n Broderick Crawford (1949) \n Jos\u00e9 Ferrer (1950) \n Fredric March (1951) \n Gary Cooper (1952) \n Spencer Tracy (1953) \n Marlon Brando (1954) \n Ernest Borgnine (1955) \n Kirk Douglas (1956) \n Alec Guinness (1957) \n David Niven (1958) \n Anthony Franciosa (1959) \n Burt Lancaster (1960) \n Maximilian Schell (1961) \n Gregory Peck (1962) \n Sidney Poitier (1963) \n Peter O'Toole (1964) \n Omar Sharif (1965) \n Paul Scofield (1966) \n Rod Steiger (1967) \n Peter O'Toole (1968) \n John Wayne (1969) \n George C. Scott (1970) \n Gene Hackman (1971) \n Marlon Brando (1972) \n Al Pacino (1973) \n Jack Nicholson (1974) \n Jack Nicholson (1975) \n
1976\u20132000	\n Peter Finch (1976) \n Richard Burton (1977) \n Jon Voight (1978) \n Dustin Hoffman (1979) \n Robert De Niro (1980) \n Henry Fonda (1981) \n Ben Kingsley (1982) \n Robert Duvall / Tom Courtenay (1983) \n F. Murray Abraham (1984) \n Jon Voight (1985) \n Bob Hoskins (1986) \n Michael Douglas (1987) \n Dustin Hoffman (1988) \n Tom Cruise (1989) \n Jeremy Irons (1990) \n Nick Nolte (1991) \n Al Pacino (1992) \n Tom Hanks (1993) \n Tom Hanks (1994) \n Nicolas Cage (1995) \n Geoffrey Rush (1996) \n Peter Fonda (1997) \n Jim Carrey (1998) \n Denzel Washington (1999) \n Tom Hanks (2000) \n
2001\u2013present	\n Russell Crowe (2001) \n Jack Nicholson (2002) \n Sean Penn (2003) \n Leonardo DiCaprio (2004) \n Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005) \n Forest Whitaker (2006) \n Daniel Day-Lewis (2007) \n Mickey Rourke (2008) \n Jeff Bridges (2009) \n Colin Firth (2010) \n George Clooney (2011) \n Daniel Day-Lewis (2012) \n Matthew McConaughey (2013) \n Eddie Redmayne (2014) \n Leonardo DiCaprio (2015) \n Casey Affleck (2016) \n Gary Oldman (2017) \n Rami Malek (2018) \n Joaquin Phoenix (2019) \n Chadwick Boseman (2020) \n Will Smith (2021) \n Austin Butler (2022) \n Cillian Murphy (2023) \n Adrien Brody (2024) \n

v t e Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor \u2013 Motion Picture
1943\u20131975	\n Akim Tamiroff (1943) \n Barry Fitzgerald (1944) \n J. Carrol Naish (1945) \n Clifton Webb (1946) \n Edmund Gwenn (1947) \n Walter Huston (1948) \n James Whitmore (1949) \n Edmund Gwenn (1950) \n Peter Ustinov (1951) \n Millard Mitchell (1952) \n Frank Sinatra (1953) \n Edmond O'Brien (1954) \n Arthur Kennedy (1955) \n Earl Holliman (1956) \n Red Buttons (1957) \n Burl Ives (1958) \n Stephen Boyd (1959) \n Sal Mineo (1960) \n George Chakiris (1961) \n Omar Sharif (1962) \n John Huston (1963) \n Edmond O'Brien (1964) \n Oskar Werner (1965) \n Richard Attenborough (1966) \n Richard Attenborough (1967) \n Daniel Massey (1968) \n Gig Young (1969) \n John Mills (1970) \n Ben Johnson (1971) \n Joel Grey (1972) \n John Houseman (1973) \n Fred Astaire (1974) \n Richard Benjamin (1975) \n
1976\u20132000	\n Laurence Olivier (1976) \n Peter Firth (1977) \n John Hurt (1978) \n Melvyn Douglas / Robert Duvall (1979) \n Timothy Hutton (1980) \n John Gielgud (1981) \n Louis Gossett Jr. (1982) \n Jack Nicholson (1983) \n Haing S. Ngor (1984) \n Klaus Maria Brandauer (1985) \n Tom Berenger (1986) \n Sean Connery (1987) \n Martin Landau (1988) \n Denzel Washington (1989) \n Bruce Davison (1990) \n Jack Palance (1991) \n Gene Hackman (1992) \n Tommy Lee Jones (1993) \n Martin Landau (1994) \n Brad Pitt (1995) \n Edward Norton (1996) \n Burt Reynolds (1997) \n Ed Harris (1998) \n Tom Cruise (1999) \n Benicio del Toro (2000) \n
2001\u2013present	\n Jim Broadbent (2001) \n Chris Cooper (2002) \n Tim Robbins (2003) \n Clive Owen (2004) \n George Clooney (2005) \n Eddie Murphy (2006) \n Javier Bardem (2007) \n Heath Ledger (2008) \n Christoph Waltz (2009) \n Christian Bale (2010) \n Christopher Plummer (2011) \n Christoph Waltz (2012) \n Jared Leto (2013) \n J. K. Simmons (2014) \n Sylvester Stallone (2015) \n Aaron Taylor-Johnson (2016) \n Sam Rockwell (2017) \n Mahershala Ali (2018) \n Brad Pitt (2019) \n Daniel Kaluuya (2020) \n Kodi Smit-McPhee (2021) \n Ke Huy Quan (2022) \n Robert Downey Jr. (2023) \n Kieran Culkin (2024) \n

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor

1975\u20132000

Al Pacino (1975)
Robert De Niro (1976)
Richard Dreyfuss (1977)
Jon Voight (1978)
Dustin Hoffman (1979)
Robert De Niro (1980)
Burt Lancaster (1981)
Ben Kingsley (1982)
Robert Duvall (1983)
F. Murray Abraham / Albert Finney (1984)
William Hurt (1985)
Bob Hoskins (1986)
Jack Nicholson / Steve Martin (1987)
Tom Hanks (1988)
Daniel Day-Lewis (1989)
Jeremy Irons (1990)
Nick Nolte (1991)
Clint Eastwood (1992)
Anthony Hopkins (1993)
John Travolta (1994)
Nicolas Cage (1995)
Geoffrey Rush (1996)
Robert Duvall (1997)
Ian McKellen (1998)
Russell Crowe (1999)
Michael Douglas (2000)

2001\u20132021

Denzel Washington (2001)
Daniel Day-Lewis / Jack Nicholson (2002)
Bill Murray (2003)
Liam Neeson (2004)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005)
Sacha Baron Cohen / Forest Whitaker (2006)
Daniel Day-Lewis (2007)
Sean Penn (2008)
Jeff Bridges (2009)
Colin Firth (2010)
Michael Fassbender (2011)
Joaquin Phoenix (2012)
Bruce Dern (2013)
Tom Hardy (2014)
Michael Fassbender (2015)
Adam Driver (2016)
Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet (2017)
Ethan Hawke (2018)
Antonio Banderas (2019)
Chadwick Boseman (2020)
Simon Rex (2021)

Maltin Modern Master Award

Award

Michael Douglas (1995)
Jodie Foster (1997)
Anthony Hopkins (2000)
Diane Keaton (2001)
Peter Jackson (2004)
George Clooney (2006)
Will Smith (2007)
Cate Blanchett (2008)
Clint Eastwood (2009)
James Cameron (2010)
Christopher Nolan (2011)
Christopher Plummer (2012)
Ben Affleck (2013)
Bruce Dern (2014)
Michael Keaton (2015)
Johnny Depp (2016)
Denzel Washington (2017)
Gary Oldman (2018)
Glenn Close (2019)
Brad Pitt (2020)
Bill Murray (2021)
Nicole Kidman (2022)
Javier Bardem (2022)
Jamie Lee Curtis (2023)
Robert Downey Jr. (2024)
Angelina Jolie (2025)

Festival editions

2024
2025

v t e MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Performance in a Movie
Best Male Performance (1992\u20132005, 2008\u20132016)	\n Arnold Schwarzenegger (1992) \n Denzel Washington (1993) \n Tom Hanks (1994) \n Brad Pitt (1995) \n Jim Carrey (1996) \n Tom Cruise (1997) \n Leonardo DiCaprio (1998) \n Jim Carrey (1999) \n Keanu Reeves (2000) \n Tom Cruise (2001) \n Will Smith (2002) \n Eminem (2003) \n Johnny Depp (2004) \n Leonardo DiCaprio (2005) \n Will Smith (2008) \n Zac Efron (2009) \n Robert Pattinson (2010) \n Robert Pattinson (2011) \n Josh Hutcherson (2012) \n Bradley Cooper (2013) \n Josh Hutcherson (2014) \n Bradley Cooper (2015) \n Leonardo DiCaprio (2016) \n
Best Female Performance (1992\u20132005, 2008\u20132016)	\n Linda Hamilton (1992) \n Sharon Stone (1993) \n Janet Jackson (1994) \n Sandra Bullock (1995) \n Alicia Silverstone (1996) \n Claire Danes (1997) \n Neve Campbell (1998) \n Cameron Diaz (1999) \n Sarah Michelle Gellar (2000) \n Julia Roberts (2001) \n Nicole Kidman (2002) \n Kirsten Dunst (2003) \n Uma Thurman (2004) \n Lindsay Lohan (2005) \n Elliot Page (2008) \n Kristen Stewart (2009) \n Kristen Stewart (2010) \n Kristen Stewart (2011) \n Jennifer Lawrence (2012) \n Jennifer Lawrence (2013) \n Jennifer Lawrence (2014) \n Shailene Woodley (2015) \n Charlize Theron (2016) \n
Best Performance (2006\u20132007, 2017\u2013present)	\n Jake Gyllenhaal (2006) \n Johnny Depp (2007) \n Emma Watson (2017) \n Chadwick Boseman (2018) \n Lady Gaga (2019) \n No Award (2020) \n Chadwick Boseman (2021) \n Tom Holland (2022) \n Tom Cruise (2023) \n

MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Villain

Rebecca De Mornay (1992)
Jennifer Jason Leigh (1993)
Alicia Silverstone (1994)
Dennis Hopper (1995)
Kevin Spacey (1996)
Jim Carrey (1997)
Mike Myers (1998)
Matt Dillon / Stephen Dorff (1999)
Mike Myers (2000)
Jim Carrey (2001)
Denzel Washington (2002)
Daveigh Chase (2003)
Lucy Liu (2004)
Ben Stiller (2005)
Hayden Christensen (2006)
Jack Nicholson (2007)
Johnny Depp (2008)
Heath Ledger (2009)
Tom Felton (2010)
Tom Felton (2011)
Jennifer Aniston (2012)
Tom Hiddleston (2013)
Mila Kunis (2014)
Meryl Streep (2015)
Adam Driver (2016)
Jeffrey Dean Morgan (2017)
Michael B. Jordan (2018)
Josh Brolin (2019)
No Award (2020)
Kathryn Hahn (2021)
Daniel Radcliffe (2022)
Elizabeth Olsen (2023)

NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year

Dionne Warwick (1985)
Patti LaBelle (1986)
Dionne Warwick (1987)
Lionel Richie (1988)
Eddie Murphy (1989)
Oprah Winfrey (1990)
Patti LaBelle (1991)
Michael Jackson (1992)
Whitney Houston (1993)
Quincy Jones (1995)
Denzel Washington (1996)
Kenneth \"Babyface\" Edmonds (1997)
Will Smith (1998)
Halle Berry (1999)
Steve Harvey (2000)
Beyonc\u00e9 (2003)
Jamie Foxx (2012)
Kevin Hart (2013)
Taraji P. Henson (2014)
Michael B. Jordan (2015)
Dwayne Johnson (2016)
Ava DuVernay (2017)
Beyonc\u00e9 (2018)
Lizzo (2019)
D-Nice (2020)
Jennifer Hudson (2021)
Angela Bassett (2022)
Usher (2023)

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

Raymond St. Jacques (1969)
Jim Brown (1970)
Donald Sutherland (1971)
Billy Dee Williams (1972)
No Award (1973)
Bernie Casey (1974)
James Earl Jones (1975)
Bill Cosby (1976)
Billy Dee Williams (1977)
Paul Winfield (1978)
Michael Jackson (1979)
LeVar Burton (1980)
Richard Pryor (1981)
Louis Gossett Jr. (1982)
Eddie Murphy (1983)
Prince (1984)
Adolph Caesar (1985)
Gregory Hines (1986)
Danny Glover (1987)
Denzel Washington (1988)
Morgan Freeman (1989)
No Award (1990)
Wesley Snipes (1991)
Denzel Washington (1992)
Denzel Washington (1993)
No Award (1994)
Denzel Washington (1995)
Denzel Washington (1996)
Djimon Hounsou (1997)
Danny Glover (1998)
Denzel Washington (1999)
Denzel Washington (2000)
Denzel Washington (2001)
Denzel Washington (2002)
Cuba Gooding Jr. (2003)
Jamie Foxx (2004)
Samuel L. Jackson (2005)
Forest Whitaker (2006)
Denzel Washington (2007)
Will Smith (2008)
Morgan Freeman (2009)
Denzel Washington (2010)
Laz Alonso (2011)
Denzel Washington (2012)
Forest Whitaker (2013)
David Oyelowo (2014)
Michael B. Jordan (2015)
Denzel Washington (2016)
Daniel Kaluuya (2017)
Chadwick Boseman (2018)
Michael B. Jordan (2019)
Chadwick Boseman (2020)
Will Smith (2021)
Will Smith (2022)
Colman Domingo (2023)

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Redd Foxx (1970)
No Award (1971)
Roscoe Lee Browne (1972)
No Awards (1973\u20131976)
DeWayne Jessie (1977)
No Awards (1978\u20131981)
Moses Gunn (1982)
Scatman Crothers (1983)
No Award (1984)
Denzel Washington (1985)
Denzel Washington (1986)
Mario Van Peebles (1987)
Arsenio Hall (1988)
Ossie Davis (1989)
Denzel Washington (1990)
No Awards (1991)
Al Freeman Jr. (1992)
No Awards (1993\u20131994)
Laurence Fishburne (1995)
Samuel L. Jackson (1996)
Morgan Freeman (1997)
Morgan Freeman (1998)
Terrence Howard (1999)
Blair Underwood (2000)
Jamie Foxx (2001)
Denzel Washington (2002)
Morgan Freeman (2003)
Morgan Freeman (2004)
Terrence Howard (2005)
Djimon Hounsou (2006)
Denzel Washington (2007)
Columbus Short (2008)
Adam Rodriguez (2009)
Samuel L. Jackson (2010)
Mike Epps (2011)
Samuel L. Jackson (2012)
David Oyelowo (2013)
Common (2014)
O'Shea Jackson Jr. (2015)
Mahershala Ali (2016)
Idris Elba (2017)
Michael B. Jordan (2018)
Jamie Foxx (2019)
Chadwick Boseman (2020)
Daniel Kaluuya (2021)
Tenoch Huerta (2022)
Colman Domingo (2023)

v t e NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited-series)
1990s	\n LeVar Burton (1995) \n Denzel Washington (1996) \n Denzel Washington (1997) \n LeVar Burton (1998) \n Lynn Whitfield (1999) \n
2000s	\n Bill Cosby (2000) \n LeVar Burton (2001) \n LeVar Burton (2001) \n Raven-Symon\u00e9 (2003) \n Raven-Symon\u00e9 (2004) \n Raven-Symon\u00e9 (2005) \n Raven-Symon\u00e9 (2006) \n Raven-Symon\u00e9 (2007) \n Keke Palmer (2008) \n Keke Palmer (2009) \n
2010s	\n Keke Palmer (2010) \n Keke Palmer (2011) \n Loretta Devine (2012) \n China Anne McClain (2013) \n F\u00e1tima Ptacek (2014) \n Marcus Scribner (2015) \n Marsai Martin (2016) \n Caleb McLaughlin (2017) \n Marsai Martin (2018) \n Marsai Martin (2019) \n
2020s	\n Marsai Martin (2020) \n Miles Brown (2021) \n Ja'Siah Young (2022) \n Leah Sava Jeffries (2023) \n

v t e New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
1935\u20131950	\n Charles Laughton (1935) \n Walter Huston (1936) \n Paul Muni (1937) \n James Cagney (1938) \n James Stewart (1939) \n Charlie Chaplin (1940) \n Gary Cooper (1941) \n James Cagney (1942) \n Paul Lukas (1943) \n Barry Fitzgerald (1944) \n Ray Milland (1945) \n Laurence Olivier (1946) \n William Powell (1947) \n Laurence Olivier (1948) \n Broderick Crawford (1949) \n Gregory Peck (1950) \n
1951\u20131975	\n Arthur Kennedy (1951) \n Ralph Richardson (1952) \n Burt Lancaster (1953) \n Marlon Brando (1954) \n Ernest Borgnine (1955) \n Kirk Douglas (1956) \n Alec Guinness (1957) \n David Niven (1958) \n James Stewart (1959) \n Burt Lancaster (1960) \n Maximilian Schell (1961) \n No Award (1962) \n Albert Finney (1963) \n Rex Harrison (1964) \n Oskar Werner (1965) \n Paul Scofield (1966) \n Rod Steiger (1967) \n Alan Arkin (1968) \n Jon Voight (1969) \n George C. Scott (1970) \n Gene Hackman (1971) \n Laurence Olivier (1972) \n Marlon Brando (1973) \n Jack Nicholson (1974) \n Jack Nicholson (1975) \n
1976\u20132000	\n Robert De Niro (1976) \n John Gielgud (1977) \n Jon Voight (1978) \n Dustin Hoffman (1979) \n Robert De Niro (1980) \n Burt Lancaster (1981) \n Ben Kingsley (1982) \n Robert Duvall (1983) \n Steve Martin (1984) \n Jack Nicholson (1985) \n Bob Hoskins (1986) \n Jack Nicholson (1987) \n Jeremy Irons (1988) \n Daniel Day-Lewis (1989) \n Robert De Niro (1990) \n Anthony Hopkins (1991) \n Denzel Washington (1992) \n David Thewlis (1993) \n Paul Newman (1994) \n Nicolas Cage (1995) \n Geoffrey Rush (1996) \n Peter Fonda (1997) \n Nick Nolte (1998) \n Richard Farnsworth (1999) \n Tom Hanks (2000) \n
2001\u2013present	\n Tom Wilkinson (2001) \n Daniel Day-Lewis (2002) \n Bill Murray (2003) \n Paul Giamatti (2004) \n Heath Ledger (2005) \n Forest Whitaker (2006) \n Daniel Day-Lewis (2007) \n Sean Penn (2008) \n George Clooney (2009) \n Colin Firth (2010) \n Brad Pitt (2011) \n Daniel Day-Lewis (2012) \n Robert Redford (2013) \n Timothy Spall (2014) \n Michael Keaton (2015) \n Casey Affleck (2016) \n Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet (2017) \n Ethan Hawke (2018) \n Antonio Banderas (2019) \n Delroy Lindo (2020) \n Benedict Cumberbatch (2021) \n Colin Farrell (2022) \n Franz Rogowski (2023) \n Adrien Brody (2024) \n

San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor

Michael Caine (2002)
Bill Murray (2003)
Paul Giamatti (2004)
Heath Ledger (2005)
Sacha Baron Cohen (2006)
George Clooney (2007)
Sean Penn / Mickey Rourke (2008)
Colin Firth (2009)
Colin Firth (2010)
Gary Oldman (2011)
Joaquin Phoenix (2012)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (2013)
Michael Keaton (2014)
Paul Dano (2015)
Denzel Washington (2016)
Andy Serkis (2017)
Ethan Hawke (2018)
Antonio Banderas (2019)
Chadwick Boseman (2020)
Benedict Cumberbatch (2021)
Colin Farrell (2022)
Jeffrey Wright (2023)
Colman Domingo (2024)

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Tom Hanks (1994)
Nicolas Cage (1995)
Geoffrey Rush (1996)
Jack Nicholson (1997)
Roberto Benigni (1998)
Kevin Spacey (1999)
Benicio del Toro (2000)
Russell Crowe (2001)
Daniel Day-Lewis (2002)
Johnny Depp (2003)
Jamie Foxx (2004)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005)
Forest Whitaker (2006)
Daniel Day-Lewis (2007)
Sean Penn (2008)
Jeff Bridges (2009)
Colin Firth (2010)
Jean Dujardin (2011)
Daniel Day-Lewis (2012)
Matthew McConaughey (2013)
Eddie Redmayne (2014)
Leonardo DiCaprio (2015)
Denzel Washington (2016)
Gary Oldman (2017)
Rami Malek (2018)
Joaquin Phoenix (2019)
Chadwick Boseman (2020)
Will Smith (2021)
Brendan Fraser (2022)
Cillian Murphy (2023)

v t e Silver Bear for Best Actor
1956\u20131975	\n Burt Lancaster (1956) \n Pedro Infante (1957) \n Sidney Poitier (1958) \n Jean Gabin (1959) \n Fredric March (1960) \n Peter Finch (1961) \n James Stewart (1962) \n Sidney Poitier (1963) \n Rod Steiger (1964) \n Lee Marvin (1965) \n Jean-Pierre L\u00e9aud (1966) \n Michel Simon (1967) \n Jean-Louis Trintignant (1968) \n Jean Gabin (1971) \n Alberto Sordi (1972) \n Vlastimil Brodsk\u00fd (1975) \n
1976\u20132000	\n Gerhard Olschewski (1976) \n Fernando Fern\u00e1n G\u00f3mez (1977) \n Craig Russell (1978) \n Michele Placido (1979) \n Andrzej Seweryn (1980) \n Jack Lemmon / Anatoly Solonitsyn (1981) \n Michel Piccoli / Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd (1982) \n Bruce Dern (1983) \n Albert Finney (1984) \n Fernando Fern\u00e1n G\u00f3mez (1985) \n Tuncel Kurtiz (1986) \n Gian Maria Volont\u00e9 (1987) \n Manfred M\u00f6ck / J\u00f6rg Pose (1988) \n Gene Hackman (1989) \n Iain Glen (1990) \n Maynard Eziashi (1991) \n Armin Mueller-Stahl (1992) \n Denzel Washington (1993) \n Tom Hanks (1994) \n Paul Newman (1995) \n Sean Penn (1996) \n Leonardo DiCaprio (1997) \n Samuel L. Jackson (1998) \n Michael Gwisdek (1999) \n Denzel Washington (2000) \n
2001\u20132020	\n Benicio del Toro (2001) \n Jacques Gamblin (2002) \n Sam Rockwell (2003) \n Daniel Hendler (2004) \n Lou Taylor Pucci (2005) \n Moritz Bleibtreu (2006) \n Julio Ch\u00e1vez (2007) \n Reza Naji (2008) \n Sotigui Kouyat\u00e9 (2009) \n Grigoriy Dobrygin / Sergei Puskepalis (2010) \n Shahab Hosseini / Babak Karimi / Payman Maadi / Ali-Asghar Shahbazi (2011) \n Mikkel F\u00f8lsgaard (2012) \n Nazif Muji\u0107 (2013) \n Liao Fan (2014) \n Tom Courtenay (2015) \n Majd Mastoura (2016) \n Georg Friedrich (2017) \n Anthony Bajon (2018) \n Wang Jingchun (2019) \n Elio Germano (2020) \n

v t e Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play
1947\u20131975	\n Jos\u00e9 Ferrer / Fredric March (1947) \n Henry Fonda / Paul Kelly / Basil Rathbone (1948) \n Rex Harrison (1949) \n Sidney Blackmer (1950) \n Claude Rains (1951) \n Jos\u00e9 Ferrer (1952) \n Tom Ewell (1953) \n David Wayne (1954) \n Alfred Lunt (1955) \n Paul Muni (1956) \n Fredric March (1957) \n Ralph Bellamy (1958) \n Jason Robards Jr. (1959) \n Melvyn Douglas (1960) \n Zero Mostel (1961) \n Paul Scofield (1962) \n Arthur Hill (1963) \n Alec Guinness (1964) \n Walter Matthau (1965) \n Hal Holbrook (1966) \n Paul Rogers (1967) \n Martin Balsam (1968) \n James Earl Jones (1969) \n Fritz Weaver (1970) \n Brian Bedford (1971) \n Cliff Gorman (1972) \n Alan Bates (1973) \n Michael Moriarty (1974) \n John Kani and Winston Ntshona (1975) \n
1976\u20132000	\n John Wood (1976) \n Al Pacino (1977) \n Barnard Hughes (1978) \n Tom Conti (1979) \n John Rubinstein (1980) \n Ian McKellen (1981) \n Roger Rees (1982) \n Harvey Fierstein (1983) \n Jeremy Irons (1984) \n Derek Jacobi (1985) \n Judd Hirsch (1986) \n James Earl Jones (1987) \n Ron Silver (1988) \n Philip Bosco (1989) \n Robert Morse (1990) \n Nigel Hawthorne (1991) \n Judd Hirsch (1992) \n Ron Leibman (1993) \n Stephen Spinella (1994) \n Ralph Fiennes (1995) \n George Grizzard (1996) \n Christopher Plummer (1997) \n Anthony LaPaglia (1998) \n Brian Dennehy (1999) \n Stephen Dillane (2000) \n
2001\u2013present	\n Richard Easton (2001) \n Alan Bates (2002) \n Brian Dennehy (2003) \n Jefferson Mays (2004) \n Bill Irwin (2005) \n Richard Griffiths (2006) \n Frank Langella (2007) \n Mark Rylance (2008) \n Geoffrey Rush (2009) \n Denzel Washington (2010) \n Mark Rylance (2011) \n James Corden (2012) \n Tracy Letts (2013) \n Bryan Cranston (2014) \n Alex Sharp (2015) \n Frank Langella (2016) \n Kevin Kline (2017) \n Andrew Garfield (2018) \n Bryan Cranston (2019) \n Andrew Burnap (2020/21) \n Simon Russell Beale (2022) \n Sean Hayes (2023) \n Jeremy Strong (2024) \n

Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor

Ian Holm (1997)
Ian McKellen (1998)
Kevin Spacey (1999)
Benicio del Toro (2000)
Ed Harris (2001)
Nicolas Cage (2002)
Bill Murray (2003)
Paul Giamatti (2004)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005)
Sacha Baron Cohen (2006)
Viggo Mortensen (2007)
Mickey Rourke (2008)
Nicolas Cage (2009)
Jesse Eisenberg (2010)
Michael Shannon (2011)
Denis Lavant (2012)
Oscar Isaac (2013)
Tom Hardy (2014)
Tom Hardy (2015)
Adam Driver (2016)
Daniel Day-Lewis (2017)
Ethan Hawke (2018)
Adam Driver (2019)
Riz Ahmed (2020)
Denzel Washington (2021)
Paul Mescal (2022)

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Director

Spike Jonze / Sam Mendes / Denzel Washington (2002)
Peter Jackson (2003)
Michel Gondry (2004)
Steven Spielberg (2005)
Martin Scorsese (2006)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
Danny Boyle (2008)
Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
David Fincher (2010)
Martin Scorsese (2011)
Kathryn Bigelow (2012)
Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n (2013)
Richard Linklater (2014)
George Miller (2015)
Damien Chazelle (2016)
Christopher Nolan (2017)
Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n (2018)
Bong Joon-ho (2019)
Chlo\u00e9 Zhao (2020)
Jane Campion (2021)
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)
Christopher Nolan (2023)
Brady Corbet (2024)

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Denzel Washington

What happened with Denzel Washington on 20 November, 1981

20 November, 1981