Geboren am December 28, 1954 · Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Filmography
| Role | Title | Year | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actor | The Equalizer | 2014 | |
| Producer | The Equalizer | 2014 | |
| Actor | Gladiator II | 2024 | Macrinus |
| Actor | The Equalizer 2 | 2018 | |
| Producer | The Equalizer 2 | 2018 | |
| Actor | The Equalizer 3 | 2023 | Robert McCall |
| Actor | The Book of Eli | 2010 | |
| Producer | The Book of Eli | 2010 | |
| Actor | The Little Things | 2021 | Joe 'Deke' Deacon |
| Actor | Training Day | 2001 | Alonzo Harris |
| Actor | Inside Man | 2006 | Detective Keith Frazier |
| Actor | Mann unter Feuer | 2004 | Creasy |
| Actor | American Gangster | 2007 | Frank Lucas |
| Actor | Die glorreichen Sieben | 2016 | Sam Chisolm |
| Actor | Flight | 2012 | Whip Whitaker |
| Actor | Déjà Vu - Wettlauf gegen die Zeit | 2006 | Agent Doug Carlin - ATF |
| Actor | Philadelphia | 1993 | Joe Miller |
| Producer | Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom | 2020 | |
| Actor | Der Knochenjäger | 1999 | Lincoln Rhyme |
| Actor | Fences | 2016 | Troy Maxson |
| Director | Fences | 2016 | |
| Producer | Fences | 2016 | |
| Actor | John Q. - Verzweifelte Wut | 2002 | John Quincy Archibald |
| Actor | 2 Guns | 2013 | Robert 'Bobby' Trench |
| Actor | Safe House | 2012 | |
| Producer | Safe House | 2012 | |
| Actor | Gegen jede Regel | 2000 | Coach Boone |
| Actor | Unstoppable - Ausser Kontrolle | 2010 | Frank Barnes |
| Actor | The Tragedy of Macbeth | 2021 | Lord Macbeth |
| Actor | Malcolm X | 1992 | Malcolm X |
| Actor | Die Entführung der U-Bahn Pelham 123 | 2009 | Walter Garber |
| Actor | Roman J. Israel, Esq. | 2017 | Roman J. Israel, Esq. |
| Producer | Roman J. Israel, Esq. | 2017 | |
| Actor | Die Akte | 1993 | Gray Grantham |
| Actor | Crimson Tide - In tiefster Gefahr | 1995 | Lt. Commander Ron Hunter |
| Actor | Glory | 1989 | Pvt. Trip |
| Actor | The Great Debaters - Die Macht der Worte | 2007 | Melvin B. Tolson |
| Director | The Great Debaters - Die Macht der Worte | 2007 | |
| Actor | Ausnahmezustand | 1998 | Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard |
| Actor | Dämon - Trau keiner Seele | 1998 | John Hobbes |
| Actor | Hurricane | 1999 | Rubin "Hurricane" Carter |
| Actor | Viel Lärm um nichts | 1993 | Don Pedro of Aragon |
| Actor | Der Manchurian Kandidat | 2004 | Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco |
| Actor | Out of Time - Sein Gegner ist die Zeit | 2003 | Matthias " Lee " Whitlock |
| Actor | Spike Lee's Spiel des Lebens | 1998 | Jake Shuttlesworth |
| Director | A Journal for Jordan | 2021 | |
| Producer | A Journal for Jordan | 2021 | |
| Actor | Mut zur Wahrheit | 1996 | Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling |
| Actor | Rendezvous mit einem Engel | 1996 | Dudley |
| Actor | Antwone Fisher | 2002 | Dr. Jerome Davenport |
| Director | Antwone Fisher | 2002 | |
| Actor | Chefarzt Dr. Westphall | Phillip Chandler | |
| Actor | Teufel in Blau | 1995 | Ezekiel 'Easy' Rawlins |
| Actor | Ricochet - Der Aufprall | 1991 | Nick Styles |
| Actor | Virtuosity | 1995 | Lt. Parker Barnes |
| Actor | An der Spitze | ||
| Actor | Schrei nach Freiheit | 1987 | Steve Biko |
| Actor | Mo' Better Blues | 1990 | Bleek Gilliam |
| Actor | Power - Weg zur Macht | 1986 | Arnold Billings |
| Actor | Mississippi Masala | 1991 | Demetrius Williams |
| Actor | Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist | 2021 | Denzel Washington |
| Actor | Sergeant Waters - Eine Soldatengeschichte | 1984 | Private First Class Peterson |
| Actor | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | ||
| Actor | License to Kill | 1984 | Martin Sawyer |
| Actor | Big Bad Man | 1989 | Xavier Quinn |
| Actor | Der Chaoten-Cop | 1990 | Napoleon Stone |
| Actor | Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane | 2017 | John Coltrane (voice) |
| Actor | Eine schöne Bescherung | 1981 | Roger Porter |
| Actor | Für Königin und Vaterland | 1988 | Reuben |
| Actor | Whitney Houston: The Greatest Hits | 2000 | Dudley (segment "Step by Step") |
| Actor | Champs | 2015 | Himself |
| Actor | Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing "Man on Fire" | 2005 | Denzel Washington |
| Actor | Hannibal | Hannibal | |
| Actor | Highest 2 Lowest | 2025 | David King |