Actor Spotlight: Denzel Washington

Feel free to talk about your favorite roles of his.

Just to name a few:
Malcom X
Hurricane
Training Day
Remember the Titans
Man on Fire

As always, feel free to suggest other folks we can discuss.

 

I just watched Crimson Tide, he is so good in it.

 

Malcolm X is his premier work, and he’s always engaging in whatever he’s in, but his taste in projects can be varied, to be kind, and he can get too into himself sometimes. He and Tony Scott were an amazing team, love Crimson Tide and Unstoppable, and their Taking of Pelham 123 remake.

Rules in Mo Betta Blues and Training Day, too.

 

The movie Fallen, where the best Denzel gif comes from:

 

Need some love for his work in Fences. Phenomenal performance.

 

My man

 

I'll watch any movie denzel is in

 

Denzel is not known for always choosing quality work but I don't think I've ever seen him give a performance that was short of outstanding.

American Gangster, Training Day, Fences, John Q, Man on Fire, etc...

Nathan already said it but it's worth saying every time - Malcolm X is his magnum opus. HIs portrayal is stunningly accurate and so compelling.

 

he’s never bad, even in bad movies. few you can say that about.

 

Eh he can dial it up too much. I definitely wouldn't say bad but if there's a director who can't reign him in a little bit it can distract from the work and come off as overdoing it.

 

I remember liking that one where he’s investigating a bombing and there’s time travel involved.

 

Deja Vu

my dad took me to basically every Denzel Washington movie from 2000-2010

 

Yeah my dad loves every Denzel movie.

 

It's me, I'm your dad

 

he’s gotta stop working with antoine fuqua nearly each time

 

I’ve got to revisit Flight sometime soon. He’s had so many great roles, but I especially enjoyed him in that film.

 

I love how on Twitter this gif has become shorthand for expressing relief at having seen a celebrity’s name trending & assuming that meant they were dead but it turned out to actually be for a different reason.

 

I love Man on Fire and the butt bomb lol

 

Out of Time I liked more than its reputation. And Unstoppable is one of the best straight action movies of the last whenever. But even in meh movies, he’s always excellent

 

Was he in Pelican Brief? I liked that one. I liked Remember the Titans, and enjoyed Crimson Tide.

 

Just watched Training Day again. So good

 

I saw Chappelle's Show long before Training Day so that Wayne Brady sketch will always be intertwined with the movie.

 

I often think of this.