Acting

—		High and Low
—		Untitled Denzel Washington Hannibal Project

2024

2023

as Robert McCall

2022

as Self

2021		The Tragedy of Macbeth as Macbeth
2021		The Little Things as Joe "Deke" Deacon

2020

as Self (archive footage)

2018

as Robert McCall

2017		Roman J. Israel, Esq. as Roman J. Israel
2017		Chasing Trane as John Coltrane (voice)

2016		Fences as Troy Maxson
2016		The Magnificent Seven as Sam Chisolm

2014

as Robert McCall

2013

as Robert 'Bobby' Trench

2012		Flight as Whip Whitaker
2012		Safe House as Tobin Frost

2010		Unstoppable as Frank Barnes
2010		The Book of Eli as Eli

2009		The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 as Walter Garber
2009		We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial as Self

2007		The Great Debaters as Melvin B. Tolson
2007		American Gangster as Frank Lucas

2006		Déjà Vu as Doug Carlin
2006		Inside Man as Keith Frazier

2005

as Self

2004		The Manchurian Candidate as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
2004		Man on Fire as John W. Creasy

2003

as Matt Lee Whitlock

2002		Antwone Fisher as Dr. Jerome Davenport
2002		John Q as John Quincy Archibald

2001

as Alonzo

2000

as Coach Herman Boone

1999		The Bone Collector as Lincoln Rhyme
1999		The Hurricane as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

1998		The Siege as Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard
1998		He Got Game as Jake Shuttlesworth
1998		Fallen as John Hobbes

1997

as Humpty Dumpty / The Crooked Man (voice)

1996		The Preacher's Wife as Dudley
1996		Courage Under Fire as Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling

1995		Devil in a Blue Dress as Easy Rawlins
1995		Virtuosity as Lt. Parker Barnes
1995		Crimson Tide as Lt. Commander Ronald "Ron" Hunter

1993		Philadelphia as Joe Miller
1993		The Pelican Brief as Gray Grantham
1993		Much Ado About Nothing as Don Pedro of Aragon

1992		Malcolm X as Malcolm X
1992		Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II as Narrator
1992		Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway as Narrator

1991		Ricochet as Nick Styles
1991		Mississippi Masala as Demetrius Williams
1991		Rabbit Ears - Anansi as Narrator (voice)

1990		Rabbit Ears - John Henry as Narrator (voice)
1990		Mo' Better Blues as Bleek Gilliam
1990		Heart Condition as Napoleon Stone

1989		Glory as Pvt. Trip
1989		The Mighty Quinn as Xavier Quinn
1989		Baka: The People of the Rainforest as Narrator

1988		The George McKenna Story as George McKenna
1988		For Queen & Country as Reuben

1987

as Steve Biko

1986		License to Kill as Martin Sawyer
1986		Power as Arnold Billings

1984

as Private First Class Peterson

1981

as Roger Porter

1979		Flesh & Blood as Kirk
1979		Coriolanus as Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier

1977

as Robert Eldridge, age 18

Production

—		Untitled Denzel Washington Hannibal Project … Producer
—		The Piano Lesson … Producer

2023

… Producer

2021

… Producer

2020

… Producer

2018

… Producer

2017

… Producer

2016

… Producer

2014

… Producer

2012

… Executive Producer

2010

… Producer

2002

… Producer

2000

… Producer

Directing

2021

… Director

2016

… Director

2007

… Director

2002

… Director