List of awards and nominations received by Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington awards and nominations

Washington at Berlinale in 2000
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 2 10 Emmy Awards 0 2 Golden Globe Awards 2 10 Grammy Awards 0 1 Screen Actors Guild Awards 1 8 Tony Awards 1 2
Totals [a]
Wins	6
Nominations	33
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Actor and filmmaker Denzel Washington has received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for a Grammy Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Over his career, he has received numerous honorary awards including the BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Award in 2007, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2016, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2019. He was supposed to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Joe Biden in 2022, but he didn't receive it until 2025.

Washington has received ten Academy Award nominations winning once for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of a soldier in the Edward Zwick Civil War film Glory (1989), and Best Actor for playing a corrupt cop in Antoine Fuqua's crime thriller Training Day (2001). He was Oscar-nominated for playing Steve Biko in the historical epic Cry Freedom (1987), the title role in the biographical drama Malcolm X (1992), Rubin Carter in the sports drama The Hurricane (1999), an Airline pilot fighting substance abuse in Flight (2012), a working class family man in the period drama Fences (2015), a Los Angeles lawyer in the legal drama Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017), and Macbeth in the thriller The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). Washington was also nominated as a producer for Fences .

Washington is one of eight actors who has been nominated for an acting Academy Award in five different decades (1980s, '90s. 2000s, '10s and '20s), joining Laurence Olivier, Katharine Hepburn, Paul Newman, Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Meryl Streep and Frances McDormand. He has received nine Golden Globe Award nominations winning twice for his performances in Glory (1989) and The Hurricane (1999). He has also received seven Screen Actors Guild Award nominations winning for Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in the film adaptation of Fences (2015).

For his work on stage he received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Troy Maxon in the Broadway revival of the August Wilson play Fences (2010). He was Tony-nominated for playing a Hickey, hardware salesman in the revival of the Eugene O'Neill play The Iceman Cometh (2018). He received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his work with documentary series on the baseball player Hank Aaron and photographer Gordon Parks. He was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for the folk tale, John Henry in 1996.

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1988	Best Supporting Actor	Cry Freedom	Nominated	[1]
1990		Glory	Won	[2]
1993	Best Actor	Malcolm X	Nominated	[3]
2000		The Hurricane	Nominated	[4]
2002		Training Day	Won	[5]
2013		Flight	Nominated	[6]
2017		Fences	Nominated	[7]
	Best Picture		Nominated
2018	Best Actor	Roman J. Israel, Esq.	Nominated	[8]
2022		The Tragedy of Macbeth	Nominated	[9]

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
1995	Outstanding Informational Series or Special	Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream	Nominated	[10]
2001	Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special	Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks	Nominated	[11]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1988	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Cry Freedom	Nominated	[12]
1990	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	Glory	Won	[12]
1993	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Malcolm X	Nominated	[12]
2000		The Hurricane	Won	[12]
2002		Training Day	Nominated	[12]
2008		American Gangster	Nominated	[12]
2013		Flight	Nominated	[12]
2016	Cecil B. DeMille Award		Won	[12]
2017	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Fences	Nominated	[12]
2018		Roman J. Israel, Esq.	Nominated	[12]
2022		The Tragedy of Macbeth	Nominated	[12]
2025	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	Gladiator II	Nominated	[12]

Grammy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1996	Best Spoken Word Album for Children	John Henry	Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2000	Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture	The Hurricane	Nominated	[13]
2002		Training Day	Nominated	[14]
2008	Outstanding Ensemble in a Motion Picture [a]	American Gangster	Nominated	[15]
2013	Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture	Flight	Nominated	[16]
2017		Fences	Won	[17]
	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture [a]		Nominated
2018	Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture	Roman J. Israel, Esq.	Nominated	[18]
2022		The Tragedy of Macbeth	Nominated	[19]

Tony Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2010	Best Leading Actor in a Play	Fences	Won	[20]
2018		The Iceman Cometh	Nominated	[21]

Critics awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
African-American Film Critics Association	2012	Best Actor	Flight	Won
	2016		Fences	Won
Alliance of Women Film Journalists	2016	Best Actor	Fences	Nominated
	2021	Best Actor	The Tragedy of Macbeth	Nominated
	2025	Best Supporting Actor	Gladiator II	Pending
Austin Film Critics Association	2021	Best Actor	The Tragedy of Macbeth	Nominated
Black Film Critics Circle	2016	Best Actor	Fences	Won
Boston Society of Film Critics	1992	Best Actor	Malcolm X	Won
	2001	Best Actor	Training Day	Won
Central Ohio Film Critics Association	2016	Best Actor	Fences	Won
Chicago Film Critics Association	1989	Best Supporting Actor	Glory	Nominated
	1992	Best Actor	Malcolm X	Won
	1995	Best Actor	Devil in a Blue Dress	Nominated
	1996	Best Actor	Courage Under Fire	Nominated
	1999	Best Actor	The Hurricane	Nominated
	2001	Best Actor	Training Day	Nominated
	2012	Best Actor	Flight	Nominated
	2016	Best Actor	Fences	Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Awards	2002	Freedom Award	Antwone Fisher	Won
	2012	Best Actor	Flight	Nominated
	2016	Best Director	Fences	Nominated
		Best Actor		Nominated
		Best Acting Ensemble [a]		Nominated
	2021	Best Actor	The Tragedy of Macbeth	Nominated
	2024	Best Supporting Actor	Gladiator II	Pending
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association	1992	Best Actor	Malcolm X	Won
	2001	Best Actor	Training Day	Nominated
	2012	Best Actor	Flight	Nominated
	2016	Best Actor	Fences	Nominated
	2021	Best Actor	The Tragedy of Macbeth	Nominated
Houston Film Critics Society	2012	Best Actor	Flight	Nominated
	2016		Fences	Nominated
	2021		The Tragedy of Macbeth	Nominated
Kansas City Film Critics Circle	1989	Best Supporting Actor	Glory	Won
	1992	Best Actor	Malcolm X	Won
	2001	Best Actor	Training Day	Won
Los Angeles Film Critics Association	2001	Best Actor	Training Day	Won
National Society of Film Critics	1989	Best Supporting Actor	Glory	Nominated
	2016	Best Actor	Flight	Nominated
New York Film Critics Circle	1989	Best Supporting Actor	Glory	Nominated
	1992	Best Actor	Malcolm X	Won
	2001	Best Actor	Training Day	Nominated
Online Film Critics Society	2001	Best Actor	Training Day	Nominated
	2012		Flight	Nominated
	2016		Fences	Nominated
Phoenix Film Critics Society	2002	Best Director	Antwone Fisher	Nominated
San Francisco Film Critics Circle	2016	Best Actor	Fences	Won
	2021		The Tragedy of Macbeth	Nominated
Southeastern Film Critics Association	1992	Best Actor	Malcolm X	Won
	1996	Best Actor	Courage Under Fire	Won
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association	2012	Best Actor	Flight	Nominated
	2021		The Tragedy of Macbeth	Nominated
Toronto Film Critics Association	2021	Best Actor	The Tragedy of Macbeth	Won
Vancouver Film Critics Circle	2016	Best Actor	Flight	Nominated
	2021		The Tragedy of Macbeth	Nominated
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	2002	Best Actor	Antwone Fisher	Won
	2012		Flight	Nominated
	2016		Fences	Nominated
	2021		The Tragedy of Macbeth	Nominated

Miscellaneous awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
AACTA International Awards	2012	Best Actor	Flight	Nominated
	2016		Fences	Nominated
	2022		The Tragedy of Macbeth	Nominated
	2025	Best Supporting Actor	Gladiator II	Pending
AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards	2012	Best Actor	Flight	Won
	2016	Best Actor	Fences	Won
	2021	Best Actor	The Tragedy of Macbeth	Nominated
	2025	Best Supporting Actor	Gladiator II	Pending
American Film Institute	2002	Actor of the Year – Male – Movies	Training Day	Won
Berlin International Film Festival	1993	Silver Bear for Best Actor	Malcolm X	Won
	2000		The Hurricane	Won
Black Reel Awards	2000	Outstanding Actor	The Hurricane	Won
	2001		Remember the Titans	Won
	2002		Training Day	Won
	2003		John Q	Nominated
		Outstanding Director	Antwone Fisher	Won
		Outstanding Supporting Actor		Nominated
	2004	Outstanding Actor	Out of Time	Nominated
	2007		Inside Man	Nominated
	2013		Flight	Won
	2015		The Equalizer	Nominated
	2017	Outstanding Director	Fences	Nominated
		Outstanding Actor		Won
			The Magnificent Seven	Nominated
	2018		Roman J. Israel, Esq.	Nominated
	2022		The Tragedy of Macbeth	Nominated
	2025	Outstanding Supporting Performance	Gladiator II	Pending	[22]
Jupiter Award	2005	Best International Actor	The Manchurian Candidate	Nominated
	2016	Best International Actor	The Magnificent Seven	Won
MTV Movie & TV Awards	1993	Best Performance – Male	Malcolm X	Won
	1994	Most Desirable Male	The Pelican Brief	Nominated
		Best On-Screen Duo [b]	Philadelphia	Nominated
	1996	Best Performance – Male	Crimson Tide	Nominated
	2002	Best Villain	Training Day	Won
	2008	Best Performance – Male	American Gangster	Nominated
		Best Villain		Nominated
	2013	Best WTF Moment	Flight	Nominated
NAACP Image Awards	1987	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	Power	Won
	1988	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Cry Freedom	Won
	1990	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	Glory	Won
	1993	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Mississippi Masala	Won
			Malcolm X	Won
	1996		Crimson Tide	Won
	1997		Courage Under Fire	Won
		Entertainer of the Year	—	Won
	1999	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	He Got Game	Nominated
	2000		The Hurricane	Won
	2001		Remember the Titans	Won
	2002		Training Day	Won
	2003		John Q.	Won
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	Antwone Fisher	Won
	2004	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Out of Time	Nominated
	2005		Man on Fire	Nominated
	2007		Inside Man	Nominated
	2008		The Great Debaters	Won
		Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture		Nominated
	2011	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	The Book of Eli	Won
	2013		Flight	Won
	2015		The Equalizer	Nominated
	2017		Fences	Won
	2018		Roman J. Israel, Esq.	Nominated
	2022		The Tragedy of Macbeth	Nominated
		Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture	A Journal for Jordan	Nominated
	2024	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	The Equalizer 3	Nominated
Satellite Awards	2000	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	The Hurricane	Nominated
	2001		Remember the Titans	Nominated
	2002		Training Day	Nominated
	2003	Best Director	Antwone Fisher	Nominated
	2007	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	American Gangster	Nominated
	2012	Best Actor – Motion Picture	Flight	Nominated
	2017		Fences	Nominated
		Best Director		Nominated
	2022	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	The Tragedy of Macbeth	Nominated
	2025	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Gladiator II	Pending
Saturn Award	2010	Best Actor	The Book of Eli	Nominated

Honorary awards

Organizations	Year	Award	Result	Ref.
American Academy of Achievement	2005	Golden Plate Award	Honored	[23] [24]
BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards	2007	Statue	Honored	[25]
San Sebastián International Film Festival	2014	Donostia Award	Honored	[26]
Golden Globe Awards	2016	Cecil B. DeMille Award	Honored	[27]
Santa Barbara International Film Festival	2017	Maltin Modern Master Award	Honored	[28]
American Film Institute	2019	AFI Life Achievement Award	Honored	[29]
Presidential Medal of Freedom	2022	unable to attend [30]
Presidential Medal of Freedom	2025	Medal	Honored	[31]

Notes

1. Shared with the cast
2. Shared with Tom Hanks

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