There were so many. But I have to give it up for Malcolm X. He really played that character to the bone. I don't think anyone could have portrayed Malcolm like he did.

Joe Miller in Philadelphia.

His part in Glory

John Q was good.

His two best were as Malcolm X and as Alonzo Harris in Training Day.

There were so many. But I have to give it up for Malcolm X. He really played that character to the bone. I don't think anyone could have portrayed Malcolm like he did.
I agree. He should have received an Oscar for that role. Was he even nominated?

I agree. He should have received an Oscar for that role. Was he even nominated?

I don't think so. If he was, it wasn't for his portrayal of Malcolm.

Malcolm X was his best role, he really took it on well. He was nominated for an Academy Award for it.

I love just about everything Denzel stars in. I really started to take notice of him in Philadelphia. Man On Fire was very good too. He's a terrific actor. He plays a good guy or a villain equally well.

Denzel is simply one of the best actors alive today.

Malcom X and Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter are of course excellent portrayals, but as far as a favorite role, I might have to go with Coach Herman Boone in Remember the Titans. Just something about that character for me.

And as far as completley fictional characters go, I feel that his Joe Miller in Philadelphia is a far better performance than Alonzo Harris in Training Day.

The quieter, more introspective, and reflectively flawed man of Joe is more interesting and well fleshed out by Denzel than that of the brash, dirty, loose cannon cop of Alonzo (who rings hollow in my book).

Denzel is simply one of the best actors alive today.



I agree 100%!! I loved him in everything he's done!

I think he did his best acting work in Malcolm X. He got majorly screwed that year, and definitely should have won an Oscar. My favorite film that he was in though, was Man On Fire. Incredible movie!! Glory was probably my second favorite.

movie Philadelphia was pretty good

It's hard to pick just one Denzel role as his "best", but my personal favorite was as Easy Rawlins in "Devil in a Blue Dress" :cool:

I think Training Day was his best role, followed by Glory and a Soldier's Story.

waaay to many good movies with him. i cant pick just one

Hands down, Malcolm X was his best performance.

From what I seen so far I'll go with his Oscar-winning performance as Det. Alonzo Harris in Training Day ('01)

Training Day, Malcolm X, Glory are his best performances to me. I'm sorry but his wife isn't attractive LOL. I guess he's not into a woman's looks. I saw him last weekend in Spike Lee's new movie Inside Man. It's pretty good but the ending was stupid. Spike has had stupid endings before.

Malcolm X was his best role, he really took it on well. He was nominated for an Academy Award for it.

Al Pacino was also nominated against Denzel and won for his role where he played the blind man. To this day I cannot believe the Academy were blind themselves to give Pacino the Oscar over Denzel for such a lame performance as the one Pacino won for in that movie. He wasn't convenincing as a blind man. I agree with those who said Denzel played Malcolm as if he were Malcolm. I never get bored watching his performance in that film.

Anyway, my favorite Denzel movies would have to be Malcolm X of course, Soldier's Story ( think he could have played the Howard Rollins role), Philadelphia and the one everyone forgets about Carbon Copy.

John Q or Hurricane