← Apex Mountain

Denzel Washington ▲

Apex — Training Day (2001)
25,000 feet (Camp III)
52nd highest of 108

Best Actor for playing the villain, and the start of the run that gave him the greenlight. Malcolm X is the acclaim peak, not the apex.

The career, climbed — every film on the shared Everest scale; hover for detail

Summit · 28,000Death Zone · 26,247Camp III · 23,500Camp II · 20,5001980818283841985868788891990919293941995969798992000010203042005060708092010111213142015161718192020212223242025

Filmography

FilmYearElevation
Training Day ▲ apex200122,858 ft
Malcolm X199222,686 ft
Man on Fire200422,630 ft
Inside Man200622,615 ft
Philadelphia199322,611 ft
Flight201222,607 ft
The Hurricane199922,605 ft
Déjà Vu200622,568 ft
Glory198922,551 ft
Safe House201222,551 ft
John Q200222,550 ft
The Equalizer201422,530 ft
Crimson Tide199522,511 ft
The Manchurian Candidate200422,510 ft
American Gangster200722,510 ft
The Equalizer 3202322,495 ft
The Equalizer 2201822,482 ft
Fences201622,474 ft
2 Guns201322,464 ft
The Book of Eli201022,457 ft
Remember the Titans200022,454 ft
The Magnificent Seven201622,429 ft
Unstoppable201022,422 ft
The Bone Collector199922,375 ft
Courage Under Fire199622,372 ft
Roman J. Israel, Esq.201722,334 ft
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3200922,329 ft
Out of Time200322,328 ft
The Tragedy of Macbeth202122,323 ft
Mo' Better Blues199022,260 ft
The Siege199822,257 ft
The Little Things202122,251 ft
Ricochet199122,247 ft
Devil in a Blue Dress199522,238 ft
The Mighty Quinn198922,232 ft
The Great Debaters200722,217 ft
The Pelican Brief199322,209 ft
The Preacher's Wife199622,201 ft
Mississippi Masala199122,197 ft
Fallen199822,196 ft
Cry Freedom198722,189 ft
Gladiator II202422,181 ft
He Got Game199822,174 ft
Carbon Copy198122,168 ft
Virtuosity199522,148 ft
Antwone Fisher200222,140 ft
The George McKenna Story198822,138 ft
For Queen & Country198822,072 ft
Highest 2 Lowest202522,063 ft
Power198621,887 ft
Heart Condition199021,876 ft
A Journal for Jordan202121,748 ft
Much Ado About Nothing199321,713 ft
A Soldier's Story198421,653 ft
The Piano Lesson202421,581 ft
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom202021,577 ft
License to Kill198621,571 ft