Isaiah Washington

Career timeline

1. 1963 · Born

   Born in Houston, Texas, USA

2. 1985 · Screen debut

   Screen Two (TV)

3. 1990 · Breakthrough

   Law & Order (TV)

4. 2012 · First production

   Area Q. (Movie)

5. 2022 · Directing debut

   Corsicana (Movie)

6. 2022 · Writing debut

   Corsicana (Movie)

7. 2026 · Latest release

   Oscar Shaw (Movie)

Career in numbers

1 1980s

26 1990s

16 2000s

20 2010s

9 2020s

• Drama57
• Crime19
• Comedy17
• Thriller15
• Romance11
• Action10

Highest-rated title Grey's Anatomy 2005 8.2 Most popular title The 100 2014 7.9

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Isaiah Washington in our catalogue.

Paul McCrane

2 titles together

Michael Jeter

2 titles together

Adam Arkin

2 titles together

1. 2026 Oscar Shaw as Ernie 6.6 Movie
2. 2025 Dashing Through the Snow as Deputy Director Winters Movie
3. 2025 James the Second as Dr. Ramesh Movie
4. 2024 God's Not Dead: In God We Trust as Daryl Smith 5.5 Movie
5. 2022 Corsicana as Bass Reeves Movie
6. 2021 God's Not Dead: We The People as Daryl Smith 6.7 Movie
7. 2020 Cut Throat City as Sinclair Stewart 6.3 Movie
8. 2020 P-Valley as Mayor Tydell Ruffin 7.6 TV
9. 2020 WriterBoy's Dream as Brian Movie
10. 2019 Keys to the City as August King Movie
11. 2018 Behind the Movement as E.D.Nixon Movie
12. 2017 Dead Trigger as Rockstock 3.6 Movie
13. 2017 Tales as Malcolm TV
14. 2015 The Sin Seer as Grant Summit Movie
15. 2015 Yefon as Boma Movie
16. 2014 The 100 as Thelonious Jaha 7.9 TV
17. 2014 Blackbird as Lance Rousseau 5.6 Movie
18. 2013 Not 4 Sale Movie
19. 2013 The Trials of Cate McCall as Wilson George 6.4 Movie
20. 2013 Go for Sisters as Vernell Movie
21. 2013 They Die by Dawn as Ben Hodges Movie
22. 2013 Blue Caprice as John Allen Muhammad 5.8 Movie
23. 2013 Doctor Bello as Doctor Michael Durant Movie
24. 2012 Suddenly Single as Sylvester Stone Movie
25. 2012 Area Q. as Thomas Mathews 4.8 Movie
26. 2012 The Undershepherd as L.C. Movie
27. 2011 The Least of These as Father Andre James Movie
28. 2010 Law & Order: LA as Roland Davidson 6.8 TV
29. 2010 Hurricane Season as Coach Simmons 6.6 Movie
30. 2007 Bionic Woman as Antonio Pope 6.3 TV
31. 2006 The Amateurs as Homer 5.6 Movie
32. 2005 Dead Birds as Todd 5.7 Movie
33. 2005 Grey's Anatomy as Preston Burke 8.2 TV
34. 2004 Trois 3: The Escort as Bernard Grier Movie
35. 2004 This Girl's Life as Shane 5.0 Movie
36. 2004 Wild Things 2 as Terence Bridge 5.2 Movie
37. 2003 Hollywood Homicide as Antoine Sartain 5.2 Movie
38. 2002 Ghost Ship as Greer 6.0 Movie
39. 2002 Welcome to Collinwood as Leon 6.1 Movie
40. 2001 Hood Rat as Max Movie
41. 2001 Exit Wounds as George Clark 5.9 Movie
42. 2001 Dancing in September as George Washington Movie
43. 2000 Kin as Stone Movie
44. 2000 Soul Food as Miles TV
45. 2000 Romeo Must Die as Mac 6.3 Movie
46. 1999 True Crime as Frank Louis Beechum 6.5 Movie
47. 1999 A Texas Funeral as Walter Movie
48. 1998 Out of Sight as Kenneth 6.7 Movie
49. 1998 Bulworth as Darnell 6.3 Movie
50. 1998 Mixing Nia as Lewis Movie
51. 1998 Always Outnumbered as Wilfred 6.4 Movie
52. 1998 Rituals as Wendal Movie
53. 1997 Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way as Dwight Gooden Movie
54. 1997 Ally McBeal as Michael Rivers 6.5 TV
55. 1997 Love Jones as Savon Garrison 7.4 Movie
56. 1996 Get on the Bus as Kyle 6.4 Movie
57. 1996 Soul of the Game as Adult Willie Mays Movie
58. 1996 Girl 6 as Shoplifter 5.1 Movie
59. 1996 Mr. and Mrs. Loving as Blue Movie
60. 1995 Stonewall as Uniformed Cop 5.8 Movie
61. 1995 Dead Presidents as Andrew Curtis 6.7 Movie
62. 1995 Clockers as Victor Dunham 6.7 Movie
63. 1994 Touched by an Angel as Rev. Austin Davis 7.2 TV
64. 1994 New York Undercover 7.3 TV
65. 1994 Alma's Rainbow as Miles Movie
66. 1994 Crooklyn as Vic Powell 6.8 Movie
67. 1993 Strapped as Willie Movie
68. 1993 Homicide: Life on the Street as Lane Staley 8.1 TV
69. 1991 Strictly Business as Hustler 5.4 Movie
70. 1991 Land Where My Fathers Died as Malcolm Movie
71. 1990 Law & Order as Derek Hardy 7.3 TV
72. 1985 Screen Two as Uniformed Cop TV

1. 2024 God's Not Dead: In God We Trust 5.5 Movie
2. 2012 Area Q. 4.8 Movie

1. 2022 Corsicana Movie

1. 2022 Corsicana Movie

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