hi welcome back to my channel Denzel Washington's career is one that many actors can only aspire to have with over 50 films to his name and a legacy his tenure spans over 40 years however a recent admission from the award-winning actor has many thinking that his work on the big screen May soon be coming to a close Denzel Washington has portrayed a range of complex characters from a retired Black Ops Commando Seeking Justice in The Equalizer to a detective masterfully negotiating a bank heist hostage situation in Le's Inside Man he also delivered a powerful portrayal of malcol X in the Brooklyn native filmmakers biopic Washington's role as a corrupt cop in Training Day earned him an Oscar and he tugged at heartstrings as a broken sanitation worker who never got to fulfill his dreams in August Wilson's fences adding to his impressive resume Washington has tackled Shakespeare twice on screen first and much ad do about nothing and later in the tragedy of MC Beth in the action-packed safe house Washington played a rogue CIA agent on the run a role that helped the film gross over $28 million globally despite that success his most profitable film Remains the 2007 hit American Gangster directed by rley Scott where he portrayed Frank Lucas a real life heroin Kingpin who dominated Harlem in the 1970s in 2024 Washington is reuniting with Scott for the upcoming Gladiator 2 and while promoting the sequel he has hinted that this could be one of his final roles as he feels he has explored nearly every character he's interested in there are very few films left for me to make that I'm interested in and I have to be inspired by the filmmaker and I was tremendously inspired by Ridley Washington told empireonline.com of Gladiator 2 set to Premiere in November 202 24 reflecting on their collaboration he added we had a great Go Round the first go round referencing the film American Gangster and here we are when fans heard about this they were not too thrilled and took to the xplatform to beg the Hollywood Legend to reconsider what do you mean they are a few films left for you to make don't play like that OG one person tweeted another ex-user said with a broken heart damn we nearing the end while another cried to God Lord I'm not ready for a world without new Denzel movies a fourth comment read when Denzel decides to hang it up will be a sad day very few films left Denzel I just added you to the list one fan wrote adding don't do this to me luckily for fans in addition to Gladiator 2 Denzel Washington has two more films in the pipeline while one Untitled project is still in pre-production fans can look forward to his return to the the screen under the direction of spikee Lee one of his longtime collaborators in a flick titled high and low Washington recently announced that he and Lee are teaming up for their fifth film together aiming to recreate the Cinematic magic of their previous collaborations the duo has previously delivered acclaimed film such as Mo Better Blues He Got Game and the affir menion Malcolm X and insid man this highly anticipated project is scheduled for theatrical release through uh a 24's distribution channels before eventually streaming on Apple TV plus this isn't the first time Washington has considered stepping away from acting he previously hinted at retirement during an appearance at the American black film festival in Miami Beach in June 2024 suggesting that he may focus more on work behind the scenes the things that are going on for me professionally behind the camera are as important to me now as in front of the camera he said to the room of filmmakers and Hollywood hopefuls deadline reports he added I think there's less and less time I'll be spending in front of the camera uh thank you so much for watching my videos please like and share my videos and don't forget to subscribe my channel for latest update and Bell button for notification