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Puzzle #766: Denzel Washington → Ana de Armas

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Denzel WashingtonDenzel Washington
Ana de ArmasAna de Armas

On Sunday, September 20, 2026, the daily puzzle asked players to link Denzel Washington and Ana de Armas. The two have never been credited in the same movie, so there's no one-move answer. But 18 actors have worked with both of them in their best-known films, so it can be done in just 2 moves.

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The shortest solution

Show the 2-move answer (spoiler)
  1. Denzel Washington as Keith Frazier in Inside Man (2006), which also stars Christopher Plummer as Arthur Case.
  2. Christopher Plummer as Harlan Thrombey in Knives Out (2019), alongside Ana de Armas as Marta Cabrera.

The full chain: Denzel Washington → Inside Man (2006) → Christopher Plummer → Knives Out (2019) → Ana de Armas.

Other ways to solve it

Show 3 more 2-move routes (spoilers)
  • Denzel Washington → Remember the Titans (2000) → Ryan Gosling → Blade Runner 2049 (2017) → Ana de Armas
  • Denzel Washington → 2 Guns (2013) → Edward James Olmos → Blade Runner 2049 (2017) → Ana de Armas
  • Denzel Washington → The Little Things (2021) → Jared Leto → Blade Runner 2049 (2017) → Ana de Armas

About Denzel Washington

Born
December 28, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Film career
1981–2025
Widely seen films
53 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

Best-known films, which are often the quickest places to start a chain:

About Ana de Armas

Born
April 30, 1988 in Santa Cruz del Norte, Cuba
Film career
2009–2025
Widely seen films
20 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

Best-known films, which are often the quickest places to start a chain: