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Puzzle #791: Denzel Washington → Charlize Theron

Thursday, October 15, 2026

Denzel WashingtonDenzel Washington
Charlize TheronCharlize Theron

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the daily puzzle asked players to link Denzel Washington and Charlize Theron. The two have never been credited in the same movie, so there's no one-move answer. But 22 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 Frank Lucas in American Gangster (2007), which also stars Idris Elba as Tango.
  2. Idris Elba as Janek in Prometheus (2012), alongside Charlize Theron as Meredith Vickers.

The full chain: Denzel Washington → American Gangster (2007) → Idris Elba → Prometheus (2012) → Charlize Theron.

Other ways to solve it

Show 3 more 2-move routes (spoilers)
  • Denzel Washington → Inside Man (2006) → Chiwetel Ejiofor → Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) → Charlize Theron
  • Denzel Washington → Flight (2012) → John Goodman → Atomic Blonde (2017) → Charlize Theron
  • Denzel Washington → 2 Guns (2013) → Mark Wahlberg → The Italian Job (2003) → Charlize Theron

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 Charlize Theron

Born
August 7, 1975 in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa
Film career
1996–2026
Widely seen films
51 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

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