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Puzzle #792: Jack Nicholson → Denzel Washington

Friday, October 16, 2026

Jack NicholsonJack Nicholson
Denzel WashingtonDenzel Washington

On Friday, October 16, 2026, the daily puzzle asked players to link Jack Nicholson and Denzel Washington. 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. Jack Nicholson as Costello in The Departed (2006), which also stars Kevin Corrigan as Cousin Sean.
  2. Kevin Corrigan as Campizi in American Gangster (2007), alongside Denzel Washington as Frank Lucas.

The full chain: Jack Nicholson → The Departed (2006) → Kevin Corrigan → American Gangster (2007) → Denzel Washington.

Other ways to solve it

Show 3 more 2-move routes (spoilers)
  • Jack Nicholson → The Departed (2006) → Mark Wahlberg → 2 Guns (2013) → Denzel Washington
  • Jack Nicholson → The Departed (2006) → Vera Farmiga → Safe House (2012) → Denzel Washington
  • Jack Nicholson → The Departed (2006) → James Badge Dale → Flight (2012) → Denzel Washington

About Jack Nicholson

Born
April 22, 1937 in Manhattan, New York, USA
Film career
1960–2010
Widely seen films
50 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

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

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: