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Antoine Fuqua

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Antoine Fuqua

Born May 30, 1965 · 61 years54 titles 43 movies · 11 TV
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Biography

Antoine Fuqua (born May 30, 1965) is an American director. He began his career directing music videos for artists such as Toni Braxton, Coolio, Stevie Wonder, and Prince. His first feature film was the John Woo-produced action film The Replacement Killers (1998), starring Chow Yun Fat. He then directed the crime thriller Training Day (2001), for which star Denzel Washington won an Academy Award for Best Actor. His next films were the action war drama Tears of the Sun (2003), the Arthurian legend film King Arthur (2004), the conspiracy action thriller Shooter (2007), the crime film Brooklyn's Finest (2009), and the action thrillers Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and The Equalizer (2014), the latter of which again paired Fuqua with Denzel Washington. He has also directed the biopics Emancipation (2022), about an escaped slave named Peter, and Michael (2026), about the popstar Michael Jackson.

Also known as

安东尼·福奎阿 · آنتوان فوکوا

Born

May 30, 1965

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

13

Acting credits

32

Directing

0

Writing

27

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

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Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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1973 1 title(s)

1992 1 title(s)

1998 1 title(s)

2000 1 title(s)

2001 1 title(s)

2002 1 title(s)

2003 2 title(s)

2004 5 title(s)

2005 2 title(s)

2007 2 title(s)

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2016 4 title(s)

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2018 2 title(s)

2019 1 title(s)

2020 1 title(s)

2021 4 title(s)

2022 4 title(s)

2023 1 title(s)

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2025 2 title(s)

2026 2 title(s)

Undated 9 title(s)