On March 24, 2009, Radaronline reported that Washington may be evicted from his Los Angeles home because he was allegedly five months behind in rental payments, a total of $100,000. Washington and his wife Jenisa were reportedly served with a "3-day notice to pay rent or quit" and his landlord filed unlawful detainer papers. The property management company requested "past-due rent of $100,000, reasonable attorney fees, forfeiture of the agreement and damages at the rate stated in item 11 ($3,333 per day) for each day the defendants remain in possession through entry of judgment."Radaronline: Isaiah Washington To Be Evicted (March 24, 2009) Perez Hilton reported on March 31, 2009, that Washington had been evicted.PerezHilton: Isaiah Washington Loses His Home! (March 31, 2009)

• Victor Dunham in Clockers (1995)
• Mac in Romeo Must Die (2000)
• George Clark in Exit Wounds (2001)
• Greer in Ghost Ship (2002)
• Shane in This Girl's Life (2003)
• Dr. Preston Burke in Grey's Anatomy (2005-2007)
• Father Andre James in The Least of These (2008)

• "You don't have the time to "make the time" to do anything. You have to do it now!"
• "Even if I'm playing a bad guy, I work hard to make him multi-leveled and interesting."
• "I'm no longer going to play thugs or debauched cops that I can't possibly make complex characters. I'm bigger than that. I owe too much to too many good people at the Goodman, Arena and Playwrights Horizons."