Denzel Whitaker

Denzel Whitaker

Known for
Acting
Born
June 15, 1990 (age 36)
Birthplace
Torrance, California, USA

Biography

Denzel Dominique Whitaker (born June 15, 1990) is an American actor, playing key roles in the films The Great Debaters and Training Day, as well as TV shows ER, Brothers & Sisters and The War At Home. He later went on to be a featured cast member during the tenth and final season of the Nickelodeon sketch-comedy series All That. He was also in the Disney Channel Original Movie, Dadnapped. He also appeared on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, as a player on Zack and Cody's basketball team, and in Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. Whitaker was born in Torrance, California, the son of Younalanda and Dale Whitaker. He was named after Denzel Washington, a fact he disputed on The Oprah Winfrey Show while promoting the movie The Great Debaters, only to learn later from his father that, in fact, Washington was his namesake. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Filmography

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GRQ the Movie

GRQ the Movie

Movie · as Michael

2025
The Taking of Courtroom One Two Three poster

The Taking of Courtroom One Two Three

Movie · as Lou

2024
The Private Eye poster

The Private Eye

Movie · as Bradley

2024
Too Many Christmases poster

Too Many Christmases

Movie · as Jerome

2024
Brand New poster

Brand New

Movie · as Antoine

2023
The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster poster

The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster

Movie · as Kango

2023
No Words poster

No Words

Movie

2022
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches poster

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Movie · as Self

2020
Cut Throat City poster

Cut Throat City

Movie · as Andre

2020
Follow Me poster

Follow Me

Movie · as Thomas

2020
Alieu the Dreamer poster

Alieu the Dreamer

Movie · as Alieu

2019
Will "The Machine" poster

Will "The Machine"

Movie · as Joe

2019
U Shoot Videos? poster

U Shoot Videos?

Movie · as Moji

2019
The Tamron Hall Show poster

The Tamron Hall Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2018
Black Panther poster

Black Panther

Movie · as James / Young Zuri

2018
The Purge poster

The Purge

TV · as Darren Moore · 7 eps

2018
The Rookie poster

The Rookie

TV · as Messenger · 1 ep

2017
Do I Say I Do? poster

Do I Say I Do?

Movie · as Connor

2017
Brothers Blood poster

Brothers Blood

Movie · as Shawn

2016
Submerged poster

Submerged

Movie · as Eddie

2015
Back to School Mom poster

Back to School Mom

Movie · as Noah Riley

2013
They Die by Dawn poster

They Die by Dawn

Movie · as Paul Dunbar

2013
Legit poster

Legit

TV · as Clay · 26 eps

2013
Monday Mornings poster

Monday Mornings

TV · as Nick Villanueva · 1 ep

2011
Warrior poster

Warrior

Movie · as Stephon

2011
Abduction poster

Abduction

Movie · as Gilly

2010
My Soul to Take poster

My Soul to Take

Movie · as Jerome

2010
Blue Bloods poster

Blue Bloods

TV · as Curtis Turner · 1 ep

2010
Rizzoli & Isles poster

Rizzoli & Isles

TV · as Trevor · 1 ep

2009
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans poster

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Movie · as Daryl

2009
Dadnapped poster

Dadnapped

Movie · as Sheldon

2007
The Great Debaters poster

The Great Debaters

Movie · as James Farmer Jr.

2006
The Ant Bully poster

The Ant Bully

Movie · as Albert (voice)

2006
Brothers and Sisters poster

Brothers and Sisters

TV · as Carter · 3 eps

2006
Teachers poster

Teachers

TV · 1 ep

2005
The War at Home poster

The War at Home

TV · as Jeff · 2 eps

2005
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody poster

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody

TV · as Trent · 1 ep

2005
The Boondocks poster

The Boondocks

TV · as Sgt. Gutter (voice) · 1 ep

2002
What's New, Scooby-Doo? poster

What's New, Scooby-Doo?

TV · as Jake / Kid (voice) · 1 ep

2001
Training Day poster

Training Day

Movie · as Dimitri

2001
One on One poster

One on One

TV · as Young Duane · 1 ep

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Frankie Kirkland · 1 ep

1994
All That poster

All That

TV · as Various · 10 eps

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Hassan · 1 ep