Denzel Whitaker
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
Movie Appearances
The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster
as Kango
2023
Will "The Machine"
as Joe
2019
The Great Debaters
as James Farmer Jr.
2007
My Soul to Take
as Jerome
2010
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
as Self
2022
Warrior
as Stephon
2011
Abduction
as Gilly
2011
The Ant Bully
as Albert (voice)
2006
They Die by Dawn
as Paul Dunbar
2013
The Private Eye
as Bradley
2024
Submerged
as Eddie
2016
Back to School Mom
as Noah Riley
2015
No Words
2023
Compound 9
as Kane
TBA
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
as Daryl
2009
Do I Say I Do?
as Connor
2017
Cut Throat City
as Andre
2020
Black Panther
as James / Young Zuri
2018
Training Day
as Dimitri
2001
U Shoot Videos?
as Moji
2019
TV Appearances
Teachers
2006
Brothers and Sisters
as Carter
2006
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Frankie Kirkland
2000
One on One
as Young Duane
2001
The War at Home
as Jeff
2005
All That
as Various
1994
ER
as Hassan
1994
Legit
as Clay
2013
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019
Blue Bloods
as Curtis Turner
2010
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
as Trent
2005
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
as Jake / Kid (voice)
2002