Denzel Whitaker
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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
Known for
Credits
Training Day (2001)
as Dimitri
Black Panther (2018)
as James / Young Zuri
Warrior (2011)
as Stephon
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
as Daryl
Abduction (2011)
as Gilly
The Ant Bully (2006)
as Albert (voice)
Follow Me (2020)
as Thomas
Dadnapped (2009)
as Sheldon
The Great Debaters (2007)
as James Farmer Jr.
They Die by Dawn (2013)
as Paul Dunbar
My Soul to Take (2010)
as Jerome
Cut Throat City (2020)
as Andre
No Words (2023)
Actor
Too Many Christmases (2024)
as Jerome
The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (2023)
as Kango
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches (2022)
as Self
Submerged (2016)
as Eddie
GRQ the Movie (—)
as Michael
Do I Say I Do? (2017)
as Connor
The Private Eye (2024)
as Bradley
Brand New (2024)
as Antoine
Back to School Mom (2015)
as Noah Riley
The Taking of Courtroom One Two Three (2025)
as Lou
Will "The Machine" (2019)
as Joe
Brothers Blood (2017)
as Shawn
Alieu the Dreamer (2020)
as Alieu
U Shoot Videos? (2019)
as Moji