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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 15, 1990
Place of Birth:
Torrance, California, USA
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Private Eye | Bradley |
| 2024 | Too Many Christmases | Jerome |
| 2024 | Brand New | Antoine |
| 2023 | The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster | Kango |
| 2023 | No Words | |
| 2022 | Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches | Self |
| 2020 | Cut Throat City | Andre |
| 2020 | Follow Me | Thomas |
| 2020 | Alieu the Dreamer | Alieu |
| 2019 | Will "The Machine" | Joe |
| 2019 | U Shoot Videos? | Moji |
| 2018 | Black Panther | James / Young Zuri |
| 2017 | Do I Say I Do? | Connor |
| 2017 | Brothers Blood | Shawn |
| 2016 | Submerged | Eddie |
| 2015 | Back to School Mom | Noah Riley |
| 2013 | They Die by Dawn | Paul Dunbar |
| 2011 | Warrior | Stephon |
| 2011 | Abduction | Gilly |
| 2010 | My Soul to Take | Jerome |
| 2009 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans | Daryl |
| 2009 | Dadnapped | Sheldon |
| 2007 | The Great Debaters | James Farmer Jr. |
| 2006 | The Ant Bully | Albert (voice) |
| 2001 | Training Day | Dimitri |
| Compound 9 | Kane | |
| GRQ the Movie | Michael |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest |
| 2018 | The Purge | Darren Moore |
| 2018 | The Rookie | Messenger |
| 2013 | Legit | Clay |
| 2013 | Monday Mornings | Nick Villanueva |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods | Curtis Turner |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles | Trevor |
| 2006 | Brothers and Sisters | Carter |
| 2006 | Teachers | |
| 2005 | The War at Home | Jeff |
| 2005 | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | Trent |
| 2002 | What's New, Scooby-Doo? | Jake / Kid (voice) |
| 2001 | One on One | Young Duane |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Frankie Kirkland |
| 1994 | All That | Various |
| 1994 | ER | Hassan |