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Denzel Whitaker

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Denzel Whitaker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Jun 15, 1990 In Torrance - California - USA
Movie/TV Credits:
28
First Appeared:
In the series All That 1994-04-16
Latest Project:
Movie The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster 2023-06-09
Known For
Poster of Submerged
Poster of They Die by Dawn
Poster of Teachers
Poster of All That
Filmography
Movie The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster Kango 2023-06-09
Movie Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches Self 2022-02-23
Movie Follow Me Thomas 2020-07-03
Movie Alieu the Dreamer Alieu 2020-10-22
Movie Cut Throat City Andre 2020-07-31
Movie U Shoot Videos? Moji 2019-08-16
Movie Black Panther James / Young Zuri 2018-02-13
Movie Do I Say I Do? Connor 2017-10-24
Movie Submerged Eddie 2016-02-12
Movie Back to School Mom Noah Riley 2015-02-14
Series Legit Clay 2013-01-17
Movie They Die by Dawn Paul Dunbar 2013-09-20
Movie Warrior Stephon 2011-09-09
Movie Abduction Gilly 2011-09-22
Movie My Soul to Take Jerome 2010-10-08
Movie Dadnapped Sheldon 2009-02-16
Movie Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans Daryl 2009-09-11
Movie The Great Debaters James Farmer Jr. 2007-12-25
Movie The Ant Bully Albert (voice) 2006-07-28
Series Teachers Unknown 2006-03-28
Series Brothers and Sisters Carter 2006-09-24
Series The War at Home Unknown 2005-09-11
Series What's New, Scooby-Doo? Unknown 2002-09-14
Series One on One Unknown 2001-09-03
Movie Training Day Dimitri 2001-10-05
Series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Unknown 2000-10-06
Series All That Various 1994-04-16
Series ER Unknown 1994-09-19