Denzel Whitaker
Biography
Denzel Dominique Whitaker is an American actor born on June 15, 1990, in Torrance, California, to parents Younalanda and Dale Whitaker. He was named after Denzel Washington. Whitaker has played key roles in films including Training Day, The Great Debaters, and Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, as well as the Disney Channel Original Movie Dadnapped. His television work includes appearances on ER, Brothers and Sisters, The War at Home, and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody as a player on Zack and Cody's basketball team. He also served as a featured cast member during the tenth and final season of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That.
Career overview
Denzel Dominique Whitaker is an American actor born on June 15, 1990, in Torrance, California, to parents Younalanda and Dale Whitaker. He was named after Denzel Washington, a fact he disputed. Whitaker has built a diverse acting career across film and television, accumulating numerous known credits.
In film, Whitaker has played key roles in Training Day and The Great Debaters. His filmography also includes appearances in Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans and the Disney Channel Original Movie Dadnapped.
On television, Whitaker has appeared in programs such as ER, Brothers and Sisters, and The War at Home. He appeared on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody as a player on Zack and Cody's basketball team. Additionally, Whitaker served as a featured cast member during the tenth and final season of the Nickelodeon sketch-comedy series All That.
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- The Taking of Courtroom One Two Three (2025) as Lou
- The Taking of Courtroom One Two Three (2025) Executive Producer
- Brand New (2024) as Antoine
- Brand New (2024) Editor
- Brand New (2024) Writer
- The Private Eye (2024) as Bradley
- Too Many Christmases (2024) as Jerome
- No Words (2023)
- The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (2023) as Kango
- Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches (2022) as Self
- 5150 (2021) Director
- 5150 (2021) Writer
- Follow Me (2020) as Thomas
- Cut Throat City (2020) as Andre
- Alieu the Dreamer (2020) as Alieu
- Tamron Hall (2019) as Self - Guest
- U Shoot Videos? (2019) as Moji
- Will "The Machine" (2019) as Joe
- Will "The Machine" (2019) Executive Producer
- The Rookie (2018) as Messenger
- Black Panther (2018) as James / Young Zuri
- The Purge (2018) as Darren Moore
- Jump (2018) Producer
- Do I Say I Do? (2017) as Connor
- Brothers Blood (2017) as Shawn
- Submerged (2016) as Eddie
- Back to School Mom (2015) as Noah Riley
- Criminal (2014) Director
- Criminal (2014) Screenplay
- Criminal (2014) Story
- Criminal (2014) Executive Producer
- Monday Mornings (2013) as Nick Villanueva
- Legit (2013) as Clay
- They Die by Dawn (2013) as Paul Dunbar
- Warrior (2011) as Stephon
- Abduction (2011) as Gilly
- Blue Bloods (2010) as Curtis Turner
- Rizzoli & Isles (2010) as Trevor
- My Soul to Take (2010) as Jerome
- Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) as Daryl
- Dadnapped (2009) as Sheldon
- The Great Debaters (2007) as James Farmer Jr.
- Brothers and Sisters (2006) as Carter
- The Ant Bully (2006) as Albert (voice)
- Teachers (2006)
- The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005) as Trent
- The War at Home (2005) as Jeff
- What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002) as Jake / Kid (voice)
- One on One (2001) as Young Duane
- Training Day (2001) as Dimitri
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Frankie Kirkland
- ER (1994) as Hassan
- All That (1994) as Various
- GRQ the Movie as Michael
- Compound 9 as Kane