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

Known For

The Rookie

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Blue Bloods

ER

Rizzoli & Isles

Brothers and Sisters

Tamron Hall

Black Panther

All Movies (28)

• The Taking of Courtroom One Two Three2025 · as Lou
• Too Many Christmases2024 · as Jerome
• Brand New2024 · as Antoine
• The Private Eye2024 · as Bradley
• No Words2023
• The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster2023 · as Kango
• Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches2022 · as Self
• Alieu the Dreamer2020 · as Alieu
• Cut Throat City2020 · as Andre
• Follow Me2020 · as Thomas
• U Shoot Videos?2019 · as Moji
• Will "The Machine"2019 · as Joe
• Black Panther2018 · as James / Young Zuri
• Do I Say I Do?2017 · as Connor
• Brothers Blood2017 · as Shawn
• Submerged2016 · as Eddie
• Back to School Mom2015 · as Noah Riley
• They Die by Dawn2013 · as Paul Dunbar
• Abduction2011 · as Gilly
• Warrior2011 · as Stephon
• My Soul to Take2010 · as Jerome
• Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans2009 · as Daryl
• Dadnapped2009 · as Sheldon
• The Great Debaters2007 · as James Farmer Jr.
• The Ant Bully2006 · as Albert (voice)
• Training Day2001 · as Dimitri
• Compound 9— · as Kane
• GRQ the Movie— · as Michael

All TV Shows (16)

• Tamron Hall2019 · as Self - Guest
• The Rookie2018 · as Messenger
• The Purge2018 · as Darren Moore
• Monday Mornings2013 · as Nick Villanueva
• Legit2013 · as Clay
• Blue Bloods2010 · as Curtis Turner
• Rizzoli & Isles2010 · as Trevor
• Brothers and Sisters2006 · as Carter
• Teachers2006
• The War at Home2005 · as Jeff
• The Suite Life of Zack & Cody2005 · as Trent
• What's New, Scooby-Doo?2002 · as Jake / Kid (voice)
• One on One2001 · as Young Duane
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Frankie Kirkland
• ER1994 · as Hassan
• All That1994 · as Various