Denzel Whitaker

Denzel Whitaker
Born	Denzel Dominique Whitaker (1990-06-15) June 15, 1990 Torrance, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, rapper, songwriter, entrepreneur
Years active	2001- present

Denzel Dominique Whitaker (born June 15, 1990) is an American film and television actor, rapper, songwriter, and entrepreneur.

His notable film appearances include The Great Debaters and Training Day, as well as TV shows ER, Brothers & Sisters and The War At Home. He was a featured cast member during the tenth and final season of the Nickelodeon sketch-comedy series All That. He was in the Disney Channel Original Movie, Dadnapped. He also appeared on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, as a player on Zack and Cody's wheelchair basketball team, and in Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. He also appeared in the 2010 Wes Craven horror film My Soul To Take as a blind 16 year old named Jerome that was born early along with 6 other children because of the killing of a murderer that had multiple souls, and the souls escaped and were hiding in the children. He appeared in the 2011 film Abduction, in season 3 of The Boondocks as character Sgt. Gutte, and on Black Dynamite: The Animated Series as Donald The Accountant.

He has also worked as an assistant voice director for the 2010 film Freaknik: The Musical.

Personal life

Whitaker was born in Torrance, California, the son of Younalanda and Dale Whitaker.

He was named after Denzel Washington. He disputed this fact 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.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Training Day	Dimitri
2006	The Ant Bully	Albert	Voice
2007	The Great Debaters	James Farmer Jr.	NAACP Image Award, Outstanding Supporting Actor
2009	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	Daryl
2010	My Soul to Take	Jerome
2011	Abduction	Gilly
2011	Warrior	Stephon
2015	"Back to School Mom"	Noah Riley
2016	Submerged	Eddie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	One on One	Young Duane	Season 4, You Don't Have to Go Home... (UPN)
2004-05	All That	Denzel	Six Episodes, (Nickelodeon)
2005	What's New, Scooby-Doo?	Jake/Kid (Voice)	Season 3, Camp Comeoniwannascareya (WB Kids)
2005	All That: 10th Anniversary Reunion Special	Denzel	(Nickelodeon)
2005	ER	Hassan	Season 12, Wake Up (NBC)
2006	The War at Home	Jeff	Two Episodes, (Fox)
2006	Teachers	Martin Sanders	Season 1, Schoolympics (NBC)
2007	Handy Manny	Kyle (Voice)	Season 1, Join the Club (Disney Channel)
2007	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Trent	Season 2, Back in the Game (Disney Channel)
2008–2010	Hannah Montana	Anthony Smith	50 Episodes
2009	House Rules	Peter Chiba	TV Movie, (CBS)
2009	Dadnapped	Sheldon	TV Movie, (Disney Channel)
2009	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Frankie Kirkland	Season 9, No Way Out (CBS)
2009	Brothers & Sisters	Carter	Three Episodes, (ABC)
2010	R U There?	Max	TV Movie, (PBS)
2010	Freaknik: The Musical		TV movie (Adult Swim)
2010	The Boondocks	Sgt. Gutter (Voice)	Season 3, Bitches to Rags (Adult Swim)
2012	Black Dynamite: The Animated Series	Donald the Accountant (Voice)	Season 1, Taxes and Death or Get Him to the Sunset Strip (Adult Swim)
2012	Rizzoli & Isles	Trevor	Season 3, Virtual Love (TNT)
2013	Monday Mornings	Nick Villanueva	Season 1, Communion (TNT)
2013	Legit	Clay	Two Episodes, (FX)
2015	Blue Bloods	Curtis Turner	Two Episodes, (CBS)

External links

• Denzel Whitaker at IMDb