Denzel Whitaker

Denzel Whitaker
Whitaker at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Denzel Dominique Whitaker (1990-06-15) June 15, 1990 Torrance, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001- present

Denzel Dominique Whitaker (born June 15, 1990) is an American actor.

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 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 actor 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	—
	Warrior	Stephon	—
2015	Back to School Mom	Noah Riley	—
2016	Submerged	Eddie	—
2018	Black Panther	James / Young Zuri	—

Television

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

External links

• Denzel Whitaker at IMDb