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. Whitaker appeared as a young Zuri in the 2018 film Black Panther.

He has also worked (allegedly) 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 role
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	Young Zuri
2019	Cut Throat City	Andre	Post-production
TBA	Follow Me	Thomas	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	One on One	Young Duane	Episode: "You Don't Have to Go Home..."
2004-2005	All That	Denzel	6 episodes
2005	What's New, Scooby-Doo?	Jake / Kid (voice)	Episode: "Camp Comeoniwannascareya"
	All That: 10th Anniversary Reunion Special	Denzel	Television special
	SpongeBob SquarePants	Background Fish Character (voice)	Uncredited
	ER	Hassan	Episode: "Wake Up"
2006	The War at Home	Jeff	2 episodes
	Teachers	Martin Sanders	Episode: "Schoolympics"
2007	Handy Manny	Kyle (voice)	Episode: "Join the Club"
	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Trent	Episode: "Back in the Game"
2009	House Rules	Peter Chiba	Television film
	Dadnapped	Sheldon
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Frankie Kirkland	Episode: "No Way Out"
	Brothers & Sisters	Carter	3 episodes
2010	R U There?	Max	Television film
	Freaknik: The Musical	Fruit Bowl Boys Member (voice)
	The Boondocks	Sgt. Gutter (voice)	Episode: "Bitches to Rags"
2012	Black Dynamite	Donald the Accountant (voice)	Episode: "Taxes and Death or Get Him to the Sunset Strip"
	Rizzoli & Isles	Trevor	Episode: "Virtual Love"
2013	Monday Mornings	Nick Villanueva	Episode: "Communion"
	Legit	Clay	2 episodes
2015	Blue Bloods	Curtis Turner
2019	The Purge	Darren Moore	10 episodes

External links

• Denzel Whitaker at IMDb