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

Filmography

• 2025The Taking of Courtroom One Two Three — Lou, Executive Producer
• 2024Brand New — Antoine, Editor, Writer, Director
• 2024The Private Eye — Bradley
• 2024Too Many Christmases — Jerome
• 2023No Words
• 2023The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster — Kango
• 20215150 — Director, Writer
• 2020Alieu the Dreamer — Alieu
• 2020Cut Throat City — Andre
• 2020Follow Me — Thomas
• 2019U Shoot Videos? — Moji
• 2019Will "The Machine" — Joe, Executive Producer
• 2018Black Panther — James / Young Zuri
• 2018Jump — Producer
• The Purge — Darren Moore
• The Rookie — Messenger
• 2017Brothers Blood — Shawn
• 2017Do I Say I Do? — Connor
• 2016Submerged — Eddie
• 2015Back to School Mom — Noah Riley
• 2014Criminal — Director, Screenplay, Story, Executive Producer
• Legit — Clay
• Monday Mornings — Nick Villanueva
• 2013They Die by Dawn — Paul Dunbar
• 2011Abduction — Gilly
• 2011Warrior — Stephon
• Blue Bloods — Curtis Turner
• 2010My Soul to Take — Jerome
• Rizzoli & Isles — Trevor
• 2009Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans — Daryl
• 2009Dadnapped — Sheldon
• 2007The Great Debaters — James Farmer Jr.
• Brothers and Sisters — Carter
• Teachers
• 2006The Ant Bully — Albert (voice)
• The Boondocks — Sgt. Gutter (voice)
• The Suite Life of Zack & Cody — Trent
• The War at Home — Jeff
• What's New, Scooby-Doo? — Jake / Kid (voice)
• One on One — Young Duane
• 2001Training Day — Dimitri
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Frankie Kirkland
• All That — Various
• ER — Hassan
• GRQ the Movie — Michael

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2022Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches — Self
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest