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

His notable film appearances include The Great Debaters, Training Day and Black Panther, as well as TV shows ER, Brothers & Sisters and The War at Home.

He was a regular 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, and in Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. Other appearances include the 2010 Wes Craven horror film My Soul To Take as a blind 16-year-old named Jerome, the 2011 film Abduction, the third season of The Boondocks as character Sgt. Gutte, and on Black Dynamite: The Animated Series as Donald The Accountant.

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

Contents

• 1 Personal life
• 2 Filmography
  • 2.1 Film
  • 2.2 Television
• 3 References
• 4 External links

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

Television

References

External links

• Denzel Whitaker at IMDb