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Denzel Whitaker

Actor

Denzel Whitaker

Born June 15, 1990 in Torrance, California, USA26 films

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.

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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.

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Warrior posterFirst watchWarrior20117.8as StephonThe youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a path that puts the fighter on a…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Black Panther poster7.4Black Panther2018Training Day poster7.5Training Day2001The Great Debaters poster7.3The Great Debaters2007Abduction poster5.8Abduction2011Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans poster6.2Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans2009The Ant Bully poster5.8The Ant Bully2006Follow Me poster6.2Follow Me2020My Soul to Take poster5.5My Soul to Take2010

Filmography

26 films as actor
  1. TBAGRQ the MovieMichael
  2. 2025The Taking of Courtroom One Two ThreeLou
  3. 2024Too Many ChristmasesJerome
  4. 2024Brand NewAntoine
  5. 2024The Private EyeBradley
  6. 2023No Words
  7. 2023The Angry Black Girl and Her MonsterKango
  8. 2020Alieu the DreamerAlieu
  9. 2020Cut Throat CityAndre
  10. 2020Follow MeThomas
  11. 2019U Shoot Videos?Moji
  12. 2019Will "The Machine"Joe
  13. 2018Black PantherJames / Young Zuri
  14. 2017Do I Say I Do?Connor
  15. 2017Brothers BloodShawn
  16. 2016SubmergedEddie
  17. 2015Back to School MomNoah Riley
  18. 2013They Die by DawnPaul Dunbar
  19. 2011AbductionGilly
  20. 2011WarriorStephon
  21. 2010My Soul to TakeJerome
  22. 2009Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New OrleansDaryl
  23. 2009DadnappedSheldon
  24. 2007The Great DebatersJames Farmer Jr.
  25. 2006The Ant BullyAlbert (voice)
  26. 2001Training DayDimitri