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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1990-06-15 (34 years old)

Place of Birth

Torrance, California, USA

Denzel Whitaker

Biography:

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.

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Known For

Acting

2024

The Private Eye as Bradley
Brand New as Antoine

2023

2022

2020

Follow Me as Thomas

2019

Tamron Hall as Self - Guest

2018

Black Panther as James / Young Zuri
The Purge as Darren Moore
The Rookie as Messenger

2017

Do I Say I Do? as Connor

2016

Submerged as Eddie

2015

Back to School Mom as Noah Riley

2013

They Die by Dawn as Paul Dunbar
Legit as Clay
Monday Mornings as Nick Villanueva

2011

Warrior as Stephon
Abduction as Gilly

2010

My Soul to Take as Jerome
Blue Bloods as Curtis Turner
Rizzoli & Isles as Trevor

2009

2007

The Great Debaters as James Farmer Jr.

2006

The Ant Bully as Albert (voice)

2005

2002

What's New, Scooby-Doo? as Jake / Kid (voice)

2001

Training Day as Dimitri
One on One as Young Duane

2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Frankie Kirkland

1994

All That as Various
ER as Hassan

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Compound 9 as Kane

Directing

2021

5150 as Director

2014

Criminal as Director

Writing

2024

Brand New as Writer

2021

5150 as Writer

2014

Criminal as Screenplay
Criminal as Story

Production

2019

Will "The Machine" as Executive Producer

2018

Jump as Producer

2014

Criminal as Executive Producer

Editing

2024

Brand New as Editor