Cast & creator
Denzel Whitaker
Best known for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Rookie, Blue Bloods
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
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film credits
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television credits
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1994–2025 · acting roles
6.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (56)
Showing 56 of 56 credits
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Frankie Kirkland
2000
The Rookie
Messenger
2018
Blue Bloods
Curtis Turner
2010
Rizzoli & Isles
Trevor
2010
ER
Hassan
1994
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest
2019
Brothers and Sisters
Carter
2006
The Boondocks
Sgt. Gutter (voice)
2005
Black Panther
James / Young Zuri
2018
One on One
Young Duane
2001
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Trent
2005
All That
Various
1994
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Jake / Kid (voice)
2002
The Purge
Darren Moore
2018
Training Day
Dimitri
2001
The War at Home
Jeff
2005
The Ant Bully
Albert (voice)
2006
Monday Mornings
Nick Villanueva
2013
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Daryl
2009
Warrior
Stephon
2011
Abduction
Gilly
2011
The Great Debaters
James Farmer Jr.
2007
Legit
Clay
2013
Cut Throat City
Andre
2020
Follow Me
Thomas
2020
My Soul to Take
Jerome
2010
Dadnapped
Sheldon
2009
Teachers
2006
The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster
Kango
2023
They Die by Dawn
Paul Dunbar
2013
Do I Say I Do?
Connor
2017
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
Self
2022
Back to School Mom
Noah Riley
2015
Submerged
Eddie
2016
The Taking of Courtroom One Two Three
Lou
2025The Taking of Courtroom One Two Three
Executive Producer
2025
The Private Eye
Bradley
2024
No Words
2023GRQ the Movie
Michael
Criminal
Screenplay
2014Criminal
Executive Producer
2014Criminal
Director
2014Criminal
Story
2014
Brand New
Antoine
2024Brand New
Editor
2024Brand New
Writer
2024Brand New
Director
2024
Too Many Christmases
Jerome
2024
Brothers Blood
Shawn
2017
Jump
Producer
2018
U Shoot Videos?
Moji
2019
5150
Writer
20215150
Director
2021
Alieu the Dreamer
Alieu
2020
Will "The Machine"
Joe
2019Will "The Machine"
Executive Producer
2019