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Denzel Whitaker

Denzel Whitaker

Highest Rated: 86% Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

Lowest Rated: 5% Abduction (2011)

Birthday: Jun 15, 1990

Birthplace: Torrance, California, USA

Denzel Whitaker launched his acting career at the tender age of four. Whitaker kickstarted his acting career with roles in various television comedies, such as "One on One" (UPN, 2001-06) and "The War at Home" (Fox, 2005-07). He had a part on the television special "All That 10th Anniversary Reunion Special" (Nickelodeon, 2004-05). During the early stages of his acting career, Whitaker worked in films like "Training Day" (2001) with Denzel Washington. In the early 2000s, he worked on the silver screen, taking roles in "The Great Debaters" (2007) and the Nicolas Cage crime drama "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" (2009). He also worked in television during these years, including a part on "Rizzoli & Isles" (TNT, 2009-16). He also lent his distinctive voice to "Black Dynamite" (Cartoon Network, 2011-15). Whitaker most recently acted in the Jonathan Bennett thriller "Submerged" (2015).

Highest rated movies

86% Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
85% The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster
84% Warrior
80% The Great Debaters 70% Cut Throat City 36% No Escape 25% Submerged
11% My Soul to Take

Photos

THE GREAT DEBATERS, Jermaine Williams, Denzel Whitaker, Jurnee Smollett, Nate Parker, 2007. ©MGM THE GREAT DEBATERS, front row: Denzel Washington, Denzel Whitaker, Jurnee Smollett, 2007. ©MGM THE GREAT DEBATERS, foreground: Jurnee Smollett, Nate Parker, Denzel Whitaker, 2007. ©MGM THE GREAT DEBATERS, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker, Nate Parker, 2007. ©MGM THE GREAT DEBATERS, foreground: Denzel Whitaker (second from left), Jermaine Williams, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett, 2007. ©MGM Legit, Denzel Whitaker, 'Family', Season 1, Ep. #6, 02/21/2013, ©FX Legit, Denzel Whitaker, 'Family', Season 1, Ep. #6, 02/21/2013, ©FX Legit, from left: Dan Bakkedahl, Sonya Eddy, D.J. Qualls, Jim Jefferies, Denzel Whitaker, 'Family', Season 1, Ep. #6, 02/21/2013, ©FX THE GREAT DEBATERS, Denzel Washington, Jurnee Smollett, Nate Parker, Denzel Whitaker, 2007. ©MGM BACK TO SCHOOL MOM, right: Denzel Whitaker, 2015. ph: Graham Bartholomew/©Lifetime TV/Intelligent Media Prod. BACK TO SCHOOL MOM, right: Denzel Whitaker, 2015. ph: Graham Bartholomew/©Lifetime TV/Intelligent Media Prod. BACK TO SCHOOL MOM, Denzel Whitaker, 2015. ph: Graham Bartholomew/©Lifetime TV/Intelligent Media Prod. BACK TO SCHOOL MOM, from left: Kimberly Elise, Denzel Whitaker, 2015. ph: Graham Bartholomew/©Lifetime TV/Intelligent Media Prod. BACK TO SCHOOL MOM, Denzel Whitaker, 2015. ph: Graham Bartholomew/©Lifetime TV/Intelligent Media Prod. BACK TO SCHOOL MOM, from left: Kimberly Elise, Denzel Whitaker, 2015. ph: Graham Bartholomew/©Lifetime TV/Intelligent Media Prod. Denzel Whitaker at arrivals for ABDUCTION Premiere, Grauman''s Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, CA September 15, 2011. Photo By: Michael Germana/Everett Collection Denzel Whitaker at arrivals for ABDUCTION Premiere, Grauman''s Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, CA September 15, 2011. Photo By: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 91% The Private Eye Bradley (Character) - 2024
85% 87% The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster Kango (Character) $118.7K 2023
No Score Yet 73% Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches Unknown (Character) - 2022
36% 44% No Escape Thomas (Character) $163.4K 2020
70% 39% Cut Throat City Andre (Character) $855.9K 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alieu the Dreamer Alieu (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dead Talks Arthur (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Before You Say I Do Connor (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Back to School Mom Noah Riley (Character) - 2015
25% 21% Submerged Eddie (Character) - 2015
5% 42% Abduction Gilly (Character) $28.1M 2011
84% 92% Warrior Stephon (Character) $13.7M 2011
11% 26% My Soul to Take Jerome (Character) $14.6M 2010
86% 57% Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Daryl (Character) $1.7M 2009
No Score Yet 45% Dadnapped Sheldon (Character) - 2009
80% 86% The Great Debaters James Farmer Jr. (Character) $30.2M 2007

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 80% Blue Bloods Curtis Turner (Guest Star) 2015
52% No Score Yet Monday Mornings Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
No Score Yet 88% Rizzoli and Isles Trevor (Guest Star) 2012
79% 84% Brothers & Sisters Carter (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet 81% CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Handy Manny Kyle (Guest Voice) 2007
24% 83% The War at Home Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet One on One Unknown (Guest Star) 2004