Denzel Whitaker

Denzel Whitaker is an American actor who started as a child performer, first appearing as Dimitri in Training Day (2001) and later voicing Albert in The Ant Bully (2006). For The Great Debaters (2007), he took the part of James Farmer Jr. and earned a 2008 NAACP Image Award for supporting acting in a film plus a Young Artist Award nomination. Other credits include Dadnapped (2009), My Soul to Take (2010), Abduction (2011), Warrior (2011), Submerged (2016), Black Panther (2018), and Cut Throat City (2020). On television he was a regular on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy All That from 2004 to 2005 and had recurring parts on Brothers & Sisters and The Purge, along with guest roles on series such as ER. He has voiced characters for Handy Manny, The Boondocks, and Black Dynamite: The Animated Series, and has also directed films and music videos.