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Acting

Denzel Whitaker

Career

Active from 2007 to 2025, busiest in 2020 and 2024 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
14
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score49/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Great Debaters
The Great Debaters
GoodWatch score74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 30 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Denzel Whitaker Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    1.3, average 2.6
  • Melancholy
    3.9, average 4.7
  • Warfare
    0.3, average 1.2
  • Romance
    3.1, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Government Conspiracy 2
  • High Tension 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

44
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
GRQ the Movie
GRQ the Movie

as Michael

2020s

9 titles · average score 54
The Taking of Courtroom One Two Three
The Taking of Courtroom One Two Three (2025)

as Lou

Too Many Christmases
Too Many Christmases (2024)
GoodWatch score 54

as Jerome

The Private Eye
The Private Eye (2024)
GoodWatch score 46

as Bradley

Brand New
Brand New (2024)

as Antoine

The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster
The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (2023)
GoodWatch score 67

as Kango

5150
5150 (2021)

Director, Writer

Follow Me
Follow Me (2020)
GoodWatch score 45

as Thomas

Cut Throat City
Cut Throat City (2020)
GoodWatch score 60

as Andre

Alieu the Dreamer
Alieu the Dreamer (2020)

as Alieu

2010s

19 titles · average score 59
U Shoot Videos?
U Shoot Videos? (2019)

as Moji

The Rookie
The Rookie (2018)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Messenger

Black Panther
Black Panther (2018)
GoodWatch score 82

as James / Young Zuri

Do I Say I Do?
Do I Say I Do? (2017)
GoodWatch score 59

as Connor

Submerged
Submerged (2016)
GoodWatch score 29

as Eddie

Back to School Mom
Back to School Mom (2015)

as Noah Riley

Criminal
Criminal (2014)

Screenplay, Director

Abduction
Abduction (2011)
GoodWatch score 31

as Gilly

Warrior
Warrior (2011)
GoodWatch score 80

as Stephon

My Soul to Take
My Soul to Take (2010)
GoodWatch score 31

as Jerome

Blue Bloods
Blue Bloods (2010)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Curtis Turner

Rizzoli & Isles
Rizzoli & Isles (2010)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Trevor

2000s

13 titles · average score 64
Dadnapped
Dadnapped (2009)
GoodWatch score 47

as Sheldon

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
GoodWatch score 71

as Daryl

The Great Debaters
The Great Debaters (2007)
GoodWatch score 74

as James Farmer Jr.

Brothers and Sisters
Brothers and Sisters (2006)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Carter

The Ant Bully
The Ant Bully (2006)
GoodWatch score 56

as Albert (voice)

The Boondocks
The Boondocks (2005)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Sgt. Gutter (voice)

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Trent

The War at Home
The War at Home (2005)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show · as Jeff

What's New, Scooby-Doo?
What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Jake / Kid (voice)

Training Day
Training Day (2001)
GoodWatch score 76

as Dimitri

One on One
One on One (2001)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Young Duane

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Frankie Kirkland

1990s

2 titles · average score 78
ER
ER (1994)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Hassan

All That
All That (1994)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Various