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Whitaker in 2011, photo by kathclick /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Denzel Dominique Whitaker
Place of Birth: Torrance, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: June 15, 1990
Ethnicity: African-American
Denzel Whitaker is an American actor, rapper, songwriter, and entrepreneur. His roles include the films The Great Debaters , My Soul To Take , Abduction , Black Panther , and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans , and the series All That , Brothers & Sisters , The War at Home , and Black Dynamite: The Animated Series .
He is the son of Younalanda (Clark) and Dale Whitaker. He is named after actor Denzel Washington.