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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, 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 had also appeared on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody as a player on Zack and Cody`s basketball team. 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 he was, in fact, Washington`s namesake.