Career
Whitaker made his acting debut in the 2001 film Training Day as Dimitri. [8] He was a regular cast member during the tenth and final season of the Nickelodeon sketch-comedy series All That . [9]
He portrayed James Farmer Jr. in The Great Debaters (2007). [10] Whitaker's acting in this film was well received, with one reviewer praising his "sweetness and vulnerability" [11] and another describing him as a standout among the younger actors in the film. [12] For his performance as James, Whitaker won the 2008 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, [13] and received a Young Artist Award nomination. [14]
Whitaker played Sheldon in the Disney Channel Original Movie Dadnapped (2009). [15] Whitaker was a blind teenager named Jerome in Wes Craven's My Soul to Take (2010). [16] In 2011, he performed in two feature films, portraying Gilly in thriller Abduction [17] and appearing in sports drama Warrior . [18]
Whitaker appeared as Eddie in thriller Submerged (2016) [19] and was a young Zuri in the 2018 superhero film Black Panther . [20] He portrayed Andre, an aspiring musician, in the 2020 film Cut Throat City , directed by rapper RZA. [21]
His television work includes ER , The Suite Life of Zack & Cody , The War at Home , [22] Rizzoli & Isles and Blue Bloods . Whitaker also appeared in Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans .
As a voice actor, Whitaker provided the voice of Albert in The Ant Bully (2006) and portrayed Kyle in preschool series Handy Manny . [23] In the third season of The Boondocks, Whitaker gave voice to Sgt. Gutte, and on Black Dynamite: The Animated Series he played Donald the Accountant.
He has also worked as an assistant voice director for the 2010 film Freaknik: The Musical . Whitaker has directed films and music videos as well. [24]
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