 In 2015, Whitfield joined the cast of BET reality comedy series "Real Husbands of Hollywood", and in 2016 began starring in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, "Queen Sugar".Whitfield began his television career appearing in the recurring role on the NBC sitcom "The Cosby Show" as Robert Foreman (the love interest of Tempestt Bledsoe's character Vanessa Huxtable).He later had a two year-run on the NBC daytime soap opera, "Another World".