D. B. Woodside

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D. B. Woodside
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Woodside in July 2015
Born
David Bryan Woodside

(1969-07-25) July 25, 1969 (age 54)
Education State University of New York, Albany (BA)
Yale University (MFA)
OccupationActor
Years active1996–present
Partner Golden Brooks (2008–2010)
Children1

David Bryan Woodside (born July 25, 1969) is an American actor. He is best known for his television roles as the bass singer Melvin Franklin in The Temptations , Robin Wood in Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Malcolm Franks in Single Ladies , and Jeff Malone in Suits , Dr. Joseph Prestridge in Parenthood , the angel Amenadiel in Lucifer , as well as Wayne Palmer in the thriller series 24 . [1] [2]

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Early life

David Bryan Woodside was born in Jamaica, Queens, in New York City, on July 25, 1969. He has a BA from the State University of New York at Albany and an MFA from the Yale School of Drama.

Career

Woodside got his start in the second season of Murder One in 1996, playing Aaron Mosley. After that series' cancellation, he guest starred on The Practice , Snoops , The Division , and Once and Again . He made a guest appearance on JAG in its final season as FBI agent Rod Benton. From 2002-2003, he starred in 14 episodes of the final season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Robin Wood, the Principal of Sunnydale High School. He followed this up by playing the pragmatic Wayne Palmer, the Chief of Staff, on the Fox series 24 . Introduced in the third season, he returned to reprise the role as a guest star in the series' fifth season in episodes 1–2 and 14–18, and returned as a series regular for the sixth season as the President of the United States.

Woodside had a guest role as Marlon Waylord in the 2004 CSI episode "Harvest". In 2007, he was a guest star on the TV show Grey's Anatomy in the show's 4th-season episode "Forever Young" wherein he played the character of Marcus. Woodside also guest-starred as a doctor in the series finale of the USA Network series Monk . He had a recurring role on the CW series Hellcats . In 2009, he starred in the first series of the US drama Lie to Me . He starred as Malcolm Franks on the VH1 series Single Ladies , playing opposite LisaRaye McCoy as Keisha Greene. In June 2014, he began appearing in Suits as Jeff Malone. In 2016, he began playing the angel Amenadiel in the Fox/Netflix series Lucifer . In 2023, He starred as Erik Monks, a veteran U.S. Secret Service agent newly assigned to the vice president's daughter on the Netflix series The Night Agent . [1]

Personal life

Woodside was in a relationship with actress Golden Brooks from 2008 to 2010. They have a daughter, who was born in 2009. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Scar City Forrest
2000 Romeo Must Die Colin O'Day [2]
More Dogs Than BonesTruman
2003 Easy Martin Mars
Something MoreGregShort
2007First.MooneyShort
2009 Mississippi Damned Tyrone Tensely
2011The InheritanceHenry
2014 That Awkward Moment Vera's Lawyer
2015 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 Robinson
The Man in 3B Det. Thomas
2019SmileDadShort

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996–1997 Murder One Aaron MoselyMain cast (season 2)
1997 The Practice Aaron WiltonEpisode: "The Means"
Murder One: Diary of a Serial KillerAaron MoselyMiniseries
1998 Prey MarkEpisode: "Deliverance: Part 1"
The Temptations Melvin "Blue" FranklinMiniseries
1999 Snoops AveryEpisode: "Higher Calling"
After AllAnthonyTV movie
2001 The Division Daniel ReideRecurring cast (season 1)
2002 Once and Again Henry HigginsEpisode: "Falling in Place" & "Chance of a Lifetime"
Girls Club Episode: "Book of Virtues"
FlashpointAddisonTV movie
2002–03 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Robin Wood Recurring cast (season 7)
2003 The Law and Mr. Lee Branford LeeTV movie
CSI: Miami Cole JudsonEpisode: "Entrance Wound"
2003–07 24 Wayne Palmer Recurring cast (season 3 & 5), main cast (season 6) [2]
2004 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Marlon WaylordEpisode: "Harvest"
JAG FBI Special Agent Rob BentonEpisode: "The Man on the Bridge"
2007 Viva Laughlin MarcusRecurring cast
Grey's Anatomy Marcus KingEpisode: "Forever Young"
2008 Numbers Jonathan SchmidtEpisode: "Blowback"
2009 Lie to Me Henry StrongEpisode: "Undercover"
Private Practice DuncanEpisode: "Do the Right Thing" & "Yours, Mine & Ours"
Hawthorne David GendlerRecurring cast (season 1)
Castle Lance CarlbergEpisode: "One Man's Treasure"
Monk Dr. Matthew ShulerEpisode: "Mr. Monk and the End: Part 1 & 2"
BackDr. Kevin SternTV movie
2010–11 Hellcats Derrick AltmanRecurring cast
2011 Charlie's Angels Carlton FinchEpisode: "Bon Voyage, Angels"
2011–12 Parenthood Dr. Joseph PrestridgeRecurring cast (season 3)
2011–14 Single Ladies Malcolm FranksMain cast (season 1-3)
2013 Emily Owens, M.D. Evan HammondRecurring cast
2014 Halt and Catch Fire Simon ChurchEpisode: "Giant" [4]
Love the One You're WithTV movie
2014–18 Suits Jeff MaloneRecurring cast (season 4), guest (season 5-7) [5]
2016–21 Lucifer Amenadiel Main role (Seasons 1-6), 80 episodes
2018 S.W.A.T. Agent GinesEpisode: "Hoax"
The FixerS.O.B.Episode: "Pilot"
2019 Pearson Jeff MaloneRecurring cast [6]
DealbreakersRickEpisode: "Big Daddy"
2021 Young Justice Phantom Stranger (voice)Recurring cast [7]
2023 9-1-1: Lone Star Trevor ParksRecurring cast [8]
The Night Agent Erik MonksMain role (Season 1), 7 episodes

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