American actor
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
.
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Early life
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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
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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
.
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Personal life
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Woodside was in a relationship with actress
Golden Brooks
from 2008 to 2010. They have a daughter, who was born in 2009.
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Filmography
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Film
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Television
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