Born
David Bryan Woodside
Education
State University of New York, Albany (BA)
Yale University (MFA)
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1996–present
Partner
Golden Brooks (2008–2010)
Children
1
David Bryan Woodside (born July 25, 1969) is an American actor. He is best known for his television roles as the bass singer Melvin FranklininThe Temptations, Robin WoodinBuffy the Vampire Slayer, Malcolm Franks in Single Ladies, and Jeff Malone in Suits , Dr. Joseph Prestridge in Parenthood, the angel AmenadielinLucifer, as well as Wayne Palmer in the thriller series 24.[1][2]
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.
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 SlayerasRobin 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]
Woodside was in a relationship with actress Golden Brooks from 2008 to 2010. They have a daughter, who was born in 2009.[3]
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1998
Forrest
2000
Colin O'Day
More Dogs Than Bones
Truman
2003
Martin Mars
Something More
Greg
Short
2007
First.
Mooney
Short
2009
Tyrone Tensely
2011
The Inheritance
Henry
2014
Vera's Lawyer
2015
Robinson
Det. Thomas
2019
Smile
Dad
Short
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1996–1997
Aaron Mosely
Main cast (season 2)
1997
Aaron Wilton
Episode: "The Means"
Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer
Aaron Mosely
Miniseries
1998
Mark
Episode: "Deliverance: Part 1"
Melvin "Blue" Franklin
Miniseries
1999
Avery
Episode: "Higher Calling"
After All
Anthony
TV movie
2001
Daniel Reide
Recurring cast (season 1)
2002
Henry Higgins
Episode: "Falling in Place" & "Chance of a Lifetime"
Episode: "Book of Virtues"
Flashpoint
Addison
TV movie
2002–2003
Recurring cast (season 7)
2003
Branford Lee
TV movie
Cole Judson
Episode: "Entrance Wound"
2003–2007
Recurring cast (season 3 & 5), main cast (season 6)[2]
2004
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Marlon Waylord
Episode: "Harvest"
FBI Special Agent Rob Benton
Episode: "The Man on the Bridge"
2007
Marcus
Recurring cast
Marcus King
Episode: "Forever Young"
2008
Jonathan Schmidt
Episode: "Blowback"
2009
Henry Strong
Episode: "Undercover"
Duncan
Episode: "Do the Right Thing" & "Yours, Mine & Ours"
David Gendler
Recurring cast (season 1)
Lance Carlberg
Episode: "One Man's Treasure"
Dr. Matthew Shuler
Episode: "Mr. Monk and the End: Part 1 & 2"
Back
Dr. Kevin Stern
TV movie
2010–2011
Derrick Altman
Recurring cast
2011
Carlton Finch
Episode: "Bon Voyage, Angels"
2011–2012
Dr. Joseph Prestridge
Recurring cast (season 3)
2011–2014
Malcolm Franks
Main cast (season 1-3)
2013
Evan Hammond
Recurring cast
2014
Simon Church
Episode: "Giant"[4]
Love the One You're With
TV movie
2014–2018
Jeff Malone
Recurring cast (season 4), guest (season 5-7)[5]
2016–2021
Main role (Seasons 1-6), 80 episodes
2018
Agent Gines
Episode: "Hoax"
The Fixer
S.O.B.
Episode: "Pilot"
2019
Jeff Malone
Recurring cast[6]
Dealbreakers
Rick
Episode: "Big Daddy"
2021
Phantom Stranger (voice)
Recurring cast[7]
2023
Trevor Parks
Recurring cast[8]
Erik Monks
Main role (Season 1), 7 episodes
International
National
Artists
Other
