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 ''

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'', Malcolm Franks in '' Single Ladies'', Dr. Joseph Prestridge in '' Parenthood'', the angel

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in '' Lucifer'', as well as Wayne Palmer in the thriller series '' 24''.

Early life

David Bryan Woodside was born in the Jamaica neighborhood of New York City's Queens borough 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 ''

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''. 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 ''

'' as Robin Wood, the Principal of Sunnydale High School. He followed this up by playing the pragmatic Wayne Palmer, the

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, on the

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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 "

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". 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

in the Fox/Netflix series '' Lucifer''.

Personal life

Woodside was in a relationship with actress Golden Brooks from 2008 to 2010. They have a daughter, who was born in 2009.Michaud, Sarah (October 7, 2009) ''People.com.'' Retrieved July 14, 2016.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Woodside, D. B. 1969 births Living people Male actors from New York City American male film actors American male television actors People from Queens, New York University at Albany, SUNY alumni Yale School of Drama alumni African-American male actors 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people