David Bryan Woodside (born July 25, 1969) is an American actor. He is best known for his television roles as the bass singer

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'', Robin Wood in ''

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'', Malcolm Franks in '' Single Ladies'', Jeff Malone in '' Suits'', Dr. Joseph Prestridge in '' Parenthood'', the angel Amenadiel in ''

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'', and

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in the thriller series '' 24''.

Early life

David Bryan Woodside was born in

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, in

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, on July 25, 1969. He has a BA from the

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and an MFA from the

Yale School of Drama The David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University is a graduate professional school of Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1924 as the Department of Drama in the School of Fine Arts, the school provides training in ...

Career

Woodside got his start playing Aaron Mosley in the second season of '' Murder One'' in 1996. After the series was cancelled, he guest starred on ''

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'', '' Snoops'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Woodside made a guest appearance on '' JAG'' in its final season as FBI agent Rod Benton. From 2002 to 2003, he starred in 14 episodes of the final season of ''

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

, 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

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. Woodside had a guest role as Marlon Waylord in the 2004 ''

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'' episode "

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". In 2007, he was a guest star on ''

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'' 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

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series ''

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''. In 2009, he starred in the first season of the US drama ''

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''. He then had a recurring role on the CW series ''

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''. From 2011 to 2014, Woodside starred as Malcolm Franks on the VH1 series '' Single Ladies'', playing opposite

LisaRaye McCoy LisaRaye McCoy (born September 23, 1967), known as LisaRaye, is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Diana "Diamond" Armstrong in the 1998 film '' The Players Club'', Neesee James on the UPN/The CW sitcom '' All of Us'' from 20 ...

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 ''

''. In 2023, Woodside 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''.

Personal life

Woodside was in a relationship with actress

Golden Brooks Golden Brooks (born December 1, 1970) is an American actress. She began her career with starring role in the Showtime comedy series, '' Linc's'' (1998–2000), and later appeared in the films ''Timecode'' (2000) and ''Impostor'' (2001). Fr ...

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

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